The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
LEAGUE FORCES
ARE ORGANIZING
Prepare to Gust LOoters
and Grafters From Control
of the Central Government
SELECT HEADQUARTERS
Republican Workers in ALL
Districts to Be Recognized
by the New Organization

The executive committee OF the San
Francisco Republican League held a
meeting yesterday afternoon and made
considerable progress in the work of or
ganization for the municipal campaign
At the meeting of the general oom-
rnittee In Pioneer Hall Saturday even
ing, April 15, George ID. Clark was
elected president and Daniel A Ryan
secretary. The executive committee
yesterday elected State Senator Rich
ard J. Welch first vice president and
David Rich second Woe president. At
the Pioneer Han meeting the duty OF
naming a finance committee of forty
members was placed on President
Clark Many names were considered
at the session Of the executive commit
tee yesterday. Announcement of the
names selected Will be made within the
next ten days The president wants
the assurance of cordial support from
every citizen appointed on the commit
tee before the list is given to the pub
lie
The league has engaged rooms at 636
Market street, opposite the Palace Ho-
tel. for general headquarters through
out the campaign Many accessicns to
membership are reported 1t is the
judgment OF the promoters of the
movement that the league is destined
to become a powerful organization
The locters at the City Hall are pre-
dieting that the organizers of the
league viii make many mistakes or
bluDderE In the selection of Assembly
district committees and thus open the
way for grafters to get in their work OIL
opposition.
George d. Clark, d. A Ryan. r. ].
WEIGH, David Rich, z j. Bowes, John
Lackmann, Fairfax H Wheelan and
James A Wilson are not amateurs in
the field Of politics. They propose to
hear from the active representative
men of every district before they make
up the subcommittee. Ample time
VIII be taken to give the subject full
consideration. Arguments presented by
the representative Republicans of the
several districts will be listened to
Home rule principles will be recognized.
The purpose Of the league is to bring
all the good citizens into one camp in
order TO down the looters and grafters
AT the primary election on Tuesday,
August s.
In due time the Republican County
committee, the governing body of the
party, will establish the basis of dis
frict representation in the nominating
convention and fix a time for the dele
gates TO assemble and nominate q
municipal ticket. There are indica-
lions that a large majority of the
county committeeman will give their
best efforts 70 promote the success of
the Republican League of San Fran
cisco. It is expected that Ruef will
enlist as many deserters as can be rail-
lied under the banner of graft to give
the Republican organization a battle
al the primary polls. but all the signs
At present point to his downfall.
The heroic action taken by the Re-
publican County Committee at its re-
X cent meeting in B. B. Hall deprived
Ruef OF his prestige in that body.
With a small force of deserters from
the Republican party he may effect
some sort Of a combination with
Democratic outcasts
II is understood that the leaders of
the San Francisco League viii pay spe-
clal attention to the work of consoli-
dating the Republican forces south of
Market street. where the looters and
grafters are endeavoring to create the
impression that the men who are fos-
tering the movement for better man
agement of municipal affairs are not
IN sympathy with workingmen The
Wage-earners and taxpayers in the dis
tricts from the Twenty-eighth to the
Thirty-siAth have been fooled once too
often. Ruef and his emissaries will
md II a hard task TO fool them again