The San Francisco call., 1908-09-06
HERRINS OPPOSITION TO DIRECT PRIMARY LEGISLA-
TION SHOWS ITS HEAD

IA TILLIAM F. HERRIN republican
w machine has unmased his opposition to the enactment of
direct primary election which he permitted of
his conventions pledge their nominees and the faith of the
republican party.
The of Herrns permit the redemption
OF those pledges promulgated through the Union
newspaper controlled by Hern osensibl manage
OF the pIunderbunds publicity agent Syndicate
In its leading editorial for September the Sacramento Union
announces:
1T that the legislature which
January will the primary law for which of the
camorng but the legislature disposed grant
wish and give the primary for certainty that the
law would be the for all the ills which the body polite
IS heir"
The Sacramento Union may be considered speaking
than the color OF authority for w Herrn Herrn took
the Union away from editor who fight people
and put it in the hands of Cans be used defender
corrupt machine vanes California The Union
with all the Cakns publications. overtime against the
people OF California IN their great fight for decency and free
Thanks that the people of California had not even
the benefit of legal primaries the delegates
majority the republican legislative nominees His
intimate relations with the democratic machine will
perform like service for the bourbons confident
assumption that Hen will control absolutely considerable po
on il not clear majority of the legislature appears
justified by the results Of the primary campaign.
In attempt to bolster the courage the
Herrn CONTROL he controls his subordinate
of the Southern Pacific company
attack on the direct primary principle the shortcomings of
the Oregon law which it selects because h pointed
as the commonwealth where the direct primary nomination law
had its fullest demonstration"
mat there Oregon
student OF direct primary attempts deny That Oregon
IS the commonwealth which the direct primary system
fullest demonstration The California agencies en-
poyed fight direct primary legislation snguary about
the Minnesota Wisconsin and direct primary laws They
direct primary laws well been
proved They Stunned by the hired opponents partisan
politics.
The advocates of direct primary legislation have urged
the adoption the Oregon system by California pure
direct primary statute It loosely drawn while
the essentials of direct primary legislation goes beyond them and
has been held model by proponents Of
The merits defects of the Oregon law question
The people of California have been promised
quae direct primary election law. Herrins defender
political corruption that 1T the ees
laure which January will redeem promise
The people Of California concerned with shortcomings
OF the Oregon system They concerned with getting
system Tor themselves system which will enable to select
their candidates public from
who their livery and bay them command
That Herrin would oppose the
comprehensive direct primary law doubted he would
brazeny defy the people of California attack direct primaries
faulty principle few prepared believe mask is off
The fight the open The press California is
with the people They the redemption the direct
primary pledges made by the partisan they choose
Such insurance comparatively matter Let the republicans
democrats and union labor party California put every
av candidate quarey record Let defeat polls be the
portion OF candidate who will give unequvoca pledge
TO work and vote for genuine honest and comprehensive direct
primary bill