The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18
H[RR|N MEN TRYTO
DISCREDIT LEAGUE
Say 1t Is Full of Apathy When
They Are Forced by 1t to
Fight for Lives
BeasIey's Push" Is Promised
Hard Swatting by Lincoln
Roosevelt Club

Mighty efforts are being made by
the panic stricken Herrin men to OFF,
set the work accomplished by the Lin
ooln-Roosevelt league by misrepresent-
ing the conditions that prevail in the
big districts Of the city. II the Herrin
men and the newspapers that echo
their words could be believed, strife
rends the league organization. while
indifference and apathy are killing IL
with their slow poison. Just how the
league can be full Of fight and full OF
apathy at the same time is not ex-
planned. but the push is not careful
OF logic IN its statements.
These false representations have been
made about the thirty-ninth, fortieth
and forty-hrst districts. in all OF which
the league Is giving the Herrin OUTFIT
the fight OF tts life. Now comes the
story that the league 80 hopelessly out
generated In the thirty-fourth, because
It has lost Harry Bsasley. las goes
Harry Beasisy 90 goes the thirty
fourth" seems TO be the push slogan
AS q matter of unadorned truth the
thsrty-fourth is one Of the league
most reliable stronghoids. 1t is a big
district, thickly populated, and the
republicans there are not TO be fooled;
they are all from Pike county, Mis-
souri," when IL comes to primary cleo
tons and have to be shown" not once
but twice.
LAST PRIMARIES PROOF
This was proved during the last
primary campaign. when the ticket put
up by the independent republicans on
an anti-boss, anti-Herrin platform
swept the district. There were three
tickets IN the field then-the ticket
headed by Bob Etrahle and financed
by Maestretti, the ticket of Joe Tuite,
who reported to Ruef until the curly
headed boss went TO jail, and the in
dependent republican ticket with men
on It like VIII Adams, Dr.. Bixby, John
Ralph Wilson and David Girdwood-
! The independent ticket beat the
other two tickets nearly two to one
polling a vote that almost eQualed the
1 total votes of the Strahle and Tuite
tickets combined
This independent club Is still in ex-
iGtence and has entered the Lincoln
Roosevelt league IN q body. pledgins
itself to carry on Its fight against rail-
road and all other bossism under league
auspices.
So thoroughly is this club organized
that every precinct IN the thirty
fourth has q captain who reports K
the executive committee, which con-
sists of VIII Adams. president; James
Saunders, first vice president: William
Smith, second vice president; DR.. E
NJ Bixby, third vice president; F. ]
Brown, secretary C. K orton. treas.
urer, and Herbert B. Maggs, George II
Cross, David Girdwood, John Ralph
Wilson. Charles NJ Lindsay, Robert S
Atkins and William II. Stewart. Be-
sides being IN the club, Wilson and
Smith are on the campaign committee
Of the Lincoln Roosevelt league and
have Anton Olsen. also OF the league
with them.
BEAsLEY LINED UP
Against this formidable organization
are lined up Harry Beasley and his
much Wanted eight reconciled fac
tions," consisting of men who have
taken orders from every boss from
Herrin and Crimmins TO Ruef and
Maestretti. and who made the fight
against reform last year.
So the league men in the thirty
fourth are not worrying. They are
ready for the fray and have the ut
most trust in the voters of the district
They are skeptical about the reconcilia-
ton of the eight push" factions, but
rejoice that there is only one organ.
ization for them to concentrate theil
fire on. They say that a large objec
''reconciled" factions start hguIlng, al
seems probable. so much the better fol
the cause of decent government
| A Lincoln-Roosevelt club will bt
formed IN the thirty fifth district to.
night at a public meeting to be held
in Yeomen's hail. Twenty fourth and
Mission streets.
George r. Fletcher, who has beer
an active factor in organizing republi.
can clubs in the Sunset and Richmond
districts hostile TO the Lincoln-Roose-
Welt league, has withdrawn as a resul1
of the publication of his connection
with them. "As I am at present en-
gagged in public work that is purely
civic and absolutely nonpolitical." ht
wrote in his letter of resignation. 90
cannot permit myself to be connected
with any disputes Of any factional oil
sectional politics by which such work
may be impaired"