The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
ROYAL ARCH'S
HOPE CFNTFRS
IN IKE SPIRO
Candidate of Liquor Mems Or
ganization May Be Named
for Police Commissioner
Possible Appointment Rumored
to Ease Chagrin Caused by
FIannery's Selection
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

That the members of the Royal Arch
who are disgruntled over the selection
of Harry P. Flannery for the first
may yet be pacifed by the appointment
of their chosen candidate, /. II. Spiro,
is within the range of political proba-
,bility
The Royal Arch made McCarthy's
fight and, like most things undertaken
by the liquor dealers secret organiza-
tion, that fight was made vigorously.
Ike Spiro the soda water man and
prominent hustler in the activities of
the Royal Arch, was in that fight day
and night Even before the election it
was an open secret that in the event
of McCarthys success the liquormen
would not ask for the appointment of q
saloonman to the police board, but
would unite on Spiro, who would not
be open to the objections that might be
made to a man engaged in the retail
liquor business.
ROYAL ARCH SURPRISED
Mayor McCarthy's selection of Harry
FIannery for the first vacancy on the
police commission was quite as much a
surprise for the members of the Royal
Arch as it was to the public generally.
That it was a disa greeable disappoint-
ment to some of the Hquormen goes
without saying. That does not mean
that they object to Flannery person.
ally, but they believed that his appoint
ment would act as a bar to the seIec-
ton of another commissioner from the
ranks of those directly or indirectly
associated with their business. There
were mutterings all along the line
But there is still some chance TOR
Spiro and the pacifcation of his ad-
vocates 1t has been stated by those
close to the throne that the selection
of Flannery closed the door to hope and
salary upon both Spiro and Jere
Burke's friend, Percy Henderson.
am not in position positively TO gain
say that statement, but as regards the
status of Spiro there are some circum-
stances worthy of consideration by
those who find amusement in making
states for Mayor Mccarthy. Spiro may
not get the next or any place on the
police commission, but let these things
be known:
The mayor does not regard the ap-
pointment of his friend. Harry T.
Flannery as satisfaction of the
ROYAL Arch's claim for executive con-
sideration. In any event, he does not
consider the appointment of Fiannery
and the desires of the retail liquormen
as closely related
HIGH REGARD FOR sPIRo
The mayor does regard Spiro as the
Royal Arch's candidate. He may not
feel that he is bound to appoint Spiro
or any other person selected by the
Royal Arch but he has no quarrel with
the idea that the liquormen's associa-
police board.
ton should be represented on the
Mayor Mccarthy does not regard the
business relations existing between
Spiro and several hundred of the re-
tail liquormen in the light of a handi
cap upon Spiro's usefulness. And
finally and more particularly in the
event that Spiro does not get the job
Spiros supporters may console them
selves with the knowledge that the
mayor has very high personal re-
gard for Spiro.
Mccarthy considers Spiro's abilities
as far above the average. Spiro was
candidate for supervisor on the union
labor ticket with Mccarthy in 1907 and
is held in the esteem of personal
friend by the mayor. Neither any nor
all of these things may serve to land
Spiro in the coveted berth, but he has
a splendid lot of assets for a man fore
doomed to disappointment. Many a
man has landed with less.
And as regards the police depart
ment, the mayor is agreed with Chief
Cook on at least one point. The mayor,
with Cook, is decidedly of the opinion
that the police force is inadequate. He
declares that there are large districts
almost wholly without police protec-
tion of any kind and many more where
the patrolmen's beats comprise route
of IA or Is blocks.
MORE POLICE NEEDED
That no patrolman can properly po-
lice such a beat is freely admitted by
the mayor. and he feels strongly the
need for men in those districts that
are even worse situated that have
virtually no night police protection
The answer is, of course, more men,
More men means more money, and that
is the answer not so readily found by
the mayor, but he is hunting for it.
And be it said that he is not alto
gether without hope.
Mayor Mccarthy was disappointed |
rather than surprised, that yesterdays
mail did not bring him a neat little
batch of designations superscribed by
commissioners chosen by Taylor. The
mayor is almost man of peace. That
is, he does not require more than half
a dozen scraps a day. and he was of !
the opinion that number of commits |
sioners would follow promptly in the |
footsteps of Charles Day of the board |
of public works. who resigned before |
McCarthy's ak could reach him.
Il believe said Mccarthy yester-
day, that quite a number of the com
missioners have decided to offer their
designations very soon oh, no; I shall |
have no more difficulty and take no |
more time in filing the expected va
cancfes than ] did in finding a suc- |
cessor for Commissioner Day. I really |
can not see what some of the commis |
sioners who know they can not serve |
under me expect to gain by hanging
on"
Broderick Takes Office
Patrick Broderick was Installed 'as
commissioner and Joseph Mccormick
elected clerk of the board of works yes
terday at a special session called for |
tho r,urn0Se Rroderiolr toa1-