The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-18
NAMES WRITTEN
ON The SLATE
-:
Colonel w. P. Sullivan Tr.
to Be Mayor Phelan's
Secretary.
Sam Rainey and the County
Committeeman Will Divide
Big Patronage.
Frank L. Coombs and the Assembly
Committees - .Cornered
Fight for Chief Clerk.

W. ?. Sullivan Jr., formerly colonel of
the First Infantry Regiment, n. 6. c.,
ana latterly an active exponent of Demo-
cratic doctrines IN the municipal election,
has his name on the slate for secretary OF
Mayor Phelan. The name is said to have
been written with an indelible pencil and
cannot be easily erased. The Office is a
good one. The duties are not arduous and
the compensation is $3.50 a month.
Colonel Sullivan was a popular colonel,
ana his friends assert that he will become
popular secretary. One of the duties of
the position is to explain to the aged and
INDECENT the easiest way 10 get to the
Aim shouse, and another important func-
ton IS to bring into play the influence OF
the Mayor to effect the release of pet dogs
from the Pound.
Mayor Pnelan, it is assumed, will have
another place to bestow Courtesy accords
to him the naming of one janitor-pre-
sumably the one that takes care of the
(; Mayors Office. In an aggravated contest
Tor the spolls Sam Rainey might take this
little plum by force, but there is no indi-
cation that he intends to violate cour-
tesies honored by precedent.
The hundred or more places, such as
1anitors, watchmen, Prosecuting Attor-
'neys, Police Court clerks, ETC., which the
Supervisors appoint, will be divided
edpally between Sam Rainey and the
Democratic County Committeeman of the
respective Assem- bly, districts. For exam
pie, Sam will name one and then the
Assembly district representative will
name the second, and SO on along the line
1his arrangement may give fifty places to
Rainey and fifty to the Assembly districts
What the Supervisors will get themselves
Is not now clearly shown.
Current rumor goes that Mayor Phelan
is not in the deal. He will have the honor
OF presiding at the meetings of the board
and the pleasure OF signing warrants per-
hitting Rainey's men and others to draw
money from the treasury.
Just before Mayor Phelan's term of
Office expires he will have an opportunity
10 appoint a Gas Inspector to succeed
Colonel Taylor, who was recently ap-
pointed.
Frank L. Coombs, ex-United States
Minister to Japan, was in the City yester-
DAY. 1t seems TO be conceded all around
Q that he will be elected Speaker of the As
sembly. Judge Waymire is on the slate
for chairman Of the Judiciary Committee.
TIE Craftsmanship of the Ways and Means
Com mittee is unsettled. Judge Henry C.
Dibble was at the head of that committee
OI4uS Tic A4ISb SSScAOn VI bnS 11cSlSl6LuTc
under Governor Markham's administra-
ton. Mr.. Coombs was then Speaker of
the Assembly. Now it is rumored that the
prospective Speaker has in mind for the
place an Assem- blyman from Southern
California, Mr.. Guy. Judge Dibble has a
strong following in the Grand Army,
which he may not invoke for so small an
affair as the Craftsmanship OF an Assem-
bly, committee. 1t IS said that he would
prefer to use such influence with his COM
rade Major Mckinley to obtain an agreea-
BILE appointment in the diplomatic service.
There will be a tnree-cornered fight for
chief clerk of the Assembly. The an
nounced candidates are: 7. E. Atkinson
of San. Francisco S. ]. Duckworth of Mon
terey and w. Aawkett of Alameda. In
times past the Southern Pacific lobby
managed to cut quite figure in the Sc
lection of chief clerk OF The Assem- bly,, but
word has now come from headquarters in
the yellow building that the corporation
will not help or hinder any candidate.
Each man will stand on his merits and
the most capable clerk may win out.