The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
T|ME FOR NJ NAB
To GET BUSY.
Candidate for Governor
on Democratic Ticket
Ought to Be Selected
GEARY OR PHFLAN
BY HUGH NJ. BURKE.

Delegates from the county of Mon
terey to the Democratic State conven-
tion will go to Sacramento in Septem-
Der shouting "Phelan for Governor
True enough Phelan is not a candidate
for the high office, but if his fellow
citizens of Democratic faith should
single him out to carry the banner of
the party in the campaign he would
probably obey orders. The partiality
of inland Democrats for Phelan is an
incident the politicians are not over
looking. / am convinced that some
thing like a Democratic slate was
framed up a few months ago and
thereon the name of Thomas j. Geary
for Governor was written, but the men
tion of Geary's name did not excite the
enthusiasm hoped for and expected.
Leading Democrats, or many or the
party leaders, fancied that the vote of
the Union Labor party could be won
through an agitation against the fur
ther admission of Chinese and Japan
ese. Gearys record in Congress as adj
vocate of Chinese exclusion was count
ed on to lure the workingmen back to
the Democratic column. This does not
signify by any means that Geary is
out of the race. On the contrary, he
is highly spoken of in Sonoma County,
where he lives and moves and has
political being. The Sonoma delegation
will be pledged to his support Demo-
Gratis of Mendocino, Humboldt Lake
and Napa will probably incline to
Geary Democrats of Eureka have
special fondness for Geary. The popu-
lace in that city once arose and BAN
ished Chinese and since that uprising
Of the whites no Chinese has settled
| in Eureka. Exclusion that. excludes is
popular In Humboldt County.
AFTER WARD POLITICIANS.
Democrats OF Stanislaus County that
there have heen too many disputes in
the party and that, too much Difference
has been paid to the ward politicians
of San Francisco. 1t is held to be
proper and right for Central Cali
! fornia to insist that James d. Phelan
| is the man to be nominated 1t is
equally right and proper for Southern
! California to urge the nomination OF
Nathan Cole Jr. and for Northern Cali
fornia to speak up loudly in favor of
Thomas ]. Geary."
After all the tumult for Phelan, Cole
and Geary there should be some en-
thusiasm held in reserve for Seymour
of Sacramento. Dockweiler, Gaffey,
Snider and Patton of Los Angeles,
Raker of Modoc, Jeter of Santa Cruz,
Tarpey Of Fresno, Bowden of Santa
Clara, Bell of Napa, Diggs of Yuba,
Sanford Of Mendocino. and last but not
least Ex-Governor James H. Budd of
San Joaquin.
When Gavin McNab gets time to go
down the line and indicate the man
of his choice in the foregoing list or a
supplement thereto 1 will be able to
| tell Timothy Spellacy of Kern, chair
main of the Democratic State Cen
tral committee. the name OF the party s
nominee for Governor. The delegates
may adopt many ringing resolution
and pay many tributes to the sage of
Monticello, the corporations may be
assailed, and in spirit of frenzy a
| few rails may be torn up and a Chinese
washhouse fired, but the McNab pro-
gramme will survive to verify the Dar-
winian principle of the survival of the
fittest."
The Jeffersonian Democratic League
of San Francisco. known to the pol
lies" as the "Berkshires," on account
of the avoirdupois of City Attorney
Burke, the founder of the league, is
| still in condition to meet and adopt
! resolutions, but the Democratic organ
| ization of the city. the county COM
/ mittee is firmly held by McNab. The
delegate tickets named by the county
| committee in the Second Assembly Dis
/ tFict will run out. The Berkshires and
| the Horses and Carts combined may
be able to put up a good fight in two
or three districts.
| ADAMS NOT IN RACE.
William Adams tells me that he is
not a candidate for Republican NOM
fnation to the State Senate. He writes:
Your story in The Call of this date
| makes me a candidate for State Sena-
/ tor from the Twentieth District. Your
| informant is in error; l am not now,
nor have 1 ever been an aspirant for
| any office, and / have no present IN
| tention of ever becoming a candidate
/ for any office in the gift OF the people
The Monterey Republican committee
| indorses the administration of Gov
/ ernor Pardee, but agrees to support
Warren Porter for the first place on
the ticketsso long as he has chance.
Colonel George H. Pippy, president
of the Union League Club, having
passed the ordeal of the Devine ban
quet at the st. Francis last night, is
| now safely out of the relief work and
| in position to give some attention to
the duty of appointing delegation
| from the club to the biennial conven-
| tion of the State League at Santa Cruz.
The Phoenix Club rushed in last week
aud named in its list OF delegates
Charles +. Curry, A. Ruef and Samuel
NJ. Shortridge. If the Union League
/ does not get move on its orators will
| be appropriated by other organizations.
Stories agree that there is harmony
with a big H in the Republican camp
| of the Thirty Assembly Dis
trict Presumably George D. Clark,
William j. Ruddick, Postmaster Fisk
| and a. Ruef have parceled out the
| honors. 1t is settled that Fred Jones
goes back to the Assembly. and it ap
pears that Daniel Webster Burchard
| is to be a delegate TO the State con-
vention. Postmaster Fisk may be
authorized to deliver the goods to W.
F. Herrin, or perhaps A Ruef himself
will hand over the bunch. In the event
of a squabble for the distinction of
performing this mission for the Re
| publicans of the Thirty seventh an ad-
! justment could be easily made by
authorizing Ruef and Fisk to act joint
| ly as messengers to railroad head
quarters.