The San Francisco call., 1909-12-08
WIFE TO.DFT[RMINf
G|[LFTT CANDIDACY
Chief Executive Of the State
Deity Refers Decision to
His Helpmeet
He Really Wants to Remain
Another Term and Then Go
to the Senate
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

Il shall not announce my decision to
myself until after Mrs. Gillett and /
have talked it over again.. declared
/ Governor Gillett yesterday afternoon
Mrs Gillett is not well,' continued the
governor, ''and 1 shall not trouble her
with this matter until she is feeling
better. | may be able TO take it up
with her before the holidays. L may
| not"
The launching of vigorous fight for
Gillett by Gillett awaits the sanction
of Mrs. Gillett. Gillett wants to run
again. He does not say so, but neither
does he deny it. He has every conf
dence in his ability to win renomina-
but he has promised Mrs. Gillett that
she shall decide. He will keep his word,
but this does not mean that he will
not endeavor to make Mrs. Gillett see
the situation as he sees 1t. Nor does
Mrs. Gillett's strong inclination to the
quickest possible return to private life
necessarily imply that she will not in
dorse the governors view of the situa-
tion before the holiday season is over.
WOULD REMAIN AT HELM
Governor Gillett is intensely inter
eSteu III the plans IHdI nave Dc6Il
augurated under his administration of
the states affairs. He wants to remain
at the helm and work them out The
governors Office is not his ultimate po-
liticaI ambition, but it is his immediate
desire. Gillett would like to end his
political life in the United States senate,
which he considers the most desirab BILE
political Office in the world. But mean
while he wants to be in charge of the
1,Iti Of ha haC CT arfo a
or that have been started during his in
cumbency.
Gillett believes that the constitu-
tional amendment providing for the
segregation of state and local taxes
Will be ratified by the people next fall
He believes that the ratification of that
amendment will involve some exceed
ingly careful subsequent legislation If
the state Is to reap the promised bene-
fits of the amendment. He wants to
participate in working out and enact
ing that legislation. He said yester-
day:
II believe the tax amendment is go
ing through. I am convinced that the
people of southern California are going
to vote for 1t this time If 1t be rati-
fed the succeeding legislature will be
confronted with most delicate and most
important legislative tasks. Our tax
laws must be remodeled, and carefully
If the state and the people are to reap
the promised benefits from the segre-
cation. Perhaps it is true that the
amendment includes too many classes
of property, but the first effect of a
gross earnings system will be to elm
inate some of the glaring inequalities
from which the people now suffer. Tie
increase of 100 per cent in Ventura
county ordered by the state board OF
equalizers furnishes splendid evidence
of the evils of the local assessment sys-
tenn. The people OF Ventura county
made no complaint, because they recog-
nized the business of the increase.
BELIEVES IN GOOD ROADS
The governor believes that his own
pet scheme authorizing s1S,000.OOO of
bonded Indebtedness for a state system
of good roads will be ratified and he
wants to be at the helm when the de-
tails of the work are mapped out by
his state engineering department. in
which he takes the greatest pride The
establishment of the state engineering
department was the first bit of con-
structive statecraft accomplished by
Gillett after he became governor. He
is proud of its work and he believes il
can do even better work as it's oppor-
tunities are enlarged. / asked him yes
terday about the charge that his inter-
est in good roads was primarily an in
terest in several large tracts of land
| which were to be benefited by the con-