The San Francisco call., 1908-07-16

Failing to induce a majority of the
members of the republican county
committee to give their dirty work
even the semblance of legality by their
presence, Is members of the COM
mittee, headed by Tim r. Sullivan
and directed by Jake Shaen, attempted
to deliver the party governing body
to w. F. Herrin last night by gravelv
declaring themselves a quorum and
perfecting what they were pleased to
style a permanent organization.
Herrin's tools on the republican
county committee were compelled to
perform a record breaking feat OF
slavish abasement last night Acting
without a legal call and without the
quorum which would have served to
give the gathering de facto standing
minority OF the republican county
committee went through the motions.
which. il legal. would have given the
local machinery OF the party into the
absolute control OF the head OF the
Southern Pacific company's corrupt no.
littcal bureau. 1t discharged the cam
paign committee chosen by the whole
committee, ratified Herrin's choice for
executive and finance committees. de-
clared the committee which was an
pointed by the convention OF 1907 and
conducted the last campaign a tenn
porary organization and assumed TO
perfect a permanent organization by
electing H. L. WorthingtOn chairman
and Charles II. Forbes secretary.
WHOLE PROCEEDINGS ILLEGAL
The whole proceedings were illegal.
This fact was so apparent that ex-Sen-
ator Hamilton Bauer. now a notary
public by the favor OF George Hatton.
who was one OF the prime movers in
the attempted steal. informed his col
leagues that the majority OF the COM
mittee could invoke the courts to pre-
vent the Herrin wing from managing
the campaign. That the matter will be
taken into the courts by the committee
men who are lighting for a free party
and for the rights of the republicans
Of San Francisco is a matter of course.
The so called executive committee to
which the rump meeting assigned the
management Of the campaign is COM
posed of Tim r Sullivan, Johnny
Lynch's chief of turn coats. as chair
man, p. ]. Kelley, John j. Cass, VIII
liam ]. Bell. Jerry Lucey, Thomas f.
Dolan, John i. P1dWelI, Harry BeaSley,
John d. Daily, II. L. Worthington,
Charles II. Forbes. NJ z. Gates. Ed
ward Kelly, L. c. Cartwright. William
T Kibbler, Dominic j. Beban, z. S
Strauss and Ed NJ. Buckley.
p. j. Kelley, John J. Cass. Harry
Beasley and NJ E. Gates. named as
members OF the Herrin executive COM
mittee. have consistently refused to
participate In any way in the delivery
Ii
poLas D. l rrkYs MANS PART
Thomas f. Dolan. who is employed as
a fireman under the harbor commission
and was threatened with the loss OF his
berth II he did not participate IN last
nights meeting. preferred to play the
part of a man. He has consistently de-
clined to be a party to the steal and
last night he demonstrated that he val
ued his manhood more than his job by
remaining away from the meeting.
Ed Kelly OF the fortieth district.
whom the Herrinites relied upon to
make their quorum and who was in
duced to sign the demand for a meet
ing realized the despicable part he was
being made to play against the repub-
licans who elected him on an anti-Her-
rim ticket and was conspicuous by his
absence.
All day yesterday the agents OF ths
Herrin machine were busy rounding up
the men that were to constitute a quor-
'um. They canvassed the committees