The San Francisco call., 1908-04-07
BOSS FORMS RIVAL
"REFORM" LEAGUES
Herrin Forces Start Clubs in a
Tricky Effort to Blind
the Voters
Name of Roosevelt Tackled TO
Wolfe Kite and Banded
by the Machine

The failure OF the Herrin scheme TO
capture the Lincoln Roosevelt leagues
local committee by stufing it with his
cid reliable and always willing work
ers. has forced the machine TO loose its
dogs OF war, and by the organization
Of clubs IN the several assembly dis
tricts the lines on which the coming
campaign is to bs fought are being
sharply defined
When the machine strikers gave over
hope Of maintaining the antagonism
between the snti-machine factions en-
sendered by the last municipal cam
pa3gns they attempted to play another
characteristic machine game. They set
about capturing the Lincoln-R Roosevelt
organization by loading its local com
mittee with their own men. The
lincoin-RooseVelt league leaders took
Up the work OF organization with a
lively appreciation Of the tactics to be
expected from the Herrin machine.
They expected that a determined at
tempt 10 load their committee would
be made. They were not disappointed.
From every one of the is assembly
districts in San Francisco men We're
recommended TO them as real blown IN
the bottle champions of free govern
fnen[ who upon close investigation
A-1N-Nc0Q - 4OA a. dAAELGALS OF
the machine
The league men proceeded cautiously.
they worked for weeks with the ut
most pains. and after nearly two
months spent IN selecting a central
committee OF IS members, discovered
that the machine had slipped the cat
on them IN one or two instances in
spite OF their most unusual precautions.
Fortunately the mistakes were dis
~ heFa@ -
formally organized and they will be
rectihed before the formal organization
Is effected and the district work taken
up next week
MACHINE FORMS CLUBS
Meanwhile the machine has openea
SIS batteries in the larger districts
where il failed TO connect with the
AincOln-Roosevelt organization and
clubs headed by the same old strikers
and composed OF the same old camp
followers are being launched
Former State Senator Hamilton
Bauer. most accomplished If not the
most vigorous champion OF the Herrln
machine on the county committee.
broke the ice in the fortieth district.
Bauer has q notarys commission, which
re owes to George Hatton, and as a
member of the county committee he has
never overlooked an opportunity TO ex-
hibit his gratitude. He opposed every
attempt 10 secure the harmony advo-
Gated by the Lincoln Roosevelt league
and the independent republicans. He
WAS the valiant defender of George
Stones scheme to hold unofficial pri-
maries May ., three days before the Of
hcial primaries.
The Lincoln Roosevelt league ap-
pointed committeeman in the fortieth
district including q representative OF
the Independent republicans. q regular
republican, a member OF the county
committee and q prominent representa-
tive Of the good government league.
The makeup OF the Lincoln Roosevelt
committee for the district gave small
promise Of submission TO machine pro
gram as dictated through Bauer He.
with Oscar Greenebaum and Ed Kelly,
launched an organization which they
call the regular republican Taft club.
The thirty ninth district is an awk-
ward field for the machine. The thir-
ty-ninth has always been the home OF
& corps Of vigorous anti-machine men.
They have frequently opposed the ma
chine on different lines and as frequent
IL gone down to defeat They got to-
gether last year and won a walk away
race. The municipal campaign sep
arated the anti-machine forces tempo
rarily. but through the efforts of the
lincoln Roosevelt leaders they have
been brought together again, and the
result is that TO date only one club has
been organized in the district J. A
Rutherford. who was q Maestretti can
Lidate for delegate to the last munich
pal convention, is president OF an or
szsnization known as the Sunset repub-
liean club. which claims charter mem
bership Of 90.
The thirty seventh and thirty eighth
assembly districts, constituting the
fvventy-frst senatorial district. presen,
the most highly oolored reproduction
OF the old guard going into action
Senator Eddie" Wolfe lives in the dis.
trict and hopes that the republicans
thereof viii lapse into forgetfulnesl
long enough TO renominate him. Wolfe
announced long since that he could
shout Roosevelt louder than anybody
and he has followed up the announce
ment by organizing a club which witt
characteristic modesty is called the
Roosevelt league club. which name the
promoters hope sufficiently resembles
The acknowledgements leagues name
20 catch a few Of the unWary
The club ct its first meeting demon
.strzted its undying allegiance to the
cause Of Roosevelt and his policies BY
! Endorsing Wolfe for re-election to the
Eenate A further demonstration of the
marked Rooseveltian tendencies of the
club was made by the election OF
George ID. Clark, who headed the Fish
primary ticket in the district last year
70 the presidency.
DROP ROOSEVELTss NAME
over IN the thirty-eighth assembly
district end OF the twenty first sena-
torial district. from which Wolfe moved
because there were more republican
votes in the thirty-seventh, the re-
formers who organized and indorseC
wolfe did not con5ure with the name
of Roosevelt. They started their game
by informing Byron Mauzy that they
proposed to organize a Lincoln-Roose-
Welt club and inviting him 10 be pres
ant
Mauzy declined the invitation. He
also advocated the soft pedal with ref
erence 70 the use OF the Lincoln
Roosevelt leagues name in connection
with the efforts OF the thirty ghtf
district push" Getting neither Mauzy
nor the use Of the anti-machine organ
izatiOn name. the regular republican
club was launched by Assemblymar
.Sannie" Beckett, Jesse Mayer. MaS
Goldberg and several other gentlemen
who have figured in the same kind oi