The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18
REPUBLICANS ARE
CERTAIN OF STATE
General George Stone Confident
of Electing Eight Congress
men and Rest of Ticket
No More SpelIbinders Will Be
Brought From East DUR
ing Campaign


1--WE shall elect eight congressman
and the rest of our ticket; the state
is safe"
That is the way General George
Stone summed up the political situa-
ton yesterday. Stone considers that
the campaign is practically over and
that the republican, national ticket will
have an easy triumph.
On this account, as well as on ac-
count of the financial. stringency which
is felt in all political headquarters,
there will be no more spellbinders of
national fame summoned from the east.
The republican campaign will be
rounded off gracefully with the aid of
state talent alone.
Not so the democrats. With an op-
imism that will not be crushed, the
bourbons insist that Bryan is going
TO carry California and they will en-
list one more voice from the east to
continue the fighting up to the last
minute. Vice Chairman Sanford of the
state committee placed the Bryan
plurality at $4,000 and In the same
breath announced that Richmond Pear
son Hobson would arrive this week to
help the bourbons roll up that hand
some figure for Bryan and Kern.
undaunted by the unpleasant recep-
tion which he received at the demo-
cratic convention in Denver. Hobson
has taken the stump for Bryan and has
been placed at the disposal of the CAM
paign managers in this state.
HOBSoN WILL SPEAK
The democrats of San Francisco,
Oakland, Los Angeles and other Cali
cff i - A.,
TO see and hear the hero of the Merri-
mae and of million kisses. Hobson
is expected to talk about more battle
ships and war with Japan, those being
the subjects he tried to expound in
the Denver convention.
The democrats could also have Gov
ernor Sanders of Mississippi If they
wanted him, but they do not Secre-
tary Murray has wired east that none
but spellbtnders of national fame need
venture into California, as the local
brand OF campaign oratory Is salts
factory to the democrats of the state
and II is only; the potency of a well
known name that commends imported
talent. The kissing episode would be
sufficient to insure hig crowds for Hob
son.
Andrew Fufuseth. president of the
sailors union. breezed into democratic
headquarters yesterday with a line of
campaign dope calculated to set the
republicans az gaspipg.
''At the lowest estimate, so per cent
and at the highest 80 per cent of the
labor vote will go to Bryan" declared
Furuseth with a perfectly straight face.
"Of course, that is only an estimate,
but ii is based on talks with labor men
of New York, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets. Indiana. Ohio. Illinois. the Da-
kotas. Wisconsin, Washington and Ore
gon. Cannon is going to have some
hard shedding for reelection"
AS Bryan is figured into the White
House every day at democratic head
quarters. this line Of dope" did not
stagger the bourbons. but was taken
as matter of course
NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
There are two assembly districts in
which one OF the parties has no regular
nominee. In the nth assembly district.
comprising Tehama, Plumas and Sierra
counties, the democrats have nominated
Harry Polsiey of Red Bluff; while the
republicans encountered deadlock and
were unable to place a candidate on the
ballot. AS no republican will run inde-
pendently. Poisley has a walk in.
In the eightieth assembly district
comprising Imperial county and part of
San Diego, the case is reversed The
republicans have nominated Percy A
Johnston of FaI1brook, while the demo-
cratic candidate failed TO file his GER
tif1cate of nomination in time and can
not run. Johnston has an adversary,
however. in Robert P. Sheppard of Ell
Centre, who is running as an inde-
pendent republican.
Secretary Gallagher of the labor
council has received letters from JUS
tiee Henry A. Melvin. William n.
Sigourney, Judge Carroll Cook. Frank
S. Britain and Austin Lewis, all of
them candidates for judicial Offices, an
swering the Eve questions submitted
to each in relation to personal damage
suits, pay of court stenographers and
vacatio ons of judges. All answered the
questions favorably except Britain.
who explained his position at length.
and while writing favorahly did not