The San Francisco call., 1908-10-10
HARD TO GET LINE
ON THE ELECTION
Frank Short Says Eastern Poll
ticians Are Unable to Pre-
dict Probable Result
Chairman Teller Uses Diplomacy
TO Induce Senator Beye-
ridge to Speak

1T is harder to get a line on the
probable result of the election this year
than ever before" said Frank Short of
Fresno, who dropped into the head
quarters of the republican state central
committee yesterday.
When ! was in Albuquerque / met
number of republican politicians from
the east and they all seemed to regard
New York and Indiana as the doubtful
states. Chicago is a hard proposition.
too. In Fresno we will give Taft
substantial plurality, but nothing like
the plurality Roosevelt got four years
ago"
Chairman Phil Teller returned from
Sacramento yesterday and told of the
difficulty he had to induce Senator Bev-
eridge to speak there. Beveridge
reached Sacramento in care of a doctor,
for he was completely prostrated by
his strenuous campaigning. and de-
clared that he would not be able to
speak. But Teller adopted diplomatic
methods with the Indiana spellbinder
and induced him to attend the meeting.
When Beveridge saw what a big crowd
had turned out, he consented to make a
few remarks and after Congressman
Mckinlay had introduced him he spoke
for an hour and a half. holding the en-
thusiastic crowd SO long that Phil Tel
Ter and John McNab, who were on the
platform. had no opportunity to speak.
Beveridge delivered his wage worker
speech and made a fine impression.
After the speech Beveridge went to
Tahoe and announced that he would
have to cancel his Reno engagement on
account OF his physical condition. He
sent a telegram to George Knight, ask
ing the national committeeman to take
his place, but Knight had to refuse on
account of other engagements. So, un-
less Patrick Flanagan, the candidate
for United States senator, and the chair
man of the Nevada state central COM
mittee are as successfully diplomatic
as Teller was some other spellbinder
viii have to keep Beveridge's engage
ment.
WILL PRESIDE
John s Partridge has been chosen to
preside at the meeting in Mission rink
on Monday night at which Congressman
McKinlay, Kahn and Hayes will speak.
The democrats have organized Bryan
and Kern clubs in all the assembly dis
tricts except the thirty-ffth, thirty
eighth, thirty-ninth, forty-second and
forty-fourth. Following are the officers
Of those so far organized:
Twenty -eIghth-John II. Dolan, president:
lreanor, president: James Quinn. secretary
Bresnshan, president; Charles
president Thirty -second-John Ford. president;
William Mccarthy, secretary. Thirty -third-H
c. Flageollet, president Thomas Greeley, secre-
tary. Thirty -fourth-M. ]. Mctfovern president;
Joshua Reilly. secretary. Thirty sixth-Thomas
searey, president; j. J. Murphy. secretary. Thir-
BIngan secretsrv. Fortietb 1Wsr,ns sserge
president: Robert L. Mann, secretary Fortv-
hrst-Louis II Mooser, president; R. Mattingly.
CAf GfQrT nrTr kfr1-- In.
dent; William Scott secretary. Forty -fftffSx
Mario Forno, president; Eugene Malatesta secre-
tary.
There will be two democratic mass
meetings next Tuesday night One will
be held in Malloy's hall, in Mission
street near Thirtieth, in the thirty
third district The other will be held in
the thirty-seventh district, in the Audi
torium annex, at Fillmore and Page
streets. James D. Phelan. George A
Tracy, Robert Cadwallader, candidate
for the state senate, and Frank / But
Ter, candidate for the assembly, Will be
the speakers at the latter meeting.
OPEN AIR MEETING
There will be an open air democratic
meeting on next Thursday night at
First and Harrison streets, in the twen-
ty-eighth district James G. Mcguire,
Senator Caminetti of Alnador: Patrick
I VI iSSll, SdAotOdlS loI tue STATE SeHdIes
John L. Feehan, candidate for the as
sembly, and William A. Breslin, one of
the oldest democrats in the district,
viii address the gathering.
A meeting of the campaign commit
tee OF the democratic county committee
was held yesterday for the purpose of
organizing a system of public meetings
for every night during the campaign
and apportioning speakers to the vari-
GUS districts. The county committee,
1t is said, is making fair headway in
the collection of campaign contribu-
tions.