The San Francisco call., 1909-01-06

Ten commissioners were yesterday
appointed by Mayor Taylor TO munich
pal departments. and when the new
officials take office next Friday, jan
uary S, there will be few appointees of
the Schmitz-Ruef regime serving in
public capacities Nominations have
been expected from Mayor Taylor since
the first day of the year and there has
been a tremendous amount of specula-
tion over the possible appointees. ow-
ing to Mayor Taylor's well earned rep
utEtion of doing the unexpected in
political way. TIE old SAYS OF politics
haze had TO re relied to arrive at the
usual Taylor appointment, and the po-
litical cuttings just set out by the
mayor are to some extent in line with
his habitual placements. A number of
former Mayor Phelans commissioners
Hugo ID. keiPs Fall
The chief interest centers around the
fall OF Police Commissioner Hugo d. !
keil, who makes way for Fred G. San
born. Keil has been an aggressive |
member OF the commission, if not
popular one, and his position on the
greater number of points that came up /
did not agree with popular taste. Fred |
Sanborn succeeds TO the vacancy with |
a good measure of popular respect. |
the Bancroft-whitney publishing com |
pany and lives at 1890 Dolores street. |
He has been a director of the Bohemian /
club. Sanborn also was one of the |
most attentive members of the Oliver /
grand jury and there is a poetic justice
that could not we'll have escaped the
mayor in placing in Office one of the
men who played a part in cleansing
the police department of ex-Chief
Dinan, whose removal from office fol- |
lowed on his indictment by the Oliver
grand jury.
are appointed by Taylor.
Was Taylor's Appointee
Keil is one Of the two of TayIor's |
own appointees who walk the plank |
The other is John P. Mclaughlin of the
board of health, who is not reappointed
at the expiration Of his term of office. |
Mclaughlin is TO be succeeded byl
James W. Mullen, member of the |
typographical union and employed as !
linotype operator on the Chronicle. |
Mclaughlin is union labor man and |
the tradition Of the office demanded
that his successor be also unionist.
Mrs. Mary w. Kincaid is the only |
woman included in the 10 officials |
,o,,ns nv TovIor She srtcoaa5- 49,.
Altman, brother in law of Abe Ruef I,
on the board of education, being |
named for the long term. Mrs. Kin
caid was for % years a teacher in the
public schools of this city and was |
principal of the girls high school when |
was a member of the board of educa- |
tion at one time under appointment by |
former Mayor Phelan.
The other new member of the board |
of education will be Thomas z. Hayden |
of 1883 O'Farrell street. an attorney
with offices in the Humboldt Bank
building and at one time president of |
the Iroquois club Hayden is TO take
the place made vacant by the dismissal !
of Thomas Boyle, whose open associa-
ton with the disgraced ex-Mayor
Schmitz led to his being dismissed sum
mariIy from the city service. Hayden
fills the unexpired term
NewhaII Is Appointed
George A. Newhall. president of the
Presidio and Ferries railway, the Union !
street car line, is named as fire COM
missioner. vice H NJ Wreden. a Schmitz /
appointee. Newhall was a police COM
missioner under Phelan.
Henry U Brandenstein, who was
chairman of the finance committee of |
the board of supervisors after the Tay-
Ior board surplanted the boodling
schnnitz board. is appointed to the
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