The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
EXTRA Session
MAY DEVELOP
PARTY FIGHT
Three of Gillett's Appointees
Likely to Come Up for
Confirmation
Jobs Held by Anderson, Teller
and Dennison May Cause
Pretty Spat
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

That an attempt on the part of Gov
ernor Gillett to secure senatorial confir-
nation of several of his recess appoint
ments at the Panama-Pacific extra ses-
sion of the Legislature may precipitate
a pretty party spat is the opinion of
many legislators who are whetting their
battle axes in anticipation of the fray.
A September extra session of the
legislature called for the purpose of
providing ways and means for state
and additional municipal participation
In the Panama-Pacific exposition might
be expected. to concern itself with no
other legislation. Unless there appeared
to be some other question of vital i'm
port to the whole people, no other sub
ject would be included in the call, and
naturally enough no other legislation
would be taken up.
Patronage is not legislation, but some
of it. is dependent upon legislators. Its
personal and factional qualities appeal
to Legislators, and just now the mem
bers of the state senate are visibly in
terested in three bits of Gillett's pat
ronage with an aggregate value of
$4,000 a year
APPOINTMENTS NOT CONFIRMED
The appointment of Alden Anderson,
superintendent of banks, at $4,000 a
year, and Of Harbor Commissioners w
E. Dennison and p. S. Teller at $4,000
year each have not been confirmed by
the senate. Under ordinary circum-
stances those appointments could not
be sent to the senate until next Janu-
ary- The conyening of an extra ses-
sion of the legislature might result in
their hoin0
three full months before the expiration
of Governor Gillett's term, and their
confirmation would cut his successor
out of three of the juiciest pIums in
the gift of the governor
If no extra session were held, GilIett
would undoubtedly send his recess ap-
pointments to the senate immediately
a1ter It's organization and before his
formal retirement from office. If the
customary procedure prevailed, the
senate would receive those appoint
ments and guard them carefully for a.
day or two. Then Governor Johnson
would ask that all recess appotn tments
be returned to him and after a bit they
would be returned with such changes
therein as might be satisfactory to Coy
ernor Johnson. 1t is not difficult to
believe that Governor Johnson's revised
list would not include the names of
Alden Anderson and Phil Teller Tel
Ter was one of Anderson's most ardent
supporters, If under pressure, and went
so far as to use his position as chair
man of the state central committee in
connection with a letter to the public
informing the world at large that San
Francisco could not have the Panama
Pacific exposition If Anderson were not
nominated for governor
| Governor Gillett. who may have sus-
pected that Anderson would not be
nominated for governor, prevailed upon
| him not to press his resignation from
the $4,000 job given him after the last
legislature adjourned. Dennison is no
politician, and on one memorable oc-
eas1on emitted a lusty roar about poll
tics being done on the water front.
| but he is Gillett's friend and was Sc
lected by the governor because of his
professional qualifications.
SMALL HOPE HELD OUT
| There is no certainty that Governor
| Gillett would attempt to secure the con-
irmation of these appointments, but a
glance at the list of Republican legis-
| lative nominations made throughout
the state holds out small hope of the
confirmation of these appointments by
| the next senate.
n Naturally the question of their treat
ment by the incumbent senator's comes
! to the front. That the combinations
| NOuid pC put Ill Ou6i Is du open QueS-
tion. That there would be a fight on
! them is not open to question. That
/ fight is being framed now, thanks to
! the suspicion that the senate will be
| asked to confirm Anderson, Dennison
and Teller if no others
/ Confirmation involves the affirmative
votes of Fl senators. Can they be
| rounded up? The senate as now con-
! stituted includes IA antimachine repub-
/ licans, regulars who are out for re-
venge upon the organization and 1
| regular who can always be counted
| upon to fight the machine when patron
| age troubles are on and who is against
all of these recess appointees. In ad-
| dition to that total of IL there are six
antimachine democratic senators and a
] seventh who will go the route against
the machine program now,
FIVE VOTES SHORT
This combined force musters "a votes
| out of a totalof 40 and leaves the or
i ganization just five votes short of the
necessary 21 If the fight frames up on
| those lines.
The Lincoln Roosevelt league leaders
| are jubilapt over their apparent top
heavy majority in the state convention.
which will prOmu1gate the party plat
| form and select the state central COM
| mittee charged with making the party
! fight. The convention will consist of
800 delegates, making 155 the minimum
! number that can. control. On the face
of the incomplete and partial returns
the antimachine forces appear to be
assured of 259 delegates or 104 more
than a working majority.
/ Complete returns may result in
| many changes, but the indications are
| that the antimachinists have something
! like cinches on these delegations Ala
media 43, Butte 6, Colusa l., Fresno 13,
/ Glenn L. Imperial 2, Los Angeles So.
! Orange s, Placer 4, San Francisco 66,
San Luis Obispo 4. Santa Clara 16.
! Stanislaus g. Tulare 5, Tehama 2, Ven