The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25
REPUBLICANS CLAIM
NINETEEN SENATOR'S
Committeeman Say They Will
Elect Large Majority Of
the State Officers
Campaign Speakers Report En-
couraging Rallies and Pre-
dict Big Vote for TAFT

That 19 out of the 20 senators and 10
out of the 80 assemblymen to be elected
this year will be republicans rs the
claim made by the republican state
central committee. Who the solitary
demoncrat is they expect to see sent to
the upper house of the legislature the
party leaders are not willing TO divulge.
Bradner W. Lee. chairman of the re-
publican county committee of Los An
geles, came to this city yesterday with
the statement that Los Angeles county
would give Taft plurality of between
$1,000 and 10000.
Delos o. Druffel. mayor of Santa
Clara, promised that his county would
give Taft q plurality of $500.
From Los Angeles John l.. McNab OF
Ukiah, who has been campaigning with
Governor Gillett, wired that a campaign
of 25 speeches in five days to 10000
people had been brought to a close with
an immense meeting in the southern
city. He added that one of the south
ern papers called it 1.-The most wonder
ful meeting in the history of the state
From statements like these the state
committeeman at the Fairmont conclude
that the State is perfectly safe for Taft
and that it is now only a question of
rolling up as big plurality as possible.
For this purpose the campaign will be
with great vigor, especially in this city.
Meetings will be held here in all parts
or the city at the rate of two or threesa
night according TO the statement given
out at both state and local headquar-
ters.
TWO CAMPAIGN SONGS
For the Gillett -McNab meeting on
Monday night in Dreamiand pavilion
two original campaign songs have been
prepared. The first is the work of II.
III. Lambert, Eureka man, and will be
sung out of compliment to the governor,
who halls from Humboldt. 1t is called
The Voice of the Vest The other
song is the work of George D. Baird, a
local man, and is entitled "The Repub-
lican March The music will be rem
dered by the Knickerbocker quartet.
From the southland comes the report
that Frank G. Findlayson of Los An
geles, a stanch democrat, is working
actively for the republican ticket.
Duncan McKinlay. congressman in
the second district, spoke to the old
soldiers of the Veterans home at
Yountyille yesterday afternoon. He
large and enthusiastic audience.
There are 700 voters at the home.
DEMOCRATS ARE ACTIVE
The democrats are going to be very
active next week Meetings have been
arranged for every night
The democrats of the thirty-ninth
will hold at meeting on Monday. Octo-
ber 20, in Foresters' hall, Eleventh ave-
nue. and j street, Sunset
The democrats of the thirty-first will
hold a meeting on Tuesday, October
27, in the ''old church, Tennessee and
Nineteenth streets; there will be a
meeting in the fortieth in Fraternal
hall, 1919 Sutter street, and another in
the thirty eighth in Walton's pavilion,
at which Richmond p. Hobson, John W.
Sweeney and Tom Geary of Sonoma will
speak
Hobson Will speak again on Wednes-
day, October 2s. in the Mission rink.
Mission street near Twentieth: so will
George A. Tracy, James G. Mcguire,
Tom Geary and Andrew Furuseth.
The democrats of the forty-first will
meet on Thursday. October 20, in Union
street near Octavia. The democrats of
the forty-third will meet in RouxeI
hall. 1920 Pacific street. Andrew Furu-
seth, David l. Mahoney and others will
talk in the thirty-fourth in Collingwood
hall, Eighteenth and Collingwood
streets.
Theodore A. Bell, George A. Tracy
and James G. Mcguire will speak on
Saturday, October 80. in the Naval pa
vilion. Market street near Eighth.
In addition to these night meetings
the following open air MONDAY meet
ings will be held by the democrats:
October &c, Fifth and Bryant streets;
October 27. East and Howard streets
October 2S. Fourteenth and Harrison
streets; October 20. Transport dock:
October 80, Broadway wharf: October
II, Powell and Bay streets; November
?, Mail dock.