The San Francisco call., 1898-03-08

honor you for doing so. If any of you
 cannot do it and want money, vote
 right, resign and the people can afford
 to create positions for you In the East
 or Europe during the remainder of
 your term"
 The crowd tried to express it's ap- preval of MT. Girard's sentiments, and he continued. "This Is, not matter that concerns only the Councilmen here tonight. They have other responsibil- ities than purely personal ones. Their actions tonight may so disgrace them that their children will be pointed out at school, their wives referred to by other ladies as the wives of boodlers. Can any one allow his family to be dis graced? If gold is all that is wanted then I say that a grateful people will willingly give you, MT. Woodward, all the gold necessary to send influential citizens to Washington to secure for you the post of Pension Agent or any thing else you desire.
 T will give $100 myself and guarantee to raise 5000 to help you In your as piration if you will but vote honestly. enemy. and tonight I am constrained to believe that If the call for war were sounded again we would go forth once more. And my friend, MT. Brosnahan, whom I have always respected, and who I thought was worthy to be Mayor of this city, I ask you to pre- vent such an infamous act as that now before us.''
 Brosnahan made little speech. He addressed himself mostly to the news papers and apologiZed for his drunk enness last week, but said he was sober and knew what he was doing tonight.
 He also purported to quote some figures showing that the ordinance on passage Is not so extortionate as the rooy ly replied to MT. Brosnahan and proved conclusively that the new ordinance would give Is per cent and over to the companies on their legitimate invest ment He reviewed the work of the committee, which had taken all the tes- timony available, and defied MT. Hen neberry to prove to the contrary.
 MT. Upton and MT. Cuvellier also spoke before voting and outlined briefly the course that had been taken in arriving at the rates as fixed by the committed MT. Upton condemned the "raw work exemplified by the Henne- berry resolution. MT. Rowe said that the companies were receiving, since the 1st of March, the full legal rate that was allowed under the ordinance passed last year, and it was seen that the rates they had been charging were about one-third, instead of two-thirds, as shown by the raise that ratepayerS are now called upon to pay. He knocked Brosnahan's argument higher than a kite by stating that under the present ordinance his (Rowe's) seven roomed cottage is taxed $2 50 and un- der the new ordinance 1t will be about $5. His challenge to show he was not right was not accepted.
 The vote proceeded, and the solid six saddled the steal, as desired by the upon the city.
 Then there was a little excitement and Mayor Thomas was seen ap- the clerks desk. He handed Clerk Tompkins a paper which he pro- veto.
 After the reading of the veto Coun- cilman Henneberry's hand delved his prolific pocket that has already pro- duced typewriter resolutions and or dinanceS fixing water rates to order, was in the form of a resolution and provided for the ignoring of the Mayors veto entirely by the Council, and intimated that the Mayor had been guilty of impertinence in attempting to veto the measure.
 Heitman then attempted to be funny, but only succeeded in being ridiculous. He said the Mayor could not veto an ordinance until the vote was written on 1t, but he was told that the minutes of the Council showed the vote, and so Heitman subsided. He did secure by the solid six votes the passage of a resolution fixing the next regular meet ing as the time for considering the Mayors veto. Henneberry's resolu- tion went to the committee. During the discussion Woodward said he had studied the ordinance and gave it his support.
 When the Council left the hall there was great rush toward the solid six, and especially toward Woodward and There was some hooting and yelling and cries of bring rope" He was protected by Officers Wallace and Grosmeyer, and Sheriff White walked behind, while Chief Lloyd kept Tn front. As the crowd hustled, Captain Fletcher and three sergeants, with a squad of men with drawn clubs, kept back the crowd while Woodward and ais guard walked quickly away.
 The other members, also guarded by police, were escorted a safe distance | while the other officers were engaged 1 Tn breaking up the crowds by flying over the City Hall Park f1ourishing 1 heir clubs.
 It was the most excitable night the | Police Department has experienced in years.
 The water rate ordinance will now be taken into the courts | IS soon as the companies attempt to | collect under it, which will be July 1. l
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