The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-04
PHELHN'S JOB CHASERS.

r HE rank and file of the local Democracy can
scarcely point with pride" hereafter to the rec
ord made by their first appointed municipal con-
vention. The Committee of One Hundred comprised
substantially all the dissenting Democrats OF the city
For years these gentlemen have been clamoring tor
good government and demanding the overthrow OF
the bosses Many people have been led to believe
that they not pursuing the Offices but really
in favor of pure and undehled administration
OF the law. Doubtless the Democratic State Commit
tee in appointing them took this view of their mo-
tives.
But these "reformers' are now all on record. AS
members of the Committee of One Hundred they
have worked from the hour of their selection to get
the Offices First, in defiance of the authority con-
erred upon them they resolved themselves into mu
nicipal nominating convention; second in pursuance
of plan to nominate themselves to office they vo-
lated resolution forbidding the formation OF job
chasing combinations third, they bartered away
everything in the shape of patronage to their relatives
friends vain endeavor to form political ring
which will carry the election. Mayor Phelan as their
boss has nominated for lax Collector
who will give them control of the Election Commits
sion.
Among the members of the Committee OF One
Hundred who have nominated themselves for office
are the following: Auditor, John H. Grady; City
Attorney Franklin K. Lane Treasurer, M. Green
batt; Superintendent of Schools James Denman
Superintendent of Streets, R. P. Doolan; Super
visors l. de F. Bartlett Lewis B. Byngton, I. B.
W. Leland, Charles A. Clinton; School Director, l.
J. Lyons; State Senate John F. Twigg and T. j.
Mccormick Besides these A A. Cavagnaro, brother
of one of the committeeman has been nominated for
School Director Numerous attorneys in the body
are said to have secured the patronage of the various
offices for themselves and other committeeman have
enforced pledges which will bring them personally
the fat berths within the gift of the Supervisors and
other officials
Moreover as is the custom with political bossess
Mayor Phelan vented some of his personal sptes by
means of the power usurped by his Job-chasers. He
turned down William Broderck, the best Auditor the
city has ever had because he has not been able to
control his official action Although loud advocates
of civil service REFORM the committee refused Public
Administrator Freese a denomination. His place was
awarded 10 a personal friend and adherent OF Mayor
Phelan thus showing that the latter is civil service
reformer only when his own machnists bene-
iciaries of the principle.
1t is barely possible that these facts going to
escape the attention of the people Of this city and that
they will in ignorance vote these Democratic con-
sprators into Office but until events prove this we
may be pardoned for expressing doubts But
whatever happens one thing is thoroughly set
tied: The Democratic "reformers' of the Phelan-
McNab- Barry type unmasked. In fact, they have
unnasked themselves Instead of being out for good
government" they are for the offices. Their OBJ
iectons TO municipal management in the past have
been founded upon nothing except desire to do the
managing themselves They are not reformers but
ioh-chasere