The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-30
GREAT RESULTS PREDICTED
NEITHER MADE AN EFFORT TO
CONCEAL THE AFFAIR.
Several of the Councilmen Have
Ideas That They Will At
tempt to Garry
Out.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call

90S Broadway, March 90.
The City Hall is on pins and needles
| because Mr.. Clement and Mr.. Snow have
spent just twenty-three minutes in earn
est conversation.
This most surprising incident occurred
yesterday afternoon in the City Hall
Park, and three seconds after the gentle
men had parted Police and Fire and
Street departments were in a state of
great excitement, wondering what it all
meant.
The meeting had as much significance
to the City Hall as the meeting of two
Emperors might have on Europe. Mr..
Snow will become Mayor of Oakland next
Monday; Mr.. Clement will be City Engi-
neer. The two gentlemen between them
have the power, if they have the inclina-
ton, TO declare vacant and fill fully $50
positions.
Mr.. Snow is a Republican and Mr. Glenn
ent a Democrat, and that causes the sur
prise 1t is not in proof that they talked
about anything else than the sudden
change Of weather or the recent rains,
but on the eve of taking office all sorts
of awful rumors are attached to their
meeting. The fact that these two gentle
men met in the City Hall Park apparently
by accident, where everybody could see
them, and if they cared to, could hear
them, does not seem to have entered into
the calculations of the frightened $50.
Had the meeting taken place in the rear
room of a church or saloon there might
have been some ground for mlsapprehen.
sion, but excited office holders and place
hunters cannot 0e expected to talk or
act intelligently.
Should there be any combination be-
tween any two of the three members of
the board it would naturally be between
the two Republicans, MIR. Snow and City
Attorney Dow. The probability is that
there will be no combination at all, and
that the department will in the main be
left undisturbed. But this reasonable
view refuses to commend itself to the
Already some of the new Councilmen
are giving voice to their hobbies. Mr..
Girard will introduce resolution next
Monday night aimed at keno playing. lie
says Stockton and Sacramento have sup
pressed 1t and he sees no reason why
Oakland should not. He has been MAX
ing Investigations regarding the saloons
and back rooms where the game is
played and is prepared to be very spe.
cihc. Should he be appointed chairman
of the License Committee something may
B. c. Cuvellier does not intend to ignore
the plank in the Republican and Munich
pal League platforms referring to the
of Oakland He says that he is deter
teal scheme whereby the cost of water
will be materially reduced.
A great effort Is being made in certain
doubtedly be the president of the new
Council, to name Councilman-elect Schaf-
fer as chairman of the Street Committee.
Much influence is being brought 70 bear
to accomplish this appointment, which is
a very important one and involves tho
letting of more contracts than any other
single branch of the city government
II seems to be generally acknowledged
that the new Council will appoint a new
the Oakland harbor bill now hung up in
Governor Cages office. Should the bill
be signed. the city will have no authority
int q rrIlar~ fiT1QT yUh
ment will fall to the Harbor Commits
sion This doubt, however, has not de-
creased the number of applicants to sue
coed Fred Murdoch.
John Wilds will probably retain his po
sition chief janitor of the City Hall,
but big effort is being made to remove
the night Waterman, Tim Holland. At
next Mondays meeting of the Council
there will probably be many surprises.