The San Francisco call., 1906-06-17
BUSY STATESMEN
PITCHING TENTS
Planning Going Forward
for the Primaries
In August.
Contests for Appellate
Judgeships Have a
Lively Aspect.

At the primary election in San Fran
cisco on the second Tuesday of August
next there will be elected dele gates to
the State convention of each party,
also delegates TO a separate leg
islative and judicial convention. Dele
gates apart from these could be
elected to nominate represent
ative in Congress from the Fourth
District and a Congressman for the
Fifth should the Congressional COM
mittees desire q separate convention in
either Of these districts. 1t appears to
be current opinion, however that the
delegates elected to the State nominat-
ing convention will meet at Sacramento
or Santa Cruz and form Congressional
nominating conventions.
For example, the delegates from the
Assembly districts of the Fifth in San
Francisco. together with the delegates
from Santa Clara County, would com
prise the nominating convention of
that district. The delegates elected
from the Assembly districts of the
Fourth would comprise the nominating
convention for the district that julius
Kahn represents.
The Justices of the Courts of Appeal
will be nominated by the delegates rep
resenting in State convention the coun-
ties embraced in the respective appel
late districts Each of the three dis
tricts will nominate three Justices.
One Justice in each district will be
designated as the presiding Justice,
and this designation must appear on
the ballot.
JUDGES ARE AMBITIOUS. a
All signs point TO complicated and
lively contest in the northern district
The Appellate Court of this district
as now constituted consists ofsJustices
! Chipman, Buckles and Mclaughlin
/ The last named is a Democrat and the
others are Republican. All are candi-
dates for a full term. Other aspirants
are w. w. Middlecoff of San Joaquin
Superior Judge Hart of Sacramento anc
Judge Mannon of Mendocino
1t is settled that the Democrats will
nominate Mclaughlin. He is exception
ally popular. Justices Buckles and
Chipman have fine prospect of indorse-
ment by the Republican convention.
There is indication of hot fight in
the Republican State convention for the
4 chief clerkShip of the Supreme Court
/ The incum bent, Frank Jordan, is not g
candidate TO succeed himself, but his
favorite among the aspirants for the
place is Mr. Cory of San Francisco
who was the assistant secretary Of the
Union League prior to the removal Of
Union square. Among others spoken
of as candidates who may develop con
! siderable strength are John j. Greif
former County Clerk of San Francisco
Oscar Tolle and James Meredith. The
fight is an open one.
FIGHT FOR CLERKSHIP.
Jordan is rated as frst-cIass cam
paigner for himself, but it is an opei
question if he can round UP the count!
delegations for the man of his choice
Greif and Meredith possess many ele
ments of personal popularity and eacl
has a wide range of acquaintance
throughout the State.
The primary vote in the Twenty
eighth, Twenty ninth. Forty second
Forty-third. Forty-fourth and Forty
fifth Assembly districts will not b'
large unless the Election Commission
ers can point out some way of per
hitting the burned out electors to voti
at the places where they resided prio
TO April IS. Thomas V. Gator of tn,
Election Board is rated as a man o
resources. w. +. Herrin regards hin
as one Of the ablest constitutional law
i@yers in the country. There is now al
opportunity for Gator to achieve emf
nence as a conhagration lawyer. L
he can point out some way by which
the refugees from the Forty.fourtl
District now dwelling in tents betweel
Twin Peaks and Van Ness avenue col
indicate at the primary election
/ whether they want Mike Mccarthy o.
Mel Vogel TO represent the Forty
fourth in the Assembly of the mex
Legislature he will make good as
fireproof attorney.
In the Legislative districts of th'
burned area there Will be strang
deal of politics and much confusion
1t is a sure thing that every distric
will be represented in the Senate ant
Assembly. The electors are awaiting
simple and brief instructions from thu
Election Commissioners. Elaborate re
views of the acts pertaining to election
franchise make delightful reading il
times when normal conditions prevail
but in this emergency period the voters
want the straight tip whether the,
will be permitted to vote where the,
lived prior to April Is.