The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

OF LABOR TO MEET
Union Party Will Name Justice,
Adopt Platform and NOnli-
nate Congressman
Judge Murasky Talked OF as a
Possible Candidate for the
Supreme Bench

Three union labor conventions VIII
meet at the Labor temple, Fourteenth
and Guerrero streets, on Monday night
The state convention will reconvene TO
nominate a candidate for associate JUS
tice Of the supreme court. the local
convention viii meet TO adopt plat
form and TO nominate five judges OF
the superior court, and the fourth as
trict congressional convention VIII hold
an adjourned session for the purpose
OF nominating q congressman.
W. II. Mcdonald, chairman OF the
state union labor convention, has wired
from Indianapolis to Secretary G. W.
Mecklem to issue the call for the reas-
sembling OF the delegates. He took
this action on telegraphic advice from
members of the state central commit
tee
The nomination of a candidate for
justice of the supreme court viii en-
able the union labor party TO preserve
its state organization, which would
have been destroyed il no state offlcer
had been nominated. The labor men
are talking of Superior Judge Frank
J. Nurasky as the fittest candidate TO
put in the field. There is some talk
among the delegates about nominating
candidates for railroad commissioner
and state controller. both of these Of
fees having been filled by appointment
since the last gubernatorial election
This matter viii probably be thrashed
out on the floor Of the convention
SIGNS POINT TO MAGUIRE
All the signs point 10 the nomination
of James CT Mcguire by the union Ia
Dor convention OF the fourth congress
sional district When this convention
met and organized some Of the dele
gates were in favor of indorsing Ju-
I,,T Gnrh strong
opposition to this that his name was
not presented. Had not the democrats
nominated Mcguire IT is doubtful
whether the union labor men would
have put any candidate in the field.
The union labor slate for judges has
not yet been made up. Many of the
delegates favor the judges nominated
by the republicans and many others
are urging the nomination of Police
Judges Cabaniss and Shortall. 1t is
possible that a composite ticket of
democrats and republicans will be made
up. At the same time there is a strong
feeling among the delegates that one
representative union labor attorney be
placed on the ticket so that the local
party may preserve it's identity.
Judge Dunno has many friends and
many enemies in the convention. Tom
Finn, who controls the delegates from
the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth
districts and whose influence over the
convention is not inconsiderable, frank
ly announces his hostility TO Dunno.
The union labor slate for assembly
and senatorial candidates contains the
names of as many republicans as could
be conveniently written in. Walter
McCauley in the twenty-eighth. John
A Cullen in the twenty ninth, Charles
A Nelson in the thIrty-second, J. J.
McManus In the thirty-seventh, Will
liam A Pugh. in the thirty ighth. Nate
Coghlan in the forty first, George
Lewis in the forty-second, George NJ
Perine In the forty-fourth and Louis
Parente in the forty fifth will be the
nominees OF both parties.
In the thirtieth district George j.
Black probably will get the nomina-
ton: in the thirty-first James Hopkins
is the candidate; IN the thirty-third
Thomas A Casserly will be nominated:
Edward McGenity has the promise of
the nomination in the thirty-fourth and
is now trying very hard to get the
democratic nomination as well. In the
thirty-hfth Gus Lille. who has the doo-
dledee nomination, would like to add a
union labor Endorsement, but Fred
Gerdes. the republican nominee. has
many friends working for him on the
labor end In the rnirty-ninth Jack
Mclaughlin, who works for the Spring
valley company, Is talked OF as I0e
most likely candidate In the fortieth
no candidate has so far been chosen.
NAME CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR
In the seventeenth district Tom Finn
will be the nominee for state senator;
In the nineteenth it will be Dick WEIGH;
in the twenty-hrst- Eddie Wolfe. In
the twenty-third James A Wilson.
secretary of the union labor county
committee. has been a candidate all
along, and although there have been
reports that he would not go into a
three cornered fight, he declares that
he will play out his hand. In the TWEEN
ty-fifth the republican candidate would
have been indorsed II he had been any
one but Lester Burnett. Burnett's con-
nection with the Citizens alliance puts
him beyound the reach Of a union labor
Endorsement.
The committee on platform Of the
local convention, Cleveland L. Dam
chairman. met last night and devoted
most of their time to ripping planks
out OF the state union labor platform
The plank favoring free lunches for
school children was one Of the first
TO go.
McGREEVY Is NOMINATED