The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-07-06
STUFFING PLOT
Of RERRIN MAY
BRING OPEN WAR
Outbreak of Republicans
Against Railway Boss
Is Imminent
RYAN LEADS FIGHT
Servile Committee Expected
to Adopt the Crooked
Apportionment
RYAN LEADS FIGHT
PARTY FUR TO FLY
Decent Element Is Aroused
Over Deep Laid Scheme
to Name Mayor

By George A. Van Smith
A movement for the reorgani-
zation of the republican party
will be the immediate result of
a successful consummation of the
Herrin scheme to base the San
Francisco city and county aP-
portionment on the Partridge
vote for mayor in 1905.
Daniel A. Ryan, leader of the
opposition to the Herrin coloni-
zatior scheme, definitely an
nounced yesterday. that in the
event that he and his wing of
the city and county committee
were defeated on Monday night. they
would appeal to the conscience OF the
party. Ryan said:
This is not a question of an inde-
. pendent republican movement; nor do
we contemplate any schism in the party.
1t is a simple question OF honesty and
fair dealing with the rank and file of
the party and with the people OF San
p Francisco generally. The city and
county committee is not the repub-
lican party It may be able TO vote
the bricks and stones Of the burned
district in the convention, but fortu-
nately it cannot vote them at the
general election; nor do we believe that
the republicans of san Francisco will
permit their nominating convention to
be controlled by the votes of colonized
delegates. II the committee adopts
an apportionment based on the Part
ridge vote. we viii make them do it in
the open and compel them to answer
TO the voters"
The Ryan wing has but a slim
chance of winning its fight for an
honest apportionment Ryan may be
able TO 90 into the fight next Monday
nighe with fighting strength of 80
votes out Of the 20 or IS committeeman
who may be expected TO be present.
With a good working minority the
Ryanites believe that they can appeal
TO the honesty of a sufficient number
Of committeeman TO carry through an
apportionment. based on the Gillett
vote
HERRIN's PLANS LAID
Their hopes may be realized. but the
The apportionment on the basis of the
Partridge vote means too much to the
Herrin machine for snap judgment. and
the committee meeting was probably
not called until the chief engineer had
got high semaphore for clear track.
The real value Of the proposed ma
chine apportionment is made apparent
by the most cursory comparisons.
Based on one delegate for each 200
votes. or the fraction thereof cast for
Gillett the Thirtieth district would be
entitled to one vote in the convention.
Based on a like fraction Of the Part
ridge vote. the same district would
have FIVE delegates. But comparisons
can be brought down to date and they
show virtually. If not exactly, the
same ratio OF discrimination.
The registrars books show the pres
ent total registration from the thir-
tieth district to be AS. The thirty
seventh district shows a total regis
tration Of 7.0s7. The machine appor-
tfonment would give the thirtieth dis
trict FIVE delegates and the thirty
seventh Is, or three times as many
delegates for Is times as many votes.
Assuming that the 47s electors regis
tered in the thirtieth are republicans,
which they are not, that district would
be entitled to an apportionment on the
registration OF three delegates, while
the thirty-seventh would be entitled
to nine delegates on the republican
votes actually cast there last fall.
TO STIR UP REBELLION
The proposed machine apportionment
would result in a convention of 14s,
with a total Of es votes from the
burned districts. If the Ryanites are
defeated, as they probably will be.
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