The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28


arranged, but Superior Judges Coffey
and Lawlor, Joseph O'Donnell and pos
sibly Police Judge Mogan will receive
the nomination for Superior Judges.
The only one in doubt is Mogan. but
he is making. strong fight and stands
close enough to Ruef to obtain the
Union Labor Endorsement.
RoNCoyIERI IN CLOVER.
The chairman of the convention will
be William A. Kelly, although Ruef is
promising Johnny Greeley that he will
give him all the local delegates. some
from Alameda and Marin and lend him
a few Republicans to place him in the
chair. Greeley still suffers from the
creduhty of youth.
OF all the local aspirants seeking
Office Superintendent of Schools Ron
covieri appears to be the most for
tunate. He will receive every party
nomination = Republican, Democratic
and Union Labor-for the position he
now occupies. The record he has made
in office is partly responsible for this,
as he has been an intelligent and con-
scientious director of school affairs
The gentlemen who have offered them
selves as his opponents, however, have
contributed in no small measure to his
present success. They would be con-
sidered an awful example in any
schoolroom in the State.
ANTICS OF. THE LABORITES.
The governing board of the Union
Labor party cut a few more political
capers yesterday, Cancelled some of its
own decisions, smashed a slate or two
and took a. new front on the situatiNn.
Its most important action was SOL
enan decision not to indorse anybody
for position of Justice of the Supreme
Court The original selections of the
board were Murasky, S1oss and Lorigan.
Muraskyss Endorsement was dependent
upon his ability to explain his judicial
acts to the Labor Council and to the
Cooks and Walters Union.
HENSHAw AND SCHMITz.
After doing that it seemed ungratefuI
to the cause of the learned jurist to re-
fuse him any Endorsement, but that is
the final word of the governing board
In this connection Supreme Justice
Fred Henshaw breathes more freely
While it is a notorious fact that the
judiciary of California, particularly the
Supreme Court of the State, is nobIy
out of politics. Justice Henshaw wanted
that Labor nUion Endorsement. Mayor
Schmitz, with whom he is very friendly.
and Abe Ruef promised the indorse-
ment and when it wzs not given there
was something in the nature of row.
The only way out of the difficulty was
to place no Union Labor nominees in
the field for Supreme Justice Lorigan.
Sloss and Murasky will have to worry
through the campaign with only one
party nomination.
Continuing in its unique purpose of
independence. the governing board has
reversed itself in the Appellate Court
nominations for this district, and the
slate now reads Cook, Dooling and
Harrison. Why Harrison should be Sc
lected no one knows. as he was lost in
the scramble at Santa Cruz.
The very frank announcement of
Governor Pardee that he will support
Gillett in his candidacy for Governor
has cleared the atmosphere at Repub-
lican headquarters and has effectually
sLeneed the critics of the Governor
George Knight probably understands
now the injustice of his words when he
declared last Saturday night in Oak
land that while the portrait of Gov
ernor Pardee was very good to see on
the platform, the presence of the Gov
ernor would have been better.