The San Francisco call., 1904-12-10
NAY BE NAMED
COMMISSIONERS
At Least Four Incumbents,
Whose Terms Expire, Are
Sure Of disappointment
OTHERS ARE MENTIONED
Gossip Puts Metson on Park
Commission and Keeps
Casey on the Works Board

The terms of eight municipal Com
missioners will expire on January and
gossip is already rife regarding the in
tentiOns of Mayor Schmitz in the mat
ter of appointments TO the vacancies.
The Mayor himself has been reticent
on the subject, but although exactly
one month still remains of the current
terms the signs indicate the reappoint-
ment OF four or five of the incumbent
Commissioners.
1he members of the boards and com
missions whose terms are about to end
and who appear to be absolutely GER
tain of reappointment are: Aaron Alt
mann, member of the Board of Educa-
ton; Henry NJ. Wreden, Fire Commits
sioner, and DR.. Joseph H. Poheim,
member of the Board of Health. To
these three may be added the name OF
A. w. Noorsanger, who seems TO De
reasonably sure of again being named
as a member of the Board or Election
Commissioners.
Opinion is divided as to whether
Michael Casey viii be reappointed to
succeed himself on the Board OF Pub
lie Works. The Mayor has never for
given Casey for deserting him and
forming an alliance with exCommis-
siCner of Public Works Marsden Man
son, when the latter was member OF
the board in 1902. However that may
be, it is whispered on what appears
plausible foundation that the Mayor is
willing to relent in Casey's case in the
event that certain influences are
brought forward in his behalf. Casey
has been real good since his original
detection from the Mayors cause, and
now that he is in the minority on the
board his reappointment is very much
within the range of probability.
The term of Park Commissioner
Frank ]. Sullivan will also expire and
gossip suggests the name of William
H. Metson as Sullivan's successor. Met
son was Park Commissioner just be-
fore the new charter went into effect.
He was the only one on the board who
was not reappointed by Mayor Phelan
in 1900. Metson is a Democrat, an at
torney of high standing and his ap-
pointment now would be in the nature
of a slap at the influences which pre-
vented his appointment in 1900
There does not appear to be any we'll
defined guess as to the probable success
sor TO j. H. Howell, whose term as
/ Police Commissioner ends next month
although il is said that jeremiah A
/ Dineen, a contractor and close friend
of Mayor SchmitZ, can have the office
if he wants it. Others who are men
toned for the post are: Dr. George L
Drucker, eX-School Director and ex-
Grand Juror. and Fred Hilbert, al
though the Mayor has been heard tC
remark that he did not desire to ap-
point any more liquor men on the com
missions. Hilbert is in that line OF
business, but he. too, is a particular
friend Of Schmitz
The term of Civil Service Commits
sioner John w. Rogers also expires
January s. He could undoubtedly bt
reapp0inted, but he has his eyes or
more remunerative positions, one Of
which he hopes to secure through the
/ good offices of E. A. Hayes, Congress
man-elect. Rogers wants to succeed
the late George Morse as clerk of the
United States District Court or he may
go to Washington, D. c., as Hayes
secretary. In either event vacancy
on the Civil Service Board will exist
for which gossip fails to suggest &
name unless it be George Benham
/ president of the Labor Council, who
! has several times been considered fol
appointment on commissions by the
Mayor, but for some reason was never
selected when the crucial moment ar
rived