The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
,Herrin Gangsters Try to Bull
dOze Aged Mother of Lacquer
by Threats of Ruin
R0wdies Visit Home of v. Wipf-
Ter With Command That Son
Quit Fight Against Machine
Ring Chieftains in Thirty-third
Practice Systematic Intimi-
datiOn of Candidates
Michael j. O'COnnOr, Who Voted
for Otis, Is Heavy Handicap
to Regular" Ticket

Brutal intimidation of an ageu
woman, trembling on the verge
of the grave, is one of the politi-
cal expedients resorted to by the
hoodlums who are making fran
tic efforts to deliver the thirty
third district to. Herrin and
Lynch. To the honor of woman
hood, be it recorded, their bully
ing tactics were signally unsuc-
,cessful.
Mrs. Wipaer, 20 years of age,
is the woman upon whom the
push of the thirty-third practiced
their hobnailed political methods. MRS.
Wipher is the mother OF v. Wipfer, Of
126 Guttenbera street. the man who
heads the Lincoln Roosevelt League
ticket in the district Wipher As a
union carpenter. who has built up a
modest nursery business and whose
of his aged mother. with whom he, lives.
Because Wipier is a man of stand
ing in his community and a republican
who has always fought for right
things in politics, the MEMBERS of the
LincolnRoosevelt league club placed
him at the head of their ticket
Harassed by internal dissensions.
l.
who became disgusted with tGeir meth
DDS, and handicapped in their fight by
their past record as the champions
of General Harrison Gray Otis, the
leaders of the push" completely lost
their heads when they saw Wipher's
name at the head OF the league ticket.
TRY TO BULLDOGS wOJIAN
Certain of their number repaired to
the home of Mrs wfpher and after ac-
cepting her unsuspectihg hospitality
informed the aged woman that unless
her sons name was taken from the
league ticket he would be financially
ruined. They told Mrs. Wipf1er that
it would be easy for them to deprive
her son of his business: that her son
would find himself IN prison. When
they had drawn theip rough picture Of
the ruin which Would overtake mother
and son together. they went away.
leaving the womans in intense agita-
ton
When Mrs. Wipfer laid these threats
before her son he explained the political
situation to her and easily persuaded
her that he was on the right side.
The rest did not matter in the opinion
of the brave woman and she urged
her son TO stay on the ticket and TO
keep up the fight for clean politics.
Needless to say Wipfer is still in the
fight.
The facts of this outrageous be-
havior of the push" have been noised
about the district and on all sides SYM
pathy for the aged mother Is being
mingled with expressions of indignR
ton at the methods of the gangsterS
intimidation has been tried upon
other men on the league ticket IN the
thirty third Barney Farley Jr., son OF
the well known rOadhouse keeper, is
another delegate on the league ticket
Farley is in the soda water business
and has been informed that unless he
abandons the fight he will lose all his
saloon trade in the district This threat
was made to Farley by Paul Fratessa,
late push assemblyman in the thirty
third whose success as an intimidator
OF an aged woman had emboldened
him to talk to a man. Farley has
never been In politics before, but Fra
tessa's attempt at bulldozing has made
him one of the most active league
workers in the district.
O'CONNOR BIG HANDICAP
The efforts at vote getting for the
Herrin ticket are heavily Handicapped
by the presence on the ticket of Michael
j. O'Connor OCOnnor is a union man.
but forgot his principles at Sacramento
long enough to vote for Otis. When his
union put him on the carpet for this
breach he explained that Paul Fratessa
had directed him so to vote. Fratessa
attended the conveQtion to see that
none of his delegates fell down on the
Herrin program and also TO listen to
his friend. John T. Pidwell, another
delegate from the thirty-third. deliver
a speech in eulogy OF Michel Henri de
Young.
James Anthony, Harry Osg0Od. Ber-
nard Burns, DIR. COuper and other act
i've league workers in the thirty-third
are confident OF winning the primary
tomorrow They are not daunted by
the paper claims of Fratessa. PfdwelI
and Jack Butler. the San Quentin
guard.
1t has been stated in print that the
Inglesfde and Lakeview republican club
is solid for the Herrin ticket. As this
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