The San Francisco call., 1910-06-28
FLANNERY BEGS
MAYOR NOT TO
REAPPOINT HIN
Mccarthy Yields to Wish of
Fearless, Upright and USE
full Citizen"
Former Police Commissioner
Declines to Be Target" for
Political COnspiratOrs"

Political COnspiratOrs"
Harry p. llannery. who lost his jo
a. president of the board of polio
when he was indicted /
Marin county, does not want his plac
back. In a letter written on Saturda
to Mayor p. II. Mccarthy he asked tn
sitv executive not to reappoint him t
the board. Mccarthy has graeiousl
accepted the opportunity TO acquiesc
in Flannery's wish that he be permitte
to remain in private life.
Flannery was acquitted of the charg
Of grand larceny brought against IN
some time before he wrote urging IN
mayor not to consider his name for re
appointment TO the place he rathe
automatically quilted.
The correspondence was made publl
at tire mayors office last evening. Th
follows in full:
TO MCCARTHY
san Francisco June 25, 1910.
Hon. p II. Mccarthy.
Mayor san Francisco.
Dear sir. In anticipation OF What-
ever official action you may nave
IN contemplation in reference TO the
existing vacancy upon the board OF
police commissioners Of this city,
heg leave at this time as a former
incumbent. and as sincere adVo-
cate and supporter Of the union
5aBOr administration. to ask that
my name no longer be considered
for rea ppOintment, my request be-
ing based EpOn reasons that i snall
endeaKOr here briefly 10 outline.
Since your announcement IN
washington. D. c. that you Would
refrain. from discussing municipal
affairs here until you returned, L
have. in difference to the same,
made no mention TO you OF TINS
. matter until now. Believing, as 1
do. however. that YOU are about
now to nh the vacancy on the board
Of police commissioners, L respect
fully tender this request that my
name be eliminated from consld-
Grafton 7 make the request with
every good feeling and with a sense
Of intense loyalty to the cause
BE-. which you represent. / make 1t,
furthermore. in justice 10 my tanl-
ily. my friends and myself ana,
s. above all. to relieve you of any
. possible embarrassment that might
. arise by reason Of unJuStified critl-
Cism from any source whatsoever
At the close Of a political con-
SpiracV against a union labor ad-
ministTatiOn, which for viciousness
and contemptibihty eclipses any
Similar event in the history Of this
state, I have put my detractorS TO
rOut after being forced to trial IN
= strange county and in the teeth
. Of a false ard dastardly public SEN
timent created by certain news
papers which sought to direct
4 crushing blow at me over your
shoulder. have met the issue
fairly and Souarely, and, under the
adverse circumstances named, have
been pronounced innocent by jury
of my peers Upon the per5ured
word Of q confessed criminal, whom
7 befrienGed because OF my esteem
fn eaflier days for his worthy
father ] was singled out as rep
: resentatiVe in Office Of your admin
fsfration. and the effort to ruin my
name and good character was car
ried forward with satanic zeal. The
price Of this confessed criminals
Derjured testimony has been meekly
paid by those who hoped to encom-
pass my downfall Although the
thief admitted the crime IN which
-. YOUR enemies stroVe TO entaBgle
me, he has been set free as re-
ward for his part in the plot, and
has since been entertained at
nearby summer resort by my ac-
-' cusers. A cOmplaisant district at
tOrney, sworn to do exact justice
bv all persons, has consented TO this
settlement of the bargain between
- my. .accusers and their star witness.
The struggle that has passed, al
though productive of a vindication
for nv family. my friends and my
self has left me disinclined TO re-
enter the arena where as a member
Of the police commission ] would
probably remain an everlasting tar
get for those who pray by night
and by day to achieve the ruina-
ton of p H. Mccarthy, his good
works and his administration
am q merchant with large responSl-
bilities and ] can not look after the
same with justice TO myself If | am
TO be the shining mark at which
your detTactors shall hurl their
COwardly shafts.
7 want to be free to turn my time
and attention exclusively to my
business and to the encrOachments
Of my enemies in order that i may
be made to suffer from the plotting
ofmen whose lives are dedicated to
stamping out the government OF the
plain people and annihllatlnR Its
most earnest advocates. The blow
delivered at me, Mr.. Mayor, was in
tended for you and for your cause,
but it has fallen short, and the
solution of 1t all must be found in
the survival of the flttest-
Once again ] thank you for the
honor you have done me in appoint
ing me to your board of police COM
nissioners. During my tenure in
i
as / saw the light to improve the
police service of this city and to
bring credit to you and to your
administration. ] labored early
and late to advance the moral
. standard of our city and to bet
ter safeguard the public inter-
ests. I did not go into your fight
hastily nor with any bargain for
reward. / supported you because /
had sickened of the insincerity OF
the parties opposing you and be-
cause I believed, as ] still believe,
that the reins OF government are
not the everlasting heritage of the
aristoracy. and that the toiler. the
common people. are best able to
produce men who will fairly, hon
estly and efficiently govern this
free land. Vouchss fing safety and
happiness to all.
IN thus withdrawing from all
consideration for the Office have
mentioned I do so with unchanged
feeling and with my political be-
lfefs more deeply entrenched than
ever. I shall not shirk a single