The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
LEAGUES VICTORY
Is NOW ASSURED
Voters Rally to Drive Corrupt
Machine From Alameda
County
Precautions Taken to Guard
Polls Tuesday From
Rings Frauds

OAKLAND, Aug. s.-On the eve OF
Tuesdays primary the sentiment is
strong throughout the county that the
Herrin organization viii be driven out
cf the republican party in Alameda
county BY the Lincoln Roosevelt re-
publican league and its allies in the
great battle for the redemption OF the.
party The campaign in Alameda
county has been conducted with an IN
paraleled vigor by the forces for civic
decency- They have won hosts OF
supporters from the start
In the general organization Of good
government fight the appeal has been
made 10 the voters TO 60 10 the polls
and vote Tuesday. This has been IN
pressed as essential 10 the victory for
the party's redemption. That the cam
palgn has aroused 4 popular sentiment
favorable 70 the znti-machlne forces
has been strongly indicated By al IN
usually heavy registration
Every protection from law VIII De
shown around the polls Tuesday Not
only VIII the election officers be fuzzy
Instructed as 70 their duties. but they
VIII be backed by the police authorl-
ties Any attempt AT fraud viii be 1ol-
lowed by arrests. The general election
laws OF the state VIII be invoked 70
insure every voter the right 70 cast an
untrammeled ballot without interfer-
ence and as the law provides secretly
in the fun sense Of the word
The machine VIII not be permitted 70
ride rough shod over the win Of the
voters. Detectives in the employ OF the
league have been collecting evidence IN
several districts as TO reports OF stufnng 8
and colonizing. Repeaters and the like
VIII be closely watched The good
government organization has deter
mined that infractions OF the election
law shan be followed By arrest and
prosecution
Every precinct ia the districts IN
Oakland. Alameda. Berkeley and the
outskirts has been carefully canTaSsed
bE the antt-machine men, In each pre-
cfnct a perfect organization Of workers
has been effected. The voters have
been talked with personally by the
thousands. From these sources come
reports Of victory.
District league leaders reported 70
headQu uarters today that the situation
in The forrv-ei ghth. fOrty-ninth. NJ
r5etr fftv-6rst and hfty-seccnd dis
trfcIs was satisfactory. The exposure
of The machines attempt 70 fool the
V3-ers u the forty-eigllth by using the
names Of anti-machine delegates
caused no end OF indignation and has
proved 10 be a boomerang As soon
ss The trick was discovered Mayor Mott
repuCiated The machine ticket, and per-
s0nal warning was sent 10 every voter
I'm the district 10 see that the fraudu-
lent machine tickets were not folsted
upon them
In the forty-ninth Al Baker. assistant
division superintendent OF the Southern
Pacihc company, Bob Yates. Frank
Williams and other foremen OF the
company have been ordered out 70
work for the machine ticket With the
Herrin hand 50 plainly IN sight the
utter desperation OF the machine crowd
has been manifested The forty ninth
district viii be carried for the league
and good government a Whirlwind
fight has been made bv John z Null
llns and John " Mott. superTlsorial
and assembly candidates respectively
The 1ftieth IS declared 70 be solid
as rock for the league. with the
rfteeuth senatorial district fight WoH
hE John ". Stetson- over II the fifty
frst district the league smashed down
The strongest lines OF County Clerk
cooks machine Supervisor H D Rove
has announced that he viii carry the
seventh ward by two 70 one over
Aftken north OF Fourteenth street and
that the gerrymanoerec SIX delegates
south Of Fourteenth street VIII alsc
he taken into camp by the league
From the ffty-secOnd district there
IS no chance for the machine The
league is solidly organized and vii
sweep Berkeley
The machine stronghold OF Alameda
city. the forty-seTenth assembly dis
rrict. .has been broken into Hard
work IS being done by the league, which
las thoroughly canvassed the city
While no claims are made as 10 thS
fortr-seFenth- the machine VIII be Civ
en- 2 hard battle II its own bailiwick
Congressman knowland and the thres
5udEes. Melvin. Waste and Harris, dS
not figure IN the primary fight, despit.
the Efforts Of the machine to make then
an issue They were eliminated by in
dorsements which insure their nomi-
nations Republicans should beware o.
machine tricks 70 link their names OF
tickets which are intended 10 carr,
delegates for convention organization
purposes
IN Eden township the league has Z
stim fight on for the II delegates. As
semblyman Strobridge wants TO put Z
ticket in the field al Hayward and labe
Il Independent" II Il carries the dele
cation VIII be turned over 10 the ma.
chine for organization purposes. Tn,
league is not fighting Strobridge. bu
insists upon eiecting its own delegation
which cannot be used BY the Herril
gang in Oakland.