The San Francisco call., 1908-10-23
DUNNF'S ELECTION
ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN
Voters of All Stations Rally to
Insure Return to Bench of
Honest Judge
Lawyers Club Enters Political
Field to Assist in Hunts
Reelection
By George Van Smith

ton the issue of the campaign in San
against Dunno are the interests that
were arrayed for and against District
Attorney William II. Langdon a year
ago. The fight for Dunno has assumed
complexion identical with that of the
splendid winning fight for Langdon
made by the people of San Francisco
against the prograft interests and tha
railroad machine in 1907.
Langdon, in a two handed fight with
a candidate who frankly represented
the interests of the grafters and the
machine, was elected by a majority
approximating $4,000. The number of
judicial nominations and the manner
in which they were manipulated by the
machine and the unwitting assistance
ii has received from its enemies pre-
clUdes the possibility of a majority OF
such proportions for Dunno this year.
But the openly announced purpose of
hundreds of voters to vote for Judge
Dunno alone may be reasonably ac-
cepted as the purpose of many more
hundreds who are more secretive
about the manner in which they will
vote. This also indicates that the dis
parity between the vote for Dunno and
for even those judicial candidates who
are entirely acceptable to the people
generally viii be greater than the po-
litical managers are willing TO con-
cede.
A canvass of the business houses of
almost any given block in San Fran
cisco or among the crews of men en-
ployed in building construction. Will
disclose a score or more voters who,
in their determination to insure the
election of Judge Dunno by an over
fwhelming vote, have decided to vote
for no other judicial candidate. Their
decision appears to be based on the
fear that the machine push" vote
which is being marshaled TO plump
for Cook might result in the defeat of
Dunno If they vote for Dunno and for
three other candidates for the full
term on the superior bench.
EFFORT OF DESPERATION
The effort in the fight against
Dunno and for Cook is the effort of
desperation The machine men have
given up hope of defeating Dunno
except on a fiuke, and that they have
little faith in the development of that
fiuke is demonstrated in a most illu-
minating manner by the odds at which
Dunno money goes begging in the
poolrooms. Within week sporting
men anxious to place large bets
on Dunno have been forced to switch
from an even money proposition
down, step by step, to 10 to 6.sLen 9Th
ening the price has not developed
takers AID the odds which went to
10 TO 6 on Wednesday night will be
better than to 1 before the end of
this week. That they will be 10 to 8
or better before the end of next week
is generally conceded.
Fearful that the interests of Judge
John Hunt, dean of the San Francisco
bench, viii be overlooked in the bitter
ness of the fight to elect Dunno and
defeat Carroll Cook, the Lawyers club
has undertaken and is prosecuting a
most effective campaign plan. Under
the direction of a special committee,
which includes Judge James n. Allen,
Judge c. w. Slack, w. H. Chickering,
A. f. Morrison, W. n. Drown and E. S.
Heller, the members of the Lawyers
club are sending to their clients the
following letter. calling attention to
Judge Hunts long and honorable serv-
Ice on the bench and the necessity for
his reelection:
My Dear Friend: I desire to call your
attention 10 the Importance OF taking some
active interest in the reelection nexf No
veniber of the Hon. John Hunt to the office
OF judge OF our superior court, which office
has been held by him for a great many
years. During that time he has proved him
self TO be man OF marked integrity and
ability and one whose place could not we'll
he nlled by a new or inexperienced man.
believe that his retirement from office at
this time would prove a most serious loss 10
the bench and to the community, and think
YOU viii agree with me that we can ill af-
ford to lose his services. Unfortunately
however, his long incumbency of the office
and the enviable reputation which he has
earned have led many voters to regard his
reelection as an assured fact and a mat
ter not requiring any special effort. Conse-
duentiy they give the subject no attention.
and there is danger that their apathy may
defeat Judge Hunts reelection.
Anything you can do in his behalf will be
appreciated by yours truly,
The campaign of 1908 has brought
into bold relief the despicable methods
characteristic of all corrupt political
machines. Prior to the August primary
elections the blatant mouthpieces of
the Herrin machine were denouncing
the republicans enrolled under the
acknowledgements league as "bolters
and party wreckers.'
From General George Stone-dubbed
by George A. knight Lydia Pinkham''
Stone-down to the hangers on around
the Herrin county committee head
quarters, a howl went up that the Lin
coln-R Roosevelt leaguers were "a lot of
democrats; that their sole purpose
was the defeat of the republican ticket
and that they were enemies of Taft
The general public had not forgotten
that it was the Lincoln Roosevelt
league which attempted to secure an
Endorsement of Taft from Herrin's state
central committee. This Endorsement
was refused by Walter Parker, Her
rims right of way man in the south
The public had not forgotten that ii
was the Lincoln Roosevelt league that
forced the instruction of the California
delegation for Taft, the Roosevelt can
didate for president. When the pri-
maries were over the Lincoln Roosevelt
leaguers took their medicine They
were republicans. They volunteered
their services on the stump for Taft
and Sherman. They were ready TO take
off their coats and go to work for the
ticket. With one or two exceptions
the offers of the "bolters". were
scorned by Lydia Pinkham" Stone. All
would have been rejected had it not
been for the insistence of republicans
in certain localities that prominent
Lincoln Roosevelt league republicans be
sent to make speeches in their COM
munities.
NO CASE OF BOLTING
The machine has not been able
to point out a single instance OF