The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-25
PLACES TO FILL.
Offices Budd Has to Give
to Politicians.
NUMEROUS AND IN DEMAND.
Many Sinecures Which Should Be
Abolished.
. INTENDS TO ADVOCATE ECONOMY
The New Governor Thinks lie Can
Reduce Expenses One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
INTENDS TO ADVOCATE ECONOMY

lie also deemed 1t advisable 10 make Inc
announcement of the fact Of his departure
in rather vague terms.
1.-The country" as applied to this State.
is quite a large place, and with no more
accurate direction even the most impetu-
Gus office-seeker would experience some
difficulty in locating the man who has
Offices 10 give away.
Hes gone TO the country and not to
Stockton" was the way those who knew
answered the question, "Where is Mr..
Budd ?' and that was all that could ba
learned az 1910 Post street. where the
future Governor has been residing while
in the city. 1t would be cruel for any
body, even newspaper. to tell more, for
he is a fugitive, and he is sick and the
place-hunters are in full cry in pursuit.
While lie is rusticating and recuperat-
ing Mr.. Budd will no doubt consider the
merits and dement's of the small army of
PERSONS who have applied to him for
places, and the small army will put in the
time studying State patronage in general
and that portion of it which it is the
province of the Governor TO b3stow in par
ticular.
The list of appointments to be made by
Mr.. Budd is quite a long one, and the
salaries TO be paid 10 each of tbs success
just at present
The new Governor will first have to
make no his executive family. AS its head
he will draw down $4,000 year. He will
appoint private secretary at $4,000 year :;
&C executive secretary, $1,000; secretary Of
the Board Of Examiners, $4,000; assistant
to the secretary of the Board of EX-
amiDers, $500; stenogTapher TO the Gov
ernoT, $1,000; executive messenger, $1,000.
Among the other offices TO be filled a
number are called "pleasurabe" Offices,
because they last as long as the Governor
pleases, during the life of his own term,
Of course. The others are pleaSurable in
fact, because as rule the salaries are
large and the duties nominal
The first pleasurable office so called on
the list is that of adjutan t-general, whose
salary is $4,000 a year. The adjutant-
general has The appointment of one assist
ant at $4,000 and clerk at $1,000.
The next on the list taken alphabetically
are the Bank Commissioners The board
is composed Of three members, appointed
by the Governor for term of four years
at salary OF $4,000 each. They are allowed
secretary; salary $500
The Board of Health of San Francisco
comes next The Mayor Of the city is
member eX-officiO and the Governor ap-
points four members. No salary is at
tacbed TO this office. The board is allowed
a secretary at $1,000 and an attorney at
$1,000 1t has this appointment of Health
Officer, Health Inspector, Quarantine Off
GER City Physician and five other officers
of the board. In addition TO this the
board has the patronage of the County
Hospital. consisting of the appointment Of
a Superintendent, Resident Physician and
niue other employees exclusive Of cooks,
Lgundrvmen, nurses, ETC, of whom there are
large number about the institution. The
patronage of the Almshouse also belongs
to the City Health Board, including a
Superintendent at $1,000. a physician at
$500 and various other minor positions
The Governor also appoints a State
Board of Health, term four years; travel
ing expenses only. The board has a sec
rotary $500.
The Governor appoints the State Board
Of Harbor Con- missioners for San Fran
cisco, San Diego and Eureka, Hum boldt
Bay. The San Francisco Rarbor Commits
sioners, three in number, receive $4,000
year each. The secretary receives $1,000
also; the assistant secretary, $500; chief
engineer, $4,000; chief wharfnger, $4,000 {;
attorney, S2400; two superintenQents,
5000 each. The board appoints besides
Observation-Disclosures seventy-eight wharfl1-
gers, collectors, watchmen, etc.
The Har00r boards at San Diego and
Eureka have three members each.
The Governor also appoints directors of
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum,
Stockton Insane ASYLUM, Agnews Asylu
Mendocino Insane Asylum and Home for
Feeble minded Children.
Four port wardens for San Francisco
and one for be port of San Diego are to be
appointed By Budd. The term is four
years and the pay fees.
Other places TO be filled are: State Ana
lvst; four Pilot Commissioners for San
Francisco. one for San Diego and one Tor
Wilmington; Insurance Commissioner at
$780, and Deputy at $500; Yosemite Conn
fIfSSlnuarS lSl. Rurpan of 7 OH C+af
(2); Board OF Silk Culture ~; Board of
Arbitration; Suffers Fort Trustees d.o
pay; Dental Examiners mo pay); State
Board of Pharmacy mo pay; State Min
ing Bureau (no pay); Trustees State Min
eral Cabinet (no paw; Board of Commits
sioners of Building and Loan Associations.
salary S24O0; Fish Commissioners (uo pay
State Veterinary Medical Board: Trustees
State Burial Ground; Registrar Of Voters
of San francisco. Then there are num-
Der of other boards whose members re-
ceive no pay, but dispense considera b a
patronage and perform functions of which
the PEOPLE hear very little, such as the
Horticulture, Agriculture and Vitieulture
boards.
Mr. Budd will have his hands full with
all these appOiD tments, but his close
friends say that the Governor who sue
ceeds him will not he kept quite so busy,
unles the next Legislature should inter
IeIe. 1t is asserted that the newly elected
chlef executive intends to get his pruning
kEl1e at work on large number of useless
commissions and that be will cut down
State expenditures at least 100000. This
is his present intention. and the men VINO
are near him say he will carry it out. Mr.
Budd's first message 10 the Legislature
will recommend sweeping reductions Of
expenses and urge that all Superfuous
commissions be abolished. The Port War
dens are not paid by the State, but make a
fat living out of the shipping interests by
means of fees. 1t is said the wardens
make from $500 to $4,000 year and III nj
the State could get along excellently with
out their services at all.
Another ambition of Budd's is to take
the Board OF Health out of politics and to
get a Harbor Commission that will attend
strictly to its duties and not be dominated
by such men as Dan Burns.