The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-12
BRINGS TEARS IN
PLEA FOR PIONEERS
Bohnett, Urging San Fran
cisco Needs Plats for In
creasing Population, Fails
to Obtain Support-Dele-
CATION From This City
and That From Los An
geles Split on Final Ballot

SACRAMENTO, May 1.-THE ques-
tion is one of sentiment versus COM
mercialism.' said opponents OF the
Boynton cemetery removal bills, and
sentiment prevailed. the bills being de-
feated at the assembly session which
lasted until 1870 o'clock this morning,
reconsidered at noon today and voted
down. ss ayes to 81 noes.
Assemblyman Bohnett, sponsor for
the bills in the lower house, declared
for the proponents that the ground
occupied by the three large burial
grounds within San Francisco was
needed to care for the growing popu-
lation of that city; that the property
rights of the lot owners would be con-
served and each share in the profits of
the sale of the land for residential or
commercial pnrpeser, and shat th.i 81
buoval of the bodies buried there would
would be better to have it done now in
an orderly manner than to subject them
to the disgraceful treatment usual In
the vacating of an old cemetery.
BRIGGS TEARS BY PLEA
The cemeteries have been closed
since 1900. and contain the mausoleums
of many famous pioneers Assembly
man Mcdonald of San Francisco read
a long list OF names of these men and
wet the eyes of his fellow members
with his simple plea that they be not
disturbed weldon. Slater, STRICKEN
brUck, Shartel and. other members
backed up McDonald's appeal, and
defenses of the bill.
There are $4,000 graves in these
cemeteries" said Nelson, "and the city
attorney of San Francisco, since this
removal agitation commenced, has re-
ceiyed an average of 20 letters a day
from persons whose relatives and
friends are buried there. These per-
sons will be put to heavy expense IL
the removal is ordered The removal
viii be of tremendous financial benefit
TO the people of San Francisco and they
should bear the expense"
McENERNY TITLES CITED
In his closing argument Bohnett said
that titles to burial lots were not in
fee simple.
How about the people who have
McEnerny titles to their lots?" asked
Nelson.
That only confirms the title they
previously held" said Bohnett.
Don't you know that McEnerny
title viii stand for the owner against
the world2'' pursued Nelson.
Wei, I'm not familiar with the Nc
Enerny act" acknowledged Bohnett
On the rollcall the bills failed of
passage. 81 to 40. reconsideration was
obtained, but when the roll was called
again on the final passage there were
but 3s ayes TO 81 noes.
THE VOTE ON THE BILL
The vote followed neither party nor
geographical lines. both the San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles delegations
splitting
The rollcall was as follows:
Ayes-Bagby, Beck. Bohnett. Bow
nan, Bush. Byrnes. Canepa, Carey,
Chandler, George A. Clarke, Gabbert,
Gates, Gelder, Guiberson, Hinkle, In
man. George H. Johnson, T. D. john
ston, w. A. Johnstone Judson, Killings
worth, Morganstern, Mouscr, Murray.
Nolan. Palmer. Richardson. Ryan,
schmitt, Scott, shannon, Shearer, Suth-
erland, Wall. Walsh-36.
Noes-Alexander Ambrose Benedict
BIoodgood, Bradford, Brown, Collins,
Cram, Ellis, FarweI, Ferguson, Finne-
gan, Fish, Fitzgerald, Green, GULL.
Hayes, Kingsley, Libby. Mccarthy. Nc
Donald, Moorhousc, Nelson, PEARS.
Polsley, Roberts, Simpson, Slater, Smith.
Stine, Stuckenbruck, Tulloch, Weisel.
Weldon, Wooley, Wiley, Young-37.