The San Francisco call., 1908-08-14
GOOD Government
LEAGUE TO FIGHT
Popular Party Will Enter Race
in November Against
Herrin Machine
Effort to Be Made to Wrest
Judiciary From Control of
the Gangsters

Canvassersg for the good government
league will begin today the circulation
of petition for a place on the official
ballot in the November election. This
action was decided on at a meeting of
the good government league executive
committee yesterday, when the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Notwithstanding the apparent victory of the
corrupt political machine at the primary election
held August IL people can still make sure Of
electing honest and fearless men at the coming
general election TO be held November 3, 1908, by
cooperating with the good government league
at in the movement decided upon to place
men of character in nomination by petition
We strongly urge all those interested in rep
resentatiye government and the election of un-
controlled judges TO communicate at once with
street. room 405, Kamm building, San Francisco.
GOOD GOVERNMENT LEAGUE OF S. F.
1t is the primary purpose of the
good government league to name five
strong, clean candidates for the su-
perior bench. But it is practically de-
cided that this organization will also
place legislative candidates in the field
in opposition to the Objectionable nomi-
nees of the Herrin machine.
The good government league lost its
Identity as a political party in the last
municipal election by neglecting to
name one candidate whose vote might
be counted separately, thus proving
officially and legally that the league
polled the requisite percentage of votes.
The league indorsed the entire demo-
cratic ticket.
There is trouble among the Herrin
leaders in the forty-second district on
account of their defeat at the hands of
the Lincoln Roosevelt league. Dr. Will
liam T. Kibbler; Al Daggett, the notary,
and Jesse Hannah are all trying to eX-
plain to Johnny Lynch why they lost
the only burned district captured by
the league.
Lynch gave Kibbler a great deal Of
railroad money to spend in the forty
second, and now Herrin's chief lieuten-
ant is demanding an accounting If
the district had been won lavish ex-
pendftures would have been overlooked
but the defeat has made Lynch indig-
nant, and he is very insistent about
knowing where all the money went
To explain their defeat the organiza-
tion men are saying that William Nc
Geeney put third ticket in the field
at the instigation of the league leaders
They are SO sore at McGeeney that
they threaten to "get" him and his
whole family.
The explanation is plausible, but un-
true. The league carried the district
by only II votes, while McGeeney
polled 20 votes, enough to swing the
election. But the league had nothing
to do with the McGeeney ticket. Hav-
ing cherished for a long time the am
bition to go to the assembly without
being able to get the machine behind
him, McGeeney decided to take the
matter into his own hands. BY so do
ing he undoubtedly drew from the or
ganization ticket and helped the
league to win.
There are rumors that the organiza-
tion men are trying to reach" the
three Lincoln Roosevelt delegates who
will sit in the local convention from
the forty-second in order to break the
deadlock and allow Jack Barr of the
thirtieth to get his nomination with.
out appealing from the two district:
to the convention as a whole. Blu
the league men are reported to b,
standing firm against the machine.
In the thirty-fourth, where the ma
chine had been badly beaten in thre,
successive primaries, Bob Strahle, EC
Ritter, Billy Gilfoyle and the othei
| organization leaders are thorough,
disheartened. They see no chance O
winning the district away from tn,
Lincoln Roosevelt league. The leagu,
club of the thirty-fourth is made up ii
] large part Of the old independent clul
which was organized before the Ryan
primary fight of a year ago. Thes
men are ION the job" all the time an,
aver that the push" will never ge
back in the saddle.
Johnny Dalys defeat in the thirty
| fifth is not bemoaned by many of tn
organization men. Daily is not yer,
popular with the practical politician
who have had dealings with him, an,
they would rather see him down THAI
up Reports that certain men in tn
Herrin wing of the county committe
helped to defeat Daily in the thirty
fifth owing to the grudge they Dor
/ him have not been denied by the par
ties named. They seem rather prou
! of their work than otherwise. Ger
| tainly they will not extend the pros
| trate nilkman a helping hand to ge
him on his political legs again
The Roosevelt leaguers hav
not yet begun serious discussion o
assembly candidates in the five dis
tricts which they captured. Their
has been some talk of nominatin,
David Girdwood, the marble cutter, i
the thirty fourth. Girdwood stand
high with the labor unions and ha
been prominently identified with TIL
independent and league clubs sine
their organization. In the thirty
ninth the names of Edwin T. McMur
ray, Joseph e. Cutten and Olin M
Berry have been mentioned In tn
forty-second George Lewis is spokel
of good deal. but John ellison an
I. ]. Truman Jr. are also mentioned
All three will sit in the local .conyen
tion.
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