The San Francisco call., 1899-04-15
The Mexican Will Dictate the Dis
tributiOn Of Patronage.
Members Of the Code Commission Losing Gunst in
the Shuttle Offering BribeS to Secure an Extra
Session Of the Legislature.

the offer was made during a discussion
Of the prospect Of an extra session. On
every side Burns is working and no
comment is being made of the fact that
he is laboring in political dishonesty to
achieve his end. He wants an extra
session, and then by any cheating,
trickery or political bribery to secure
the signatures Of siXty-one Republican
members of the LEGISLATURE for a eau
Gus.
The matter Is Of such serious moment,
owing to the domination of Burns over
Gage, that nearly all of the members
or the Legislature that are lawyers are
discussing the legal aspects of the af-
tatr. There is a unanimous opinion that
Governor Gage, under the constitution,
has no legal right to call an extra ses-
sion Of the Legislature for the avowed
purpose of electing a United States
Senator The constitution provides
that such call may be made only to
discuss the gravest necessities Of the
State or matters that demand imme-
diate attention owing to the vital in
terests Of the whole people. The cleo
ton of a United States Senator means
neither
This does not mean, however, that a
United States Senator cannot be elected
at an extra session which has been
called for another purpose In 1886
Governor Stoneman called an extra
session of the Legislature to consider
irrigation affairs, which threatened at
that time TO bring to farmers loss of
millions Of dollars and perhaps life
user. At that extra session a United
states Senator was elected. United
States Senator John F. Miller had died
on March S. 1886. Governor Stoneman
appointed George Hearst to fill the va
cancy, The extra session Of the Legis-
lature convened on July 20, 1886, ana on
August 3. 1886, A. P Williams was
elected to succeed Hearst 1t is not
likely that this will in any way act as
a precedent as there is no great or
grave issue in the State demanding an
extra session. That some of the Burns
ADVISORS understand that an extra ses-
sion cannot be called to elect a United
states Senator is clear from the fact
that the MeXican'S forces attempted to
force an adjournment of the Legisla-
ture before the appropriation bill was
ADOPTED and thus give the Governor
an excuse for calling an extra session.
When the Governor arrives in this
city 1t is expected that he will appoint
a Board of Health for San Francisco.
notwithstanding the fact that a new
BOARD Will hold office only until the
first of the year, when the charter will
become operative, Burns demands the
patronage for the machine. He has in
sisted that programme" board be
selected and that he name the en-
ployes. Under this agreement the mem
bers Of the new board will have abso-
lutely nothing to do with the distribu-
ton of patronage. They have not even
yet been named, but their patronage Is
already being awarded. They are to be
simply the figureheads of the machine.
Whoever they may be they will be or
dered to appoint Assemblyman Devote
MIX Inspector, Mike Dunn Market In
spector and Jack Tyrrell Superintend-
ent of the Almshouse
1t is expected also that Governor
Gage will receive his instructions from
Burns to appoint Jake Steppacher Reg
istrar of Voters for San Francisco.
Jake slipped somewhere on the rocks
Of civil service examination and is no
longer Chief Deputy Collector of Inter
nal Revenue. And then there is Nose
Gunst, the gambling Police Commits
sioner, whose term of office expired in
January and who has neither been re-
appointed nor superseded Governor
! Gage will not disturb Nose. The chief
executive has received orders from
Burns to leave Nose alone and the
chief executive will obey. But even
Gage dare not fly so savagely in the
faces Of decent people as to reappoint
the gambler Of the Police Commission
When Governor Gage arrives in the
city he will be placed in custody of d.