The San Francisco call., 1906-08-02
LOOKING FOR MAN
TO DOWN bEAMER.
Railroad and Equaliza-
ton Commissioners
Expect denomination
HENSHAW Is SAFE
BY HUGH NJ. BURKE.

Alex Brown of Calaveras and Frank
Mattisoa of Santa Cruz. are Republican
members of the present State Board of
Equalization. They are candidates for
denomination and neither one is con-
fronted by formidable opposition for
the favor of the party nominating con-
vention. OF course, the Democrats will
put opposing candidates in the field
Frank Mattison was at the Union
League Club yesterday. He remarked
in reply to a question that all the
members of the board hoped for re-
election.
This applies to r. H Beamer of Yolo
and w. III. Afford of San Francisco,
Democrats. Affords chances of sue
cess will be slender If he fails to get
the Endorsement of the Union Labor
party. as the city of San Francisco
comprises his district.
Another fake fight may be put up by
the Republicans in Dick" Beamer's dis
trict, which embraces the counties of
Butte, Colusa, Del Norte. Glenn. Hum
boldt. Lake, Lassen, Marin. Mendocino,
Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra.
Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Teha-
ma, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba. The Re-
publican majority IN the district is con-
siderable, but Beamer manages some
way to overcome all opposition and
reach the winning post on election day.
1 hear talk that the Republican lead
ers of the district have resolved to
nominate a live representative man
this year, who will give Beamer the
battle of his life.
REPUBLICAN COMMISSION.
The Railroad Commission is Republi-
can at both ends and in the middle
Orrin S. Henderson of San Joaquin,
Adam Andrew of San Francisco and A.
c. Irwin of Yuba expect to be renomi-
mated. Men who are known as party
leaders tell me that the desire of the
Commissioners for denomination will
be gratifed 1t may be in line with
the eternal fitness of things" for the
Southern Pacific to name the Commits
sioners as the commission was created
in the constitutional convention of
IS7S-79 by the influence of the railroad
corporation.
The tip comes to me straight that
Associate Justice Fred W. Henshaw
will be renominated at Santa Cruz. His
supporters have developed considerable
support for his candidacy in Alameda
County. l am told that the delegates
from Berkeley will support Henshaw
Today or tonight Charles H Spear will
meet some of the Henshaw hustlers in
Berkeley and go over the ground. Spear
may require a Missouri demonstration
that Henshaw is preferred to Judge
d
said TO be prepared TO show him.
| am not quite sure that Judge A. g.
Burnett of Santa Rosa, who is high
class, intelligent man and withal a
good lawyer, can break in. In one of
the Sonoma County papers l notice a
significant paragraph to the effect that
Santa Rosa should be satisfied with
this allotment OF patronage: Duncan
McKinlay, Congressman; E. p. Colgan,
State Controller, and E. F. Woodward,
Surveyor of Customs, port Of San Fran
cisco" When it comes to rolling UP
Republican majorities Sonoma County
is not a high roller.
l fancy that Max Sloss' nomination
for the Supreme Court. to fill the Van
Dyke unexpired term, is about settled.
Henry A. Melvin is Judge of the Super
Tor Court with two years TO serve. He
is the exalted ruler of all the Elks in
the United States, and he is a high and
mighty potentate in the kingdom of
good fellowship. To heap on top of
this the privilege of sitting on the
bench of the Supreme Court alongside
Chief Justice Beatty and near Asso-
ciate Justice Mcfarland might be more
glory than should be accorded to one
mortal. This reflection leads me to the
conclusion that either Justice Lorigan
of Santa Clara or Judge Burnett of
Sonoma will be nominated.
GILLETT IN RED BLUFF.
Congressman Gillett was In Red Bluff
day before yesterday, and is quoted as
saying: In my opinion w. F. Engle-