The San Francisco call., 1910-06-30
COMMISSION IS
RUNNING
SHY one WHEEL
Mayor Mccarthy Is in No Hurry
to Name Harry Flan-
nery's Successor
Patriots A=PIenty There Be Who
Would Like Job on the
Police Board

Picking the winner - the Reno ar
sument is a simple game compared 10
naming the man who viii MI the chair
in the board Of police commissioners
which Harry p. Flannery repudiated
the other night with such literary re-
serve. Two guesses VIII make any
man a seer and prophet in Nevada
81 viii take about a half dozen to pick
the man Mayor Z. II. Mccarthy will
place on the police commission. And
for the present it is understood that
Mccarthy win not name Flannery's
successor. Mccarthy has other things
70 do, q Gesry street municipal rail
road to build and other administrative
trifies before he can turn his attention
10 the vacant chair.
AMONG THOSE MENTIONED
These are the men said to be under
the consideration OF the mayor for the
berth at the hau Of justice:
Harry Kelly. insurance man.
Hiram g. Vaughn. photogra pher.
r. l.. Matfbeas, vinegar manUfac-
turer.
.'Jim" NeaIOn, contractor.
Ed Kelly, park commissioner and
livery man.
Liverpool and London and Globe insur-
snce company and is a close friend Of
Jim" Nea Ion. whose name also is unr
der remote consideration Nealon is
the father in law of Police Commits
GiOner Percy L. Henderson. Henderson
is close 10 Mccarthy and closer 10
F1annerv. The two men occupy Of
fees together in Flannery's building
at the gore of Market and Geary
streets. AT police headquarters yes
terdsv it was declared for a certainty
that Kelly was to land on the commits
sion. but the report was not so popular
outside the station.
Hiram O. Vaughn, OF the photo
graphic firm Of Vaughn & Keith. is a
close friend of Mccarthy and during
the last campaign carried the fight for
Mccarthy into the Union League club,
which was not the easiest sort of soil
10 cultivate for union labor party votes.
Such devotion 10 the cause, the friends
of Vaughn declare. should not end in
the photographer getting a negative
from the mayor.
Another possible candidate is r L.
Mattheas. who conducts q vinegar fac
tory In the city and is prominently
Identified with light harness racing
and driving in the park. Mattheas is
close 10 Mccarthy and has many
friends who are close. too. and they
think he can win driving
BOOSTING FOR NEALON
Cousin Jim" NeaIon is an old time
politician who Is now 4 wealthy con-
tractor ard father in law of Commits
sloner Percy ]. Henderson. It is held
mat ore Of the clan is enoT sh for the
police commission, but some of Nea-
ions friends are boosting him for
the job
Park Commissioner Ed Kelly, who
conducts a fashionable livery stable,
may get a switch TO the more impos-
ing berth on the police commission,
PARK Comn1fS Ssioner w. II. Bemiss of
the building trades council. who went
east when Mccarthy broke his ankle
and accompanied the mayor to San
Francisco. might have had the vacant
place on the police commission. but
Benaiss is running for the nomination
Of clerk Of the state supreme court
and has not time TO devote to the
duties OF the police commission
In addition TO those there are prob
ably several score of other men who
would accept the Job if il were handed
TO them But the commission is now
running along fairly well on three
wheels and Mccarthy has not yet made
I'D his mind. il IS said. as to-whom he
win appoint.