The San Francisco call., 1908-10-22
PUSH WORKERSBET
ONDUNN['S VICTORY
Offer Heavy Odds That Honest
Jurist Will Be Elected by
Big Majority
Machines Efforts to Double
Cross" Judge Hunt Meet
With Dismal Failure
By George Van Smith

Judge Frank Dunno is futile, men asso-
ciated with the opposition to the hon
est judge and in a position to know
the progress made in the pro-graft
campaign are trying to place big bets
secretly on the Judge. whom they know
will be triumphantly elected.
There is no sentiment in the pro-
fessional bettor's operations. That a
man who is working to encompass the
defeat of Judge Dunno should be will
ing TO lay large sums against the sue
cess of his own efforts, when that man
is a professional bettor, means that
that man has analyzed the situation
from a business standpoint, and that
In his professional character he is un-
willing to permit a mistaken sentiment
or wish to interfere with his chances
to make easyemoney.
A prominent sporting man in close
touch and affiliated with the Dunno op-
position has authorized The Call to an
nounce that he is ready TO place
chances and at terms which go far
TO demonstrate his entire belief I'M the
futility Of the fight being made against
the judge who has dared perform his
sworn duty.
This sporting man offers $4,000 even.
not alone on the question of Dunne's
re-election, but that not more than
dates will get more votes than Dunno.
Anaiyzed, those terms mean odds of 2
TO ], or Dunno against the, field. The
associetions and affiliations of the
would-be bettor make the suppression
of his name imperative. but he has
assured The Call that he stands ready
TO make good his offer if takers can
be found. This man has made care
full canvass OF the judicial situation,
and he is of the opinion that Frank II.
Dunno will lead all the judicial candi-
dates when the votes are counted No
vember 3.
ONLY ONE OF MANY
This man is only one OF the many
who. under cover, are trying to get
bets down on the judge they know
they cannot defeat. He is different
from others only in that he is able to
make his stakes bigger That he will
find takers for his money is doubtful
Dunno money at long odds is going
begging In the pooirooms, and that the
prevailing 10 to Z odds will be 2 to l.
within a week seems a foregone con-
clusion.
With two full weeks remaining for
the windup of the campai gn. and the
always present possibility OF political
upheavals, every surface indication
points to the election of Judges Dunno,
election Of F. s. Britain to the fourth
full term and of Police Judge Cabaniss
TO the short term on the superior bench.
The machines job TO give Judge Hunt
the hook has proved a dismal failure
In the case OF Isidor Golden, republican
nominee for the short term, the double
cross appears to be working with some
thing more than the probability of sue
cess. Hunts friends are looking for
votes, not for trouble, but they decline
TO attempt TO explain why the machine
which gave Hunt a republican nomina-
tion TO silence in some degree the
clamor of popular disapproval over the
nomination Of Carroll Cook, did not
give q union labor nomination as we'll
The interests which controlled the re-
publican machine convention exercised
the same complete control over the
union labor convention.
Michael Casey, who for public con-
sumption figured as one of the bosses
OF the union labor convention. thought
that Hunt would get one of the union
labor nominations down to within a few
days before the nominations We're made
Casey found out later, as did the rank
and file Of the union labor party, that
the programs for the union labor and
republican conventions were not iden-
tical, even il this were provided by the
same impresario. The machine needed
Hunt on the republican ticket to head
off the stampede which the nomination
of Cook was sure to start and besides
they did not quite dare refuse a nomi-
nation TO the Judge who had served
with honor since the days of the old
district court.
SAVED THEIR FACES.
Their need and their fears gave Hunt
, rs hn hi Ao1f
saved their faces. but their failure to
put him on the union labor ticket dem
onstrated that as far as they were con-
cerned the election of Judge Hunt was
quite another matter. If Hunt could
be whipsawed with ODonneIl, Cook
might slide in as the fourth man and
Cook is the judge for the organization
Hunts friends are not making any
noise about an obvious situation, but as
the result Of it they are redoubling
their efforts to poll the vote for Judge
Hunt which naturally belongs to him.
Their independent organization is the
most comprehensive of the campaign.
They have a general club with about
1000 voters enrolled, collegemen's clubs
and lawyers clubs
The lawyers club is doing splendid
work under the direction of a commit
tee composed of Judge James NJ. Allen.
Juuee y. W. Oldck, w. ii. Ch1ckering. A
f. Morrison, W. n. Drown and e. S.
Heller. AS result of the efforts of
this committee hundreds of attorneys
are sending to their clients personal
letters calling attention TO the necessity
for the reelection of Judge Hunt and
soliciting the personal efforts of the
thousands of men so addressed.
Isidor Golden, republican nominee for
the short term on the superior bench.
is laboring under double disadvantages.
highly creditable to Golden, but de-
cided handicaps on the vote getting
course. Golden got a republican nomi-
nation. but that was all he did get
from the organization. He never had a
look in at the union labor nomination.
DIsPLEAsED MACHINE
AS soon as he was nominated ma
chine men passed the word that Golden
was weak" He did not do their brand
of politics and he had incurred the dis
pleasure of several prominent machine
figures as well as that OF General
Michel Henri de Young whose wrath
he braved in handing down decision
in favor OF one of De Young's employees
who sued for wages the frugal general
purposed to retain In part to recoup