The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
Ruef Dictates Republican
Nominations for Judgeships
Bell Ignores the State Committee and
Directs His Own Canvass.
BY Thomas B. Sullivan.

The County Republican Convention
will meet in Jefferson-sq square Hall to-
night to nominate Superior Judges, Jus
tices of the Peace and a Superintendent
of Public Instruction. Ruef's instruc-
tions will be carried out to the letter.
The Bush-street boss is attempting to
do this year what no other manipulation
in San Francisco dared to do and hold
his power. He has apparently lost his
head and with an impudence that ap-
pears to be without parallel is debating
the judicial nominations
Experience has been a costly lesson
to former political dictators In this
regard They have found that while
the public will accept with a great deal
of complacency the corruption of muni-
cipal institutions they fly into rebel
lion at the debauchery of the courts.
More than one political boss has been
sent to Coventry on this score and
Ruef may suffer similar experience.
RUFF ON DANGEROUS GROUND.
He is proceeding, however, at his
own sweet will and tonight he will
nominate his Judges and expect for
them the Endorsement of the Union
Labor party. For Superior Judge Max
we'll McNutt and Superior Judge Gra-
ham will have the right of way The
others are in the air. but they will
have the Ruef stamp before they re-
ceive the conventions vote. For Jus
tice of the Peace there is an army of
aspirants and the slate will not be
made up until the last moment.
Ruef's absurd attempt to cheat Judge
Lawlor out of the Democratic nomina-
tion has fallen to the ground The
wonderful assurance of the little man
on Bush street in seeking to enter the
Democratic fold and control it as he
I T,,;o hr1r.
parties has for several reasons met
with sharp rebuke.
There are many Democrats who do
not like Judge Lawlor. There are some
that would like to follow Ruefs lead
and keep him off the bench, but there
are many more that will insist on Civ
ing him the nomination as matter
of political expediency. SO Lawlor will
receive the Democratic nomination and
make his fight under that standard.
The date for the County Democratic
Convention has not yet been set, al
though it will be some night this week.
The Democrats have the happy faculty
of drifting along aimlessly in the face
of important political duties and then
in a day they become active and the
thing is over.
LAWLOR WILL BE NOMINATED.
Iawlor will have as running mates on
The btlnOcIdllC llChtl lUI OupCilui
Judge Joseph O'Donnell, who is also
flirting with the Union Labor people,
and Superior Judge Coffey, who is sure
of Union Labor Endorsement The
fourth nominee has not yet been
chosen, and nothing whatever has
been done to make up a slate for JUS
tices of the Peace.
The struggle for these places is keen.
A place on the Justice of The Peace
bench is equivalent to a reasonably
good course in the law at the expense
of the public. The bench Is usually
composed of painfully young men that
have just graduated from a law Office
of a college and are studying their pro-
fession while the public pays them $500
a month. 1t is considered desirable
position for a young man, and the
Democracy still boasts membership
of a great number of young men.
BELL IGNORES THE COMMITTEE.
One of the amusing features of the
Democratic State campaign is the