The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
CITY OFFICIALS
TO Be SHIFTED
Plans Are Making to Trans
fer Supervisor Finn and
Members of Two Boards
BETTER JOB FOR BOYNE
Mayor Wants Election Com
missioner Devote to Cham
piOn Him and His Cause

Preparations are now under way that
involve the shifting of one member
! of the Board of Supervisors and the
exchange of the offices of two munich
pal commissioners, besides the removal
or several subordinates and the ap-
pointment of their successors. Just
when the shift" will be made is not
known, as 1t has been temporarily
postponed until the consent of the in
terested parties can be obtained.
The deal as contemplated includes
the transfer of Supervisor Thomas F.
Finn either to the Fire or Election
Commission, but more likely to the
former body. Finn, who is i'll at his
! home. has been approached on the sub
jest and he has signified his willingness
to make the change.
Should Finn be made Fire Com
missioner. 1t is said that J. George
Boyne will resign from the board in
order to receive the appointment
to the office of Registrar of Elections
now held by George P. Adams. who is
slated for removal some time next
month.
The object of transferring Finn to a
commssionership is to enable Mayor
Schmitz to appoint man to the Board
OF supervisors who will be able to take
up the cudgels in his behalf when he
or his administration is attacked by
the McNab faction and to act as his
champion on whatever stand he may
choose to take on municipal measures.
The man whom the Mayor thinks es-
pecially fit for the place in that re-
spect is James A. Devote, Election
Commissioner. Devote is an attorney
and Is believed to be competent to rise
to the Mayors defense when occasion
requires it. He has the matter under
consideration and it only needs his
acquiescence to carry out the plans as
described. In that event vacancy
would be created on the Election Com
mission to which Boyne could be ap-
pointed. should he decline the Regis
trarshlp. The latter position pays $500
a month and in accepting it Boyne
would receive double his present salary
as Fire Commissioner. In fact, the
salary question is the main difficulty
in making the shift, aside from the
political sacrifices involved. The sal
ary Of a Supervisor is $1,000 per year,
while that of an Election Commissioner
is only $1,000. The difference might
cause some to hesitate about consent
ing to the change.
Coincident with the appointment of
a successor to Registrar Adams, a
Snakeup VIII occur IN the registrar
office. 1t is said that Danny Gordon,
now a deputy in the inner office, will
take Harry Zemansky's place as chief
deputy and Deputy H. B. Moynihan
will get Gordon's place. Zemansky will
probably be made a deputy at his orr
ginal salary of 500 per month.
Other changes include the transfer
of James de Succa, secretary of the
Park Commission, to be storekeeper
of the Board OF Education and the re-
turn of former Commissioner of Works
Herbert Schmitz to his old place.. now
held by De Succa. Other appointments
to be made include the secretaryship of
the Police Commission, for which Barr
ney Flood is being prominently men
toned, and the secretaryship of the
Board of Works, which Morris Levy
will relinquish. No announcement of
Levy's probable successor has been
made, unless the shift" contemplates
the appointment to the position of one
of the men whose names have been
mentioned above.
The Mayor confirmed the statement
printed In yesterdays Call that DR..
Frank j. Tillmann will not be appointed
to the vacancy on the Health Board
to succeed Poheim. His Honor said
that the place had been offered to
Tillmann, who had refused to accept the
appointment. The Mayor added that
he was not ready to announce the ap-
pointment but will do so in a few
days. at the same time naming the
new Park Commissioner, who will, in
all likelihood, be William H. Metson.