The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
DETERMINE TOWAGE
WAR ON TOM finn
Union Labor Men VIII Present
Opposition Tickets in
Two Districts
Andrew D. Porter Leads Fight
to Prevent Turning Party
Votes to Herrin


union labor county committee, has
elected to go out of his own party in
order 10 help Herrin get control of the
republican party for the railroad, good
union labor men in the twenty eighth
and twenty-ninth districts have de-
clared war on him.
Led by Andrew D. Porter, one of the
best known union labor men of the
city, a number of union labor men have
determined to put opposition union
labor tickets in the field in these two
districts in order to beat the Finn
tickets.
Although he is chairman OF the
union labor county committee" said
Porter yesterday, Finn has been in
ducing men to register as republicans,
and he is trying to turn the union
labor party organization over TO Her
rim.
ITO prevent this we are going to put
opposition union labor tickets in both
districts. On them will be bona fide
union labor men with union cards IN
their pockets. They won't be men like
Ed Havens, who went TO the Sacra
mento convention from the twenty
ninth and forgot his unionism long
enough TO vote for Harrison Gray Otis" ]"
FINN TAKES NOTICE
Porter's opposition tickets will COM
pei Finn to devote part of his time to
the union labor situation in the dis
tricts which he has hitherto regarded
as perfectly secure for himself and his
candidacy.
The Roosevelt league fight in
the forty-ffth is proceeding satisfac-
I 1T1h will in O
Monday night at Peoples hail in order
TO effect permanent organization.
The leagues campaign against Mel
sons push" is being aided by the
union men of the district, who are cir
culating a card that reads as follows:
Union men. remember: Who is
John H Nelson? John II. Nelson is an
aspirant for denomination on the re-
publican ticket for senator of the
twentyffth district, comprising the
forty-first and forty-fifth assembly dis
tricts. He was a delegate TO the state
I republican convention last May. At
that convention he voted for Harrison
Gray Otis for delegate at large from
the state of California to the national
! convention at Chicago.
Who is Harrison Gray Otis? Cen
eral Harrison Gray Otis, owner and edi-
| tor Of the Los Angeles Times, is the
! greatest enemy OF organized labor in
l-California. He has for years fought
/ the unions. not only in Los Angeles,
/ but with his scab paper throughout the
! coast He is your enemy and the
enemy of every union man in the state.
Do not be again betrayed at the August
! II primaries"
LEAGUE WORRIES WOLFE
In the thirty seventh district Eddie"
Wolfe is working as he never worked
,4ot, ~I,.,
league has won by reason of its vic
tory last May Wolfe is making man
TO man canvass of the district and is
1 spending lots of money Last primary
he paid his numerous election workers
s. apiecei This time, in order to stir
them TO greater activity on the crucial
day, be is promising them $40 for their
services.
Besides worrying over the league OPP
position Wolfe is also disturbed by the
attitude of Tim" Sullivan in the thirty
seventh and Charley" Forbes in the
thirty eighth. These men are leaders
Of the Herrin wing of the county COM
mittee, but they are not Wolfe men,
Sullivan and Forbes have committed
themselves to the senatorial candidacy
of T. c. Kierulff. SO they will both fight
Wolfe in the primary unless the pres
ent alignment changes.
II have two objects in view in this
primary" said Forbes yesterday
beat the league and TO beat Wolfe.
am now figuring out how to accomplish
both of them"
Sullivan talked the same way. Indi-
cations are that both men will have to
do a lot OF tall figuring between now
and August II.
Sullivan has organized a club in the
thirty-seventh, with Fritz Gercke as
/ president, John ]. McManus as secre-
tary and DR.. Roland E. Hartley as
chairman of the executive committee
A meeting will be held next Thursday
night in Phelps hall to appoint more
officers and TO make plans for the tri-
angular fight.