The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-21
ON BENCH
COVETED PRIZES.
CarrollC a Candidate
for Cooper's Place in
the Appellate Court
WILL DRAW LOTS
BY HuGH NJ. BURKE.

BY HUGH Nj. BURKE.
Superior Judge Carroll Cook expects
Ito be nominated on the Republican
| ticket for Justice of the Appellate
Court, First District The court. as now
constituted in each of the three districts,
consists of two Republicans and one
Democrat. The counties of San Fran
cisco, Marin. Contra Costa, Alameda.
San Mateo. Santa Clara, Fresno. Santa
Cruz, Monterey and San Benito COM
prise what is known as the First or
San Francisco District. The Democrat
on the bench is Justice Cooper The
Republicans are Justices Harrison and
| Hall.
The amendment to the constitution
creating the Courts Of Appeal provides:
AT the election in the year 1906 nine of
such Justices shall be elected as above
provided, and the Justices of each
District Court OF Appeal shall SO clas-
sify themselves by lot that one of them
shall go out of office at the end of four
years, one of them at the end of eight
years and one of them at the end of
twelve years"
1t is further provided that "one of
! the Justices of each of the District
courts of Appeal shall be the presiding
Justice thereof, and as SUCH shall be
appointed or elected as the case may
be-" Governor Pardee appointed a pre-
/
under the calls for party conventions
| issued respectively by the Republican
and Democratic State Central Commit
tees it is clearly set forth that candi-
date for presiding Justice in each dis
trict shall be nominated. Laymen un-
| derstand that whoever may be elected
as presiding Justice shall take chance
equally with his associates In casting
lots for the long, short and intermedi
ate terms.
1t does not follow that one who may
be elected to preside shall have
twelve-year term.
MAY INDORSE DEMOCRAT.
1t Is believed by politicians that JUS
tice Harrison of San Francisco and JUS
| tice Hall of Oakland will be nominated
| by the First District Republican con-
| vention, and there is some agitation
| in favor of the nomination OF the Dem
ocrat, Justice Cooper, on the ground
| that party lines should not be drawn
| in contests applying to the judiciary.
| Justice Cooper is rated as an able law
yer, whose merits will command the
| attention of the Democratic nominal
ing convention. He has the advantage
also OF being the brother-in law of
| Gavin McNab.
| Carroll Cook is quite confident that
three Republicans will be nominated
by the First District convention of
/ that party. Affairs are not different
in the Third or northern district. JUS
tees Chapman, Buckles and Mclaughlin
comprise the Court of Appeal for this
| district Chapman and Buckles are
Republicans and Grand Army men. The
| indications are that both will be nomi-
mated. Justice Mclaughlin is a Demo-
crat and Native Son. For his place on
the bench there are many Republican
aspirants. W. w. Middleton of San
1 In nltiu nd a Ia RI of
to are actively in the contest. The
Ukiah Times in commenting on Middle
COTS candidacy holds that the idea of
having men in the prime of life on
the Appellate bench is one worthy of
| consideration. The place is no sine
| cure, especially II the business at hand
/ is given proper attention. and the
| idea of considering it In the light of
a pension for men past the prime OF
| life is obsolete in the extreme. The
people are entitled to the services of
men who are mentally and physically
capable
OSLERITES WILL OBJECT.
The Oslerites In the Republican con-
vention will probably interpose Wig
| orous objection to the nomination OF
| General n. P. Chapman and Ralph c.
Harrison on account of age.
There will be quite scramble In
San Francisco for Republican nomina-
ton to the Legislature. The politi-
clans are figuring that the Democrats
will not be able to organize formi-
dable opposition as long as the Union
Labor party exists. AT this time there
| is no sign of eager aspiration for
| places on the Democratic ticket In
| the Republican camp 1t is different
There is talk of giving Jack Hoey the
nomination for State Senator in the
Eighteenth district In the Twentieth
| h xyTo
and William Adams are spoken of as
aspirants for nomination. Hamilton
A. Bauer is not fascinated with public
| life. His friends say that he will
make no effort to succeed himself in
the State Senate as the representative
of. the Twenty-second Senatorial dis
trict. Thomas E.. Atkinson, Speaker
of the Assembly, Is a candidate for
the Republican nomination In this dis
trict. Atkinson trains with the Ruef
contingent. He knows the game at
Sacramento, having served along the
line as committee clerk, Assemblyman,
Speaker pro tenn and Speaker.
P. j. Haskins wants to go back to the
Senate from the Twenty-fourth Dis
trict. Thomas Lindsay and Martin
Brady, who were competitors for the
nomination when Haskins was chosen,
are in the field again. The late Thomas
D. Riordan was the particular cham
pion of Haskins.
COGHLAN SEEMS SAFE.
Several Republican members of the
Assembly representing city districts
will probably be reelected. Nathan C.
Coghlan of the Forty first, who had a
close fight with Maxwell McNutt for
nomination two years ago, gained some
renown as an orator IN the Assembly
and is in fair way to secure another
term.
NfoC Of he
second also achieved distinction as a
ready speaker on the floor of the AS
sembly. District complications. with
which Ruef had a good deal to do.
forced him out of line with the San
Francisco Republican League last year,
and there may be some question as to
his denomination.
Marc Anthony of the Fortythird is
regarded as one OF the ablest of the
youngsters in the Ruef bunch. He is