The San Francisco call., 1910-01-29
MAYOR SHEATHES
AK TEMPORARILY
Headsman Tanning Is Idle, but
Newhall Resigns Place on
Fire Commission
Board of Health in Belligerent
Mood and Threatens to
Fight Removal

There will be no more appointments
this week said Mayor Mccarthy yes
terday
But at that the week is nearly over.
There was one painless creation oe
a vacancy yesterday when George y
NewhalI resigned as fire commissioner.
NewhaIl went to McCarthys Office and
rendered his resignation in the same
affable spirit in which the mayor had
demanded IT,
Newhall refused to discuss his ac-
tion further than TO say;
Il felt that as the mayor wanted to
appoint his own men on the fire com
mission l did not want to stand in his
way went to his Office and told him
personally that I had resigned. Our
conversation regarding the matter was
most pleasant and courteous, and did
not send in any written resi- ignation."
HEALTH BOARD WILL FIGHT
The board of health met Yesterday
afternoon. but there were no waIkin -
papers from the mayor. Had there
been the fight which the members OF
the board OF health intend 70 put up
would have sprung into being at once
We have decided to fight every ef-
fort the mayor might make to remove
us from Office" said Barendt yester-
day afternoon. I'VE will engage attor-
neyS to carry on the contest for us and
while we can not say now what steps
will be taken, as that is a matter i'm
which we will be governed largely bv
the advice of our lawyers we will
surely take action. The charter pro-
v1des that members of this board shall
hold office for certain terms, unless re-
moved for cause. The whole spirit OF
those charter provisions is to keep a
continuity in the board, to keep the
board out of politics and free from
harassment. We intend to see il those
charter provisions shall not hold. I'm
a word. we will contest any effort which
may be made to remove US"
HEALTH BOARD PEACEABLE
Members of the county medical
society OF San Francisco are consider
ing the presentation to Mayor Nc
Carthy of memorial asking that the
board of health be not disturbed on the
ground that continuity of service of the.
heads of departments and employees is
essential to Efficient sanitary work. DR..
Langley Porter, president OF the soCi
ETY., preferred last evening not to dis
cuss the matter. but il is understood
that the advisability of taking some ac-
ton will be discussed by the board OF
directors at the meeting 10 be held
Monday
The members of the health board are:
DR.. Guy r. Manning. president; Or.
Thomas w Huntington. DR.. George z.
Somers, Joseph E. cutten, Arthur ID
Barendt, James w. Mullen and William
F. Wilson.
The attorneys which may be engaged
by the members Of the board in their
fight to hold place under the city are:
Barclay Henley, Matt I. sullivan and
Hiram W. Johnson.
sHEADSMANs TANNING IDLE
Mccarthy was not in a removing
mood yesterday. and the guillotine bel
hind the door in the mayors Office gath
cred dust and the beadsman. Sergeant
Pete" Tanning. passed an idle day.
There will be no more removals and
no more appointments this week" said
the mayor. "Ill have no more sur
prises at present like I had for the
police commissioners yesterday. IL the
police commissioners had not been say
ing that they intended to take some
stand if / removed them. I would not
have acted so summarily In the matter.
Il have something on all of the
commissioners. the mayor continued.
and can dismiss them all when I
desire, but there will be nothing doing
this week. l would not have removed
the police commissioners when I did
if they had not been talking about
what they intended to do II did re-
move them