The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26

| sacramento by legislature which wills
not recognize the commands of Walter
Parker. Jere Burke. George Hatton and
the smaller machine whippersin.
DECENT MEN TO CONTROL
/ A repetition of the May victory in
San Francisco will mean the nomina-
tion of successors to Julius Kahn and
Red" Hayes by the Lincoln-ROosevelt
/ league. 1t will mean also that the
! decent republicans of California will
ance of power in the senate which may
give the people control of the republic
can joint caucus which will nominate
| the next United States senator.
/ The only congressional fights Will
center and be determined in San Fran
| cisco. Both Hall and Hunter have ap-
parently given up the quest for repub
/ lican nomination in the first congress
sional district. The acknowledgements
/ league has not attempted to make
1 fight in the coming primaries against
Englebright, which probably means
/ that the machine will win a bloOdless
victory. There is no present oppOsi-
tion of McKinlay. Knowland, Needham
| or McLachlan and the bruited oppOsi-
] tion to Smith in the eighth district has
not taken on a formidable complexion.
/ The machine could make an opening in
the eighth district which might. result
IN trouble for Smith, whose attitude on
/ forestry and water conservation has
/ gained him no friends among the men
with the ballots, but it may safely be
( assumed that he viii not meet with
serious opposition for at least two
years.
SMILING JULIUS HOPE
War may break out in both the sec
ond and third districts. but presumably
both Mckinley and Knowland will have
smooth sailing. Julius Kahn pretends
/ to believe that he has the fourth dis
trict situation sewed UP. Kahn Is a
| better actor than Hayes-nOt to say
that he is not a better actor than
congressman Hayes asserts his entire
| confidence of denomination, but he does
not look the part.
! Kahn's hopes are centered in the for
tieth assembly district. He knows, as
/ does every person acquainted in the
slightest degree with the politics of
San Francisco, that the smiling julius
| cannot land the forty-firs district dele
gates. The fortieth and forty-frst con-
| troll the district. Without the fOrtieth
Kahn cannot be nominated. With IL
and the probability of landing in the
thirty-fi first forty fourth and forty-fifth
he could squeeze through.
Kahn lives in the fortieth now. He
/
district while touring Europe or dodg-
ing local campaigns and issues in other
fields far from California. which has
served as his meal ticket for many
years. Kahn has the machine forces
with him and bases his hopes of carry
! ing the fortieth on the narrow margin
bv which the Lincoln Roosevelt league
| forces won the district in May. Some
| of the people who were with the league
ticket in May are behind Kahn now. but
arrayed with the league against Kahn
are many republicans who are opposed
! to him. but who did not participate in
the May fight. Kahn has the district
county committeeman with hlm' put
he has the formidable Ryan forces ac-
lively in the fight against him. and
those forces took no active hand In the
May fight.
FIGHT IN FORTIETH
The fight in the fortieth will be one
/ of the most stubborn in the state. Ma
chine money is being spent literally
for Kahn and he is working night and
day. but the district is one of the
finest in California. Kahn has nothing
in common with the people of the for
/ tieth. Twice within the year they
| have given substantial majorities for
good government and they will do 1T
again in August, which will be the
| exit cue for julius.
| Only half reassured by Herrin's prom
| ise to see him through. Red Hayes
is not travelling on easy street" When
his deal with Herrin was first COM
| pleted Hayes could see nothing but
! clean sweep of Santa Clara and San
Mateo counties for him, which with
the thirty-third district in San Fran
cisco would give him a bare majority
of the congressional convention.
The publicity given his chickering's
II.
! HAYES He has been compelled TO an
swer many awkward questions pro-
pounded by the republicans of Santa
Clara county, whom he managed to
/ deceive for years by counterfeit good
| government pose. Hayes has been
forced to admit that he did visit Her
rim and that the railroad boss assured
him that he favored the reelection of
the ruddy statesman from Santa Clara
He strennously denies that he gave
Herrin any assurances of fealty, and
| the free republicans of Santa Clara
/ county decline to believe the latest
Hayes fairy tale.
/ HAYES FAITH SHAFxY
Hayes faith in his grasp OF the sit
/ uation has become shaky and he is Civ
| ing over a portion of his time to com
planning about the manner in which
4 his friends have deserted him. The
/ league carried the entire San Fran
cisco end of tue fifth district in Nav
with the exception of the thirty-third
and thirty-sixth assembly districts
4 The thirty third was permitted to GO
/ by default Fred Eggers won The
| thirty-sixth by an overwhelming ma
| jority and bossed its one delegate
The thirty-third viii not go by de-
fault this time. The labor men in the
district are aroused over the solid vote
of the district being cast for Harrison
Gray Otis ip the Sacramento convention.