The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-08-14
Railroad Machine Elects Only
Delegates 0ut Of the 149
Chosen for Convention
Sweeping Victory Is Won by the
Regular Republican League
Over Political )Graffers
By George A. Van Smith

Herrin is deposed. San Francisco is free Her re-
pubcans yesterday shook off the dehlng clutch of the
railroad boss. For the first time in many years the
Southern Pacific boss will have in the selection of
republican candidates for municipal Office
The regular republican league led by Daniel A. Ryan,
sweeping victory the polls The Herrin machine
crushed under avalanche of cast by repub
determined free their party and their city of the
blight of Herrinisn.
The Herrin machine elected out of total of
14o delegates If these be combined with the six dele
gates elected in the oryfourth and forvfth districts
where there contests the deposeG railroad pot
cal car will be represented in convention by un-
lucky Is.
The regular democratic committee ticket was sue
cessful in all but of the 18 assembly districts The
Byington Mahoney Hearst democratic combination
ried the fortysecond which will result in giving them
three delegates in convention of 164.
The regular union labor committees ticket was
elected virtually in it's entirety On the face of the
complete returns available at midnight the Casey
Sweeney Independent labor forces had elected but Is
delegates out of total OF 19S
RICHARD CORNELIUS ELECTED DELEGATE
On the face of the returns available at midnight the
Caseyites had beaten Tveitmoes ticket in the thirty
third and had elected delegate in the thirty ninth.
Richard Cornelius president Of the camens unon will
be the lone Caseyte from the thirty-ninth
The total vote of all parties cast yesterday will ap-
proximate 22O00 about twice the primary vote of
1906 and substantially the vote poed at the 1905 pr
maries The total republican vote will approximate
13000 union labor $500, democratic 5000.
The victory by the regular republican league
was most significant Herrin the issue. He and his
hired men were driven from the control of the party they
have degraded and bereft of its rghtful power Post
master Arthur Fisk Frank Maestretti, Eddie Wolfe
Henry Thompson all down before the votes of out
ragged republicans.
Herrns men out in the twenty y-eighth and
both burned districts and each entitled
two seats in the convention Fred Eggers represents
himself and will have to hunt company for his delegates
with the four Herrnes elected from the twenty
and twenty-nnth In the forty fourth and forty fifth
there were no contests Some of the delegates from these
districts have been able to hear the Southern Pacific
whistle That they will not be able to hear it in the next
convention virtually assured by the fact that by very
force of numbers they will be compelled to acquesce in
the work of free
HERRIN'S OWN DISTRICT DEFEATS HIM
Herrn was beaten in his own district, the forty
first The railroad boss the polls early and voted
the republican ticket He not, however accused OF
having selected the Ryan brand Of republican ballot
Frank Maestretti beaten in the thirty ninth by
to The ex-Dresdent of the board of works
fdeny expected to carry the district by ority
from 800 to 1900 He failed to carry single precinct
was beaten to his home precinct and the amshouse
f1utic dav