The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
SENATE SCALPS
FISH and GAME
COMMISSIONER
Fish Trust Scandal and VogeI-
sang's Friends Crush VIII
liam G. Henshaw
Insurgents Also Take Round
about Rap at S. P. by Vot-
ing to Gust Official
lSpeoioi DispOich 10 The Call


SACRAMENTO. Sept. An echo of
the recent hsh trust scandal was heard
in the senate this morning when. VIII
liam c. Henshaw Of Oakland. at pres
ent member Of the state fish and
game commission. was refused reap
pointment by a majority vote although
he was recommended for the position
by Governor GiUett
Henshaw was in direct line of
cross fire when the voting on the con-
nTm2uon Of his appointment came up,
as his defeat was encompassed by sen
ators having two entirely different
views Of the recent FISH trust investi-
cation Senators Welch. Hare and
thelr faction were opposed to Hen
shaw's reappOintment because they
We're on the senate committee ap-
pointed 10 investigate the fish trust
and in their opinions the best inter
ests OF the state would be served by
an entire cleaning out of the commits
sion
MUST PROTECT PUBLIC
Speaking along this line Senator
Welch said:
The existence and methods OF the
hsh trust in San Francisco under the
very eyes of the fish commissioners and
the deputies hired by them was SO fla
grant that il should not go unnoticed.
The laws governing the taking of fish
from public waters was broken daily
and no effort was made to stop the
carrying Of tons of good fish away. We
have a fish and game commission TO
protect and foster the fish and game Of
the state, and II the men appointed to
protect the peoples interests neglect to
Go SO ] think il is incumbent on US TO
make necessary changes to see that the
laws are enforced"
Although Senator Welch was absent
when the vote rejecting the Henshaw
appointment was taken, he knew that
? the Oakiander was due TO lose his Off
cial head
Directly opposed to the views of
Welch and Hare We're the views of a
number Of other sOlOns who also voted
TO down Henshaw. These senators were
against the Oaklander because they
were friendly to Chief Deputy Vogel-
sang and blamed Henshaw for the re-
.rnoval Of the chief deputy who is soon
TO be superseded. It appears that Vo-
gelsang has very good friends in the
senate, TO whom he conf1ded that he
lost his job because Of Henshaw's un-
friendliness. These good friends got
busy in taking revenge on Henshaw
on behalf OF the former chief deputy
LEAvTTT RACES
When the roll was called and it was
seen that the governors appointee was
given the steam roller, Senator Frank
Leavitt few into a fine rage and dis
regarded the usages Of the senate by
taking the floor and demanding why
certain senators had voted as thew did
against his friend Henshaw. Senators
Estudillo. Burnett and Others IN reply
challenged Leavftt's right to question
their votes and the air was filled with
part by the senator from Alameda
There was still a third side to the
Henshaw defeat Several Of the in
surgents. who have taken no particular
interest in the fish trust investigation
voted against HenshaW because of his
hrother's Southern Pacific affiliations,
and they would not let the opportunity
go TO take a roundabout rap at the or
ganization.
The vote on Henshaw's confirmation
was as follows
IAyes--Bnls. Cutten. Finn. Hartman 1zeavitt,
lis. Wolfe and Wright; total. I3
Noes-Anthony, Bell, Birdssn Black, Boyn-
ton. Burnett. Caminetu. Campbell, Cartwright /
EStudillo. Hare. Holohan. Hurd, Kennedy. Lewis,
RosebeTy. Rush. Sanford. Stetson, Strowbridge
Thompson and Walker: total. %
LLOYD CONFIRMED
The senate confirmed the governors
appointment of Clio Lloyd as trustee
OF lHe stare normal ScnOOi at Santa
Barbara by the close vote Of % to I5
II having been necessary to order
call Of the house in order TO get the
needed two-thirds majority. The oppo-
sition TO Lloyd, who has been chief
clerk Of the assembly for great many
years, is a good deal OF mystery, al
though the opposing vote on his ap-
p0intment bears all the earmarks of
insurgency. AS one senator privately
expressed himself LLOYD has been TOO
much Of a railroad programmer for us
70 stand for handing him any further
% patronage.
The remainder Of the governors an
pointmeDts were confirmed with little
or no opposition.