The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30
MAsTERsoN,s IDEA or GAME.

artists cartoons that have appeared in
the Mail and Express.
MAsTERsoN's IDEA OF GAME.
Bat" Masterson, who frequently de-
scends into a discussion of matters po-
litieal writing in the Morning Tele-
graph, comments on Horace Greeleys
famous saying, Politics makes strange
bedfellows"
Now there is Jack Follansbee," says
Masterson. "a great, big man in every
respect, having to mix in politics with
men who are in the game for revenue
only. John G. Follansbee and w. r.
Hearst grew up as boys together in
California They have been warm
friends and business associates ever
since. Follansbee is for Hearst first,
last and all the time because Hearst
is his personal friend Being a decent
man, he would naturally know nothing
of the low cunning and trickery that
belongs in the present day cesspool
brand of politics. He has never sought
political preferment and has, therefore,
little knowledge of politics. He has
great many stanch friends, however,
who believe in him and will perhaps
help him by supporting his friend. and
it was for the purpose of getting this
assistance that he is in the fight He
is Hearst's one best bet in this cam
paign. George Wilson, another work
er for the Independence League cause,
is doing good work for Hearst, but it
cannot be said that he is as wholly
disinterested in the matter as Jack
Follansbee, for Wilson is the father
in-law of Hearst, and for that reason
would have more than a friendly feel
ing for the success of his son-in-law.
How different those men are to those
who assume to direct Hearst's cam
paign. To these would-be managers
Hearst is nothing more than a big
'chump' nursing a political ambition.
with plenty of money to spend. This
is a feature of the present Hearst
campaign that must be extremely NOR
tifying to Jack Follansbee, who must
see. even though he be a rank tender
foot in the ways of politics, that those
men who are assuming to manage
Hearst's campaign have no other pur-
pose in view than to get all the money
they can out of him. Hearst may pos
sibly be elected Governor of New York
this fall, but whether he wins or loses
the election his managers will be sure
to hold enough out of the scrimmage
to pay for their winters coal"
VANDERBILT TO DRIVE CAR.
The coming automobile race over the
Long Island course for the Vanderbilt
cup is interesting the Californians here
especially as w. K. Vanderbilt Jr. is
to drive his own car. He will do this
despite the earnest wishes of his wife
and her sister, Mrs. Oelrichs, both of
whom have grown timid since the
death Of their brother, Charley Fair.
and his wife in the automobile accf-
dent in France, and more recently Mrs.
Frances Burton Harrison (formerIy
Crocker) was killed. But these fire.
quent disasters seem to have little ef-
feet on the enthusiastic sportsmen.
Day before yesterday one of the cars
entered in the cup race dashed into
a telegraph pole while running a prac-
tice spin at the rate of seventy or
eighty miles an hour. The machine
was reduced TO a mass of junk and
the driver barely escaped instant
death, but without injury. Yesterday
he was out again with another car.
The race is TO be run on October 6.
It is an International contest, between
American, French, German and Italian
cars The trophy is offered by w. K
Vanderbilt Jr
ADVERTISING CALIFORNIA.
Among prominent California arrivals
here during the week were julius
Kruttschnitt, John Martin. Rufus p
Jennings and Mr.. Grifiths OF Grif1ths
& Kelly. Jennings came East to se
cure more commodious and permanent
headquarters for the Eastern Office of
the California Promotion Committee
and incidentally to work the press here
in the interest of his clients In both
purposes he succeeded admirably The
papers have been teeming with glow
ing eulogies of California's future. and
q very handsome and centrally located
Office has been leased in the MetropoIi
tan Life Insurance Company's fine
building at Madison Square and Tween
ty-third street This will be in charge
of Colvin 3. Brown. The latter ex-
poets that his headquarters will be-
come a rendezvous for visiting CaIifor-
mans, and for those now resident in
New York
Former Congressman Marion de yries
of Stockton has taken charge of Brown
and has him at the Wellington Hotel
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