The San Francisco call., 1905-08-07
LEAGUE is CONFIDENT
RUFF WILL BE DOWNEC
Heavy Vote Is Counted On and Victory
Over Gangsters Seems Assured.

Estimates as to the number of votes
that will be cast in San Francisco at the
primary election tomorrow vary all the
way from 10000 to $4,000.
Enthusiastic supporters of the Repuoli-
can League predict q popular uprising OF
citizens who have hitherto neglected the
important duty of voting at the primary.
If the uprising takes place, even In an or
binary degree, and the vote exceeds $1,000
the league ticket will win. On the other
hand. If a very. large percentage of the
81, 900 registered voters stay away from
the polls the grafters will carry the day
1t is a sure thing that the grafters will
vote, hence the pertinent inquiry is ad-
dressed to citizens by the San Francisco
Republican League, What will you dog"
The most remarkable phase Of the con-
test is the attitude of the grafters in
using the term Regular Republican.
Reports come from the Thirty-sixth Dis
trict that several well meaning citizens
have been deceived by the representation
Of Ruefters that tickets in opposition to
the San Francisco Republican League
were authorized by the Republican Coun-
ty Committee. The plain facts are that
the county committee by an overwhelm-
ing vote rejected the proposition adj
vanced by Ruef and Ach to organize
against the league
The San Francisco Republican League
leaders are in possession of positive in
formation that Ruef pays for the print
ing, folding and addressing of all the op-
position tickets. In the Thirty sixth, as
in every other Assembly district the only
Republican ticket is the ticket put for
ward by the San Francisco Republican
League and it is plainly designated
"Anti-Ruef." Voters should beware of
every ticket that is not heralded as
"Anti-Ruef"
The fact is well known all along the
line, and Republican voters should not
lose sight of 1t tomorrow that the So
called Regular Republicans" marching
under Ruefs colors are the out and out
supporters of the Schrnitz administration,
and the only purpose they have in view
in seeking election as delegates to the
Republican local convention is to nomi-
nate a man for Mayor who will be an
easy mark for Schmitz Ruef fancies
that this party betrayal dodge is clever
politics and he plumes himself on his
cleverness as a politician every time he
betrays his party.
1t is represented to the Republican
League that Frank French of Sacramento
boodling notoriety is doing Ruefs poll
tics in the Thirty-fourth Assembly Dis
trict. F. V. Severance, who was known
as French's Assemblyman, heads the
Ruef ticket. Edward Short, who was
one Of French's clerks in the Legislature,
is on the ticket. In the main the ticket
is composed of oid-time losers The
bunch If elected would take the Ruef
programme off the reel. Republicans
who hold that the district should be
honorably represented in the Republican
local convention will vote for the anti
Ruef ticket Of the San Francisco Repub-
lfcan League. The name of c. M. Ritter
heads the only genuine Republican ticket
in the Thirty-fourth.
One of the delegates on the Severance
ticket belonged to the jury that acquitted
"Chaw'' Casey of fighting his bulldogs
at the Mission on Sunday.
The camera will play part In the
primary election contest tomorrow. A
baIlot-box suffer hates camera. The
proof obtained by the photographer can
not be sworn away. The Republican
League proposes to use the camera In
precincts where the stuffing of the
CRATER is notorious. In the Twenty
eighth and Twenty-ninth districts row.
dies, ex-convicts and shady characters
threaten to do Ruef politics. 1t is safe
proposition to wager that the workers
for the Republican League will not be
chased away from the precinct voting
places.
The prospects of defeating Maestretti
III the Inn -nlilth OAstiASt arc oii6i.l
The house to house canvass assures the
success of the Wheelan- Cassidy move
nent to oust the Maestretti gang. In
this district the United Independent Club
is allied with the San Francisco Repub-
lican League.
Citizens of the Thirty-ninth who desire
that the district shall be ably and credit
ably represented in the Republican local
convention should support the ticket
headed by Fairfax H. Wheelan.
The Maestretti delegates If elected
would be compelled to throw the true in
terests OF the district to the winds and
take whatever programme Ruef pre-
sented.
A vote for the anti-Ruef ticket Is a vote
for fhe prosneritv and davalnnment of the