The San Francisco call., 1910-12-09
DIETRICH EYES
JOB Held BY
v. D. WAGNER
Appears Willing to Accept Sec
retaryship of Railroad
Commission
Grant Taylor to Retain Clerk
Frank Caughey's Office
Organization
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
The republican politicians specula-
ton about Charles r. Detrick's chances
of landing one of the two good berts
in the office of Governor Johnson may
be made idle by Detrick's appointment
to the secretaxship of the railroad
commission
AS secretary of the state organiza-
tion of the Lincoln Roosevelt league.
and subsequently, as secretary of the
republican state central committee,
Detrick added materially to his large
number of fighting friends. AS one of
the mainsprtngs of the Lincoln -Roose-
welt leagues primary campaign, Det-
rick maintained the friendship and the
respect of the republicans in the other
factional camps His election to the
secretarys Of the reorganized re-
publican state central committee was
generally acceptable to all colors and
brands of republicans.
On the mental states of nine-tenths
of the politicians Detrick was set down
for private secretary to Johnson. When
the hammers began to fly after the
election the straitlaced party men be-
gan TO get heated up over the fear that
some of the knocking might result in
"queering Detrick for the job they
looked upon as his as a matter of pol
iticar right.
DIETRICH Is CALM
Detrick went an unperturbed way,
assuring anxious inQuirers that all was
we'll with him and that he was not
interested in any of the rumored at
ia - q a
Johnson either for or against him. Now,
well defined rumor has 1t that Detrick
would be willing to accept the trials
and emoluments that are Walter d.
Wagner's. The trials are fairly Offset
by the emoluments, chief among which
is a salary of $4,000 a year.
Wagner. the incumbent, has been a
good official but If there is to be a
clean sweep" of machine men. his
chances of holding his good thing do
not loom large upon the political hori-
zon Wagner was the machine candi-
date for the republican nomination for
secretary of state. That fact may not
fatten his batting average with the
two new commissioners, John M Eshle-
man and Alex Gordan, both Lincoln
Roosevelt leaguers, nominated over ma
chine incumbents.
H. D. Loveland, the one incumbent
commissioner renominated and re-
elected, says that he has not bee ap-
prised OF Detrick's candidacy for Wag-
ner's berth. If Detrick is the choice of
the other members of the commission
Loveland will probably be advised of 1t
in due time.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Loveland, Eshleman and Gordan met
yesterday with other members of the
committee on railroad legislation named
Nv he i've 1r7aif nf q
central committee. The meeting was
held in the office of Attorney General
Webb who was prominently identified
with the administration rate bill pre-
sented at the last regular session of the
Legislature and who will play promi-
nent part in any additional legislation
touching railroad regulation that may
be offered at the ensuing session by the
administration forces.
The understanding that B. Grant Tay-
lor, clerk of the supreme court elect,
has determined to retain Clerk Frank
Caughey's Office organization practi-
cally intact has been enthusiastically
received by the bench and bar of the
state.
The fact that Clerk Frank Caughey
is to remain as Taylor's chief deputy
and administrative assistant is grateful
evidence of Taylors recognition of the
high regard in which Caughey is held
by the members of the supreme court
and the bench and bar generally
Caughey is generally regarded as the
best clerk the supreme court of Cali
fornia has ever had. Obviously a large
measure of his success has been due
to the abilities of the Office staff he or
ganized upon assuming the duties of
his office. His acceptance of the post of
chief deputy under Taylor and the
retention of nearly all of his staff
means that the Office routine will 20 on
without a rifle incident to the change
of chief. 1t is understood that Taylor
contemplates making only three changes
in the entire force. Jack" Williamson.
a member of the San Francisco office
force for nearly two years, has already
resigned. His successor has not been
announced by Taylor
Miss n. c. Daroux. who has been in
the Sacramento office for sI2 years, it
is understood will not be retained by
Taylor. H. G. Grant, chief deputy un-
der Caughey, may be transferred to
Sacramento vice Miss Daroux. The