The San Francisco call., 1908-03-12
Unofficial Primaries Proposed
for May 2 Will Not Be
Held in City
Chairman Dam Makes an Inn
portant Announcement
at Luncheon
Chester H. ROweII Tells of Bat-
tie Waged Under the Linz
cOIn-ROOSeveIt Banner
BY George Van Smith

BY George Van Smith
The unofficial primaries proposed
by the republican state central COM
mittee for Saturday, May 2, will not
be held In San Francisco, OF, if held,
they will not be conducted by the
city and county committee. This
announcement was made by F. H.
Dam, chairman of the county COM
r1ittee, at the first of series of
Wednesday luncheons given by the
Lincoln Roosevelt league ar Tait's
yesterday.
That the San Francisco committee
had no confidence in the machines
scheme for holding unlawful prima-
ries three DAYS before the primaries
for the election Of delegates. was
made emphatically apparent when the
state central committees call reached
the local committee more than a
month ago. That the local commit
tee purposed TO ignore the call for the
unofficial primaries was indicated two
weeks ago when a small but deter
mined minority was unable to head
or an Endorsement Of Taft for the
presidency. The Sullivan resolutions
asking the state central committee TO
authorize the unofficial primaries with
the Official primaries on May 5,
adopted after Chairman Stone Of the
state central committee had publicly
announced that there would be TO de-
psrture from the original plan. were
but temporary padding for the resolu-
tions expressing q lack Of confidence
and refusing to play the state cen
tral committees game. which seem to
be inevitable.
ANNOUNCED BY DAM
DAMS announcement made yesterday
was, however, the first authoritative
statement coming from the committee
or its membership. Dams announce
ment was not formal. but was made as
an interruption to the speech of Ches-
ter H RoWell, who was the one
speaker at the first of the luncheons
which will be given weekly by the
Lincoln Roosevelt league. The We'd
nesdsy lunch idea auspiciously
launched yesterday was borrowed
by the local Lincoln-Roosevelt league
leaders from the city clubs of Los An
geles and New York 1t is not the
purpose OF the officers OF the league
TO confine the enjoyment Of the lunch
cons and the short talks which will
follow TO the officers or committee
men Of the local organization. Invi-
tstions viii be extended through the
officers of the league. or the commit
teemen 10 the membership generally.
and 70 republicans interested in the
leagues work Only a limited num-
Der or invitations for yesterday s
luncheon were issued The number
viii be increased next week and for
succeeding weeks until the. limit OF
the dining room accommodations have
been reached
PROMINENT LEADERS MEET
About 35 prominent republicans sat
down to the inaugural luncheon yes
terdsy. They were for the most part
representatives of the younger or ac-
tive republicans, but they were thor
oughly representative of all the anti
machine republican factions in San
Francisco. Members OF the republican
county committee. men identified as
leaders and candidates on the republI-
can ticket last fail and men who as
leaders and candidates fought the
regular republican ticket, came to-
gether under the LincoIn-R Roosevelt
league banner to cooperate with and
through the Lincoln Roosevelt league
for & free republican party and a free
state.
Vice President Mauzy presided and
Chester H Rowell entertainingly out
lined what had been done throughout
the state in the mater OF organizing
the antimachine republicans for the
coming fight, and also discussed the
work being done in San Francisco.
The delay in beginning the field work
in San Francisco. Rowell said. was
due TO desire to act in perfect good
faith with the several republican fac
tiOns that have united under the
leagues banner, and desire to act
in the same good faith toward the
republicans generally who rely upon
the league to win something more
than an empty victory
TO SELECT RELIABLE MEN
Rowen said the members of the
local committee intended to select men
to conduct the organization work in
fhe several assembly districts who
could be relied upon by the republican
voters 10 organize for their benefit