The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-04
MEN FIGHT
HERRIN'S OLD GANG
Character of Delegate Tickets in
Thirty-fourth Promises VIC
tory for the League
Help of Independent Republican
Club Makes Defeat of "Push''
Seem Certain

In no district in the city are the
prospects for the success OF the Lin
coin Roosevelt league ticket more en-
couraging than in the thirty-fourth.
The thirty fourth district independent
republican club inaugurated the work
in the district for the executive COM
mittee of the league, and on that &C
count the campaign opened with thor
oughly equipped organization extend
ing into nearly every precinct
The character and standing OF the
citizens affiliated with the old club
gained the immediate confidence OF the
voters of the district Its delegate
ticket, made up of the following rep
resentative men, is certain TO receive
the united support Of the Embossed re-
pubHcans of the district:
David GIrdsvood, stone cutter. 1856 Church
street.
Jonathan Anderson. contractor. 9z2 Noe street
Collins s. Orion. president Orion machine
company. 4046 Twenty street.
George II. Cross, restaurant keeper, 42o7
Eighteenth street
Thomas ". NOwlin, attorney at law, i4l Noe
street.
O'Dsy. Belcher street.
CoTERIE REPRESENTS HERRIN
The personnel of the ticket put up in
opposition TO these representative men
by the Herrin machine and the person.
mel of the coterie Of politicians which
selected it are sufficient evidence of
the sort of representation which it
would give the republicans of the dis
trict.
Among the delegates on the Herrin
push" ticket is J. r. Tyrrell, whose
work in the state senate was so salts
factory TO Herrin that he was given
an easy job on the water front.
Fred V. Severance, another Of the
push" delegates, was assemblyman
for the district about four years ago
and left q perfect Southern Pacific rec
ord behind him. Herrin has cause 10
be very fond of Severance.
Among the men behind the Herrin
ticket are William Gilfoyle, Joe Nyland.
Joe Tuite, Charles Rabing, Joe Taaffe,
Robert Strahle and Jimmy Carroll.
Gilfoyle preceded Severance in the
assembly. getting his nomination direct
from Herrin. who promised his OPP
ponents certain rewards If they stepped
down There was nothing TO show that
Herrin made a bad bargain
STANDS AT PIE COUNTER
Joe Nyland has been Crimmins' right
hand man in the thirty-fourth for years
and always boasts that he is a straight
organization man." He was three times
a Herrin machine candidate for super
visor. but even the thirty-fourth, usu-
ally careless in the matter of politics,
refused TO stand for him and he was
showed under. But he is still looking
for vacant place at the pie counter.
Joe Tuite has been chief deputy of
Abe Ruef and Frank French in the
thirty fourth for years. and even after
the notorious French was thrown out
OF the state senate for boodling Tuite
had the audacity TO attempt TO force
his reelection
Charley" Rabing, Joe Taaffe and
Bob" Strahle are chronic aspirants for
office and they are always around the
push camp. ready to pick up politi-
cal crumb-
Jimmy" Carroll, the ex-prize fighter.
keeps a saloon in the district which
was the political headquarters for Ruef
and French throughout many cam
paigns.
II would be hard 10 find In all the
other Il assembly districts a gang so
representative of Herrin and every
thing the push" stands for as this
which is lighting the Lincoln Roosevelt
ticket in the thirty-fourth. Its opposi-
ton is regarded as valuable asset
by the leaguers, who prophesy a sweep
ing victory tomorrow.