Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
GOV. GILLETT Goes
TO THE CAPITAL
PREPARES FOR INAUGURATION
ON MONDAY
Fight for the speakership Of the As.
sembly a Three-cornered One, but
Is Favorable to 5eardslee
Of San Joaquin
snecial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-Governor-
elect Gillett arrived here today from his |
| home In Eureka, accompanied by n. G. |
Cooper, his private secretary. He was |
met by Gen. George Stone, chairman of |
the state Republican committee, George |
Hatton and other organization leaders. |
/ He first visited his son, who is i'll in a |
| local hospital, and thereafter received |
q number of his friends. The governor |
will go to Sacramento tomorrow, where |
he will be inaugurated Monday
| The Legislature will meet at noon |
Monday in the Redmen's hall at Sacra-
mento. Owing to alterations and re-
pairs In the state capitol, the assembly |
is compelled to meet elsewhere.
In the organization of the legislature
a hot fight over the speakership is pre- |
dicted by the Chronicle, which says
that the action of Abe Ruefs delegation
in deciding to put Nathan C.. Coghlan
into the fight for speaker inaugurates a
three-cornered battle, and that while
Beardslee of San Joaquin. the organ
ization candidate, will probably be
elected, the machine will have to fight
Stanton of Los Angeles and Estudillo
of Riverside, who are also machine
| men.
BeardsIee for Speaker
Drew of Fresno Is the choice of the
'antis," or independents, as they call
themselves. Drew was most active in
his efforts to secure the Fresno delega-
tion for Pardee, and to this end was
opposed to the candidacy of Williams
for state treasurer. But Williams
won and Gilett secured the Fresno
delegation to the Santa Cruz conven-
ton.
There appears to be an alliance be-
| nd httt
the Los Angeles man might hold few
members to vote for himself for speak
er, it Is not thought that he can deliver
them to Drew When the followers of
Stanton break from him they will prob
ably go to the organization, where they
naturally belong. The only assistance
Stanton can give Drew is by remaining
in the fight and keeping his votes out
of the organization. Drew and his
associates are endeavoring to organize
all the anti-elements in the assembly,
which are much of the same general
character as those that gathered to the
support of Dunlap of Stockton four
years ago. The organization will hold
a caucus at Sacramento early Monday
morning, and at that time the contest
for speaker will be determined. The
outlook is for the election Of Beardslee,
but while the fight is on there is, of
course, measure of uncertainty in re-
spect to the outcome.
Senate of Great Importance
There seems to be disposition on
the part of the machine to leave the
assembly to paddle it's own canoe as
soon as a speaker and other officers
satisfactory to the organization, shall
= have been elected. The senate will lie
. the main seat of atcion by the party
managers. 1t is predicted that there
8 will be but few practical inducements
held out for legislation on the assem-
bly, side.
There was talk among the organiza-
ton men today to the effect that the
purpose of the Drew campaign was
} to delay the organization Of the as
sembly and prevent the Inauguration
of Gillett next Monday. This, it is
claimed. by some, would enable Gov
ernor Pardee to appoint to the three
superior judgeships which will be va
/; cant on January 8, by reason of the
incumbents having been advanced to
/, the appellate bench. AS opposed to
this there are those who claim that
such move would avail Pardee Moth
ing, as Judges Burnett, Taggart and
. Kerrigan, who are of the organization,
would hold on to their seats ON the su-
perior bench few days longer, If
necessary, and the machine would claim
that there was mo vacancy" and
lHeIclOIS uO pldCeS 10 WHICH PdrQe6
may appoint. There are those, too, who
say that Pardee would not take ad-
vantage of such a narrow technical
margin even in the factional strife of
the political elements.
Successor to Judge
For the vacancy caused by the resig-
!. nation of Judge Hart of Sacramento,
Charles Post, the assistant attorney
general. who is booked for retirement
from the latter office because of his
affliation with Colonel Dan Burns, is
being discussed as possible appointee
of Governor Pardee. j. B. Devine, a
Sacramento lawyer, is another candi-
date
The matter of the appointment of a
successor to Superior Judge Kerrigan
in this city seems to have narrowed
down to one candidate, John A. Hos
mer. Justice of the Peace Isidore
Golden was an aspirant, but his as
sociations with Henry Ach and Abe
Ruef seem to have disqualified him in
the estimation of the organization.
Frank MCGOWAN, another candidate,
was Ruef delegate to the state con-
vention and also a leader of the Ruef
forces in the Thirty-seventh assembly
district as 5gainst Postmaster Arthur
Fisk. The declared intention of the
organization Is to give neither aid nor
comfort to any Ruef follower.
Great pressure mas peen Drought TO
induce Judge Burnett Of Sonoma to
resign so that Pardee may appoint his
successor. The Pardee candidates in
Sonoma are Thomas Denny and Judge
Crawford, both of Santa Rosa. 1t is
said that Judge Burnett will serve out
. his term as superior judge but will
promptly assume his place on the APP
pellate bench on January s, as there
is much litigation before that court
= which requires immediate attention.
Belshaw to Be Rewarded
Senator Charles Belshaw, who was
appointed state prison director by
Pardee, is in a somewhat different po-
sltion from Mattos. The senator from
Contra Costa, while at one time much
opposed to Pardee, became his stanch
supporter in the last canvas. 1t is
said that Belshaw has changed again
and has become most cireumspect