The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
Herrin and Burke
May Give Out
All Prizes

Inc news tnat Governor Glllett VIII
reward only those job-seekers who are
indorsed by the party organization has
aroused enthusiasm all along the po-
litical line from the first boss to the
last henchman. Aspirants who have
been on the waiting list since George
C. Pardee took Office four years ago are
convinced that everything will be all
right now. Here is how they explain
the new deal:
We're going to have, the capital in
San Francisco, where 1t belongs, in
stead OF Sacramento. That organiza-
tion talk means Herrin for the large
places and Jere Burke for the little
places. There'll be no more danger of
knocking on the wrong door. All jobs
that pay over 500 a month are to be
filled by Herrin himself. Those that
pay 500 or less will be filled by Jere
Burke for Herrin. It's tough on the
longhairs, but they've done pretty we'll
the last four years. It's our turn
now"
According to inside information only
two ''reformers" stand a chance of get
ting recognition. The exceptions are
Congressman E. A. Hayes and his
j.
reverent public as Red" and Black
Hayes, and TO sacrilegious Charley
Shortridge as Rouge ct Noir." The
present plan provides that care be
taken not to offend the Hayes brothers.
Although still friendly to Mayor
Schmitz, they have broken with Ruef
and stand ready to treat with the or
ganization on all deals that do NOT in
clude Harbor Commissioner John d.
Mackenzie.
"BLACKc TURNS BLUE
The break with Ruef is the result OF
long reflection by j. o. Hayes. Abe
contracted with BLACK" to give him
the vote of the San Francisco delega-
tion for Governor at the Santa Cruz
convention. Shortly before the ballot
ing BLACK" discovered that the dele
gates were his for conversational pur-
poses only When it came to voting
they were all for Herrin. Wags say
that BLACK" Hayes turned blue, but
1T was all so sudden that he didn't
quite realize just how he had been
stung. Now he knows, and Abe gets nc
more favors from the prune belt.
Mayor Schmitz is also listed with the
organization Herrin is not to name
the Mayors appointees. but the list OF
eligibles is to be submitted to the rail-
road boss, with the understanding that
q strong black pencil mark means "he
won't do" Schmitz can do nothing
with the legislative delegation. That
belongs to Ruef, and Schmitz will keep
hands off.
Herrin is said to be neglecting the
Assembly, but paying particular at
tention to the Senate. According tc
the wise men the lower House is tc
write pro bono publico over the door
and be riotously in favor of the peo-
pie, but the Senate is to be strictly
programme. Bills to cinch the cor.
porations are to spring up like alfalfa
in the House, only to be cut down in the
Senate. Ruef has seven Senator'S from
this county, but the Herrin men figure
that their boss has enough Senators
from the interior to get along without
anything from San Francisco. How.
ever, 1t is not thought that Ruef will
interfere with any inspired programme
He has all the trouble he wants for the
present and would do almost anything G
to promote harmony with the big boss
ABE REFUSES TO DOWN
1t is whispered about that Abe, de-
spite all his entanglements, still has
his eye on the seat in the United States
Senate held by George c. Perkins. One
close observer of political affairs ac-
counts for this peculiar case of political
strabismus by assuming that Abe has
been reading David Graham Phillips
articles on "The Treason of the Senate
and has concluded that his string OF
indictments has put him right in line
for advancement
Another subject of gossip is: What
will happen when Governor Pardee
sends in the nomination of J. d. Mattos
to be Harbor Commissioner in place
of Mackenzie? The State Senate will
meet before Gillett is inaugurated.
Mattos is a State Senator. The State
Senate has been in the habit of i'm
mediately confirming the nomination OF
appointees taken from its membership
This is senatorial courtesy, as 1t has
been practiced in Sacramento. II II
still holds good Gillett will be de-
prived of an expected pleasure and
Mackenzie will have to do his fighting
from the outside instead of the inside
This may or may not happen Wise
men say that the courtesy due the
Senate must give way this time to the
courtesy due the organization, and that
the nomination Of Mattos will be quiet
ly rolled up In grave-clothes and en-