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Show Kirfl REOflGliZE TODAY Political Leaders Busy at Eleventh Hour; Conjectures Conjec-tures as to Alignments. CRABBE TO HEAD LIST New Member First to Vote on Rollcall; Mayor Is Storm Center. Tli ft HhK-niii'v; will precede ti.v :dnle-CpeM :dnle-CpeM III today' ivorga !il.a tioil uf III"- city ' oin rn Issiou. A I 1 1 Of nit iruf. t lie on I going commission -fi-.H will give up (heir seals at the cum- M'i.s.if'Mi table lo lllft tWO llO Will take office today. Thr- occasion will he otic of w.-llw Ishing ami lea ce taking. A n interim Tor lunch will be allowed and then tin- commission of three hold-ovrr hold-ovrr ami two Incoming commissioners will meet at IL.'IO o'clock to determine the I i u-f: upon which the reorganization wilt be effect.,! ;iL tin: regular Monday evc-niiit evc-niiit meet inc.. In tlie main it continues to appear that the general order of reorganization will he .nmvrned by the first vole east ami ( 'inn miss inner- elect A. H. Cra bhe will he ,all',l upon to ciiM that vole, his mime tiiminy lirst in tin- alpnabcl u.al arrange- i ment of the roll rail. I The assignment m departments has always al-ways he. mi according to eonsl it utional or-ih-r, finance, streets, safety-, water works an, I parks. It is not regarded as likely thai thin procedure will he eiiuimcd. sine) it flu in with the n'TinoiiK-nt eternhneil upon su far for the reorganization. reorgani-zation. Mr. ScheicTs Preference. Commis-loner Kail A. Schel i is at present pres-ent in (he department of finance and- lias expressed a wish to remain theiv. A motion mo-tion lhat he he continued in thai department depart-ment would -.;et affirmative votes from ii i msel f and Mayur Ferry, Commissioner Sc he id's vote would he In line with his i x pressed pr" fere me a nd Ma .or Ferry's would he i ot h a concession to Commissioner Commis-sioner Scheid's preference, and a protest against his own removal from puhlie s;i tel. v. hit if would he not h ing more effect i cc I ha n a protest, an less Mr. Crabhc had previously voted for Commissioner Commis-sioner Heheid in remain in finance. Afc'i'u, a i not Ion might he offered for l he mayor's assignment to finance or a motion ic assign Mr. Scheid to finance might lie amended to assign the mayor to Dial tie pa rt ment. But the method of prnced '.ire would not change the significance signifi-cance of the votes. The prohijillity, however, how-ever, is i ha t everything will have ' been so absolutely determined at the afternoon's after-noon's inert ins that there will he no show of jockeying for posit ion a t the rogular meet ins. Other Alignments. Should Mr. Schcid be assigned to fi iih nee. removal of tiic mayor from the depart merit of puhlie safety would then depend upon assignment of Commissioner Herman li. Green or Com nnssioiier-elect C. Clarence Neslen to safety and assignment, assign-ment, of Mayor Ferry to the waterworks or t lie street depa rtment. Mr. t 'rahhe is unfaltering in his preference for the street department and Commissioner '!reen announced yesterday that he would vole lo give him his desire. The fact thai Commissioner Green had not said up to Saturday afurnoon that he would vole tor M r. i 'rahhe in the street department caused an outbreak of speeuk-i tion and predict Ion with regard to breaking up of the agreed lineup for the reorga nizat ion. Commissioner Creen said yestrrday that, though he had not pledged Ills vote to Mr. Crahbc. he had none the less determined deter-mined to vote for him. The carrying through of the arrangement arrange-ment as tentatively made, would put Mr. Xcsu-n in tlie waterworks departmtnt and lea vp Commissioner Green in tlie park department, in accordance with his expressed ex-pressed preference. |