Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-17
Nine Minutes Required


The whole procedure of electing new
mayor for San Francisco occupied just
nine minutes.
The program laid down by District At
torney Langdon went through without a
hitch.
He himself was in the crowd at the
back of the room to see that 1t did, as
was Special Agent Burns of the prosecu-
ton.
Neither Rudolph Spreckels nor Francis
j. Heney appeared.
Dr. Taylor was elected by vote OF
II to 2, the bare majority made necessary
by law.
The meeting of the board was sched-
uled for o'clock, but it was $3.50 before a
quorum was seated and Clerk Ryan
raped the body to order.
Present were Supervisors Lonergan,
Tveitmoe, O'Neil, Rea, Coffey, Gallagher,
Harrigan, Nicholas, Mamlock, Walsh,
Phillips. Davis, Coleman and McCushin.
The absentees were Furey, Kelly and
Sanderson. Supervisor Boxton resigned
last week to become temporary mayor.
He did not attend tonight's meeting.
I'm the absence of his honor the may
or" called Clerk Ryan briskly-and he
referred to Boxton-"the first business
before this board is the election of a
chairman"
Gallagher Chairman
Supervisor Sam Davis, acting under in
structions impaired to him by the dis
trict attorney through Gallagher half an
hour before, nominated Gallagher and he
was elected and took the chair.
The roll was called and the clerk an
nounced a quorum present. The reading
of the journal of the last meeting was
postponed.
Clerk Ryan read a communication from
Eugene e. SchmitZ, as mayor, notifying
the board of the appointment by him OF
Samuel T. Sawyer, a member of The Typo
graphical union and a working printer, to
the supervisorship vacated by the resig-
nation of Boxton.
This certificate" said Gallagher, "pur
ports to be an appointment of Samuel T.
Sawyer to the board of supervisors, and
it is signed by Eugene E. Schmitz as
mayor.
This board has already gone on record
to the effect that Mr.. Schmitz is not the
mayor of the city and county of San
Francisco.
I'm order to preserve any rights Mr..
Sawyer may have under the law by vir-
tue of this certificate the clerk will note
upon the minutes that the certificate was
presented and order placed on file with
the presiding officer denied a seat in the
board of supervisors on the ground that
the person making the appointment had
no authority to make it."
Gallagher was faithfully obeying the
order given him in the ante room half an
hour before by the district attorney. He
continued:
Sawyer Is Present
81 UNDERSTANDINGS Sawyer pushed for
ward through the crowd to the rail swing
door where a congratulations stood
guard-"that Mr.. Sawyer is present
claiming seat. My instructions to the
are:
Mr.. Sawyer is not entitled to a seat
and you will not allow him to take seat
in this board. The clerk will proceed"
A tip from an authorize tive source had
gone forth that Chief of Police Oman,
acting under orders of Schmitz, whom he
as the real mayor, would de-
tail patrolmen to attempt the forcible
number of khakied officers lent color to
the story.
But nothing of the sort was attempted.
Sawyer stopped at the rail and parleyed
a moment with the sergeant-at-arms,
smiled awkwardly and retreated into the
throng, and so far as the evening was
concerned the incident was closed
Boxton Resigns
The resignation of Mayor BoXton, a
typewriter paper of three lines, was read
and accepted on motion of Supervisor
Coleman, no dissenting votes being cast.
There is a vacancy in the office of