The San Francisco call., 1908-08-11
LinCO|n-ROOseyef League Shows
Finest Choice Ever Made
Of 5000 to 5000 Certain
for Good Government
BY George Van Smith

With the finest delegate tickets ever nominated in
San Francisco complete and energetic organization in
every assembly district, the confidence of all the friends
of good government, the Lincoln-Roosevet league of
republican clubs goes into the fight for free San Fran
cisco and free republican party today, with sweeping
victory assured.
The forces had to combat
today Depopuaon of some Of the downtown districts and their
colonization by Herris republicans probably
primary counted tonight San Francisco will be eancpated
from the corrupt Herrn machine certain anything human
and political be- big registration and primary aays
spells disaster for the political boss The registration for oda
mateIy $1,000 Conservative OF the
ansakng and analyses OF the public indicate
poll of 36OOO of which 20OO will be for republican delegate
VOTE TO BE SAME AS IN AUGUST
republican vote will be substantially the as the total vote cast
the august 1907 primaries Based on an estimated total repu
total poled by the Hen machine tickets will exceed 1000
and reasonably be expected exceed 5000 which leaves
total league vote OF from 1900 $4,000
clear majority of from 5000 to 5000
league carried
assembly districts eleetng 55 Of the O. delegates to the state
twice large the league not fail to the big residence
districts which repudiated Herrn and Herrinsm May.
That league carry districts which went
rn column in May assured and that will add
of So possible O. OF the 81 delegates the convention
e sasts Dy are s T asu
organized every district 1t had such organization in May
The May victory demonstrated that the fight against errn and
s that the machine
could withstand organized opposition.
league ticket nominated in dsc-the thh The
republicans the tryhd district will have opportunity today
to the finest delegate ticket nominated in the district The
before Its decent rpub
aed by hoodms, betrayed by whom they
friends organized labor their have been
Herrn desperate Instead of
rendering and Jack Butler it did in May the
district anti-errin delegates by majority
purge the district OF the stain placed upon
by Herrns and Ruefs gangsters
lTHIRTY-EIGHTH AND FORTIETH CRITICAL DISTRICTS
While fighting will be general and forced rentessIy
the heavy cannonadng will be the
thy-seventh thyeghth fortieth orty-6rs
the might insure the denomination OF
Red HAYES congress the fteh district victory
the fortiet would insure the denomination of julius Kahn With
out the the machine Senator Eddie
Wolfe with both the thirtyseventh and tyeghh only
denomination of Wolfe would be assured but the denomination
Hayes would be beyond question: assuming that Hayes
gets anything like the majority Santa Clara and San Mateo
that the machines manipulation Of delegate appointments
indicates.
machine will carry th-seventh district The big
long dominated by Fisk and his captained by Gal
agher declared its independence last August Fisk beaten
every precinct the district The FiskWolfe combination
down defeat May and the acquisition of Tim Sullivan and
Benny Levy has served only intensity the disgust with which the
decent republicans OF the district regard Fisk and Wolfe
The republican registration for todays primaries the thirty
seventh reached grand 4390 which makes estimate
of total republican 5000 today conservative Machine
leaders have conceded the league for than