The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
IS AHEAD
FOR MAESTRETTL.
Predictions That Boss
of the Thirty-Ninth
Is to Be Sidetracked
OF RUFF
BY HUGH M. BURKE.

The fight In the Republican camp
Of the Thirty ninth Assembly District
presents some interesting phases, and
hear many predictions that Macs
tretti will be downed. The surprising
thing of all is the report from dozen
sources that Ruef is to keep hands on.
Thomas E. Atkinson. Speaker OF the
Assembly, Is Maestrettfs candidate for
the State Senate from the Twenty
second Senatorial District, which is
now represented by Hamilton A. Bauer.
The talk goes that the anti-machine
Republicans in the Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth districts, which comprise the
have decided to put forward w. S.
Wood in opposition to Atkinson's can
didacy. Mr.. Wood is Rueben Lloyd's
law partner, and the politicians men,
tion the incident that the latter is close
to Mayor Schmitz.
Politicians of the Thirty-ninth do
not explain the cause OF Ruef's atti-
tude toward Atkinson, and to many
the estrangement is surprising. At
kinson was classed at the regular and
extra sessions OF the Legislature as
a programmer from start to finish.
This phase Of the situation in the
Thirty-ninth lends color of truth to
the story that Ruef and Maestretti are
ready to part company In politics. The
long predicted inside explosion in the
Schmitz camp may. happen sooner than
expected.
This version OF the complication is
given to me by an insider:
Ruef is done with Maestretti and
would rejoice over the defeat of the
Commissioner of Public Works, but he
would rather sub-let the job of down
ing Maestretti in the Thirty-ninth
than undertake IL himself
Atkinson is rated as easier game
port of the Fortieth District is counted
on as a strong factor against Atkin-
son in the Senatorial fight.
Several of Ruefs lieutenants OF the
Thirty ninth have made overtures to
the San Francisco League to partici-
pate In the work of framing an anti
Maestretti ticket. The league man
ayers are suspicious of these preffers
OF political support from the Ruef end.
and as between Maestretti and Ruef
they fancy 1t would be a choice be-
tween the devil and the deep sea-"
When the straight story comes with
concrete reinforcement as to facts that
Z. A. Hayes will not accept renomina-
tion for Congress in the Fifth District
l. Will believe the gossip that Herrin
and Ruef have some notion of getting
behind ]. o. Hayes for Governor
Hayes of Santa Clara for Congress and
Hayes of the same county for Gov
ernor would place the political cam
paign of the Republicans in the light
Of a family affair. Even the Demo
Gratis in the year that Jim Budd was
nominated for Governor would not
stand for the proposition of having the
honored name of Murphy in two places
on the State ticket of the party. The
incident is recalled that Budd downed
Barney Murphy OF San Jose for the
gubernatorial nomination by getting
his friends appointed to the conven-
The committee report. which was
adopted without suspicion that 1t
contained a joker, provided that Su-
preme Justices should be first nomi-
mated. The result was that Murphy
OF Del Norte was nominated for the
Supreme Bench. and then Murphy of
Santa Clara was down and out
In the Fortieth District yesterday
the subject OF going to the State Con-
vention of Santa Cruz as delegate
was presented to a well-known Re
publican citizen who remarked that he
was not anxious to go as he might be
programmed for DR.. Pardee, Gillett or
Hayes. which would not be to his
liking, as he did not favor one of the
three and did not know the other
two. He was assured that the oppor-
tunity to vote for Gage might be
offered That settled 1t. He decided
to stay at home.