The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-17
Flock to the Leagues Standard
MANY JOIN Club
IN FORTY-FIRST
Lincoln-Roosevelt League Rally
Arouses Enthusiasm in
Fight for Reform

The Lincoln-Roosevelt club Of the
forty first assembly district held its
first big rally last night in Steimke
hall. A large number Of representa-
tive republicans We're present and after
listening to speeches by Charles S.
Wheeler Sheldon Kellogg, Thomas E.
Haven and Jesse H. Steinhart they
all signed the roll of membership,
which pledges them to support the
league In its struggle for political in
dependence.
meetings which is usually shown by
voters was conspicuously absent last
night. So was that element OF the
party which came out just 80 strong,
headed by Nat Coghlan, BILLY" Bar
ton and Ed Attridge, when the machine
held its opposition meeting the night
before. The names of the men who
signed the league roll last night show
that the serious minded laboring men,
the professional and mercantile class
and the businessmen, none Of whom
make politics a business. are eager to
support the leagues ticket in the
forty-first on primary day
The hall was comfortably filled when
President Haven opened the meeting.
and more residents of the district came
in as the meeting progressed.
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
Haven stated that the list of club
officers was still incomplete and called
for nominations for vice president Hor-
ace Davis was placed in nomination
by Sheldon Kellogg and Q. d. Bald
win by A. E. Graupner. Both were
elected by reclamation. Haven then
announced the following committees:
Campaign committee-A. E. Graup-
ner, Jesse H. Steinhart, Philip Bancroft
and E. V. Saunders.
Finance committee. I. Turner,
Fred Baruch, James Spiers and Charles
A. Son.
Sheldon Kellogg. first vice president
Of the club, was greeted with applause
when he rose to address the meeting.
IF the people took the interest they
ought to take in government we would
get the best government Of which we
are capable" he began. He reminded
his hearers that ever since the primary
law went into effect the forty-first
had led the way in the effort to reform
politics in the city by having honest
primaries and sending clean men to
the nominating conventions. The men.
he said. who stood with Horace Davis
in former years were now carrying on
the same work under the auspices of
the Lincoln Roosevelt league.
Men of the best type all over the
state" he continued, have joined to-
gether to make such legislatures as
that OF last year impossible. 1t is a
movement which cannot fail, because
its leaders are animated by the same
spirit that has inspired the leaders of
good causes in all ages all over the
world"
kellogg ended with an earnest ap-
peal for support in the work which
the league is doing, and his hearers re-
sponded with hearty applause
EVIL OF RAILROAD RULE
I'VE are not governed by ourselves.
but by an outside influence, and it's
our own fault" was the way Jesse Fl.
Steinhart the next speaker, began.
And it's our fault because we don't
organize and we don't turn out to vote
at the primaries"
Steinhart declared that the root-evil
in California politics was the control
exercised by the Southern Pacific.
THE republican machine" he said, lis
run by a man who lives at Scott and
Broadway. in this district. But now
for the first time clean, concerted,
bona fide reform movement has been
started in this state by men who have
no axes to grind, no candidate to foist
on the people, and that evil control of
the railroad is going to be brought to
and end"
The speaker urged his hearers to
vote the Lincoln Roosevelt ticket
at the primary election in order that
delegates might be sent to the con-
vention who would be for Taft first,
last and all the time, and that state
central committee might be chosen
which would put stop to government
by the S. p, for the S. P. and of the
s. P"
Charles S. Wheeler said the Lincoln
Roosevelt movement would die
speedy death unless it was deep rooted
in the principle of government for the
people.
I'VE have allowed principle to be
sacrificed" he said, so that today the
people are not ruling California and
not even a Californian is ruling Cali
fornia, but a nonresident whose only
claim to power is the millions at his
back. He names the judges, the legis-
lators and the executive officers"
Think Of the effrontery the dam
nable outrage of it," he cried TITS
wrong. Principle and patriotism cry
out against 1t. The time has come to
act. We are trying to restore the
people to their own. Are you with us?
Then we ask you to do your part in
your own precinct by supporting the
delegates of the Lincoln Roosevelt
ticket"
Horace Davis and j. w. Sweeney.
who intended to speak at the meeting.
were prevented by the stress of un-
foreseen engagements. Before the
meeting came to an end a large mem