The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
REPUBLICANS LOOK
FOR BIG PLURALITY
Congressman Kahn Maintains
That Taft Will Win by
100000 in California
Many Big Political Meetings
Will Be Held in This City
Next Week

Under the joint auspices of the re-
publican county and state central COM
mittees a number of political meetings
Will be held in this city next week.
The plan is to have two or three dis
trict meetings every night in addition
to several big mass meetings. While
the state committee is attending to the
financial arrangements, the secretary
of the county committee is arranging
for halls and speakers.
In addition to the meetings already
announced there will be rally on
Wednesday night at the Sixteenth
street theater, in Sixteenth street be-
tween Mission and Howard. at which
congressman Kahn and Hayes Will
speak. On Friday night Robert I.
Devlin, the United States attorney, will
be the principal speaker at Young
Mems Hebrew association hall, Page
and Stanyan streets. The two con-
gressmen and other speakers will ad-
dress the meeting also, as Will other
candidates.
In addition to these will be the dis
trict meetings, the schedule of which
is now being prepared by Secretary
Forbes in consultation with the state
central committee.
Congressman Julius Kahn scouts
the claim of James @. Mcguire, who ex-
poets to carry every district except the
fortieth and orty-first. Kahn says he
is going to carry every assembly dis
trict in the fourth congressional dis
trict. He still declares that Tafts plu-
rality in California will be between
"a 8, 600 and 100000. and that San Fran
cisco will give Taft a plurality of about
TO- 00D
McNINLAY Is CONFIDENT
Duncan McKinlay dropped into state
Headquarters yesterday to say that he
will carry Sacramento county by big
majority. Alden Anderson confirmed
his statement Tom Flint brought
word that San Benite is safe and A. B.
Lemon declared that Sonoma county
would give the republican ticket an in
creased majority.
The republicans of the thirty fourth
district held a meeting last night in
Duveneck's hall, Twenty fourth and
Church streets, and organized a club
The leaders declared that they were all
pulling together for David Girdwood
the nominee for assemblyman. District
organization was completed in the
sthirty-seventh district last night at a
meeting held at 425 Devisadero street
Milton Schmitt, candidate for the as
sembly in the fortieth district, finds
liar type.
..Kast met a friend of mine yester-
day. said Schmitt, and asked him if
he wanted to make a winning. My
friend said yes and Kast told him to
put his money on SeIlmitt to win in the
assembly fight. So Kast is not fooling
himself about the outcome"
DEMOCRATS PLAN MEETINGS
The democratic leaders are busy al
state headquarterssp preparing az list OF
campaign, contributors for publication
This list will be published within a
couple OF days and all additional con-
tributions will be made public later.
In addition to the mass meeting at
Walton's pavilion on Tuesday night, al
which Hobson is scheduled to speak
the democrats will hold another meet
ing. This will be held at the old
church, in Tennessee street between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth, and will be
addressed by James G. Mcguire, Andrew
F'uruseth, John u. Condor and some OF
the candidates. On Wednesday, Octo-
Der %. the democrats will hold a meet
ing at Mission rink. On Friday, Octo-
ber 30 Thomas L. Hayden and others
will speak in Dreamland pavilion. On
Saturday, October 81, Theodore A. Bel
will speak in the Naval pavilion, Mar
ket street near Eighth.
The democrats of the thirty fourth
district held meeting at Duvenecks S
hall on Wednesday, night to advance
the interests of Florence ]. o'Neill
candidate for the assembly. William
Mcdonald presided and Frank Judsor
acted as secretary
Senator Sanford or Ulxiah, Senator
Caminetti of Jackson and Theodore A
Bell have been invited to attend the
meeting of the Chinese, Japanese and
Korean exclusion league tomorrow
Sanford and Caminetti will attend, but
Bell will be busy elsewhere.