The San Francisco call., 1908-04-14
INTERIOR COUNTIES
FOR FAIR PRIMARY
Yuba, Suffer, Ventura and SAM
ia Barbara Object to the
Unofficial" Brand
Refuse TO Obey Orders of the
Chairman of State Repub-
Iican Committee

spread to the interior and already four
counties have refused to obey the or
ders OF the chairman of the state re-
publican committee. The county COM
nlittees of Yuba, Sutter, Ventura and
Santa Barbara have said that they
would engage In no such folly as
straw vote on presidential preference,
first because everybody is for Taft, and,
second, because an election unguarded
Of the law and so easily open TO fraud
can be but crude and unrepresentative
IN it's result Following the example
OF the San Francisco committee the
county bodies can see nothing in the
unofficial" affair but a thing 10 rail at.
AS & matter of fact, none of the ma
chine leaders other than Stone is taking
any interest in the extra primary 1t
is doubtful II the push" of this city,
which consists of the old time Ruef fol-
lowing, viii really come to the rescue
Of the general. despite his appeal at
meeting last Saturday night. Out Of a
respect they feel is due to the general,
the other machine leaders are making
pretense OF indorsing his presidential
scheme, but they are giving no earnest
attention to II.
The machine men are principally in
terested just now in trying TO maintain
their arbitrary power Of appointing
QSAtE dNeh NLLO0e II AAAc NOAANS anu NSA7
gressional committees to the conven-
tions. To insist on holding the 'unof1-
cial" primary on the theory OF applying
the principles OF the direct primary so
that the people shall express their
choice as to the party nominee goes
counter TO the scheme OF having dele
gates arbitrarily appointed or-the con-
ventions, and this is a degree of ban-
boozling the public that the keener "or-
sstrous result for their pretensions-
PLOT OPENS IN sIsKIyoU
at the far northern end Of the state.
IN Siskiyou county the machine has
come out into the open for the first
time with its plot TO defeat the Lincoln
Roosevelt league by having the county
committees appoint 10 the state convel-
ton delegates who viii take orders Tt
was in regard to the congressional
convention that the organization" re-
vealed its intentions over IN Alameda
county. Not only did the remote sec
ton Of the state seem the most favor
able spot for setting the scheme afoot,
but there was added security because
every newspaper correspondent in
yreka was identified with the organ
ization." Fortunately for the cause Of
clean government. however. there is a
body OF citizens in Siskiyou in whom
there developed resentment that may
mean sad wrecking Of the plot to steal
the county's delegation. Led by Her
bert r. Raynes a club Of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league was formed and the
organization" instead OF walking
away with the county. IS having a Bit
ter fight on its hands. The club was
organized in Yreka Friday night with
a ernbership Of So The following are
its officers: President. Herbert R.
Raynes; first vice president, y. II.
Eddy; second vice president, S. H. Viii
liams; third vice president. George s.
Raymond; secretary. DR.. W. w Barn
ham; treasurer. Joseph Forest.
Branches of the league are being
formed in all the more important pre-
cincts OF the county and the fight on
the organization" is to be prosecuted
with great vigor. The leaders in the
club movement have written to the
state headquarters of the league that
they entertain high hopes Of arousing
public sentiment so that the county
committee. which is controlled by the
machine. viii not dare to deny the de-
mand for primaries. and in such an
event a solid Lincoln Roosevelt league
delegation viii be sent to the state
convention.
State President Frank R. Devlin of
the league has announced the appoint
ment OF Archibald J. Treat, the attor-
ney. whose home is in Sausalito, as a
member OF the state executive commit
tee from the second congressional dis
trict. Treat will at once inaugurate
the organization Of clubs in Marin,
Napa, Sonoma and other counties a
section OF the state to which the league
leaders had not been able to give any
attention in the way of promoting the
cause.
The addition Of Treat TO the forces
Of the league is important. He is
heart and soul in the movement. and
the part he has taken IN trying to
eradicate the pOolroom evil Of Sausa-
Tito attests his standing as to clean
government.
Il feel honored to be appointed on
the executive committee of the Lin
coln-R Roosevelt league" said Treat
yesterday. The grip that the South
ern Pacific political bureau has on the
republican party and on the govern
ment OF the state is such that the
people must be aroused to take some
drastic action to set themselves free
] shall work heartily in the cause"
LEAGUE ACTIVITIES QUICKENING
Now that the fight which the Lin
coln-Roosevelt league is waging
against the Herrin political machine
has been consolidated by the formation
OF a campaign committee league ac-
tiyities are quickening in all the dis
tricts.
BY far the most important and at
the same time the most interesting
meeting scheduled for this week will
be that held under league auspices in
the forty first district on Thursday
night
stelmke hail. at 27sO Octavia street.
has been engaged for this meeting and
accommodations for a large gathering
have been made. The league club in the
forty-frst, with Thomas z. Haven at
It's head, is preparing a program of
speeches and has already enlisted some
OF the most eloquent and entertaining
republican orators in the city
Among others who viii address the
meeting is Charles S. Wheeler. whose
address at last weeks league luncheon
in Tafts was received with such enthusi-
asm- He viii be heard Thursday night on
the significance OF the present move
nent TO Oust the railroad from its con
troll Of state politics. Horace Davis a
stalwart republican, who has been at
the head OF the reform movement in