Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-07
MAY HOLD UP
APPOINTMENTS
NEW COUNCIL NOT ENTIRELY
SATISFIED
Some Objections Being Urged to Sew
eral Members Of Mayor-elect Har-
per's Proposed Board Of Po-
lice Commissioners

There is a prospect of clash between
Mayor Harper and the new council
over several appointments to positions
on the various boards.
About the city hall there are cur
rent several well defined rumors
that the new council will distin-
guish itself at the initial session to-
day by declining to Immediately
pass upon the list of appointments
which the mayor will present.
1t is the intention of the council, so
it is reported, to closely scrutinize the
personnel of the various commissions
as selected by the incoming mayor, and
as a result 1t is said that there is a
prospect that some of the appoint
ments may not be confirmed.
From the day following the an
nouncement by Mayor Harper of his
selections for the several commissions
it is reported that there have been re-
ceived daily by members of the new
council protests against the confirma-
tion of several of the mayors proposed
appointments.
In a number of instances these pro-
tests are said to have been exceptional
ly vigorous and to indicate a deter
mination in certain quarters to encom-
pass the defeat of the mayors choice
of advisers and co-workers.
Aimed at Police Commission
The principal object of attack is said
to have been the personnel of the pro-
posed police commission, with the ex-
ception of Nathan Cole jr., whose selec-
ton seems to have met unanimous
approval.
AS to H. W. Lewis, William A. White
and Samuel Schenck the protests are
said to have come from Democrats and
Republicans alike. although Lewis Is a
Democrat and White and Schenck are
Republicans.
Democrats object to Lewis, it is said,
on the ground that while he was a
member of the police commission under
Mayor Snyder he uniformly opposed the
mayors policy and worked against him,
both in the commission and during his
campaign for reelection, and it is re-
ported that the charge has been made
by both Democrats and Republicans
that Lewis close connection with cer-
tain brewery interests make him unfit
to occupy place on the police commits
sion.
The objection to White is that he is
strictly politician, and machine one
at that, and that he is chronic office
holder, while the objection to Schenck
is on general principles and on the
ground that he is lightweight.
There Are Others
Opposition is also said to have de-
veloped to the confirmation of several
other selections but the most vigorous
complaints have been against the three
men named for places on the police
commission.
In addition, Mayor Harper is reported
to have received a number of protests
against his supposed intention not to
reappont as members of the water
board ]. NJ. Elliott and William Mead
whose terms expire March 1, and to fill
their places with men whose appoint
ments would be expedient from a polit-
ical standpoint rather than by reason
of their equal fitness to the men whom
they would succeed.
AS a result of the protests anent the
coming vacancies on the water board
Mayor Harper is reported to have an
nounced his determination not to abso.
lutely promise the lositions and to re-
appoint Messrs. Elliott and Mead should
he decide that the best interests of the
city would be subserved by the reten.
tion of their services, especially in con.
nection with the work of construction
of the Owens river aqueduct.
What effect the protests will have
upon the new council will develop al
the first meeting of the body today,