The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
SCRAMBLE IS
ONFOR UNION
LABOR VOTES
Democrats, Doodle Dees and
Machine Republicans Are
ProseIyting
Rivals Seek to Give Working
man a Chance TO Participate
in National Politics.
BourbOns Hope to ROut McNab
Wing of Party in May
Primaries

On its anticipated success in secur-
ing the registration of large number
Of union labor party men as demo
Gratis, the San Francisco democratic
club is pinning its faith in its ability
to clean up the McNab democracy at
the May primaries.
The anti-McNab democrats, other
wise the San Francisco democratic
club, have formally appealed to al
union labor party men to register as
democrats, or il registered as union
labor party men, to change their
registration temporarily for the purpose
OF assisting IN the work Of beating the
McNab delegate tickets at the May
primaries. The antimachine democrats
have been deep in their proselyting
campaign for some time. and have re-
Gently reduced their appeal to the form
OF q circular, calling attention TO the
provisions OF the Devlin partisan regis
tration act. and pointing out that since
the union labor party viii not be called
upon to elect delegates to a national
convention, union labor party men can
best serve their nation by registering
as democrats and taking a hand in the
May primaries
willie Hearst is making the same
kind OF play IN his efforts 10 infect
The semblance Of life into his lately
deceased doodle dees. and Tom Finn is
doing what ne can to get union labor
party men in the burned districts on the
register as republicans for the benefit
OF the Herrin organization Taken all
IN ali the union labor party voter has
endeared himself TO several agencies,
any one OF which is prepared TO give
The workingmah with a vote that
chance 10 participate in national poll
.ics denied him. so far. by his own
party organization
DEMOCRATIC FIGHT INTERESTING
The democratic fight in California is
as interesting in its possibilities as in
its actualities There might be a de-
lightfuI shindy If the organization
would exhibit any disposition TO precip-
itate a fight That is just what the or
ganization is not willing to do and the
result is that the antis have the war
all TO themselves for the present
The organization was enabled to wipe
% the antis last year by refusing to
be drawn into an open fight The abb
sence OF row in which the public
could participate naturally enough
stunted the growth Of the antis' clubs
and when primary election day rolled
around the organization tickets in IL
OF the IS assembly districts in San
Francisco simply breezed in
The antis purposed to guard against
q repetition OF last years inglorious
campaign They needed a fight and
started out TO get It Organization
leaders were not shouting either long
or loud for Bryan. and the San Fran
cisco democratic leaders took the field
for the great commoner. A state
Bryan organization. in which McNab's
men were conspicuous by their abb
sence, was perfected and Max Pepper
as field organizer took up the work of
Installing a Bryan club in each assem-
bly, district in the state
ABSENCE OF OPPOSITION
Again there was an absence OF taDgi-
bic opposition by the organization. The
democrats Of California generally were
for Bryan and the needed fight could
not be developed. along those lines. At
the February meeting Of the democratic
state central committee the antis de-
manded the unequivocal Endorsement of
Bryan. and got it without a struggle.
They demanded the adoption by the
san Francisco democratic clubs plat
form OF principles by the state central
committee There was no opposition.
They insisted that the state central
committee fndorse the eight hour and
regulation OF injunction laws advocated
by President Gompers of the American
federation OF labor. This demand rufied
the fur OF few OF the radical attor-
neys on the conference committee, but
the state central committee as a whole
swallowed it and smacked its lips. In
short there was no fight, and the DEM
ocratic situation again became a San
Francisco affair.
ANTS CAN FORCE FIGHT
The antis can force a fight in San
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