The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-07
SANTA CLARA
REPUBLICANS
DISSATISFIED
Object to the County
Committee.
TOO MUCH REA IN EVIDENCE
CANDIDATES WHO ARE TO BE
KNITTED.
Rank and File of the Party Demand
the ousting of Gangsters
From That Important
Body.
TOO MUCH REA IN EVIDENCE
CANDIDATES WHO ARE TO BE
KNITTED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Sept. 6.-Santa Clara
County Republicans are dissatisfied
with the makeup of the County Cen
trail Committee, and there is uni
versal sentiment spreading among the
members of the party that the commit
tee should be removed. 1t is composed
chiefly of Boss Rea and his lieutenants
and office-holders. The neople have no
faith in it's alleged devotion TO the Re-
publican party, and even some of the
nominees on the county ticket are
afraid the committee will sell them out
to secure the election of gang Demo-
Gratis. An instance of this kind will be
seen in Rea's fight to elect Bollinger for
Sheriff 1t is a foregone conclusion
Bollinger would be nominated by the
Democrats for Sheriff, and in order to
make his election sure Rea had the
Republicans nominate r. j. Langford.
The gang never had any intention of
working for Langford, and he was
nominated merely to be knitted for
Bollinger.
The County Central Committee Is the
same as last year, and at the county
convention was reelected for two
years They do not work for party in
terests. but to help Boss Rea and them
selves individually. With the cam
paign in their hands this fall the Re-
publican party is likely to lose Santa
Clara County. The people have be-
come familiar with the disreputablo
methods of this crowd, and their names
3n connection with the ticket will drive
many away.
The State Central Committee, whose
powers have been extended, should, 1t
IS claimed, step in and interfere IN IN Ihe
interests of the party in the State. The
County Central Committee was re-
elected by a convention whose mem
hers were elected by the grossest Of
frauds The members of 1t were active
in the gang tactics pract1ced at the
primaries to defeat the wish OF. the oe-
cent and respectable classes. ana the
. committee. ii is urged, should not
therefore be recognized by the State
! Committee.
he following are names Of the COM
rnftteemen and shows the hold Jim
Rea has on them:
L. A. Sage. the chairman, is thor
oughly gang, and is sWayeo by the
slightest wish of Rea.
John D. Mackenzie is secretary. he
Is Rea's most trusted lieutenant, anu
has engineered the dirty work FOR the
boss for years. He fills the position OF
game warden and has aspirations to be
the next postmaster Of this city.
James w. Rea, the political boss.
Samuel Rea, uncle Of the boss.
Arthur McClay, cousin of Boss Rea.
DIR. II. c. Brown. physician at County
.Infrmary, which is under the boss
thumb.
]. F. O'Keefe, superintendent of Oak
Hill Cemetery, an eX-school trustee,
proud of his gang collar.
Lyman Bare. whom Rea wanted to
make Senator from the Thirteenth Dis
trict.
Frank Covey of Palo Alto. who does
the gangs bidding in the northern end
OF the county.
F. L. Cottle.
e. F. Chase.
]. p. Peppin, ex-candidate for Super
visor
W. D. Decker, who was made a COL
lector for the Board of Trade by the
gang.
There is one vacancy on the commit
tee, created by the resignation of Jus-
tice w. j. Kirkpatrick The latter 10
also q devout attendant upon the boss
and was assistant secretary Of the com,
mittee.
From this list II will be seen that Tho
party is completely in the hands of
Rea- The entire committee is owned
by him, and should the boss take a dis
like to any of the candidates he has
only to say the word and the commit
tee will cruelty" him. This guerrilla
mode of warfare of the gang is killinp