The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
MACHINE FACES
DEFEAT IN 18TH
Tom Finn Makes Desperate but
Losing Fight With Ma
chine Money

Despite widespread colonization, the
Herrin workers in the twenty eighth
district have practically acknowledged
that today's returns will show them
overwhelmingly defeated. In a last
despairing effort to pluck victory from
defeat they are resorting TO all sorts Of
misrepresentation concerning the Lin
coin Roosevelt league.
Tom Finn, with the aid of Johnny
Lynch, has obtained all the railroad
money for the district which he want
ed and has been distributing it with a
free hand. 1t has gone into the pockets
of numerous heelers, and it has pro-
cured for the push" the services of
colonizers in many OF the cheap lodging
houses throughout the district Finn's
stake in the fight is a big one, nothing
less than the senatorial nomination.
which has been promised to him by
Herrin and Lynch, provided he wins.
notwithstanding the colonized voters
and the liberal use of railroad money,
Finn is by no means confident of win
ming. so he has been forced to trickery
in a last effort to deliver the goods.
The league forces in the twenty
eighth are led by Peter J. Kelly, who
has lived in the district all his life and
is personally known to most OF the re-
publicans there. Kelly has kept a close
watch on registration, and owing to his
watchfulness at least so names of men
not entitled to vote have been stricken
from the register. In addition. a chal-
lenge list of more than 100 has been
prepared for the inspectors of election
and this precaution, taken with the
promise of the. election commissioners
that they will spend most of their time
in the district today will insure a clean
election
Finn has resorted to all sorts of mis-
representations in order to injure Kelly
with the voters of the twenty-eighth.
going the length of issuing a circular
letter wherein Kelly is unjustly de-
nounced for acts which have no foun-
dation in fact
Kelly has sent through the district the
following letter:
To the Republicans of the Twenty-eighth Dis
1 wish to call your attention to two circular
letters sent ont with the ticket Of the Thomas
twenty eighth assembly district. headed by wal
ter MeCauley. In both Of these circulars at
tempts have been made to deceive the voters OF
this district. Do not believe the statements
made You have known me personally, most OF
you, for many years. l have lived 43 years In
the district and represented you In the legisla-
ture.
Thomas =. Finn is resident of the Goth dis
trict He was never a republican. He was a
democratic assemblyman from the Twenty ninth
district and more recently was a fire commits
sioner supervisor and police commissioner under
the Ruef Schmitz regime. He has rights as a
republican. Regardless of my qualifications nv
record as lifelong republican, Thomas Z. Finn
should never receive republican nomination or
be allowed to name delegates to a republican
convention.
AS county committeeman of the republican
party for the twenty eighth assembly district /
ask every republican to vote a republican tick kef
Of republican delegates , to sit in a republican
will see my name upon it as delegate to the local
convention. Do not let any one deceive Won with
false use of my name. Yours for republicanism.
Republican County Committeeman. Twenty
eighth District.
As the registration in the twenty
eighth has doubled since the MAY pri
mary election. there is little doubt that
the Lincoln Roosevelt league will carry
the district The republican registra-
tion is SIT and a vote OF 600 will give
the league ticket. headed by Kelly. 4
safe majority.