The San Francisco call., 1908-03-31
HARMONY ASSURED
IN LEAGUE WORK
Republican County Committee
Accepts Endorsement of Linz
coln-RooseveIt Campaign
Machinemen Decide TO Back
Down When Facing Some-
what Awkward Situation

machine republicans of San Francisco
was assured last night. when the re-
publican county committee without a
dissenting voice accepted formal no.
tice of its campaign committees in
dorsement of the Lincoln-Roosevelt
leagues local committee and plan of
campaign.
The hopes of the machinists, built
on the belief that the harmonixing ef-
forts OF the Lincoln Roosevelt league
leaders would be abortive. went glim-
mering last night when Chairman Mar
tin OF the campaign committee told the
central body that his committee had in
dorsed the work of the league and had
agreed TO work with the leagues COM
mittee in the cause of good govern
ment.
The machinemen in the committee
fully apprised of what the campaign
committees report would be. caucused
by threes and f1ves before the meeting,
and a count of noses indicated that,
thanks to numerous absentees. a stiff
fight could be put up. But the fact
that the campaign committee had been
given full power to act when 1T was ap-
pointed and that the only way to get
away from its report would be to dis
miss the committee. presented an swk-
ward situation The further fact that
the dismissal of the campaign commit
tee could be brought about only after
an open fight and an equally open
alignment for and against the Herrin
machine added embarrassment to the
situation. Several antimachine mem
bers of the committee were absent, and
the Herrinites might have won. They
decided against the fight and the
spirits of the kindly disposed persons
who held seats at the ringside dropped
to zero. 1t had been widely and gratu-
ttously advertised that the machine end
of the county committee would disci-
pline the campaign committee for its
temerity IN indorsing the cause of the
people. Failure to attempt the disci-
plining served at least to save the ma
chinemen from being driven into the
open.
FIRST TAME MEETING
1t was the first really tame meeting
in the brief and turbulent history of
the committee which came into exist
ence last fall The committee accept
ed at its face value the state central
committees threat to hold unofficial
primaries where any county committee
failed so to do, and invited the state
machine to go ahead. Even this was
done without a semblance of acri-
monious debate. Nanny" Strauss
passed the hat for the room rent
Chairman Dam appointed committees
to act on communications and rustic
for jobs for the faithful willing to
serve as election officers. The COM
mitteemen induIged themselves in
broad brotherly smiles and separated
happy. or pretending to be.
The committees refusal to conduct
the unofficial primaries on May as
proposed by the state central commit
tee was made formal by the adoption
of Tim" Sullivan's resolution. invit-
ing the state central committee to
make good in San Francisco its threat
to conduct the unofficial primaries In
the event of the failure or refusal of
any county committee to follow the
state organizations instructions.
STONE OFFERS ADVICE
General Stone. chairman of the state
central committee. informed the county
committee by letter of the state ma
chimes decision to change the unoffi-
cial primary date from May to May 5
and urged the local committee to re-
lieve the state committee of the neces-
sity' of running the unofficial job in
San Francisco Stone adverted to the
rumor that the San Francisco COM
mittee was not overburdened with
ready cash. He furnished an estimate
of the probable cost of the unofficial
primaries, which he fixed indefinitely
at $500 or 5000. He suggested that
even IL the local committee had no
money the weather would probably be
fine and that the committee would
have no difficulty in securing the serv-
ices of 500 volunteer patriots who
would attend the unofficial ballot boxes
without money and without price. He
advised the committee that it need
spend no money for printing tablets of
blank paper and good stubs of lead
pencils would serve admirably, said
Stone. but he cautioned the committee
to head its unofficial register with a
pledge to vote for the republican nom
inee for president
CHEAPER PLAN ADOPTED
Hamilton Bauer advocated compliance
with the state central committees re-
quest. NJ. Elwood Gates wanted q COM
mittee on cost and ways and means an
pointed, and s A. Clark of the thirty
eighth district announced his emphatic
opposition to any primary held without
the pale and the protection of the law.
Sullivan came to the rescue with the
suggestion that the state central COM
mittee had kindly offered to attend to
the unofficial primaries in those coun-
ties where the local committees were
indisposed and he advocated acceptance
of the philanthropic offer. Sullivan said
IL would be graceful recognition OF
the state central committees neigh
borly spirit, and besides 1t would be
cheaper. The committee. with the sin
gle exception of Ralph Hathorn, who
voted no" agreed with Sullivan.
Beban voiced the fear that the county
committee would not get slice of the
pie 70 be cut UP in the selection of cleo
ton officers, and to meet the situation
Chairman Dam appointed Committee
men Gates, Beban and Kammerer to
look out for the jobs. Committeeman
Gercke, Kibbier and Ed Kelly were ap-
pointed q committee on communications.
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