The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-17
HEALTH BOARD
MEMBERS MAKE
PEACECOMPAC7
HoIdoyers From the Mccarthy
Regime Call on Mayor and
Extend Olive Branch
Harmony to Rule With Common
Aim to Pursue ROlph
Policies

Policies
Peace without resignation has been
achieved in one branch of the municipal
family. three of the holdover members
OF the board of health having called
upon Mayor Rolph yesterday and ex-
tended few olive branches in token Of
harmony 1t was understood that there
would be no discord between the step
brothers of the board of health. those
who belonged to the Taylor official fam
lily and those who were placed there by
Mccarthy, but all will be as one bright
family with common aim to carry out
the administrative policies of Mayor
Rolph.
The board had meeting yesterday
afternoon and then it was understood
among the members present that in
two weeks the new appointments of
chief surgeon of the emergency hos
pital, warden of the city and county
hospital and resident physician of the
isolation hospital will be made.
Health Board Divided
1t is reported that the health board
has been split in the matter of the
chief surgeon of the central emergency
hospital between DR.. Alanson Weeks,
formerly of the United States marine
DR.. James T. watkins. The three Tay-
Tor members-President Arthur H.
Barendt, Dr. Thomas W. Huntington
and DIR. George l.. Somers-have been
for Doctor Weeks and the other MEM
bers have favored Doctor Watkins.
AS matter of simple arithmetic. the
ratio was in favor of Doctor Watkins
four to three. but as matter OF poll
tics the odds favored Weeks: Though
Watkins has the equation of four votes.
Weeks has behind him the men origin
ally devoted to Rolph's policies.
The conference between the mayor
and. the Mccarthy appointees yesterday
may mean that the scope of the har-
mony will be wide enough to include
the peaceful appointment of the candi-
dates of Barendt. Huntingdon and Som
ers.
Conference on Clinic /.
One question that may develop into
a board issue came up when W. H.
Ford of the grand jury committee on
the municipal clinic appeared and re-
quested that the board appoint COM
mittee to confer with 1t in regard to
that institution which brough the for
mer president of the board, Doctor
Eaton, so much trouble and led to the
Indictment of a member of Mayor Nc
Carthy's office staff
Both President Barendt and DR. Som
ers went on record yesterday as declar-
ing that while committee would be
named to consider the matter, that ac-
tion in itself would not commit the
board to the municipal clinic idea.
There will be difference of opinion
in this matter in this board,'' said
Barendt
mo one is as yet committed to this
proposition" Ford explained.
Promise of Harmony
For said that 1t was the plan OF the
grand jury committee to confer with
the district attorney and find If 1t would
be advisable for an ordinance to be
prepared providing for and regulating
the municipal clinic; Somers asked IL
the health board had taken up the
batter before and learned 1t had not.
The matter was referred to the hos
pital committee of the board of health
and will come UP before the full board.
For the most part yesterday there
were no matters which might involve
the board In a test vote to determine
practically If the deadlock had been
broken. Members of the Mccarthy wing
admitted that they had made their
peace with the mayor and that hence
forth all would be harmony.
Had 1t wished to be rambunctious the
Mccarthy wing had the other at its
mercy yesterday. Only President
Barendt and Doctors Somers of the
Taylor constituency were present, Doc
tor Huntington being out of the city
on business connected with the dairy
inspection work OF the department DR..
Guy e. Manning. Arthur M. Sharp.
Dennis j. Murray ard Frank ]. Klimm.
all Of whom held office under Mccarthy.
were on the job.
Surprise for KIimm
Klimm arrived with the briskness of
the hero of a motion picture film. He
had been in st. Louis and was due to
reach the city yesterday morning. but
word came that his train was snow
bound in the Tehachapi pass. At a
o'clock, just as the board settled itself.
the telephone brought word that Klimm
was at the ferry and would arrive at
the board room shortly. At 4:3o the
commissioner came In, suitcase in hand.
fresh from st. Louis chill and Tehachapf
snow. to find that his colleagues were
one happy family.
The board received and accepted the
resignation of George T. Curran, COM
missary at the relief home,' to take