The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
He Fears That Flint Might Gust
Jeter Should He Leave
the State.
ANXIOUS AS TO THE OUTCOME.
The Executive Afraid That His Ap.
pointment of Millard's Successor
Will Not Stand.

STOCKTON, CAL, Dec. Ex-Governor
Budd will not go 20 Washington during
the session of Congress in the interest of
the Government building and river appro-
priation bills for this city, introduced in
the House of Representatives on the Sd
inst. by Congressman Grove L. Johnson.
In fact, it is doubtful if the chief executive
will leave the confines of the State until
after the meeting of the next Legislature.
1t is not because he does not desire to
lend his influence at Washington in favor
OF these appropriations, but because he is
afraid the friends of President Thomas
Flint of the State Senate will steal march
on him in his absence and unseat his ap-
pointee, Mr.Jeter, presume ed to be the Lieu
tenant Governor of California.
During the present week and just
previous to the Governors departure for
Sacramento he confided in friend here
that he was very doubtful of the legality
of his appointment of Mr.. Jeter as the
successor of Lieutenant-Governor Millard.
The Governor was dissatisfied with the
situation, and, if his conversation was not
misinterpreted, he believed that Mr.. Flint
would have very little trouble in ousting
Mr.. Jeter. Mr.. Budd believed that in any
event the matter will go to the Supreme
Court, but until it does he will not consider
Mr.. Jeter's position safe.
Concerning the probable decision of the
Supreme Court on the matter, the Gov
ernor is not satisfied that his position will
be sustained, but he will in the meantime
contend that he has acted with full au-
thority in the matter. There has been
much inquiry as to why the Governor did
not start for Washington, inasmuch as it
was known that the ladies of the Com mer-
cial Association annex would cheerfully
bear the financial burder of the trip.
When the reasons for the Governor S SEEM
ing lack of interest in the matter became
topic of discussion, the matter was
quietly smoothed over by his friends with
out divulging the information which the
Governor had communicated to them.
In the meantime the subject of mass
meeting has been industrlously discussed,
and the Governor cheerfully consented to
become one of the speakers at the gath
ering.
The conversation con tanning these state
ments was quite lengthy, and Governor
Budds doubts of his ability to leave the
State were expressed in much stronger
language than in these sentences. 1t is
now well known among the Governors
close personal friends in this city that he
is very apprehensive that he has repeated
his course in the San Francisco Police Com
mission matter, and there is little doubt,
but that he would cheerfulIy retire Mr..
Jeter if it were possible to do so with iue
credit to himself and his friends.
AS the matter now stands. Governor
Budd is in the State as the watchman of
Mr.. Jeter's interests, and while he would
like to have the matter tested in the
Supreme Court. he is not in a position to
test case of his own making. When the
Legislature meets, Mr.. Jeter will pretend
to assume the duties of his position, with
out asking the consent of any court, but
should the Supreme Court in the mean
time have the matter in band, Mr.. Jeter's
interests will be defended by the ablest at
torneys obtainable by the administration
forces.
While little has been said on the matter,
there is no doubt that the San Benito
County legislator is source of much APP
prehension to Mr.. Budd. The highest
hopes of the administration forces at the
present time are to secure the power to
make up the various committees in the
next Legislature, and with Mr.. Jeter in the
position he now holds he would contribute
largely to that end. Nothing would add
so much to the contentment of the Gov
ernor at present as to know that Jeter
would be retained.