The San Francisco call., 1897-01-04
THE MAYOR MAY
MAKE No CHANGE
He Laughs at the Teapot
Tempest Over Police
Judge.
Major Whitney's Superstition
and Business Interests Are
Allied.
Judge Prick R,tires From the Bench
After M king an Honorable
Record.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
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OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
908 Broadway, Jan. 3.
The time is past when Mayor DAVE, ac-
cording to precedent, should have an
nounced his choice in the matter of Police
Judge. He has made no change and there
does not appear to be any desire on his
part to do so. A great deal has been said
and published about Mayor Davies inten.
tions in regard 10 the appolntee to succeed
Judge Wood, but it appeers that the
Mayor himself, who Is naturally the per-
son who should know most about it, has
been entirely silent and has derived con-
siderable amusement from the numerous
plans gratuitously formulated for him by
others.
When spoken to on the subject recently
Mayor Davie said he was entirely dis
gusted with the amount of trouble tlrat
seme people seem to be taking in mat
ter which di6 not concern them. Although
the patronage of the Office is small, it is
not so small but that there are scores of
people who would like TO have it. A great
deal has also been said about the political
trade by which Carl Wood went into the
District Attorneys Office and Tom Craw-
ford was appointed Police Court Clerk.
Carl Wood leaves his office tomorrow
and nothing has been said about sue
cessor to Police Judge Wood and CLERK
Crawford, but there is more than an infer
ence that they will succeed themselves.
The whole affair has been one OF Oakland s
characteristic political teapot iempests.
Major Whitney firmly believes that
Judge Greene, who will succeed himself
-
his last two elections to the influence of
one of the majors horseshoes. Yet, al
though the ex-court commissioner has
studied the doctrine of DaibhuIsu in
japan, he declares be is not superstitious.
His veracity must be judged by his own
story.
Those two horses hoes, with nails stick
ing up out of them," said the major,
have played an important part in Ala
media County politics for six years.
About halt a dozen years ago. | was
wanting the worst way the office OF
court commissioner. Ny success de-
pended on he election of Judge Greene
and Fred Henshaw. On the day of the
election, as l was coming down to my
Broadway; they had evidently just fallen
| from some horse feet because all the
nails were sticking up.
t'Tnat particular morning / read story
of man who attributed his life's fortune
to the influence of horseshoes, and as soon
as / saw those two big shoes in the middle
of the road said to myself, Now. Fred,
there's your luck. One OF those shoes is
Greene aid the other Henshaw.' picked
up the shoes. carried them down to my
! Office, laid them down carefully with the
! points up, and sure enough Greene and
Henshaw were elected and | was appointed
| Court Commissioner. A year or so later
the ianitor in dusting my room had
turned the horseshoes with their nails
down. At that time l was conducting a
suit for heavy damages and / could not
quite understand why things were not
| coming my way. thought of my horse.
shoes, rushed to my Office and sure enough
they were upside down. imm ediately
reversed them, rushed back to court and
| the next day the jury brought in verdict
for $4,000.
"Last November l did not care to be
Court Com m issioner, but for personal rea-
sons wished to see Judge Greene and