The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
Patriotic Republicans Want
to Divorce Ruef and Herrin
From the Party and Do
All Possible for New Deal
TIME Is RIPE FOR
DRIVING OUT EVIL
Belief Is General That In
dependents Would Rally
to Support of Party if
Grafters Are Fought Right


Leading Republicans of the city are
firmly convinced that the party
through the agency of the primary
election law, can elect a sufficient
number of delegates to the next
municipal nominating convention to
nominate a ticket that will command
the unqualified Endorsement of the
great mass of independent voters.
1t is quite we'll understood that the
Republicans in the several Assembly
districts of San Francisco must, in or
der to achieve success, smash the po-
litical machine, which was established
by Herrin, Ruef and Lynch to defeat
Henry ]. Croeker for Mayor at the last
municipal election. In the Thirty
fifth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-ninth and
Forty-first Assembly districts the de-
termination to smash the machine IS
openly expressed by many active citi-
zef1s. Other districts will join in the
work of Misunderstanding.
Former United States Senator A. P.
Williams, who has always stood for
good government and clean politics, is
of the opinion that the independent
Republican citizens, who have no
b
but he asserts that organized effort
under practical leadership is essential.
1t has been suggested that the Mer-
chants Association shoI1d designate
a time for a mass-meeting in each AS
sembly district, SO that citizens may
come together and devise proper
means for getting control of the Re-
publican and Democratic nominating
conventions. 1t is a sure thing that
20, HI Wi NO 20. r-i,
Ruef and Lynch to pass out a list of
delegates to be voted for. The initia-
tive will be taken by the people. Con-
ferences have already taken place in
the Thirty-fifth and Forty-first and
anti-Ruef delegations will represent
these districts
ALL WANT HONESTY.
Citizens, irrespective Of party, have
resolutely determined to bring about
an honest and capable administration
of local affairs. Republican leaders
who are reading the signals compre-
hend that ticket put forward under
the auspices of the Herrin, Ruef and
Lynch machine will not receive the
support of citizens who have resolved
for a betterment of conditions. They
are also convinced that a Republican
ticket headed by fearless, capable,
and an honest man for Mayor will
command the support of active nom
partisan bodies. All along the Repub-
lican line one hears this talk:
I'm order to win the Republicans
must exclude Herrin. Ruef. Lynch and
their followers from the councils of
the party and go before the people
with clean hands"
In political camps this question is
asked: will the high officers of the
Southern Pacific approve of an exten-
sion of the Herrin- Ruef compact
through which Henry Crocker was de-
feated and Eugene Schmitz elected in
the contest>for Mayor two years ago?"
One of Herrfn's lieutenants Is quoted
as saying that the compact terminated
when Ruef made good to Herrin by
going to Sacramento and casting the
Ruef vote of the Legislature in favor
OF the Los Angeles candidate for Unit
ed States Senator. 1t transpires that
the original compact was finally ad-
justed on the day preceding the NOM
ination of Henry Crocker for Mayor
by the Republican local convention.
Prior to that time many conferences
between Ruef and Herrin took place,
but the latter did not agree to give the
order to down Crocker until a few
hours before the nomination was made
The Call obtains from an authentic
source the statement that Herrin paid
the expenses of the United Republican
League up to the time of Crocker's
nomination by the Republican conven-
ton.
RUEF-HERRIN SCHEMES.
It is the judgment of well-informed
Republicans and Democrats that the
political partnership of Herrin and
Ruef exists and will continue in full
force throughout the coming munich
pal campaign. The present pro-
gramme is to re-elect Schmitz. al
though Ruef, who is handy and re-
sourceful, may take up some other
aspirant'
1t is not likely that Ruef in any
event would attempt to force the
nomination of Schmitz in the Republi-, :,
can convention even if he should be
able to swing a majority of the dele
gates, but on the contrary would fol-
low his old scheme of having Schmitz
nominated by the labor unions and
encouraging desertions from the Re-
publican party. Two years ago the
misguided followers of the Democratic
nominee did the very work that Ruef
secretly assigned to them. They shout
ed for Lane, when 1t was obvious to
the well-posted observers that he
could not carry any one of the As
sembly districts Of the city, but the