The San Francisco call., 1908-07-17
COURT ORDER
BA[KS HERR|N
MACHINE PLOT
Judge Murasky Restraints WOr-
thington From Pretending to
Be County Chairman
Tim Sullivan's Band Must Cease
to Masquerade as Execu-
tive Committee of Party
Fear of Summary Punishment
Prevents Traitors From
Continuing Dirty Job
By George Van Smith

Acting on the suggestion of Judge
Frank H. Murasky of the superior
court, Tim Sullivan and his so called
executive committee of the republican
county committee decided last night
to postpone their proposed delivery
OF the machinery of the republican
party to William F. Herrin.
The suggestion from Judge Muras-
ky came to Herrin's willing workers
in the shape of an injunction restrain
ing Harry Worthington from pre-
tending to act as chairman of the
county committee and also restraining
Tim Sullivan's band from pretending to
act as an executive committee A sim
liar ban was placed upon Hamilton
Bauer's finance committed And that
there might be no misunderstanding
in the matter the court directed that
neither Worthington, Sullivan, Forbes
or any of the Is Herrin turncoats
should use the handsome offices pro-
Vided for Forbes through the good Of
fees of Sullivan and his financial
backer, as county committee head
quarters.
was served on Sullivan, Worthington
and Forbes last night while they, with
Jack Butler, Mamie Strauss and Billy
Bell, were getting ready to organize
the Herrin executive committee and
proceed to give the republicans of San
Francisco new brand of double
cross"
TALKS OF RESISTANCE
Charles fl. Forbes. who bIushingly
admits that he is a lawyer, suggested
to Bell, Strauss and Butler that since
they had not been served with copies
of the restraining order they might
proceed to carry on the work of the
executive committee. He also remarked
that there was nothing in the courts
order to prevent him from acting as
secretary.
These rooms were rented by Forbes
and I furnished the money" Sullivan
declared. TIL invite whom l please
TO come here" He declined, however
to disclose where he got the money
I'VE will go ahead--I will go ahead"
cried Mamie Strauss, glaring feroci-
ously at a copy of the restraining or
der. He held his defiant attitude for al
most half a minute, and then in the
Pildest tone concluded: IF it is right
OF course, if it is not right L won't go
ahead"
DOUBTS "LEGAL" OPINION
Butler threw some doubt on the
soundness of Forbes legal opinion by
suggesting that Hamilton Bauer was
the real legal adviser of their particu-
lar wing of the county committee
Butler was prepared to announce Off
hand that the court had no jurisdiction
but by tacit consent defiance of the
court was postponed pending direc-
tions from the Southern Pacific politi-
off
were locked up for the night
The injunction was secured by Chair
man +. H Dam of the county commit
tee, acting for himself, Ralph L. Ha-
thorn, William H. Hazel, Harry Beas-
ley and Peter ]. Kelley. The defend
ants named were Tim r. Sullivan. Will
liam ]. Bell, Jerry Lucey, John r.
Pidwell, John D. DAILY. Harry L. Worth
ington, Charles H. Forbes, r. C. Cart
wright, William T. Kibbler, Dominic
j. Behan, E. S. Strauss, Ed M. Buckley,
Hamilton A. Bauer, Rudolph Gercke
and Robert StrahIe, the Herrin men
who were named as members of the
so called executive and finance COM
mittees to run the Herrin campaign
under color. of the authority of the
regular county committee. The writ
was made returnable on July "a.
FEAR SUMMARY PUNISHMENT
Only the fear of summary punish
ment for contempt of court prevented
the party traitors, headed by Sullivan
and Worthington, from disporting in
the filthy quagmire into which they
plunged at the command of Herrin,
given through his new local director,
Johnnie Lynch.
The brutal savagery of Herrin's mas
terry over weak men was exhibited last
night in it's most disgusting phase. Men
claiming to be republicans and chosen
for places of trust by republicans who
relied upon their pledges of unrelenr-
ing hostility to Herrin rule, proved
themselves dead to shame. No qualms
of conscience. no dread of the igno-
miny of broken faith deferred them
They were ready and willing to go
ahead with their dirty job. They
stopped not in response to an out
ragged public sentiment but at the
doors of the common JAIL
The lengths to which they were will
ing to go was demonstrated by the an
nouncement that Harry Worthington.
assuming to act as chairman of the
county committee, had appointed Wal
ter j. Dyer committeeman from the
fortieth district, vice Ed Kelly. who
declined to lend his presence to the
rump meeting on Wednesday night
Neither Worthington nor Forbes pre-
tended to have Kelly's resignation
Forbes said that it was common ru-
NOR" that Kelly had resigned.
NO RESIGNATION SEEN
The alleged resignation had not been
addressed to Worthington in his as
sumed capacity of chairman None OF
the Herrin boys" had seen such
resignation. Nor had the Herrin Is in
their alleged management of the
county committee taken any action
with reference to the rumored resig-
nation. They had heard the Common
rumorv and Worthington had chosen
Dyer, who made the Herrin fight in the
fortieth district at the May primaries.