The San Francisco call., 1908-05-21
.BOURBONS BEGIN
TO BALk AT BELL
Democrats Already Hope New
Leader Will Not Be Troubled
With Swelled Head

Just now the Theodore Bell party OF
| California Will fare in the impetuous
career that began with spontaneous
combustion at Fresno is a problem in
which figures the personality of Gavin
McNab with his strong following in
this city and the constitutional aver
sion of the bourbon to being corraled
and seeing the other fellow get ahead
Roseate visions fitted before the home
coming delegates for 80 miles yester-
day, but then they vanished, for at
the MADEIRA station udge w. NJ Con-
ley, though flushed with the triumph
or having been elected a delegate at
large, mournfuily reflected on the dis
astrous races he had run for. supreme
court Justice. congress and whatever
else. and dampened all the enthusiasm
of the smoking car by this sad declara-
tioa:
Il tell you boys, the democrats are
all right and they show that fine. en-
thuSsastic. hope inspiring spirit right
up to the morning of election day"
Apparently q lot of noise doesn't
foot the Judge any more.
Already the democrats are hoping
that Bell won't get the swelled head.
That peculiar instinct of democrats TO
PAS TN SeiisiOt cf Su Dt
from a Theodore of their own. They
point to these two facts to show that
Bell need not get too chesty. When it
was proposed in the Fresno arena that
he should be elected a delegate at
large by acclamation the suggestion
failed for want of applause. and when
some captivated delegate moved that
the convention declared him TO be the
party's nominee for United States
SRn1fnr the handcla af
all demonStratiVe.
KICKS ABOUT DICTATOR
In any event, Bell can't run the whole
party without encountering good fight
ing material that thinks it ought to
lead. Though just proclaimed to the
world Is dictator, there are already
typical democratic kicks about this and
that thing that Bell has done, and
considerable suspicion that he is act
ing too much the part OF the master.
Then there is the deposed Gavin Nc
Nab controlling the zoo patronage jobs
in the municipal administration of San
Francisco. There is Tom Fox of Sac
ramento with his railroad crowd. who
can expect good betting from Editor
McClatchy when he gets home, because
his men did not support Bell.
Hope springs in every campaign for
the bourbon, and now he is going after
the congressional places in some dis
tricts. he says. It was crafty politics
that kept the platform committee up
all night at the convention, for it was
in monkeying with vote getting labor
planks that the statesmen strove till
the warm, red dawn of the San Joaquin
valley.
The Theodore Bell party. cleansed of
Gavin McNab and Walter Parker
traitor. is as busy with the arts and
curves of the political game as was
ever a boss who has never led the
democrats to state victory.
Twenty five committeeman at large
have been added to the democratic
state central body by Chairman of the
]. B. Sanford, and the COM
plete committee now consists of two
men from each congressional district,
one from each assembly district. ex-
cept in those assembly districts in
which case each county has repre-
sentative, and the twenty-five at large.
OF APPOINTEES
Following are the members ap-
pointed at large: Mayor E. r. Fay
per OF Los Angeles, J. E. Raker of AL
turas. ]. B. Sanford of Ukiah, j. A.
Hicks of San Jose, A. Caminetti of
Jackson, T. o. Toland of Ventura, A.
L. Cowell of Stockton, c. w. Cart
wright of Fresno, j. G. Mcguire of
San Francisco, j. o. Davis offHollis-
ter, ]. H. Barry of San Francisco, w.
H. Sheayer of Yreka, Timothy> Spell
lacy of Los Angeles, T. ]. Roche OF
San Francisco, Curtis Hillyer of San
J. r. Pemberton of Ukiah, |
Walter Macarthur of San Francisco,
Frank Gavin of Concord, w. A. Shep- |
herd OF Auburn, G. +. Kimball of Red |
ding, f. F. Bush of Hanford, Lon Bond |
Of Chico, Ralph McLeran of San Fran
cisco and Theodore A. Bell of Napa. |
1t is interesting to note the names |
Of the seven men who represent San |
francisco on this committees: Mayor |
Taylor, Judge Mcguire, Walter Mac
arthur, Supervisor Ralph McLeran |
James H. Barry, Theodore Roche and |
Curtis Hillyer. All of these men are |
opposed to Gavin McNab. and all but |
Mayor Taylor are members of the San |
Francisco democratic club which made |
the local fight against him in the re-
cent primary.
Bell controls the new state central |
Both factions are repre- |
sented on it, but those who are op- |
posed to McNab and lined up behind |
Bell in the craftsmanship fight are in |
a very comfortable majority.
Judge Raker of Modoc has been |
made temporary chairman of the gov
srning body, and Lawrence Wilson of |
temporary secretary. The |
new body will meet in this city to |
choose it's permanent officers.
Artistic wig and toupee making speciality.