The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-22
AS A REFORMER
DELANY MEETS
WITH DISASTER
Eleven Supervisors
Go Against Him.
KILL HIS GAMING ORDER
DISREPUTABLE STREETS WILL
REMAIN OPEN.
Nickel-in-the-Slot Machines Will Not
Be Protected, However, as
Mr.. Delany Had
Planned.
KILL HIS GAMING ORDER
DISREPUTABLE STREETS WILL
REMAIN OPEN.

Eleven Supervisors kicked like broncos
| yesterday against Captain Delany's anti
gambling resolution.
When IL came up for consideration at
the meeting Of the board as a part of the
alleged report of the Health and Police
Committee there was a quick attempt to
throttle it, Britt, Sheehan and Hasldns
all taking part in the attack. Sheehan
and Haskins declared the Health and
Police Committee. had never sanctioned
the resolution that the majority of the
members were against it and that Cap
tain Delany had no right to include the
same in the committees report. They de-
clared ii was not properly before the
board for consideration.
Mayor Phelan assented to this view Of
the matter and ordered the resolution
thrown out. At this juncture Supervisor
| Clinton astonished the other members by
announcing that he liked the resolution
very much and would introduce it again
in regular fashion at the next meeting,
only eliminating that section which eX-
empted the nickel-in-the-slot machines
from the sweeping prohibition against
gambling. This last proviso by Clinton
caused considerable amusement in the
board, as it is well understood that De-
lany's idea in introducing the order was
to throttle all forms of card and dice
gambling in order to help out the patron
age of the nickel-in-t he-slot people. Dr.
Clinton increased Captain Delany's dis
gust by announcing in most laudatory
terms his appreciation of the rigid aid
wholesome character of the movement to
secure moral purity in the city, as ex,,
emplified in the Delany resolution. and
said he hoped it would prevail. all excepe
the nickel-in-the-slot proviso. He would
prohibition. So far as DR.. Clinton could
see, Captain Delany could we'll afford TO
be satisfied with gaining all his points
against gambling in this great city, and
2
It now looks as though the partial cru
SADIE against the gamblers begun by the
aII-pervadIng wave of reform, and that,
despite any objections on his part, De-
lany will be held up to view as an apostle
of moral purity and a shining example of
what a good man can do when he sings
hymns on Sunday and fights vice on Mon
day.
by unanimous vote the resolution
agreeing to pay the Sanitary Reduction
Company 20 cents per cubic yard for
garbage burned at the cremat0ry. When
the vote was taken Rottanzi, Clinton and
Dodge had not arrived.
The Mayors veto of the order provtd-
ing for the illuminating of Post street,
near Leavenworth,- was laid over Tor two
weeks.
The order prohibiting the spr1nkling of
bitumen pavements by water carts was
returned to the Street Committee for
further consideration.
The recommendation of the License and
Orders Committee that theater ticket
scalpers be allowed to ply their avoca-
ton upon payment of a quarterly license
of SIS brought forth a vigorous protest
from RottanZi and Clinton, both of whom
declared the theater managers objected
and that ticket scalpers swindled the pub
lie. The order was indefinitely postponed.
The action of the board providing for
the grading and macadaminzing of Nine
teenth street, from L to a point 500 feet
south of " street. was Teconsidered and
the superintendent of Streets was in
structed to begin anew formal proceed
ings looking 10 the accomplishment of the
work.
Shea & Shea, architects for the new
Hall Of Justice, were instructed to pre-
pare plans for giving the Police Depart
ment more room and also to figure on the
furniture necessary TO equip the build
The Palace Athletic Club was granted
permission to hold a boxing exhibition IN
December. The same privilege was ac--
corded to the Princeton Athletic Club and
to the Mission Athletic Club.
The City Street Improvement. Company
was awarded the contract for bitu1nintz-
ing Market street from Taylor to Van
Ness for the sum of $31, 900.
Supervisor Rottanzi introduced a reso'
luton requesting the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company not to rebuild It's
burned shops at Sacramento, but to re-
move the entire plant 10 this city, in rec
ignition of the privileges granted by the
in the past to the railroad.
The Supervisors finally decided that the
sb05d 0f Be aoWed to remain
Smith called up his motion to close the
houses on these streets, claiming that
they were nuisances and ought to be sup
pressed He declared that his resolution
had been purposely sidetracked in COM
mittee.
Sheehan, Rottanzi and several others
took the ground that the closing or the
dens would scatter the disreputable m
mates broadcast over the town. They
thought it was better to segregate the
women Upon putting the matter to vote
Sheehan Britt Rottanzi, Rivers, Morton,
Defany and Devany voted in favor of let
ting Bacon place and Belden place re-
main open. Dodge, Lackmann, smith
and Clinton voted to close both.