The San Francisco call., 1906-10-04
Mogan and Conlan Are
Forced Republicans.
Abe Ruef Completes His Conspiracy
to Defeat Judge Lawlor
BY Thomas b. Sullivan.

The local Republican convention,
which met at Jefferson Square Hall
last night TO complete its labors, was
2 revelation even TO those who have
Become hardened TO the atrocities of
machine politics. For hours the dele
Eates roamed about the room, without
purpose, without freedom enough to
express a preference for anybody or
anything. They were waiting for Ruef
and HeUry Ach to complete the pro-
gramme Of the night and the Bush
street boss and his legal adviser were
.perplexed.
They had determined to retrieve
what they had lost by their signal de-
feat in the Democratic convention and
with an impudence seldom tolerated
even in a political boss they refused to
show the Republican delegates the
courtesy Of calling them to order until
the slate was arranged. The hours
passed noisily in the hall until, finally
the programme was agreed upon and
che convention was granted the humili-
ihg privilege Of carrying it out.
RUEF's CONSPIRACY.
II smashed all records as q surprise.
Ruef's problem was to defeat Judge
LawlOr at the polls, although Lawlor
snatched the Democratic nomination
away from him and will receive that of
the Independence League. Ruef argued
that he can make that defeat q GER
tainty by giving Police Judges Mogan
and Conlan the Republican nomination
for Superior Judge and by bestowing
upon them tomorrow night the in
dorsement OF the Union Labor party.
This scheme places Mogan and Con-
Ian before the people on election day
endowed with every party nomination
except that Of the Independence
League. No such conspiracy to capture
the judiciary was ever heard Of before
in San Francisco.
IT is practically settled that the vot-
ing machines VIII be used II voters
seek independence Of party rule they
W. have TO scratch their ballot and
experience has demonstrated that they
are not inclined to suffer that incon-
venience with the voting machine The
crafty manipulation on Bush street fig
ures that the apathy OF electors will
win for him what he could not gain
even by crooked machine politics.
DEMOCRATS NOMINATED.
with something very like insoIence
he insists this is the way to take the
fngenuously that he permitted the
: Democrats to name Mogan and Conlan
II md then TO carry out the scheme Of a
rnon-p partisan judiciary induced the Re
publicans and Laborites to indorse the
Democratic nominees.
When Ruef forced his astounding
proposition upon the Republicans last
night there We're murmurs Of protest
against compelling the convention to
nominate three Democrats-Coffey, No
gan and Conlan. The protest was only
a mUrmUr, though. and the strange
slate was rushed through. Judge era
nam was given the fourth nomination
the Union Labor Endorsement It is
believed by Ruef that with these
nominations Graham can easily defeat
LawlOr. Everything else in the pro-
ceedings last night was overshadoWed
by this remarkable conspiracy to place
the Superior Court completely in the
hands Of Ruef
The Democratic State committee on
.va1ancies placed c. W Habler Of Los
Angeles in the field yesterday for Clerk
pt the Supreme Court c. W. Nutting
Il kes the place Of R H Beamer for
the Board OF Equalization It is likely
that the vacancy for the Appellate
Court. caused by Prewett's withdrawal,
viii be allowed TO stand.
The following nominations were
made:
For Superior Judges-Thomas F. Gra-
ham. J. Y. Coffey, Edward P. Mogan
and Charles T. Conlon. The first two
were suggested by the hepubllcan party,
. lie others by the Union labor party.
Justices of the PEACH. 7. Flood,
.Lsadore Goldeng J. J. Van Nostrand, A
3. Treadwell.
Senator from the Eighteenth District
RDaniel J. Reilly. He was nominated
-after the Eggers' delegation had been
deprived Of half its vote. Henry A.
Beatty had been Eggers' selection.
In the Thirty-sixth District Eggers'
;Own. Eugene F. Pfaefie was put on the
ticket at the expense of Eggers' man,
yohn Weston. Three other Assembly
men were nominated: Thirty seventh,
aniel W Barry: Fortieth. Henry
Thompson: Forty-second, Samuel T.
i-Ohlman.
Before the meeting came to order the
committee on credentials held a session
IN the basement Of the building TO
decide" whether or not the Eggers
. delegation should be entitled TO full
vote at the convention. The fate Of an
essen hlyrr1arl and a senator depended