The San Francisco call., 1897-04-09
De EMOCRATS SHY
of RESIGN|NG
DR.. Mathews Will Not
Leave the State Library
at Present.
Oilers Will Emulate His Ex.
ample and Hold Back Their
designations.
Governor Budd Has a Choice Lot of
Official Plums for Distr button
10 the Faithful.

Many Democrats and some Repu plicans
are anxiously awaiting the distr button of
the official plums at the disposal of Gov
erner Budd. 1t is given out that the Gov
ernor will shortly appoint three directors
of the State Board of Agriculture. Ac-
cording to the gossip, James o. Brien of
Marysyille is already slated as one OF the
three.
The five persons to be appointed by the
Governor to constitute the auditing board
TO the Commissioner of Public Works
must not all belong to the same political
party. SO the Governor will have an op-
portunity to recognize Republican or a
PopuIlst. Mr.. Ferris of San Francisco
and Sol Runyon of Sacramento are said TO
be slated for service on the board.
The proposed changes in the State
Library, the State Board of Health, the
Governors secretaryship and the Code
Commission will not take place until
April 90
One who knows the inside of the deal
sums up the situation in this style: DR..
Mathews will not resign the Office of State
Librarian un til he is appointed secretary
of the State Board of Health. The doctor
is Democrat of the old school. He read
lily cCmprehends the cold and gloomy TACT
that the offices III existence are not suffi-
cient in mum ber to enable tue Governor
to give all Democrats one apiece. He
holds one now and will not be foolish
enough to resign 1t until he is elected to
another equally as good. Therefore when
the State Board of Health elects the octor
TO the place OF secretary he will resign
from the library.
Miss Green was recently promoted to the
position of Assistant Librarian. When
Dana Perkins died DIR. Mathews was pro-
noted from the position of assistant to
Librarian, but the vacancy in the office of
| assistant was not filled until lew days
since.
E. D. McCabe, the present private secre-
tary of Governor Budd, is slated to succeed
DIR. Mathews, but with that abundance of
caution which impels good Democrat not
| to relinquish one Office until he gets firm
grasp on another, Mr.. McCabe will not re-
| sign the private secretaryshlp until his
| election TO succeed DIR. Mathews is made
safe and secure. McCabe utterly abhors
| an interim. Later on, when Harbor Com
missoners Colnon and Harney are re-en-
forced by Rudolph Herold, Mr.. McCabe
may be elected secretary OF the board.
| Peter Shiels, secretary of the Code Com
| mission, is slated to succeed Il. ID. Nc
| Cabe as private secretary to the Governor,
| but Mr.. ShielS Is also man OF superior
sagacity in holding Office. He may not
! have war-horse record to boast of, but
he knows the path to the public treasury
and how hard it is to find when one is un-
| fortunate enough to lose it. So Mr. Shiels,
| guided by war-horse judgment and ami
mated by Democratic repugnance TO
resignation, will not resign the office of
secretary of the Code Commission until
| he receives his appointment as private
| secretary to Governor Budd. Meanwhile
A. Camlnetti, ex- rue N ber of Congress and
| ex-mem ber of the Legislature, is waiting g
to step into Mr.. Shiels' place as secretary
| of the Code Commissioners.
Before Governor Budd retires from Of
flee he will have the agreeable duty to
perform OF appointing three Commission
ers for Golden Gate Park. 1t is said that
he will appoint three of the best men in
San Francisco.
At last accounts A. J. Clunie had not
received his warrant as Insurance Com
missioner for Mr.. Higgins unexpired
| term, but insurance men expect that Mr..
C.unie will be appointed.