The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
REJECTION OF FOSTER,
Mayor Sutro Will Not Hastily
Make Another NOmi-
nation.
Be Made the Second
Time.

Mayor Sutro will not imm ediately ap-
point a successor to Samuel Foster, whom
he selected for Election Commissioner on
July l. The Mayor was officially in
formed of the action of the executive COM
mittee early yesterday morning. The in
formation came in the form of letter
signed by P. B. Cornwall and bearing the
seal of the Republican State Central Com
mittee. The letter informed him that the
executive committee of the Republican
State Central Committee desired to protest
against Mr.. Fosters appointment ION the
ground that said Samuel Foster, selected
as one of the Republican representatives
of said commission, is not a person of we'll
known affiliation and standing with said
party from which he has been appointed,
namely, from the Republican party"
Mayor Sutro responded in brief note in
which he acknowledged the receipt of the
communication and adedd: at will be
taken under consideration and &C ton had
thereon"
This faction" will. however, consist for
a time of inaction.
days" said the Mayor yesterday. "The
law requires that objection to the appoint
ment must be made by some legal and rec
ogniZed representative body. Unless | am
misinformed the objection is not author
lied, as 1 understand that there was not a
quorum present when it was decided to
protest against Mr.. Foster.
81 am going to wait sufficient length
of time to give the State Central Commit
tee an opportunity to protest If they do
not do so / will take it for granted that
they indorse the action indicated in the
letter of protest and will appoint second
man.
but that will be the last of it, he de-
clared decisively. "The State Central Com
mittee has a right to object to the first
man l appoint, but that is all. had
talk with Governor Budd on the matter to-
day, and he construed the law to mean that
the first appointment might be objected
to, but that no body of men had legal
right to object to the second"
The views expressed by Governor Budd
are entertained by others. S. w. Backus,
president of the Union League Club, re-
CARDS it as doubtful whether a protest can
be made with any effect to the second APP
pointment. Therefore he favored the con-
firmation of MIR. Foster, fearing that
second appointment might not be as ac-
ceptabIe to Republicans as the first.
Many Republicans incline to the belief
that the law will not stand the tests in the
courts, and for that reason do not con-
slider the question of appointment as one
of grave consequence.
The members of the executive committee
of the Republican State Central Committee
claim that five members constitute a
quorum In the transaction of campaign
business, according to the rules which pre-
vailed during the progress of the campaign
last year, five members did count as a
quorum. 1t was considered that exigencies
prompt and decisive action, so a small
number of men were authorized to speak
for the whole body.
1t was stated last night that D. G. Smith,
who was defeated by Ewing for the Legis-
lature in the Thirty-ffth District at the
last election, haa strong a packing IN his
well with the party, but the Mayor is
quoted as saying that he would not appoint
him.