“If I am called upon to appoint a Board of Supervisors, I will select the very best men who can be induced to accept the offices, and I shall exercise my own judgment as to who are the best men.
“I am going to do the best I can for the city without regard to partisan politics, and, so far as I am concerned, there will be no partisan politics.
“As Mayor of this city, every man looks just as tall to me as every other man.
“The first essential to good government is perfect order, and I shall employ every arm of the law to the end that such order shall prevail.
“I believe in autonomy in every department of the city government, and I believe that commissioners should be permitted to administer the affairs of their respective departments, free from dictation, as long as they demonstrate by their acts that they are honest and competent.”
The citizens named by Dr. Taylor to act as Supervisors were:
Dr. A. A. D’Ancona, dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of California; Harry U. Brandenstein, attorney and former Supervisor; Gustave Brenner, capitalist and retired merchant; James P. Booth, newspaperman and former Supervisor; A. Comte, Jr., attorney and former Supervisor; George L. Center, real estate; Bernard Faymonville, vice-president Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company; E. J. Molera, civil engineer and president of the Academy of Science; W. G. Stafford, president of the W. G. Stafford & Co., coal merchants; Henry Payot, retired merchant and former Supervisor; Matt I. Sullivan, attorney; Thomas Magee, real estate; Lippman Sachs, capitalist and retired merchant; L. P. Rixford, architect; C. A. Murdock, printing and bookbinding; D. C. Murphy, attorney.
A. Comte, Jr., successor of Supervisor McGushin, did not take office until several days after his associates on the new board. This was due to McGushin’s hesitation about resigning. Mr. McGushin finally resigned, however, and Comte was named in his stead.
Of the Taylor Board of Supervisors, The Chronicle, in its issue of July 27th, said: