The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
ECHO OF AN
OLD SCANDAL
woodward Tells How
He Got Cash.
NO BRlBE FROM DlNoEE
HIS FAMILY MADE MONEY
BAGS FOR THE MINT.
The Councilman Does Not Think He
Was Treated Right After
BIS Vote on Water
Rates.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco CAN,

OA4SS San TanClSCO GAIL
COS Broadway, Sept. ID.
Colonel George Hoguet, before the
Army and Navy Republican League. made
statement that has renewed the inter
est shown IN Councilman Woodward a
rev months ago. The colonel said:
NOW, let me tell you something which
mayor ". R. Thomas has told me. You
know II was understood when E w
W oodward voted for the water ordinance
last spring that money was paid him by
Dlnsee, and that with it he fitted up a
mousse That money, the Mayor explains
TO me, was earned by Woodward's family
working in the mint. When Woodward
voted IN the Council for that water bill
his stepdaughter was at once dismissed
from service in the mint. Woodward
went 70 Leach and asked the cause, and
Leach told him It was because he had
voted for the water bill. Now, that is
what your Mayor tells me, and he wanted
you 70 know the facts"
Councilman Woodward stated to-day
that Colonel Hoguet had slightly twisted
matters matt in s his statement The inside
have a stepdaughter, Miss Florence
Athearn, and some little time ago when
We resided at S96 Thirteenth street went
nome one night and found at our house
two bolts OF duck for the purpose Of
making coin bags for the mint inquired
OF Mrs Woodward what the merchandise
--4S1l-ALs 4AOL AdlhlElE DEtn INFORMED OF Its
coming. She stated that through the in
tercession of two very close friends with
Frank Leach the work of making these
bags had been procured for Miss Athearu
or course, this was news 10 me, and my
wife remarked that she thought she
would surprise me with the help rem
dered by our daughter and Mrs. Wood
ward The work was done for a while
and orders were received repeatedly
thereafter. The work was regarded the
best in this line and was satisfactory TO
= mil
soon after my appointment as City
Councilman the orders were all with
drawn, and my stepdaughter received no
more merchandise for mittens or bags.
Our people waited patiently from Feb
ruary until June TO learn the cause, and
on June 10 1 went TO the mint to inter
view Mr.. Leach I met him in the hall
and asAed 10 see him just a moment
He replied he was very busy, and I told
him IL would take only second; that I
simply wanted 10 ask him a question.
Then We went into his private office,
where 1 asked:
Did you withdraw the work that has
been given 70 my sick stepdaughter on
account OF the position I have taken on
the water question: Mr.. Leach replied
he would continue TO Withdraw the pat
rOnage from the sick girl for those rea-
sons. I said that l would wait for him
10 take the matter under consid Grafton
for 2 reasonable time and that / yvorlA
then decide what course I should take
in the premises. Mr.. Leach said he had
gwen the Stepdaugnter the Work on my
account originally. That is too thin.
never asked Mr.. Leach for the favor, as
God IS my Judge 1 was not that small
kind OF a man TO ask for work for my
stepdaughter. So far as seeking any
thing is concerned, viii say that I was
looking Tor an appointment, but not IN
der Mr.. Leach nor through him. Now
these are the facts. free from all color
ing"
Mayor Thomas admits that he spoke
TO Colonel Hoguet about Woodward 1T
was on the day Of the recent primaries"
said the Mayor. 81 remarked to Hoguet
that there had been a great deal of talk
about Woodward having received money
for his vote on the water question, since
he had fitted up his new house and had
obtained a release on his furniture. But
said I, Woodward told me that he had
obtained the release through money Mrs.
Woodward and the stepdaughter had re-
cefved for making bags and mittens for
the United States Mint OF course I do
not know that Woodward ever got any
money from Dingee, only iNwas the talk
at that time"
Mr.. Leach said tonight that he did not
care to say anything regarding Mr..
Woodward or his dOings.