The San Francisco call., 1906-09-27
California Democracy Wires a Protest Against the
Nomination of W. R. Hearst for Governor
Maestretti Gives Ruef
the Double Cross
in a Crisis.
By Thomas B. Sullivan.

By Thomas B. Sullivan.
The State Democracy has taken an
other whack at the precious hide of
William Randolph Hearst. Not salts
fed with throwing the editor down at
Sacramento and then jumping on him
the leaders of the unterrified want
their revenge to stretch from California
to New York They insist that after
Hearst has been made a political out
law here he cannot be accepted and
taken into the Democratic fold in the
Empire State. Such proceeding. the
leaders argue, is too absurdly incon-
sistent even for Democrat
Inspired by these thoughts Timothy
Spellacy, chairman of the Democra tic
State Central Committee sent a teIe-
gram yesterday TO National COMMITTEES
man Norman E. Mack and one also to
John B. Stanchfeld. Both of these men
have exploited in a variety of ways
their emphatic conviction of the general
unworth of the ambitious editor, and
Spellacy played upon sympathetic
strings when he wired his messages OF
earnest protest against the nomination
of Hearst for Governor.
HEARST AGAIN DENOUNCED.
In substance the kilograms read that
the Democracy of California believed
that it was inconsistent to nominate
for the exalted position of Governor of
New York a man who was using eyerv
effort to defeat the Democratic ticket
in California. Spellacy did not for
moment delude himself into belief
that his protest would have the slight
est effect upon the candidacy of Hearst
in New York.
The purpose Of the telegram was al
together of a different character. It
was sent out as flyer to force the
editor to withdraw his Doodle Dee
Langdon as candidate for Governor
But Langdon will not withdraw AS a
matter affecting his. own political ex-
istence he can't withdraw He is too
deeply in political mole to be lifted
out by resignation.
LANGDoN BEGINS To DOUBT.
Day by day the situation for the
Doodle Dees becomes more enbarrass-
ing. When it is palpable that Boss
Murphy of New York owns Boss Hearst
and Boss Hearst owns Langdon. the
faithful are asking if it isn't sort Of
political blasphemy for Langdon to
talk about bosses except in awed whis-
pers. When Hearst crowds himself in
to Democratic orthodoxy in New York
and forces Langdon into the absurdi-
ties of Doodle Deeism in California. the
anxious ones are inquiring if this is
not. carrying political proprietorship a
tri7e too far
Joe Dwyer has given Langdon his
word as gentleman and a statesman
that everything is all right, but Lang
don has. his doubts. He thinks that
Hearst should at least give the shadow
of consolation to a Doodle Dee in dis
tress. And while these thoughts and
doubts are running riot in the brains
of Doodle Dees the Democrats are
buoyed by the hope that Langdon will
throw up the sponge in disgust and
leave the field to Bell. The labor peo-
pie tried the trick and failed and it
is not likely that the Democracy will
have any greater success.
WESTERN PACIFIC BEHIND BELL.
While Bell is shouting Herrin and
the Southern Pacific. through the San
Joaquin and the groves of the south
land his managers are chuckling that
he will have, the active support of the
Western Pacific Railroad in his can
vass. The State contest appears to be
narrowing itself into fight between
railroads and the political dust that
Bell is raising is not hiding the in
teresting fact that great corporate in
fiuences are pushing him forward
toward the Governors chair.
Locally the Democrats are not unlike
band of sheep without a herder
They do not know when or where their
local convention is to meet although
most of them know perfectly for whom
they must vote when the convention
does meet 1t is suspected that the
august body will be called to order
when Tom Hickey finds somebody who
will trust him for the rent of hall
The trail of confiding landlord has
been discovered and the convention
may meet Saturday night. If not then
the date will be positively next Mon
day.
Johnny Greeley will not be the chair
man. His association with Ruef will
do him no good and w. A Kelly will
WELD the gavel. The convention will
ignore the judicial programme of the
Republicans and Laborites, will
nominate Lawlor by a large majority,
transact all of its other business and
adjourn the night 1t meets
RUFF MOURNs A Loss.
Ruef's bitter effort to defeat the
plans of Naestretti in the Twenty sec
ond Senatorial District is the topic
uppermost in the conversation of local
Republicans and at last the secret is
out in reference to the original row
between Ruef and his satellite. When
Maestretti was about to be tried for
his alleged completely in the ballot
box outrages the problem of obtaining
an attorney to defend him was solved
in way peculiar to Ruef.
He argued that some one having in
fiuence with Judge Lawlor should be
retained Ruef reached the conclusion
that nobody could fill that interesting
position better than Ex-Governor James
H. Budd. who had appointed Lawlor to
the Superior Bench. So Budd was en-
ployed as Maestretti's attorney. Ruef
was not aware that 1T is a habit of
Judge Lawlor, in his judicial capacity.
to treat his friends with becoming Sc
verify.
Only one other incident was lacking
to complete the transaction. Budd in
sisted upon having retainer Long