The San Francisco call., 1910-09-16
COMMISSION MAY DROP
BLADE THIS AFTERNOON
Canstic Letter Sounding OIL
cials Death KneII Will Be
Considered by Board
MARTINS FRIENDS BLAME
FLANNERY AND BASSITY

@HIEF OF POLICE JOHN 3.
u MARTIN has been invited to
eliminate himself from the ad-
ministration- He has been given his
choice of two methods: the harakiri
or the boot. Martin will select the
former as offering the advantages of
speed, dignity and directness. The
urgency of the separation has been
impressed upon him by Mayor Nc
Carthy.
The chief still insisted last night
that he would not resign. His friends
said he would. sThey added that he
had been selected as the sacrifice to
the wolves who have been press
ing hard upon the administration
sleigh. They also delivered themselves
OF some unkind remarks upon the sub
ject of P. H. Mccarthy, Harry Flan-
merry, ct al The mayor and his ~pre-
mier citizen they said, had found
Martin entirely too provincial for their
more ambitious plans for greater
Paris-a consolidated entity, it's right
wing in Chinatown, it's left wing IN
Mason street, its claws in Pacific
street, and its beak pointing toward
Van Ness.
Martin lnCumbrance
Nonsense and tommyrot,' came the
reply. The mayor had found Martin
an incumbrance instead of an up
lift. 1t was added in further ex-
planation that the administration had
been sullied by tales of Chinatown
graft, Barbary coast recklessness and
tenderloin laxity. Martin was to
blame. Ergo, Martin must go.
The rumOrs, reports and innuendoes
assumed new significance during the
afternoon when the chief was called
into conference with the mayor. The
colloquy was brief and apparently to
the point. The mayor denied that
Martins resignation was at his dis
posal- Later in the day document
emerged from the mayors Office which 4
pointed its index finger at the chief
and cried out between every pair of
lines, Il mean you." The document
was addressed to the police commits
sion. 1t is to this body, apparently.
that the privileges of the last sad rites
have been delegated. The commission
will meet in special session at
O'Clock this afternoon to consider the
mayors communication At about the
same time the wise ones predict that
the chief will pass out.
COULD SECURE PENSION
Before retirement. Martin could re-
gain his place upon the pension list
and leave the service with a $1,000 an
nuity. Gossip has awarded his epau-
lets to Captain Eugene Wall or Ser
geant j. J. O'Meara. These calcula-
tions have grown out of the emphatic.
language of the pronunciamento from
the city executive.
1T becomes my duty at this time"
begins the mayors letter in solemn
tones. ito again invite the attention OF
your honorable board to the conditions
existing IN the department over which
you have control. and TO other condi-
tions throughout the city which are
consequent upon the evident laxity on
the part of your subordinates."
The reference of the censorious digit
is unmistakable.
Since last addressing you upon the
vital subject of the efficiency of the
police department" the mayor pro-
ceeds. Il have as a result of careful
and continued personal investigation
been impressed with the fact that the
department is not organized or oper-
ated upon that proper and practical
basis which alone can insure the high
est degree of efficiency from each and
every subordinate"
Direct Charge
The direct accusation is then made
in this language:
1T is obvious that special privileges
have been extended through tha