The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-06
GOVERNOR BUDD'S VISIT.
The Chief Executive Will Name
the Board of Health on
Monday.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION.
He Believes the Law Constitutional.
More Trouble for the National
@ uard.

Governor Budd was in the City yester-
day and returned to the capital last
evening. His business was in regard to
the new Board of Health which he had
intended to name to-day. He may DO
that vet, although his last words on leav-
ing the CITY were that the appointments
would be held over until Monday. The
reason of this, he explained, was that he
had not had time to consult with the
Mayor and several medical gentlemen.
Mayor Sutro and the Chief Executive
had a conference, though, just before the
Governor left. 1t is generally conceded
that Doctors Morse and Williamson will be
on the board, but Governor Budd would
neither deny nor affirm the report re-
garding the latter gentleman. Before he
left for Sacramento he added the names of
DR.. Charles A. Clinton and DR.. Joseph o.
Hirschfelder. He did not see either of the
gentlemen, the former being out of the
City and the latter unavailable at the
time. Both physicians stand very high in
the profession, and the Governor paid
them pretty compliments, but was du NIB
as to their appointments.
II expected to get all through with the
Board of Health to-day" said the Execu-
tive, "but l could not catch the people
wanted to see. l was going to name the
board but | will now defer action until
Monday, when I will come to the City to
attend the meeting of the Yosemite Com
mission in the morning and sign the China
Basin lease in the afternoon.
"Dr. Morse will be one of the new board,
but as to the others l have not made up
my mind. Williamson? 1 don't Know
and the Governor smiled as if he did know
all about it.
What do you think of the questions
which have been raised regarding the con-
stitutionality of the Election Commission
act?" was asked.
Il have not given that matter the con-
sideration to which it is entitled, but off
hand, l would say that l think it is entire
" constitutional. When l signed the bill
there was nothing occurred to me in it the
cOnstitutionality of which could be Ques-
toned. | don't want to see any jangle or
discord over this law because it is good
one. The people wanted 1t and they still
want it and it should be carried into oper-
alton. If the enactment of the law can be
construed to be special legislation, it seems
TO me that there are number of other
laws in the same category.
Regarding Mr.. Hinton, think have
explained my position. | did not advise
him to keep his seat or to give it up. A
prominent attorney said to me in the
Registrar presence Jndt ne u1Q not thin K
the law repealed his position. l merely
wanted to see Hinton as to what he intend
ed doing, and the rumors began to tiy."s
Some day next week Governor Budd will
call meeting of his staff, at which will be
present Adjutant-General Barrett, Briga-
. dier-General Warheld and the colonies of
the various regiments. The meeting will
be full of dire import to the National
Guard, for it will probably result in the
mustering out of more companies. The
Governor was asked what steps would be
taken in this direction.
"Well, we are going to meet to see what
can be done. One thing which will be
done will be this: We are going to keep
within the 5000, COO appropriation made by
the last Legislature. | am not in favor of
any deficiency. The reason it costs more
to maintain the guards than it ought to is
that a fixed monthly sum is paid to each
company independently of what 1t costs to
support it. Ii it could be so arranged that
each company could draw only what is alb
solutely necessary for its maintenance we
could keep up the National Guard and
keep within the 100000 appropriation"
Governor Budd returned from Klamath
Springs a week ago, and he says that he is
in better health than he had been for a
year past He has had no rheumatism,
except an occasional twinge, since he re-
turned. He will be very busy for the next
two weeks, after which he will return to
the springs.