The San Francisco call., 1906-08-25
independence League
Delays ysNorninations.
CARRIER and Mcguire
Being Grooned for
Appellate Court.
By Thomas B. Sullivan.

it has a grievance against local Demo-
cratic politicians and is entitled at
least to the courtesy of correction.
The league has asked that so far as
possible I correct the current impress
Joke, but a very serious proposition
that affects the social, political and re-
ligious liberty of everybody in San
Francisco and most people out of it,
The league opened headquarters on
Fillmore street yesterday, and, probably
for company's sake, installed itself
within a stones throw OF Ruef's Office
A suspicion is growing in the minds
of the league leaders that in timing the
birth of the new party horrible mis-
take was made. There is no way in
which to account for the unbridled
merriment that has greeted the appear
ance of the youngSter. Just what the
mistake is nobody seems to know, but
the anxious ones are criticising the
policy that suggested calling the State
convention of the league for September
before the Democratic and Republican
parties had announced either their nom-
inees or their poilcies.
1t is taken as a matter of course that
anybody who may have the political
misfortune to be nominated by the
league will not get an Endorsement
from the Democratic State convention.
This palpable fact is playing havoc
with the ambition of Afford, who
wants the Democratic nomination and
cannot have it if the league selects
him first Afford cannot afford. how
ever, to antagonize any influence that
may contribute to his success.
OTHERS IN BAD BOAT.
Other Democratic statesmen are in
N1 If G ha
programme of the league to nominate
nobody in its convention of September
6. II will simply meet. resolve on every
subject that may suggest itself and on
many that shouldn't, and then decide
whether or not it will be wise to make
recommendations TO the other conven-
tions This will at least preserve to-
the nominees the integrity of their par
ty politics, and, besides the league is
not in the slightest degree interested in
State Npolitics.
Its state ticket will simply be a
dummy forced into being to conform to
an exigency created by the voting ma
chine. A party without full ticket
has small chance on the machine, so the
league will have its bogus State ticket
that it may have some chance of sue
cess in the local field. In these times of
stress and hurry few voters are in
clined to scratch their ballots.
Dwyer beamed with satisfaction yes
terday, for, he had received good news.
The league has received two indorse-
ments. The Endorsement period in
new party's career is always interest
ing If not instructive. The first in
dorsement is from Mr.. G. e. Barnickol
of Vallejo. 1t is suspected that Mr..
Barnickol has misspelled his name, but
as he is not generally known here this
cannot be verified. The other epistle
- .-ol~ a,,1 oh frop
Mr.. w. j. jackson of 116S Washington
street, Oakland.
Dwyer is happy The gloom of
solitude has been broken, and there
are at least three of them in the
party. 1t is rumored that Vox Populi
will be thes next indorser. He is
better known to the league following
than either Barnickol or Jackson and
always carries weight in a campaign
where the people are to be educated
up to an understanding of what is
good for them.
HAVE EYE ON THE BENCH.
The Democrats are seeking this year
to place in the judicial field candidates
of an exceptionally strong character.
Particularly is this so of the Appellate
Court for this district. One of the
nominees will be selected from Ala
media County, ard every endeavor is
being made to induce John CARRIER to
accept the nomination While this
effort is being made there is much
talk of asking Judge CARRIER to stand
for the Supreme bench. II he agrees
to take either candidacy there is little
question that he will lend strength
to his ticket.
Ex-Superior Judge James @. Mcguire
Is another Democrat who has been
placed in the running for the Appel
late Court. While Mcguire has found
by experience that he is not strong.
enough to win a State executive Office
his friends are convinced that he will
be able again to win high judicial
honors In Santa Cruz County Nicho-
las Bowden and Jackson Hatch are
seeking the Democratic nomination
for the Appellate Court. Neither>>Neds
an introduction to the people of the
State and both have a strong per-
sonal following.
For some reason not quite clear to
the ordinary observer the State Demo-
Gratis believe they can win one of the
Supreme Justices at the polls They
are convinced. therefore, that it will
be wise politically to make one of the
nominees for the Supreme bench a
man from the south. The southern
part of the State stands very ex-
cellent chance OF getting very little
from the Republican State Convention
and the Democracy hopes to profit by
what may be a serious tactical blum
der.
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