The San Francisco call., 1910-10-29

that delay The board of directors has
held no meeting today to consider this
business. l do not know where Mr..
Marshall is today. Mr.. John T. Gill
martin. manager is i'll at home:
OLD BUSINESS HOUSE
The H. S. Crocker Co, is one of the
oldest business houses in California. 1t
is engaged in stationery and Office fur
niture and Quitting business, and has
several large establishments in this
city. The officers of the company are:
c H. Crocker. president; John T. Gill
martin. manager; w. A Swinnerton,
secretary; II. j. Crocker. vice president,
and S. H Wade. manager of the sta
tionery department.
San Mateo county wore a bland smile
of innocence all day yesterday. Dis
trict Attorney Joseph Bullock, accord
ing to a statement made by Supervisor
Blackburn. which was overheard by
representative of the attorney generals
office, received $1,000 from Charles Mar
shall in Jules cafe, this city.
The blandness of District Attorney
Bullock was only comparab BILE to his
declaration of innocence. Bullock has
had many opportunities TO protest his
innocence of charges brought against
him. Yesterday he took refuge in
an imitation of innocence.
BLACKBURN DoDGES
Supervisor Coleman of San Mateo
skillfully kept out of the way of inter
viewers with pertinent questions. Over
in Pescadero DR.. D. E. Blackburn. who
divided up his 'bit' with former Super
visor Coburn in the presence of wit
nesses, did notk now until last evening
of the expose. He was informed over
the telephone He hung up the re-
ceiver suddenly when he was told he
had been found out
Supervisor John T. Casey of Colma
made a valient statement. He said: II
have never done a dishonest thing since
have been a supervisor, and l defy any
one to prove that / have
In the development of the San Mateo
graft it came out from the loquacious
Blackburn, when he did not know that
he was being overheard, that Jimmy
Coffroth had paid him and other super
visors $500 apiece last year and would
have to come through this year or get
no permit.
REFoRMERs ACTIVE
The reform element in San Mateo
county was active yesterday in its cam
| paign against the boodlers and the Bull
| lock faction. George A. Merrill, good
government mayor of Redwood City and
/
ment league, made the following state
ment:
we have been aware that his furni-
| ture deal was about to be consummated
and we expected to appear before the
supervisors at their next meeting and
| to get out an Injunction If necessary
/ to stop proceedings. The action of the
/ attorney generals office, of course,
takes the ma tier out of our hands, but
10 n "a N
Mateo county that the good govern
ment league will exert every effort to
see that there shall be no fiscarrfage
OF Justice OF late we have been very
much engrossed in work preliminary to
the approaching election, but the most
pressing part of that is now done and
we will devote our attention to coun-
selling with the leading public spirited
citizens of the county on the best way
to deal with the situation. This ex-
| posure viii show the people the mag
nitude and the nature of the opposition
| that the handful of good government
leaders have had to fight against. At
| times 1t has been downright humfliat-
ing for some of us tobattel almost
single handed against bands of or
ganized crooks and degenerates in an
| atmosphere where it was unfashiona-
BILE to be decent Now that the ex-
posure has come 1T is to be hoped that
! the people will be reader to back up
| this fight for decency that the good
| government league has been making.
| There is work for every honest man
TO do in this emergency"
BULLOCK A TRAITOR
The republican county central COM
mittee at a meeting in Redwood City
yesterday started to prepare proof OF
the fact that District Attorney Bullock
has been raitorous to the party by
making a fight against. the republican
| candidate to succeed him, Kenneth M
| Green. Bullock is a member of the
| central committee and his removal from
the committee is sought on the ground
that he is working for the election OF
Franklin Swart, Green's opponent. The
committee is also working to have Doc
tor Blackburn, the accused supervisor.
removed from the state central commit
tee on similar charge Of treason tc
party nominees. Blackburn has been
running as an independent candidat te
for supervisor against the regular re-
publican nominee, Ralston.