The San Francisco call., 1908-08-13
Forces Win in
Thirty-three Legislative
Districts
RefOrmers viii Name Nine Sem
ators and Twenty-four
AssembIymen
Machine Gets Seven Senators
and Twenty-six in Lower
House
Leaguers Have Plans Already
Under Way for Aggressive
Campaign in 1910

A temporary setback for tho
Lincoln-Roosevelt league IN San
Francisco has not deferred the
leaguers, either of San Francisco
or the leaders of the state move
ment. Plans to roll up a big
Taft and Sherman vote and for
the campaign of 1910 are already
being considered by the leag-
uers, who are enrolled for the
war against Herrinism, which
will end only with victory for
the people
Honors were even between
the acknowledgements league
and the organization in Tues
days primary fight, when the
entire state is taken into consid-
Grafton Each won delegates to
nominate 80 legislators. Subse-
quent conventions Of appointed dele
gates will in ma5ority>of cases result
in the nomination Of organization can
didates and the anti-machine forces
will fall short of a controlling majority
in either branch OF the legislature The
anti-machine minorities win be large
enough in both houses TO exercise a
powerful influence and with the known
a nf .
considered the upper house viii muster
20 votes or exactly one half OF It's
strength. inclusive of four democrats,
which cannot be controlled by Herrfn-
LANDED By LEAGUE
Tuesdays primaries decided the nom-
inatiou of 16 senators and so assembly,
men, Including Strobridge of Ala
media, whom the machine attempted to
throw down and later supported be-
cause he had been taken up by the
league. and Walker OF Santa Clara.
who, while not q Lacquer. IS anti-Hayes
and has always been a straight sena-
tor, the league landed nine senatorial
districts and "a assembly districts. The
machine won seven senatorial districts
and in rs assembly districts
The anti-machine forces won sen
atorial nomination in Humboldt coun-
ty. one in Soiano county, two IN Ala
media. one in san Luis Obispo and San
BenitO counties, one in Los Angeles,
one in Placer and one in Santa Clara
county. Strobridge and Walker, while
not leagUers. may be counted as free
from from a, the worst form Of machine at
WHAT THE MACHINE WON
The machine won senator's and IS
assemblymen N San Francisco. 2 as
sembIymen in Alameda senator and
assemblymen in Sacramento, 1 senator
and s asSemblymen In Los Angeles. I
senator and 1 assemblyman in San Joa-
/ quin and I assemblyman in San Diego
a total Of senators and rs assembly,
men,
The machine will organize the state
convention and all the congressional
conventions except that in the third
district 1t will organize the San Fran
cisco county convention and probably
the Los Angeles county convention
The league win control the Alameda
county convention and the third district
congressional convention. but there win
be no opposition TO Congressman Know
land
The league will organize the Solano
county convention and viii nominate
Frank R. Devlin, state president OF
the league. for Judge OF the superior
court in the hottest hotbed OF machine
control
80 EACH NET RESULT
Thirty-three legislative nominations
By the Lincoln Roosevelt republican
league and SO by the Organization
was the net result for the state OF the
primary election Tuesday
About $4,000 republicans OF Califor-
MIA cast their ballots against railroad
domination in party affairs The even
division held approximately as it did
in the matter of the delegations to the
legislative conventions.
In the remaining 80 assembly and
senatorial districts where no primaries
were held and the delegates were ap-
pointed by the county committees. the
league expects to win 10 or IL nomina-
tiOns, giving il As, or almost half OF
the 100 nominations 10 be made OF as
semblymen and senator's
LEAGUE LEADERS GRATIFIED
The league leaders are much graft
fed over the outcome. They point to
the fact that in other states where
similar battles have been fought cor
poration machines could be Ousted only
/ step BY ster To take almost half OF
the legislative tickets in the f1rst on
slaught for free and independent law
making is an achievement which gives
the greatest encouragement
Already il has been decided to call a
meeting OF the state executive COM
mittee of the league in the immediate
future TO maintain the organization OF