The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-15
BEARDSLEE NAMES
COMMITTEES
Estudillo Leads the Ways
and Means, johnson Judi
ciary and Drew Insurance
BECKETT FOR MORALS
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1907 EIGHTH STREET.


of the speaker of the Assembly Abe
Ruef is now an authority on public
morals Abe is not member OF the
Legislature, but he has numerous per-
sonal representatives in the lower
house. among them Sammy Beckett,
who halls from the Thirty eighth Dis
trict, San Francisco. When Speaker
Beardslee named his committees today
he made Sammy chairman or the COM
mittee on public morals. Sammy taxes
his morals from Abe. Therefore, ABE
is now In a position to pass weighty
judgment on what constitutes decency-
In fact, he is the real successor or
Jerry Lucey, the San Francisco saloon
keeper and legislator, who was chair
man of the public morals COMMITTEES
of the Assembly during the last session
Most of the other appointments to
chairmanships made by Speaker Boards
lee were in line with the predictions
OF organization politicians. All but
one of the candidates for Speaker. blum
or otherwise. who withdrew and left
Beardslee a clear field. were we'll pro-
vided for. The exception was Phil stan
ton of Los Angeles, who did not ask
for anything. A. M. Drew was given
the committee on insurance, Miguel
Estudillo the committee on ways and
means and Nathan c. Coghlan the COM
mittee on Federal relations. IT was
thought for a time that Phil Walsh
would land the first place on the insur-
ance committee, but instead he was
given the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on corporations. More than
week ago Jere Burke. who is here in
the interest of William +. Herrin and
the Southern Pacific Company, gave
quiet tip that the craftsmanship of the
judiciary committee had been reserved
for Grove Johnson. This was before
Beardslee was elected speaker. To-
day Johnson got the prize set aside
for him.
name mentioned first in each case being
that of the chairman:
Agriculture strobridge. johnson of San Diego.
Lynch. Higgins. Bishop, Mcclellan and Smyth
Attaches and employes-Thompson Of San
Francisco lchairman), John. Transue, Vogel.
Banks and banking -Spaulding. Thompson OF
Los Angeles. Ludington Beckett and Mcconnell.
Building and loan associations-otis. Transue.
stanton Boyle, Root, Fisher and Forbes
Bell. Higgins. Campbell and Toomey,
Commerce and naviga tion-Cutten. Thompson
Frsf ssa KohIman, Wilson and Tooney.
Commissions and public expenditures-Vogel,
Drew, Stroll, Beban Cogswell, Finney and Yves
Contingent expenses and accounts-Berry.
Lynch, Transue, Beban. Spaulding, Collister and
Constitutional mendments-Burke. Estudillo.
Drew, Wyatt, Eshleman, Cutten and Forbes
Detiin McMuiiin sacketf and Davis
rporations-Walsh. O'Brien. Harmon. Bush.
man Root and Baxter.
Counties and county boundaries-McGuire.
Jury, Burke, Transue, Coghan, johnson OF San
Diego, Boyle. Lemon and C0gswell
County and township governments-Ihompson
Of Los Angeles, Lynch. John Birisan Berry
Walsh and Mcconnell
:, Da iries and dairy produets-John; ButleF' Col
CURE and Smyth.
Coghlan. Ludington and Mckeon
Edueation-SAekett, Thompson OF Los angeles,
Strobridge, Chandler, Estudillo, Harmon, Barry,
Esheman and Spaulding.
Endorsement and enrollment-Hsns. Percival,
Kelly. StetsOn: Fratessa Butler and Davis
Lucas Cogswell. Higgins. Weske and Perciyal.
Fish and gsme-cornish stanton stroll
Lemon o'Brien and Birdsall.
Federal relations-Coghlan. Lucas, Bishop.
Fratessa Kelly. weskc and Baxter.
Governors messages-Fisher, spaulding, Boyle,
hoffman and CogsweIl.
ImmigratIon-Boyie Pyle. Collister. Fisher.
Bell Barry, Root. Smyth and Held.
Insurance and insurance laws-Drew, Stetson,
Ludington. Hans, Lucas, Stanton. Fisher Kohl
f rri sf Estudillo Johnson of San
Diego. McMullin, CogsweH Lemon, Hewitt,
Judiciary~Johnson of Sacramento. Walsh;
coghlan. Deviin, Drew. o'Brien. Thompson ,o OF
nish. Leeds Stetson. Pereival. Snyder, Otis,
Hsmmon. Lucas. Hewitt and Forbes:
Labor and capital--Bush, Cutten. Kelly, Eshe-
man, Case, wilson. sackett whitmore and Bax-
ter.
Hewitt. Mcclellan McKeon Bush aud wrestling.
Manufactures and internal Improvement
costar. Beckett. strobridge. TOOmey, Case. VII
'' MiiesgeMBsrry, Transue Mcclellan. KohlmAn
Military affairs-whitmore. Bishop. Barry,
Case Butler. Bush and Smyth.
Mines and mining-Root. Campbell. Bell. Bird
sail. Finney Snyder. Lemon. Costar and SMITH.
Municipal corpora tions-,Jury. Thompson Of Los
Angeles. Lucas Bishop. Johnson Of Sacramento,
oil industries and oil mining interestEMc-
Mullin. Cullen. John, Mcclure. Hartman, Pierce,
pnhlic buildings and grounds-Pyle. Vogel.
Coghlan Chandler Bell Hartman. Costar. Smith,
Ludington, Fisher and Stroll.
Public health and quarantine-Campbell Pyle.
Case. Hans, Higgins, Pierce and Toomey
Public lands and forestry.Ii Harmon. Estudiiio'
Public morals-Beckett. Walsh, Jury. Cornish.
Hans weske. Berry. Thompson OF San Fran
Public printing--Pierce. Beckett. Finney. Too
mey.s Smith, McKeon and Wessling.
Public works. Capitol and parks-Johnson OF
SAN Diego Pierce. Otis, Johnson OF Sacramento.
Hartman, Wrestling and Smyth:
Public charities and currections-Lueas. john
son Of Sacramento Kelly Otis Thompson OF
San Francisco, Hartman and Wilson. -,
Reform OF the civil serviee-Hewitt, Stroll.
Transue. Collister and McMullin.
Retrenchment and reform-Chandler; Burke,
Spauld1ng. wyatt, hartman. beCau anu rOfDeS.
Revenue and taxation-Devlin. stanton. john
OF San Diego. Pyle. Walsh. Wyatt, Otis.
Root and Mcconnell
Revision and reform OF 1aws-wyatt. Drew,
Burke. Mcclure. Cornish, Snyder Eshieman,
Weske and Smith.
Roads and highways-Finney, Held. Lynch.
Thomson OF Los Angeles, Berry. Cogswell. Corn
sl. Collister. Cutten. whitmore and Davis
Rules and regulations-Leeds. johnson OF Sac
ramento. Beban. Walsh and Mr.. Speaker.
state hospitals, and asy J!Hs-,a Jury.
SpauIdfng. weske Kelly and Beban.
state Iibrary-O Brien, Hans, Smith Vogel
and Davis.
State prisons and reformatories-Lynch BOYLE.
Cullen. Butler. Snyder. Berry. Pierce. MeMullin
and Birdsall.
swamp and overfowed lands and drainage
PercivaI. Lynch Devlin. Hewitt. Berry. Camp
bell. Fratessa. McKeon and Mcconnell.
Universities Eshleman. Chandler. Case, Stet-
son. Smith, Otis and Sackett-
Ventilation and acOustfcS-CoIlister, Burke,
John. O'Brien and Stroll
Ways and means-Estudllo. Burke, John. Jury.
Held Chandler Devlin. Stroll, Finney. Coster,
Higgins. Mcclellan. Weske and Mcconnell.
San Francisco delegation--Strohl. chairman
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