The San Francisco call., 1907-06-15
Mayor Says City
Cries for His
Services
Argues He Ought
to Be Freed to
Run Office
Files Affidavit With
a Plea for Release


An affidavit was filed by Mayor
Schmitz yesterday as part OF
his application for bail, in
which. he sets forth that mat,
ters of great Importance to the public
demand his attention and that, there
fore. he should not be sent to Jail. In
making this statement the mayor
leaves open the inference that if sent
to jail he will not be able to attend
to the duties of his office and he, there
fore, may himself have laid the foun-
dation for the election of an acting
mayor.
Among the matters which the mayor
says demand his attention are the con-
struction of the Geary street railway
and the. Improvement of the city
streets. The affidavit follows:
Eugene e. Schmitz. being first duly
sworn, tdeposes and says:
That he is the defendant in the
above entitled action and was on the
18th day of June, 1907, convicted of
the Crime of felony, towit extortion,
and was remanded by order of said
of the said city and county Sof San
Francisco and Is now in the custody
of said sheriff,
That affiant is the mayor of the
said city and county of San Francisco
and as such mayor is required to attend
daily to a great mass of public busi-
ness connected with said Office; that by
reason of having been compelled to
give almost his whole time. and atten-
ton to the trial of said cause for the
past four weeks the public business
requiring the attention of affiant has
been delayed and. there is now large
amount of public business pending and
undetermined and requiring the i'm
mediate attention Of afiant.
That furthermore. the fiscal year
of 1906-1907 will end on the goth day
of June, 1907, and the fiscal year 1907
1908 will begin on the 1st day of July.
1907; that there are many financial
matters requiring the Attention of af
fiant before the end of said fiscal year.
among which is the examination of
the annual budget which has been pre-
pared for the next fiscal year, and it is
atlantis duty to make q careful ex
animation concerning each and every
item in said budget for which money
has been appropriated and to perform
such duties in connection Herewith as
are by law required.
That in the budget now before af-
fiant for examination and approval
there have been some very radical
changes made from former usage,
among Wnlcn is the leVylng or an as
sessment of 20 cents on. each 800 of
the assessed valuation of the said city
and county of San Francisco, which
Will amount to more than 100000. for
The hurpose of purchasing, construct
Ing, improving and operating a certain
street railway known as the Geary
street road by the municipality of San
Francisco. that this matter involves
very grave and serious question which
will require careful and continuous
consideration and attention by affiant
until the end of this fiscal year.
That the streets of the said city and
county of San Francisco are in very
poor condition and the matter of their
improvement requires the immediate
attention of affiant; that the repairing
and the rebuilding OF the public build
ings of said city and county of San
Francisco also require the immediate
attention of affiant; that great many
other matters Of grave Importance to
the municipality of San Francisco are
also before affiant and require his at
'tention, consideration and official ac-
ton.
Wherefore, aff1ant alleges that this
is an extraordinary occasion in which
the court ought to exercise its discre-
tion in favor of granting bail to az
fiant."