The San Francisco call., 1908-07-19
RED" HAYES IN
ADEAL TO BUY
AID OF HERRIN
Congressman to Betray Men
Who Believed Him Champion
of Good Government
Santa Clara County 0rganiza-
ton to Be Surrendered to
Machine Candidates
Compact Intended to Assure the
Nomination of San Jose Poll
tician for Congress
By George Van Smith


he secured by posing as champion
Of good government and complete
surrender Of his Santa Clara county
organization to the Herrin candidates
for local and state Offices is the price
Congressman Red" Hayes has agreed
70 pay for Herrin's support in his
fight for republican denomination in
the fifth district.
The mask which was lifted by
BLACK" Hayes in the Sacramento
state convention has been thrown
aside by his statesman brother. The
activities OF the Lincoln Roosevelt
league and the sore straits Of the rail-
road machine have resulted in Hayes
bargaining to stand in with the de-
livery Of the men he had managed to
deceive for years.
The deal has been completed. Hayes
IS TO have the nomination for congress
in the event that Herrin can deliver
II TO him. Hayes is to deliver TO Her
rim the organization he built up under
the false pretense Of striving for good
government. The terms Of the delivery
are that. the Hayes organization viii
not oppose the Mackenzie railroad or
ganization and that the Herrin gang is
10 name the delegates TO the county
convention, the two candidates Tor
judge OF the superior court, three super
VisOrs, one state senator and three
members OF the assembly. In return
Hayes is TO have the votes Of the dele
gates 10 the congressional convention
from the three Santa Clara county dis
tricts and San Mateo. which. il the trick
can be turned, would insure Hayes
nomination unless the anti-railroad
forces make q clean sweep Of all the
assembly districts in the San Francisco
end OF the fifth district.
AGREES TO SELL OUT
Although Hayes has been wearing
the Herrin doorstep smooth for weeks,
the orders to take of the screws and
get in for Hayes did not go forth from
the Southern Pacific headquarters until
last week, nor until Hayes had sur
rendered everything and agreed to sell
out the good government forces in San
Jose and Santa Clara county.
The medicine Hayes was forced to
swallow was anything but a palatable
dose. He agreed to give up everything,
and by that agreement left himself
absolutely at the mercy of the railroad
organization. Even in the event that
Herrin should be able TO deliver the
paid by the san Jose congressman
leaves him without a vestige OF po-
ltical leverage for subsequent fight
Hayes negotiations with the Herrin
organization have been protracted. and.
thanks to his own irnbecility and the
political treachery Of J. o. (Black)
Hayes, they began with Hayes in a, po-
sition TO deny no concession demanded
OF him.
When the state organization OF the
Lincoln Roosevelt league was COM
pleted Hayes made q frantic effort to
get aboard with the new organization,
and nodestly demanded as the price Of
the prestige which his affiliation would
give the league that it get behind him
for the United States senate. He made
his proposition to the league leaders
in southern California The Lincoln
Roosevelt league had no candidate for
the United States senate. It did not
want a candidate, and especially IL did
not want Hayes IN that capacity. In
whom Hayes applied could not deliver
the league had they so desired
SECURES SMALL COMFORT
Hayes came to San Francisco and
attempted TO secure the sanction of the
local Lincoln Roosevelt league men 10
the organization of the assembly dis
tricts in the fifth congressional dis
trict, under his direction. He got
small comfort IN San Francisco, but
some Of the men who still believed in
him persisted in his behalf at home,
while he, with Kahn, started the fight
on Herrin's man, Fisk at Washington.
When Perkins and Flint put it over
the congressman in the postoffice fight
there were several large holes in the
bottom OF Red" Hayes bucket, and
Black Hayes seized the soldering
iron At one clever stroke he showed
the Santa Clara men who had believed
in the Hayes outfit that il was capable
Of going TO the extremity of political
treachery, and at the same time gave
Herrin an opportunity TO put on
another cinch-
BLACK" Hayes delivery Of 10 dele
gates pledged TO vote for the Lincoln
Roosevelt league candidates put George
c. Ross OF San MateO and John d
DAILY OF San Francisco into the Chi
cagO convention and also put another
knot In Red" Hayes halter. Before
the Sacramento convention adjourne ed
George Ross was announced as a can
didate for the congressional nomina-
tiOn and the Hayes moon assumed the
complexion OF a total eclipse. When
Red" Hayes got back from Washing
ton all he had left was an opportunity
10 beg for mercy from the master OF
the railroad machine.
BEARS HERRIN'S STAMP
Hayes supplIcations and promises ul-
timately resulted in the withdrawal OF
Ross from the congressional race and
the substitution OF his son as a candi-
date for the senate in the San Mateo-
Santa Cruz district. But that was only
one step in the bargaining with the
statesmen who had made the mistake
OF thinking he could get along with
out Herrin. at a time when Ruef could
not come to the rescue. Ross was out
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