The San Francisco call., 1904-10-11
FIGHT TO GAIN
CONCRESSMEN
Democrats Ready to Trade
on Legislative Tickets to
Elect Bell and Caminetti
NcKINLAY is GAINING
Gillett Is Making Vigorous
Campaign in the Mining
Counties of the State

| The Republican State Central Com
mittee is in possession of positive and
direct intelligence to the effect that the
Democrats are preparing to trade
everything in sight to secure votes for
the Democratic Congressional nominees
in the First, Second and Sixth districts.
| Offers to vote for Republican candi-
dates for the Legislature in exchange
for Congressional support are openly
made. The chief aim of the Democratic
party in this campaign is to secure con-
troll of the House of Representatives.
1t is computed that a gain of sixteen
seats will give the party that ascend
ency.
The following letter has been received
at Republican headquarters in this
State from the chairman of the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee, New
York:
George Stone, Chairman. San Francisco,
! CAL: Dear Sir-Your favor of the 9Th re-
Of the majority party is much more potent In
securing legislation in Congress than mem
Der of the minority. and any district in your
State where the people are looking for Con-
greszionaI action. they should by all means
send Republican representative, Tor the
reason that as Republican he is part OF the
| organization, Democrat is entirely out
side of the organization, and the organization
controls and directs the legislation OF the
| House.
trust you will be able to make this clear
TO those Of your people who are interested din in
truly, j. NJ. BABCOCK, Chairman.
FIRST DISTRICT.
The voters of the First Congressional
! District are taking the measure of A.
| Caminetti, the Democratic nominee.
| The miners who were twice fooled by
Caminetti cannot be deceived again.
| The Grass Valley Tidings remarks:
I he
| debris has continued to flow into the rivers;
/ the barriers erected by the commission have
snapped ike shoestrngs before the nrst
/ strain ard the number of hydraulic mines in
operation has been reduced TO so few that
they count as none. Since the passage OF the
Caminetti bill, the small owner the man OF
( little means. has found it impossible to bear
the expense entailed on him unnecessarily by
| that statute, and the few hydraulic mines
/ that being operated are in the hands of
companies with great capital, 1or men OF
! money alone can conform to the requirements
of the commission appointed under the act
| The people Of this district realize this. and
while they listen TO Mr.. Caminetti with the
| polite attention that is the characteristic OF
! the Democratic candidate but for their pres
/ ent representative in Congress, ]. n. Gillett
Mr.. Gilett belongs to the Republican party
! and will not vote to unsettle the present pros
/ porous conditions of the country. A change IN
the tariff would mean that capital. which we
need TO develop mines, will cease to flow
| into this district and would be locked up in
safe-deposit vaults. Mr.. Caminetti would
not. Not only that. but vote for Mr.. GIL
lett that the miner Will be heard at
thoroughly understands the needs of the in
dustry and who will be heard-a man who is
! in the existing law that the resumption Of
I hydraulic mining shall be actually brought
about without injury TO the farming interests
SECOND DISTRICT.
Bell, the Democratic nominee for
Congress in the Second District, is
| ion nf Az
PLANTATION. The Republican news
papers of the district have driven
! him from the platform of his
party and he is out in the mud talk
ing about the abolished canteen at the
| Soldiers Home. In an article signed
| by Bell and published in the Home AL
lance, the Prohibition paper at Wood
! land, the notion is given out that the
veterans expended all their money for
canteen checks. This is far from the
| truth as one object lesson will illus
| trate. One old veteran, Thomas Nc
Donald. saved his pension money until
| he had lump sum of $1,000 to his credit
| with the treasurer. His outside friends
! took him from the home and had a
| guardian appointed by the court to
care for him. He died a few months
ago, and recently his estate was
wound up. The law firm of Bell,
York & Bell. of which the Democratic
| by allowance of the Napa Judge for
handling the case. The query arises,
Did Bell get this money in canteen
checks or cash? The receipt held by
the board of directors shows that the
guardian received the old veterans
pension money in gold coin. A photo
| graph of the receipt can be produced
showing that payment in cash was ac-
| knowledged.
The efforts of the Prohibition press to
bring in side issues to aid Bell do not
disturb the serenity of Duncan E. Nc
Kinlay, the Republican nominee. Nc
Kinlay stands squarely on the Repub-
lican platform for prosperity and pro-
lection. He is making splendid cam
paign and winning supporters in every
county of the district.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
In the Sixth District J. c. Needham,
| the Republican candidate, will be elect
| ed for his fourth term in Congress. The
/ candidacy of his opponent, Judge Con-
ley, is not formidable. Advices are to
the effect that San Joaquin County will
roll up a majority of 800 for Needham.
Seward A Simons of New York, who
has campaigned as a speaker with
Chauncey M. Depew and Theodore
Roosevelt, will speak at MADEIRA, Mo-
| desto and Merced.
Local Union No. 81, International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders, has
4 adopted the following:
Resolved That brother member. Charles ].
| Williams be indorsed as the Labor Union
nominee for Congressman from the Fifth Con-
gressional District. Mr.. Williams is now serv-
ing his second year as president of the Book
binders Union; has been a consistent trades
union man for the past twenty-five years and
has the confidence of his organization. 1t is
an admitted fact that he will always do
noble service in any capacity.
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