The San Francisco call., 1908-08-26
LYNCH INCREASES
COUNTY COMMITTEE
Herrin's Man Adds Twenty
four Names to Roster to
Cloak Machine Moves
Resolution Is Adopted to Refer
Dispute to State Execu-
tive Committee

To invest his control Of the repub-
lican party with the quasi respecta-
bility kef increased numbers and more
efectually to cloak his future political
maneuvers in behalf of Herrin and the
Southern Pacific. Herrin's man, John
.C. Lynch, added "a names TO the county
committee roster last night.
Lynch was not present when the local
governing body was ssxelled 10 a total
of so, but his fine railroad hand was
visible throughout the meeting. There
was no attempt to conceal his manipu-
lation; there was nothing resemblin &
dissatisfaction with it. One of the
members who voted for the increase
said afterward:
Lynch now has the county commit
tee safe and sound. The names of the
new members were all brought to his
Office and he 0. KID them before they
were appointed This lets out Tim
Sullivan, who tried to reorganize the
county committee while Lynch was out
Of town. Now that Lynch has got it
we're all satisfied"
LYNCH's LIST ADOPTED
The resolution providing for the IN
crease was presented at last night
meeting by Fred G. Cartwright II
recites that on the 10th of July a ma
jority Of the committee demanded that
Chairman Dam call q meeting for the
18th Of July and that the demand was
ignored; that Dam failed to notify the
committee Of Ed Kelly's resignation:
and that Dam was aided and abetted
by the Il Lincoln-Roosevelt members
Of the committee. So for the purpose
of giving this committee representa-
ton OF active and loyal workers in all
the districts" it was resolved that "a
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the chair
When this resolution had been
adopted unanimously. Chairman Worth
ington produced Lynch's list of names
and appointed the following: Walter
Larsen. John P McCabe, Thomas G
Riley. J. S. Mccormick. James Grace
Joseph F. Lahaney, John Mcfarland
Fay Beal. Louis Holm. J. H Dumbrell
D. J. Toomey, John J. Rafferty,. Will
lam Rhys, Joseph L Taafe, John R
Aitken, L NJ Hoefier. George Dietterle
William o. Patch, Anthony Murphy, P
F. Rathjens, Frank J. Browne, Charles
Loesch. Con J. Corcoran, Horace P
Perazzi.
DISPUTE To BE SUBMITTED
Tim Sullivan then moved that the
dispute between the two wings of the
county committee over the chairman
ship be referred TO. the state executive
committee, to be by it decided in ac-
cordance with section 1856 OF the po-
liticai code. In order that the execu-
tive committee may get the facts from
the Lynch angle of vision "a full state
ment Of the position OF this commit
tee viii be submitted. This commit
tee" means the IS Herrin members
who attended the meeting to carry out
Lynch's program. This resolution was
adopted without dissent.
Meanwhile F. II. Dam, the legally
elected chairman of the county com
mittee. is saying nothing. but is show.
ing no signs of capitulating before the
articles of Lynch and his puppets H,
has issued the call for local eonven,
ton at Walton's pavilion Tuesday, Sep.
tember l. at D. m.
Dam intends to preside at the con.
vention until q temporary chairman i.
chosen. Buck Worthington has ex.
pressed the same intention