The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
LEAGUE FORCES
ARE ORGANIZED
Grafters Take Alarm Over
Increasing Strength of
the New Organization
DISTRICT CONFERENCES
Call Is Out for a Meeting
of Republican County
Committee Next Week

At a meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the San Francisco Republican
League at 636 Market street last evening,
delegations from the Twenty-eighth,
Thirty third, Thirty-fourth Thirty-sev-
enth, Thirty-eighth. Forty second, For
ty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth As
sembly districts were present. The at
tendance at headquarters of the league
was large and in the throng were many
well known and active citizens of Re-
publican faith.
The preliminary work of district organ
ization is very nearly finished Tonight
the lists of district committeeman will be
gwen to the public. During the present
week there have been conferences at
league headquarters of the citizens select
ed TO manage district work or organiza-
ton for the campaign. 1t is reported
that harmony prevails in all the Assem-
bly, district committees, except those of
the Twenty-eighth and Fortieth. 1t is
common gossip that Henry Ach of the
Fortieth prefers to train with Ruef and
Schmitz. Last night Peter Kelly and
Walter Larsen, who were named as mem
bers of the committee of ten from the
Twenty-eighth Assembly District. with
drew and threatened to make an inde-
pendent fight. The executive committee
would not allow Kelly and his followers
to name a majority of the district repre-
sentatives.
1t is expected at league headquarters
that the Ruef press will spring a story
to the effect that Peter Kelly and Walter
Larsen would not stand for Martin Kelly
and therefore pulled out. The real facts
are that Martin Kelly cuts no figure
whatever in the affair. Owing to his
troubles in Sacramento and the critical
illness of his daughter he is out of poll
tics for this campaign and, more than
that, ne frankly says that he is out. The
presumption is very strong that Peter
Kelly expects assistance from Abe Ruef
and John Lynch in his fight against the
league.
Larsen is Saloonman on Steuart
street The fact is noted that the retail
liquor dealers are fighting shy of promi-
nenee in the fight TO down the grafters
of the Schmitz administration. They be-
lieve that active work for the better
ment of local government would lead to
revocation of their licenses to do busi-
ness.
The space given in the Ruef press to
Misrepresentation of the leagues work
OF organization is accepted as proof that
the grafters are alarmed over the increas-
ing strength of the forces of good citizen
ship. There is gossip that Ruefs fol-
lowers will endeavor TO create trouble in
Republican ranks by advising the Repub-
lican County Committee TO engage in the
work of Assembly district organization
along lines different from those adopted
by the San Francisco Republican League.
In conformity with law the Republican
County Committee will meet at l2l Eddy
street next Wednesday evening to adopt
call for the local nominating conyen-
tion and to fix the apportionment of dele
gates TO said convention to be voted for
at the primary election on August g. The
call for the meeting of the county COM
mittee is signed by Charles Sonntag,
acting chairman. and T. E. Atkinson, Sec
retary. The call is regular and timely.
A strong sentiment in favor of large
convention prevails in the Republican
camp. The Ruefites may endeavor to put
through a scheme of organization to di-
vide the forces of the party, but as
majority of the county committeeman
are members of the organized Republican
League, the play is not likely to win.
Major c. w Kyle and Assemblyman
Coghlan addressed a meeting of Thirty
fifth Assembly District Republicans at
Twenty-second and Bartlett streets last
Wednesday evening. The speakers ad-
vised the citizens to send an able and
honest delegation to the Republican NOM
mating convention.