The San Francisco call., 1898-02-01
Grave Charges and Hot
 Shot of No Avail With :.
 the Supervisors .... "
Martin Stevens Assails Delany Fiercely and Is Called - =.
 to Order. :. Y:
CITY MUST FIND A POUND.
Osborn, the New Master of Lost
 Animals, Is Not to Be :. I 7 Favored.

There was hot battle before the Board of Supervisors yesterday after noon in the question: of the control of, the public pound. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals lost, but not before some of the hot test volleys that have ever been fired at public official had. been fired at Captain Delany by the representatives of the society.
 At the outset Captain Delany made. a grand play, as he stated for the vindication of his honor. The whole. matter concerning his honor. was re-. ferred to the Finance Committee on: motion of Britt. *....--=.@
 Later in the enga cement Martin Ste vens, on behalf of. the society, made bold charges of corruption. He was called down by Britt and the Mayor for using language. too severe for the occasion. He stopped without apology or modification of his remarks.
 Tt Is commonly rumored that you are a boodler and that you expect to get a *rake-off when Osborn becomes. poundmaster,' said Stevens. It was: this remark which struck the Mayor and. the Supervisors as going beyond the limit, and the speakers attention was called to the fact that his lan- guage was pretty rough, considering that he spoke by courtesy of the board. He closed without apology further than this: +. +' .s .- ::.y
 q don't say that T know these things he said, but the gentleman owes it to himself to demand a thor ough investigation and to do all in his power to- see that the matter Is: cleared up, if he be honest. If 1t be rushed through and his skirts. be cleared here, I promise him that the charges so boldly made in the public prints will be ventilated before another body" Later MT. Stevens said the boodfing accusations made against the captain would be brought to the at tentfon of the Grand Jury.
 Then Delany made a speech demand ing an investigation, and the whole matter of the charges was left to the Finance Committee, which will report at Il a. m. Friday.
 Later in the. session the board re- luctantly allowed representatives of the society fifteen minutes to speak on the charges made against Poundkeeper Holbrook. Martin Stevens was the man selected to do the talking, and he began by solemnly stating that Hol- brook had never had a fair trial or been under the impression that he was in any way under fire. Although we are prepared to show that Captain De lany and the judges who tried this case were unfair, we desire also to state that we want fair hearing now, with out reference to the serious and most blighting charges made in the public prints,' said the speaker. We are also ready to take up those or any other charges of corruptfon."'.. :
 The whole question was soon rushed to a vote on the motion to appoint Osborn in place of Holbrook. This motion was finally carried by large vote, the following favoring Osborn: Delany, Haskins, Devany, Sheehan. Rottanzi, Stanton, Morton, Britt and Rivers.
 During all the deliberations there present, particularly Messrs. Cole, Hutchinson, Stevens. Partridge, Gruen- hagen, Holmes and Seymour.
 After 1t was announced that MT. Os- born would be the next poundkeeper, there were some warm words. He had accused Holbrook of trying to get what he called a rake down on horse shoe ing bills, but Holbrook explained that the charges were wholly false and that lTublStS huSW dli dUOul lue ClICull- stances, and that there could be no semblance of truth in any of these mat ters.
 President Cole of the society was seen at his home after the decision of the Board of Supervisors. He said:
 'I am not authorized to speak for the board, but I will say that I do not see how we can ever stand Osborn. We did not care to make any charges ,o< h hut ha crir +iC- faction. 1 do not think the trustees will allow the city to use our premises with a man like Osborn in charge. We have lost the fight and that settles it until there is another board. It is hard to say what we will do with out prop crty. We may lock it up and await better boards, or we may sell the prop erty and go out of business entirely. There is no question whatever In my mind that Osborn is a stench in the nostrils of the board. He cannot use our pound nor conduct the affairs of the city there. 1t is clear loss of our fight
 "If Captain Delany says he never talked with me on the bribery ques- tion," said MT. Wadham of the society to a reporter, The is a common liar. will swear to my charges and make them to his teeth. He cannot frighten me nor intimidate me in any manner I will be more specific. The remarks were made one day last November, when I called on him at the store where he is employed to see that other people do not steal. He Is some sort of a hoorwallker at the J. J. O'Brien store. I think he is a crooked boodler and I shall make my charges boldly before any court or any body of citi- gems"