Show SCHMITZ DENIES ABDICATION Says He Has Not Turned Over Reins of Government to Committee San Francisco It has been reported re-ported that Mayor Schmitz had virtually vir-tually abdicated In favor of a committee com-mittee of seven This was strongly denied by the Mayor on Friday who said The statemcnt that I have handed the reins of government to any person per-son or committee is an unqualified falsehood I railed the committee of fifty together some time ago in order that I might have tho advantage of tho wisdom and advice of the best citizens of the city In a financial and Industrial crisis This committee of fifty selected subcommittees In order that Important work might bo systematized sys-tematized and carried out and one of these committees Is the so called committee of seven I have not resigned re-signed nor yielded my prerogative to anybody and any statement to tho contrary is a malicious falsehood There is no reason why I should passover pass-over the reins of government to other people As for Iluofs charges I will say ho has novel paid me any bribe money and he knows It If ho says ho passed bribe money to mo he simply sim-ply lies I only know that he has made such charges from what 1 am told and from the newspaper reports |