The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27


IN. E. w. SMITH,
Notary Public in and for the City and
County of San Francisco, State Of
California"
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 1898.
Hon. Charles A. Clinton Twenty-first
and Howard Streets, City-Dear Sir:
Referring to the statement in the morn
ing papers Of to-day, l will state in all
due justice to the parties concerned
that l have not had business with the
Sailors Home for at least the last five
or six years, and have not discussed
the matter relative to Mr.. John F. Eng
lish in any way or shape or at any time.
Il make this statement with all due
justice to yourself, as there seems to
have been some misstatements in this
instance. Very respectfully.
-"(S1gned) w. r. LARZELERE.
1920 Davis Street, San Francisco
Father Yorke, in letter In The Call
of the I'd inst. says:
But the Mayors innocence did not
exculpate Clinton and Dodge and Lack
mann. The Mayors innocence in the
matter of the lease Sailors Home) did
not assoil them for their treachery in
voting for Chris Refs, the indorsee Of
the A P. A"
Regarding this charge of the rev.
erend gentleman 1 have only to say as
q matter of fact that I was not present
at the meeting of the Board of super
visors at which Mr.. Christian Refs was
elected treasurer, as the following GER
titled copy of the minutes proves:
Copy of the minutes of the Board OF
Supervisors Of the city and county of
San Francisco, Book a. No. 60, page
No. 159, at its meeting held on April %,
1898:
Board of Supervisors. San an, F y 1sas
SATURDAY. forenoon.
1.-THE Board of Supervisors met pur-
suant to adjournment to fill the va
cancy in the office of Treasurer of the
city and county, caused by the resig-
nation of A. G. Widber.
"Present-Supervisor Devany, Has
kins, Sheehan, Dodge, Lackmann, Nor
ton, Britt, Smith and Rivers.
His Honor Mayor Phelan presiding.
1.-The chair stated that 1t was in or
der to proceed to vote to I'LL the va
cancy in the office of Treasurer OF the
city and county, and directed the clerk
to call the roll-the nominations belng
made being Henry S. Martin and CHRIS
tian Refs.
THE roll being called. Christian Refs
received the votes of Supervisors De-
yany. Haskins, Sheehan, Dodge, Britt
and Rlvers-6, and Henry s. Martin
received the votes of Supervisors Lack
mann Morton and Smith,
There being no appointment.
Discussed by Sup rvisors Lackmann
and Smith.
THE roll was again called and Chris
tan Refs received the votes of Super
yisors Devany, HaskinS, Sheehan,
Dodge, Lackmann, Britt and Rivers.
Henry S. Martin received the votes
of Supervisors Morton and Smith.
."Thereupon. on motion of Supervisor
Morton, the appointment Oh Chrlslldn
Paic was made unanimous.
1.-THE chair then declared CHRISTIAN
Ries duly appointed Treasurer of this
city and county to NIL the existing va
cancy. having received the unanimous
vote Of the board. -
ION motion the board adjourned TO
meet on Monday afternoon, April 70,
1898, at o'clock.
LIMO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk"
Father Yorke in his pamphlet dealing
with the action of the BOARD OF super
yisors in releasing the Sailors home
TO the Ladies Seamen's Friend society
says:
I'm the Monitor called the attention
of the people to this monstrous wrong.
Among the members guilty mentioned
DIR. Clinton and he replied not by prov
ing that his vote was right, put oy
saying that l was liar.
Simply because 1 voted on the Sailors
Home question according to the o1c-
gentleman jumped upon me with both
feet. He mentioned" me by holding
me up to public scorn and obloquy He
denounced me as "a yociferous re-
former whose protestations of philan-
thropy, of purity. of principle and Of
common veracity the public should dis
count" That l had cast aside even
the pretense of decency." He stigma
tiZed me as "a Judas who had betrayed
the sacred cause of religious liberty"
and by innuendo he charged me with
having sold my vote.
Conscious of not having done any
wrong, and naturally indignant at the
unjust attack on my good name, L re-
piled that the Monitors article, in so
far as it touched me, was false, and /
hereby pronounce as equally false the
allegation that 1 used the word liar
in my communication"
Continuing Father Yorke says:
DIR. Clinton, with his eyes open,
voted that Catholics were not entitled
in this town to equal rights with Pro-
testants. To this DR.. Clinton made no
answer. He did not dare to give the
reason he voted for the Apaist outfit of
the Sailors Home"
This charge / brand as absolutely and