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mayor" announced Gallagher. What is
your pleasure?"
Supervisor Coleman moved a procedure
to nominations and the motion prevailed
without may"
What is your pleasure?" repeated Gal
lagher when the clerk had announced the
vote.
Supervisor Mamlock arose with seeming
timidity in his seat.
"I take pleasure" he said, in a voice
that scarcely carried through the room,
Sin placing in nomination for the office of
mayor of the city and county of San Fran
cisco Dr. Edward r. Taylor, a well known
citizen of this city"
Second the notion" replied Coleman
promptly.
The roll call showed twelve ayes, two
nays, the latter from Tveitmoe and
O'Neil, the two supervisors who were APP
pointed by Schmitz and the only two who
stand free of charges of accepting brides.
These two continue to recognize Schmitz
as the mayor. Tveitmoe contented him
self with voicing a loud and determined
negative.
O'Neil spoke to the nomination.
Have Clean Mayor
He said DIR Taylor might be very es-
Unable man. he had no information to the
contrary, but in the first place he did not
concede that a vacancy existed in the
office of mayor, and in the second place
he was ''by no means satisfied that DR..
Taylor was the man for the place.
Edward r. Taylor is duly elected to
fill the vacancy in the office of mayor of
the city and county of San Francisco"
announced Chairman Gallagher.
A resolution by Supervisor Coleman
was adopted recognizing the election and
intructing the clerk to issue to DR.. Tay-
lor the necessary credentials by virtue of
which he will be sworn In by the county
clerk tomorrow morning. The clock
marked 9:39 p. m. Adjournment was taken
with Tveitmoe and O'Neil laughing sar'
castically in their seats. San Francisco
has acquired "clean mayor"
TayIor's Achievements
Edward Robson Taylor was born in
Springfield, ILL.,, September a. 1888.
He was educated at Kemper school,
Bonneville, Mo-, and at Toland medical
college, San Francisco, now the medical
department of the state university.
He arrived in California February T.
1862.
From December, 1857 to December, 1871,
he was private secretary to Gov. Henry
H. Haight.
He was admitted to the bar by the SUI
preme court in January, 1872, and prac-
tiCed law IN San francisco until the time
of his retirement in May, 1899, when he
became dean of the Hastings college of
law.
In October, 1879, he was admitted to the
bar of the supreme court of the United
States.
DIR. Taylor was a member of the third
board of freeholders in 1886 to frame a
charter for San Francisco, which charter
was defeated.
He was also a member of the fifth
board of freeholders that in 1898 framed
the existing charter of San Francisco
For many years he has been member of
the board of trustees of the San Francisco
public library and the law library; vice
president of the Cooper Medical college
since it's foundation in 1882. and for four
terms president of the San Francisco
Bar association.
He was intimately associated with
Henry George, beginning his acquain-
tanceship when he was private secretary
to Gov. Haight and George was editor of
the Sacramento reporter There are many
pleasing references to Taylor in the Life
of George"