The San Francisco call., 1906-08-09
EVERYBODY TALKED
BUT UMbSEN.
Meeting of the Police
Commissioners Last
Night a Perfect Babel
BOYNE THE BUSIEST

Monologues and dialogues, discordant
! exclamations, heart-to-heart talks, tits
and arguments enlivened the meeting
of the Police Commission last night.
Commissioner Leahy interrogated ap
plicants Commissioner Cresswell Of
| fered legal opinions, Secretary ].
| George Boyne ran a cross fire of ques-
! tions over the table with Sergeant
Donovan, Alonzo Byrne, the commits
I sion's stenographer, argued with Boyne
and five applicants for liquor licenses
for the same place yelled at the chair
man at the same time
Doc Leahy struggled with the legal
status of everything and ]. George
could not refrain from 'butting in"
| with suggestions which made Leahy
very wroth While the president of
the board catechized the applicants for
licenses Boyne yelled to Sergeant Don
| ovan across the room. Even though a
Police Commissioner is an august per-
son, deserving of respect from en-
| ployes of the office, the secretary, stem
| ographer policeman and Score of ap-
plicants shouted to one another while
Leahy grew red in his effort to pre-
serve the dignity of the commission.
Through the noisy meeting Commits
| sioner Umbsen remained silent and
| Jerry Dinan, the Chief, wisely held
his peace Commissioner Heagarty was
absent
LEAHY TALKS FIRST.
you say that OSCAR Tolle gave you
| the lease?" queried Leahy to a protest
ing applicant for a saloon license.
What's that number, Donovan?"
shouted ]. George Boyne
Mr. Tolle told me
Page 4, column g." yelled Donovan.
Will you tell-?" Leahy stammered.
Folio 23, Mr.. Secretary" said Ser
! geant Donovan.
| My God, I can't work like this" in
| terposed Angelo Byrne.
viii the witt" Leahy suffered.
Say, sergeant, see when the last
minutes were written" Boyne again.
II have been here twenty times to
see about my license" yelled another
applicant.
will you keep duiet?" thundered the
chairman. Proceed, Mr."
Holy smoke, I never thought the
meeting would last so long" whispered
Byrne. audibly.
II move that this matter go over for
| one"
What page did you say. sergeant"
interrupted J. George again.
Commissioner Cresswell, who, after
several vain attempts to ascertain the
trend of all the talk, made motion to
adjourn.
we will have the minutes read first"
said Commissioner Leahy.
Yes, read the minutes" added Com
missioner Umbsen.
Mr.. Secretary read the minutes Of
| the last meeting,
They are not complete" answered
the former Chinatown rent collector.
Why are they not ready?" queried
Cresswell.
]. George shrugged his shoulders and
| stated that it was up to the stenogra-
pher.
COMPLAINS ABOUT WORK.
These minutes must be kept UP to
date" instructed the chairman
II am worked to death: cannot do
thfee mems work." unbltshingly said
Angelo Byrne.
The Chief of Police was instructed to
detail man to assist the oVerworked
| secretary and stenographer. Putting
over everything until the next. meet
| ing, the board then passed a resolution
| in regard to the future transfer of
| licenses granted by the former board to
saloon men.
1t was advised that the City Attorney
be instructed to ascertain the right Of
| saloon man to do business in another
location than the one given in his
license. More than 800 saloon men who
paid their first quarterly payment on
future transfer licenses will watch with
interest for the decision OF the City At
torney.
j After the meeting Commissioner
Leahy took Secretary Boyne to one side
and gave him little advice. 1t will be
remembered that the secretary's foot
slipped" Tuesday night when he told the
chairman that some of his (Leahys)
friends would like to have their licenses
granted before the mob was heard.
did I ever tell you that I had a list
of friends I wished to favor?" asked
Leahy.
]. Georges countenance took on a
queer expression and hesitatingly he
answered, 'rN-n-no."
Then don't ever make such crack
again." said Leahy.
GRANT NEW LICENSES.
The following liquor licenses were
; granted:
julius Levin, IS Taylor street tsealed
gackages); Charles O H9lm6eTg; at5 her IS
den Gate avenue; Baruh, Brounwell s.
Lason, 551 Geary street; Morris Haas,
1854 Post street; Meisel & Starke,
81 5RaTs Han Ness sas aRenue Rn petjen Meyer Meyer
IT Market street; H. & F. Won Issen-
!. dorf, southeast corner, Lyon and Page
, street. Street: Harry Bentham. Is Clay street;
Charles Laepage. 1858 Market street;
Eewald teemth and hdats MISSION streets i Kuhi
street and Golden Gate avenue; Milton
} w. Levy, 17s5 o'Farrell street; Rivers
& Stoltz, 81 Third street; j. Alexander
and ]. Erdelatz, northwest corner First
and Brannan streets; Giovanni & Va
lente, southwest corner Montgomery
Z avenue and Bay street; Peter Brown
119 Fifth street; John D. H. Hartje
Sixteenth street and Potrero avenue
Gustav Meyer. se5 Valencia street: e
Elias < Milton Lobree. 1547 Ellis street
Billy Pratt was busy yesterday deny
ing that he made the statement credited
to him in regard to coming through
: to the former Police Board. Severa
: persons heard the former divekeepel
make the clustering statement