The San Francisco call., 1908-10-02
SULLIVAN WRATHfUL
AT STOLEN GLORY
Says He, Not Herrin or Ruef, Is
Responsible for the Protest.
Against Dunno Petition,

JeaIously anxious to be cIassed, even
IL only in a very insignificant way, in
the same general category with W. F.
Herrin and Abe Ruef, Tim Sullivan.
Johnnie Lynch's chief whipper-in on the
turn coat republican county committee;
has fathered the futile attack on the
petition for the nomination of Judge
Dunno and his associates on the good
government leagues ticket.
Writing in hot Indignation at the
slight TO his ability TO, initiate dirty
political tricks. implied in the charges
made by President Frank w. Marvin
of the good government league, Sulli-
van repudiated those charges yesterday
and announced that he and not Herrin
or Ruef was the employer of the women
copyists and gumshoe men who had
examined the good government petit
tiOn with the. hope of finding grounds
for attacking it He also caused Char
ley Forbes, his man Friday, to file for
NAL protest against the Dunno petit.
ton with Registrar Zemansky..
LEAGUE STOPS WORK
.UnmindfuI of Sullivan and his. antics
the good government. league. stopped
day before yesterday when it had en-
rolled a total of 5. 500 names. To the
original 2.1eO names fled with the reg
istrar. 3 500 on a supplementary petit
tion viii" be filed today. and: $500 a H.
daEifs Will remain on the files of the
/ lea gue. Had the work of the special
verification deputies been continued un-
til tomorrow the whole number of affi-
dayits for Judge Dunno would have ex--
ceeded $4,000. -
If the attitude of the public generally
toward Judge Dunne were not con
/ lclusively demonstrated by the votes of
more than 10000 antimaehine republi
cans al the primary election and by the
manner i'm which the thousands of
voters signed his petition, the temper
Of the gambling fraternity would re-
move any doubt that might remain as
I TO Dunne's election.
The big betters of San Francisco have
never been. cleaned up on an election,
not even excluding the Schmitz land
slide There is no sentiment in their
operations They lay their money as
the result of most careful and painstak@
! ing investig cations of popular temper.
James Conroth, the fight promoter. was
the first. Of the big bettors to get into
the field of political speculation. He
broke the ice yesterday by leaving
S5 200 at Tom CorbettFs, all TO be. placed
on Judge Dunno.
SULLIVAN WANTS GLORY >..-
sullivan fairly dubbed with wrath
when he plucked the glory for the fight
against Dunno out OF the hands of Her
rim and Ruef When Sullivan beheld
the public statement in which his brow
was robbed of well deserved wreath
to enrich the foreheads of a genuine
/ boss and a crook he Indignantly pro-
T claimed:
+ Marvin is liar Herrin. did not hire
those men and Ruef did not hire them,
/ and I did il on my own initiative"
E Charley Forbes sent to Registrar Ze-
tmanSky yesterday a letter embodying g
alleged reasons why the good govern
rnent petition should be -chucked into
the waste basket" The communication
protests against the filing of. the good
government petition first on the ground
that not all the members. Of the. gov
erning. body of the leagie complied
with the law by signing the petition
second. on the: ground that "a large
number of the. signers'' We're disauali:
fled because they voted at the primary
and are therefore iiable to arrests. third,
/ on the ground that st is matter of
Ecommon notoriety''~ that. a .Targe.. ma
l.oatll when signing....' The letter con-
j clYdes. with Expressions of lofty respect
for the election laws.
:. After Registrar Zemansky had perused
this letter yesterday he said: :.
i: t.Aiy+duties are nifnisferial, not judi
/ ciaL THERE'S nothing in this letter OF
which / need take eognfza{lce. IfI find
/ on examining the. good government
petition that. a sllficient number of
I quafified voters have signed it, it will
/ he filed and the league will be allotted
! a place on the BALLOT. by this office UNI
Eaess prevented from so doing by the
courts.
eExamination of the petition by my
! clerks shows that about so per cent OF
/ the. signers did not register until after
4 the primary election. OF the. other 20
I per cent about a half We're registered
+. in time for the primaries but did not
vote The examination is not com
/ pieted, but it looks as though enough
/ qualified signers are already checked
/ up to insure the league. place on the
ballot