The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
COUNTY TO
AID FIGHT
ON H[RR|N
LincOIn-ROoseveIt League Is
Joined by Santa Clara
Republicans
Free State From Harriman's
Control Is Slogan of State
Wide Organization
De YOung's BugabOo About
Power 10 Unseat Delegates
Fails to Scare
Push" Politicians Wake Up to
Find Opposition Too
!. Strong to Overcome
BY George Van smith

BY George Van Smith
The Santa Clara county republican
committee, abreast of. the anti-Herrin
machine wave that is sweeping the
state from. Humboldt to. San Diego,
has formally indorsed the work of the
Lincoln-Roosevelt league and in
strueted the 2o delegates who will be
elected from the ffty-hfth, hfty-sixth
> and hfty-seventh assembly districts to
work in harmony with the league dele
gates in the state convention.
The revolt of the Santa Clara
county committee. besides shattering
: the machine strikers: last hope Of Sc
> curing the two delegates TO the national
.,conreation from the fifth congressional
district, is strongly indicative Of the
popuiaif Uprising against the DONNA
:. ton of; the corrupt Southern Pacific
: machine. : This uprising is state wide
lin its sceps and is fun of promise for
= free. reps bliean party and a free state.
- The temper OF. the Santa Clara
county Eepubi1cazs is the temper of the
.r-ispu6feans. Of the state. In every as
:::seinbli district ii California the decent
republicans. have. been made TO blush
. il shame for the manner in which the
..isfIairs ,of their. party have been man
aged In the interest OF the Herrin
bureau and the candidates chosen by
Herrin To- rule California Their ef-
: forts to throw of the railroad shackIes
have .been futile. because until now
there has never been a comprehensive
organized opposition.
FIRST CHANCE FOa REVOLT
Local revoits have. heretofore re-
suited in the. election Of an occasional
+: Embossed local administration or OF a
free legislator. who in the face of an
overwhelming: majority OF the Herrin
creatures in. senate and assembly re-
tired AZ tTe end Of term or two in
= disgust The: Lincoln Roosevelt league
offered TO ..the republicans of all the
state thelr. first opportunity to work
together in. common cause
: Basing: their. estimates of the Lin
. coin Roosevelt. leagues work on the
failure of local revolts, the machine
strikers -refsed TO take the league
seriously at first and attempted to
laugh it. out OF court Before Herrin's
state central committee appreciated the
. extent OF the revolt organized by the
. Lincoln-Roosevelt league it threw
: down its blum call directing county
committees throughout the state tc
hold primary elections for the seIec-
tion .of delegates 10 the state conven-
ton in addition TO General George
Stones marvellous scheme for wholly
extra legal polling Of the popular
choice for presidential candidate.
The manner in which the public saw
through the unofficial primary trick
and the refusal Of dozens OF county
committees to have anything 70 dc
with the scheme was notice OF pop
uIar .disanection which Herrin and his
strikers were compelled TO recognize
The unofficial primaries were switched
from May 2 to May and the word
:. was passed that the several counties
: not affected by the mandatory pro-
visions OF the primary election Law
i. would not be expected to hold primary
elections for the selection of delegates
TO the state convention Awakened tc
the proportions Of the revolt against
his ,dominstion OF the republican party
15errin calmly gave the order to dis
+. franchise nearly two-thirds Of the re-
publicans OF the state.
FEARS POWER OF LEAGUE
Some Of the machine organizations
notably the third congressional district
. committee and the Sacramento county
committee headed by John Ing, gIee-
fully rose 10 the occasion. The third
district committee proceeded to appoint
out Of hand - delegates TO the district
and state conventions. The demand OF
the decent republicans Of the district
that every republican be given an op-
portunity to register his choice at the
polls was turned down in a manner SC
shameless that District Attorney Ever
EFT J. Brown. repudiated the job and
resigned from the committee. Johnnie
Ing's Sacramento county committee
with the drubbing given the machine
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