The San Francisco call., 1908-04-13
Republican Machine of Alameda
County Agrees TO Confer
ence on Primaries
Breakdown of Organization Is
Victory for the LincOIn-
Roosevelt Forces
Honest Government Army Raj
lies TO Standard and Winning
Campaign Is Planned

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pressure of a public opinion strength
ened and solidihed by the energetic
efforts of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league, leaders in Alameda county
and other parts of the third con-
gresSional district. the congressional
republican committee chairman, DR..
{. L. Tisdale of Alameda, has agreed
70 call a conference of his committee
and the league on the demand that
primaries be held In the third dis
trict for the election OF delegates to the
district convention which shall select
delegates TO the national republican
committee
Whether the machine will consent
10 abandon its scheme to control that
district convention By appointing -
of the 40 delegates necessary 70 a ma
5ority IS by no means certain. But it
is patent that the machine did not dare
TO face an outraged republican con-
srituencv in the third district by not
heedIng the demand for conference.
TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
That conference has been tentatively
arranged for an early day next week.
~ it VIII appear men high in the ranks
Of the republican party from all parts
o. the. district 10 register their solemn
protest against the action Of the com
mittee in attempting TO disfranchise the
republicans OF the district IN their right
10 say who shall represent the third
district IN the national republican con-
veutTon.
These men viii be OF high character.
without political ambition other than to
enforce right and justice and 10 purge,
81 possible, by the weight OF irrefutabIe
ergument. the party Of the stigma
which has been placed upon It by the
action OF the organization. They pur-
pose TO spare no effort in this move
ment and they purpose 10 carry to the
last. court in the party. the national
convention itself, their fight for repre-
sentation II the district machine con-
. trolled committee shall refuse 10 re-
lscind its appointing program.
ACTION Is SIGNIFICANT
That Chairman Tisoals should have
realized the tremendous force OF the
new movement IN republican politics
and should have bowed 70 the storm is
taken as one Of the most significant
events in state political affairs today.
That he should have realized that an
organization, powerful even as the re-
publican machine OF California Is. can
not withstand the assault OF those who
demand representative government was
considered q triumph for the right
That Il marks a milestone in the ad-
vance OF the Lincoln Roosevelt league
forces is admitted.
Dr. Tisdsie's agreement to call the
third district committee together and
arrange for a conference was made
with Arthur n Elston. member OF
the Berkeley Lincoln Roosevelt league
committee which was appointed BY
Fred Y. Foss, the president. Thursday
night TO wait upon the. district COM
lnittee and demand that the plan OF
appointing delegates be abandoned and
that primaries be held throughout the
q istrict
TIsDALE AGREES TO HASTEN
Eistoh was given the assurance that
this conference would be arranged as
early as possible. that Chairman Tis-
dale would get into communication at
once with the committeeman and that
the time would be announced for as
early a date as possible.
Rapid work has been done by the
league since Thursday night. when the
Berkeley league at meeting in the
college town strongly denounced by
resolution the congressional commit
tees appointing scheme to grab the
Convention.
The move vas declared TO be in di-
rect violation OF the call OF the re
publican national committee and of
the republican state executive com
snittee: State Senator Charles NJ. Bel
shaw Of Contra Costa county, Assem-
bIynan John ". stetson of Oakland,
and others exposed the knavery of the
Job
quickly following the appointment
OF the Berkeley committee. composed
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