The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-20
HAYES IS AFTER
SENATORIAL TOGA
WORN BY PERKINS
Santa Clara Congressman
Believes Reformers Will
Elevate Him
SECRECY is LIFTED
Takes Kahn and Other Party
Workers Into His
Confidence
TO EVEN OLD SCORES
Fight Begun in Santa Cruz
Convention to Be Waged
to a Finish
BY George Van Smith

Congressman E. A. Hayes of Santa
Clara county is candidate for the
United States senate. The statesman
from the fifth district thinks the re-
form republicans are going to lift the
toga from the shoulders of the elusive
Perkins next winter, and Hayes pur-
poses to be there or thereabouts when
the disrobing takes place. He thinks
that the garment. which he is con-
vinced, does not look well on Perkins,
would drape most gracefully from his
own higher shoulders
SECRECY DIsPELLED
Hayes left California for. Washing
ton an avored canafdste FOR Perkins
place. Any secrecy that may have at
tached to his campaign was dispeIled
by the utterances of Representative
Julius Kahn. who took several repuo-
lican party workers into his confidence.
He told them positively and without
qualification that Hayes was out for
the senate. That Kahn spoke with at
least the color of authority was evil
denced later by his combination with
Hayes against the reappointment OF
Postmaster Arthur Fisk.
Hayes senatorial ambitions serve in
a degree to explain his hostile attitude
toward the machine both before he left
for Washington and since he came out
behind John j. Deane for postmaster
as against the machines insistence
upon the retention Of Fisk.
HAYES NURSES GRIEVANCE
Hayes has been nursing a grievance
for more than a year. He sustained an
injury at the Santa Cruz convention
that left a persistent sore spot. In any
event that is what his friends assert
They say that Hayes really wanted the
gubernatoriaI nomination and that he
also actually believed that Ruef was
"on the square" with him and would
deliver the promised San Francisco del
egation Hayes was against the ma
chine then. His opposition to Herrin
was so violent that it resulted in at
least a tentative Hayes -Pardee combi-
nation.
The explanations of the dissolution
of the combine offered by the Hayes
and Pardee men are by no means
identical, but the dissolution was never
theless an accomplished fact The de-
livery of Ruefs San Francisco delega-
tion to Gillett instead of to his friend
Hayes is another fact equally suscept-
ible of verification. The Oliver grand
jury not only verified the delivery, but
uncovered an explanation for 1t.
Neither the fact nor the explanation
was of a character calculated to endear
the machine to Hayes. II his feelings
were not wounded, at least his sus-
picions were aroused and he refused
to accept the republican denomination
to congress until after RHef had come
through with labor nomination, which
might have gone on another bargain
counter. Be that as it may, Hayes was
selected and subsequently. when Ruef
went to jail. there were no sounds of
lamentation from San Jose.
SHARPNESS OF VISION
Hayes. 50. his friends and agents say.
is a fighter He is also q. good business
man, and, applying successful business
principles to politics. believes In keep
ing his eye on the gun" lie saw a
place for Louis Montgomery as deputy
collector at San Jose. He followed the
vision by stalking Johnny Lynch, then
collector of internal revenue at san
Francisco. When Perkins rubbed his
eyes open Montgomery had the job and
Hayes had landed his first return punch
on the machine.
The same sharpness of vision re-
vealed to Hayes the possibilities of
the Lincoln Roosevelt league when
that reform movement was launched.
He investigated and quietly snuggled
up to the antimachine organization.
The municipal campaign in San Fran
cisco revealed other possibilities %