Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-20
Schmitz Refuses to
Be 0usted by
Gallagher
Former Judge Scores
Spreckels and
Heney
Campbell Announces That His Client
Will Establish Right as Chief Exc
ecutive of San Francisco.
Fears State of Anarchy
Rv Associated Press

! BY Associated Press Nr.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.-Two
mayors, Schmitz and Gallagher, con-
tive's office of the city and county of
| San Francisco. If the prosecuting fac
! ton follows it's plan Cot BILE set of
officials is likely to besiege ever office
of the city and county government.
| Schmitz is expected to ask the court
of appeals for a ruling by which he
will be declared mayor. This appeal
was not made today as had been an
| nounced by the mayors attorneys.
l. Not only will Mayor Schmitz resist
all efforts to transfer the reins of gov
ernment from him to Acting Mayor
Gallagher, but, according to his attor-
| neys, Campbell, Metson, Drew, FairaH
and Barrett, all of the Scfifnitz ap-
pointees will fatty refuse to relinquish
office when their designations are called
| for in the course of the program the
bribery-graft prosecution has laid down
for the ousting of the administration.
Former Judge j. c.. Campbell. the
mayors chief counsel, said today:
"Mr. Schmitz is mayor of San Fran
cisco and he doessnot propose to yield
his office to Supervisor Gallagher or
| any other Spreckels operative unless
forced to do so by the courts. He
rests his position on two main grounds
First, that the board of supervisors Is
4 without legal right to bestow the func.
tions of the mayoralty upon another;
second, that it's attempt so to do tends
to create state of anarchy in San
| Francisco.
"If the district attorney is allowed
to pursue the course laid down for him
by Mr.. Spreckels and his associates an
emergency mayor will presently call
for the designations of the chief of
police the police commissioners, the
commissioners of public works, the fire
commissioners and other important
municipal officials. The incumbents,
backed up firmly by MayJr Schmitz,
will refuse to resign or to surrender
their offices. They will then be re-
moved by Mr.. Spreckels emergency
mayor, who will appoint men at the
district attorneys order to succeed
them. What will be the result? Just
as we now have two mayors we shall
then have two chiefs of police, two
| boards Of police commissioners, two
boards of public works, two sets of all
municipal department officials, each es-
saying to perform the functions of of
| fee and refusing to reGognize the other.
When 1t comes to this we shall have
reached anarchy.
'I have simply to repeat under no
circumstances will Mayor Schmitz yield
| to his political opponents, for as such
and such only Messrs. Spreckel-. Lang
| don, Heney ct al now stand by their
own acts exposed. Having thrice at the
polls failed to forestall a Schmitz ad-
| ministration they have adopted bolder
and more desperate measures. Mr..
| Schmitz and his municipal appointees
will do everything in their power to
keep those measures from becoming
| successful"
| Judge Lawlor this morning, on re-
quest of Attorney Frank Drew, signed
an order permitting Mayor Schmitz to
| leave the county Jail for consultation
with his attorneys. The order is iden-
tical with the one issued yesterday
and restricts the visits of the mayor
| to the office of the attorneys and
directs that he shall transact private
| business only.