The San Francisco call., 1906-09-26
Scheme to Capture
the Senatorial
Nominations.
By Thomas b. sullivan.

mate Superior Judges and Justices of
the Peace for San Francisco. Some
hundred and hfty-odd other men, call
ing themselves the Republican local
convention, attended the session, but
their participation in the affair was
simply as the echo of the voice of
Ruef. There has hardly been in the
political history of San Francisco any
public exhibition quite as indecent as
that of last night
Ruef handed to certain marionettes
typewr1tten copies of theI motions he
wished to be considered. He placed
the lists of the committees to be ap-
pointed on the chsirmans desk, and
that worthy had diffieulty in pro-
nouneing the names of the men he was
supposed to appoint. Absolutely no
effort was made to disguise the fact
that the only independent, self-acting
person in the hall was Ruef
RUFF RULES THE ROosT.
On the contrary, there was an un-
necessary ostentation In advertising
that fact. Ruef and Ach sat together
and their activity was the only sig
nificant incident off the session. 1t
seems strange that the astute legal adj
wiser of his Honor the Mayor needs
legal adviser for himself, but Ach is
now occupying that distinguished post
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ernment
Apparently Ruef accomplished very
little last night. In reality he did a
great deal. He blocked the Maestretti
gang from forcing a political show
down in the Twenty Senatorial
District and he took the preliminary
measures necessary to prevent Fred
Eggers from naming the Republican
nominee in the Eighteenth District.
Ruef has an idea that he still can steal
one of the ten votes Maestretti has
pledged to Tom Atkinson. If this can
not be done it is the purpose of the
F1lfmore-street manipulation to main
tain the deadlock in the Thirty ninth
and Fortieth districts, place Gus Hart
man In the field as an independent
candidate and split the district.
EGGERS WALKS THE FLANK.
To accomplish this ii was announced
that no district convention may be held
until the committee on credentials of
the local convention reports next Mon
DAY night This committee on creden-
t1als, composed of nineteen men, is
Rlef, and 1t will have other work TO do.
1t will unseat the Eggers delegation
from the Thirty-sixth Assembly Dis
trict and install a band of suffers al
ready chosen by Ruef. The little man
on Fillmore street smiles and says in
genuously that gross frauds upon the
ballot were committed by Eggers in
the Thirty-sixth and the purity of the
franchise must be protected at all haz-
ards. Public morality and the dignity
OF citizenship demand that Eggers and
his crew be cast out of the councils of
the local Republican convention.
Their finish is in sight For a while
Eggers was grooming Assemblyman
Eugene e. Pfaeffle for the Sena. a.orial
nomination. Then there was a cut in
the cards and H. N. Beatty came out
on top. But Ruef insists upon new
deck and Eggers Will have. nothing to
say. II he could seat his delegation
from the Thirty-sixth District he would
win by one vote.
Ruef also indorsed last night the
Labor Union scheme for non-parti-
san judiciary. That is, he introduced
before his Republican puppets the res
olution he forced the Labor convention
to accept. 1t was OF course adopted,
but it will be ignored by the Demo-
Gratis. The Democracy has reached the
conclusion that in this campaign the
Republicans and the Laborites are
twins; at least they have the same
father and he is not altogether accept
able as the head of a united political
family.
LABOR INDORsEs COOK.
Continuing in it's laudable purpose to
do as 1t is told. the governing board of
the Labor Union party nominated an
other batch of candidates yesterday. Su-
perior Judge Carroll Cook. Superior
Judge M. t. Dooling and Judge John
CARRIER were indorsed for positions as
Justices of the Appellate Court. Supe-
rior Judge Cook was assured of in
dorsement, as Ruef will reward him If
the voting public stands pat. Superior
Judge Kerrigan sought an Endorsement,
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do not find. Ruef blocked the way. Af-
fairs political are always simplified
when one man directs them all.
DOOM OF THE DOODLE DEEs.
Several of the labor leaders. acting
upon their own authority, tried yester-
day to induce Langdon to retire from
the gubernatorial race That the abb
surdity of~the request did not strike
them speaks well for their charming
Ignorance of the ways of the Doodle
Dee. Once Doodle Dee always Doc
die Dee. 1t has the persistency of the
itch and the fascination of a Chinese
puzzle. To have been chief of the Doc
die Dees is an experience Langdon will
never forget. Judging from the COM
ments OF his friends he never will be
permitted to forget it.
1t is announced that the campaign
committee of the Doodle Dees has writ
ten TO Hearst to ask Murphy of New
York how best to muzzle a boss Pend
ing the arrival of the answer Joe
pwyer Is having a portrait of Murphy
painted to use in the automobile cam
yaSS
Some of the labor people who are
personally interested in the success of
Bell received telegraphic reply from
Samuel Gompers yesterday in answer
to their query of the standing of Bell
In national labor circles. Gompers
wired in high praise of the ex-Con-
gressman and extolled him for his ac-
tivity in behalf of union labor. Bells
acts in this regard. the telegram read,
were entirely unsolicited, and for that
reason more gratifying to those that
received them.
STATE DEMOCRACY AWAEEs.
The State Democracy suffered a
spasm of activity yesterday and Timo
thy Spellacy, the chairman of the State
central committee. appointed the vari-
Gus subcommittee, which will have
direct control Of the campaign The
men chosen are unquestionably leaders
of the Democracy in all parts of Cali
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