The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
CONSERVATION IN THE CAMP
THE SANDER SUIT VERDICT A
BOMBSHELL.
Already Bearing Good Fruit in Caus-
ing Lukewarm Reformers to
Get Off the Fence-Gang-
Rule Days Numbered.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Oct. 24.-The conviction
of Boss" Rea for SANDER has had a
good effect. Even in the short time
elapsed since Saturday evening it has
proved a stimulus to the people, and
many formerly lukewarm ant-gang
men are now pronounced in their IDEAS
Many people though Rea tnvinclble. but
now that jury has been found to con-
Wet him they express themselves as
willing to oppose him in politics. NOW
that his tongue has been bridled ana
the people need not fear his slanderous
remarks this class Of voters will flock
to the aid of the Good Government
League.
The verdict has had a demoralizing
effect upon the gang. AT the CaIl1or-
MIA Club, the headquarters of the gang
sters, all was excitement yesterday and
last night. The boldness of the jury
in conYicting Rea has stampeded hun
dreds of voters, and Rea and the Mac
kenzies know this. The gang see that
their disreputable tactics will no longer
be tolerated, and that campaigns Of
abuse, SANDER and terrorism must
cease Last nights meeting at the
California Club was a sort Of con-
ISOLATION meeting, and the boss deuten-
ants wore long and sober faces. The
Mackenzies and others who do Rea's
bidding are being seized with cold
feet" and they shrink from doing acts
that they were formerly ready to per-
form. 1t will be hard to get ballot
box suffers to perform the dirty work
that was done at the late Republican
primary. for the gang now realizes that
the majesty of the law is greater than
| Rea.
| johnnie" Mackenzie is working
harder than ever to supplant Rea. In
| Rea's conviction he sees a chance to
slip in as leader of the gang, and is
holding out hattefing promises to his
| followers for their support. Macken-
zie is satisfied that the old way of do
! ing San Jose politics was crushed out
with the reading of the verdict in the
Rea case Saturday evening, and he
proposes to conduct things along diff
ferent lines. He would exclude all the
classes of dirty work he did for Rea
and give the city a cleaner regime for
a time. In doing this he could lay all
disreputable methods employed in past
elections to Rea. Mackenzie stands a
good chance of succeeding Rea, but the
| people want none of him and are de-
termined to stamp out the entire Rea
gang.
The Republican Good Government
League is making a determined war
/ fare against the gang and gang rule.
Never before were the reform forces so
we'll organized. Every one of the sew
enty-two precincts of the county has
been organized and thoroughly can
vassed by members of the league.
Meetings have been held and literature
disseminated and the voters educated
| ,lobs, DC
being ruthlessly expended by exrrava-
| giant officials. Farmers and orchard
lists have for long time complained OF
the way county affairs are conducted
and they are more determined this year
| than ever to vote the gangsters out OF
office.
The Good Government League held a
| meeting at Mountain View this even
ing. Speeches Were made by candi-
| dates and others. County affairs were
| gone into and the extravaganza of OFF,
Gals explained. The people were urged
to support Gage and the entire State
/ ticket Meetings have been arranged
as follows for the balance OF the week
Gilroy, Tuesday evening; Berryessa
Wednesday; Alviso, Thursday: Gard
| ner. Friday, and Palo Alto, Saturday.
1t has just leaked out that the gans
has been arranging to bring Companies
B and M, Eighth Regiment, here to vote
on election day. BY this means they
are figuring on adding couple Of hun
dred votes to their ticket The citizens
of San Jose want to see the soldier boys
| come home and vote, but they objec,
to the attempt being made to vote them
| In a band for the Rea gang. Company
B is at Fort Point and M at Alcatraz
| Captain Partridge of the former is re-
| lated to Boss Rea by marriage and
/ was in the District Attorneys office
before the company was called into SER
vice. 1t is through him and other
members of the organization that tho
/ gang expect help. Company M viii
undoubtedly rebel at any such request
as voting the gang ticket. This latter
company was organized through the in
strumentality of Mitchell Phillips
chairman of the Good Government
League campaign committee, and they
will not bow to the dictates Of Rea.