The San Francisco call., 1910-01-11
CASEY ENJOYING
A SWEET REVENGE
Appointment of Patrick Brod-
erick to Succeed Charles
Day on Works Board
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

OANN~A - AAs AAAs 0A'AA -
Patrick Broderick, former superin-
tendent of street repairs under the
board of works and special employe of
the Street repair association. will be
night if he can complete the prelim-
mary formalities.
Commissioner Charles Day took the
course yesterday which Mayor McCar-
thy recommends to all of the commits
sioners whose certificates of appoint
ment antedate McCarthy's incumbency.
Day resigned. Mayor Mccarthy was
too busy to thank Day for his resigna-
tion. He closed the incident by an
nouncing that Patrick Broderick would
succeed to the pay and emoluments in
cident to the remaining year of Days
term.
TRIUMPH FOR CASEY
The selection of Broderick to succeed
Day is a distinct triumph for Michael
Casey. Broderick may, if he chooses.
consider it in the light of both vim
dication and revenge upon Day. Short
ly after Casey went on the board. and
by virtue of Mayor Taylor's friend
ship became its dictator, he made
pairs. The 5000 a month berth given
Broderick was formerly a civil service
place, designated superintendent of
pavement Former Police Commission
er Tom Reagan was at the head of
the civil service list and claimed the
job. Broderick also received 500 a
month from the Street repair associa-
ton, and had the backing of several
civic organizations.
Two years ago, when Taylor gave
the word to clip Casey's comb, Day
and Eagan combined and Broderick was
the first game they hunted. They at
tempted to displace a lot of teamsters
picked by Casey and assigned to work
under Broderick Broderick declined
to find work for the men chosen by
Day and Eagan, and the war was on.
Broderick stuck to Casey and gave
Eagan and Day run for their money
covering a full year before he resigned
January 10. 1909.
DAY GIVES NO REASON
Commissioner Day assigned no rea-
son for his resignation in the formal
notice served upon the mayor. Asked
to assign a cause for his resignation,
Day said:
The mayor did not ask for my
resignation. After that speech of his
last Saturday-well L could not stand
lOT d InluR ike IndI. l. Q1Q not Lnlnk
would be doing myself any honor by
remaining in association with a man
like the mayor, and 1 stepped out" =
Mayor Mccarthy will be delighted to
receive the designations of all the
gentlemen who were serving on the
several, commissions on and before
January s, 1910. The commissioners
need not tax their ingenuity to find
assignable reasons for their resigna-
n 0ld will n
the mayor will not be especially down
cast if no reasons are assigned. He
has a stock reason designed to fit some
40 commission berths. Translated into
the vernacular it means Beating it
while your shoes are good"
WOULD SAVE MAYOR TROUBLE
we'll assorted lot of designations
would save the mayor some small pains
At least they would save his stenog-
raphers the labor of preparing notices
of removal. The mayor would like to
believe that the example set by Day
will be generally patterned after by
all the commissioners selected by Tay-
lor He will be surprised if such ac-
tion is not taken. He says he is in no
great haste about the matter. He is
willing to give them all some time in
which to make up their minds, but
their failure to arrive at the conclu-
sion reached by Day will not save
their jobs.
Gossip has it that one of the first
designations expected by the mayor is
that of Mrs. Mary w. Kincaid of the
board of education. The same author
ity has it that when Mrs. Kincaid does
ask tn emayor to dispense with her
services David Oliver will be named to
fill the vacancy.
The constituency of ; the most i'm
rfx Of rxvfe io1
committees indicates how the minority
is going to figure in the shaping of
legislation for the next two years. The
minority is not represented on the
finance, fire, hospitals, police, streets
and telephone rate committees.
SURPRISE TO POLITICIANS
Somewhat to the surprise of poll
ticians generally, the only union labor
supervisor with any prior experience
failed to land even second or third
place on the finance committee, which
is composed of John A. Kelly, president
of the labor council; John Herget, the
saloonman, who also drew the chair
manship of the police committee, and
John Mclaughlin, who has been
Michael Casey's right hand man for
dozen years.
Bob Knowles former president of the
icemen's uHion, draws the Craftsmanship
OF the important IRE committee ana
one of the three places of the equally
important police committee the chair
manship of which fall to Herget. Nc
Laughlin draws the chairmanship of
the committee on streets, which can
scarcely be construed as an attempt to
put any stumbling blocks in the way
Of Casey's management or the board of
works.
Loughery drew two chairmanships-
judiciary and telephone rates; but the
organization of the committee and the
attitude of the majority generally in
dicate that the mayors floor and steer
ing representatives are to be Kelly
Nelson and Herget; that Casey's first
lieutenant. Mclaughlin. is to be one
of the powers felt rather than heard.
and that Knowles is down to be one
of the big men of the new admfnistra-
tion.