The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
'HERRIN HIRELNGS
IN SAVAGE MOOD
Busy Cracking Whip Over Dele
gates on Floor of the
Convention
Bosses Do Utmost, but Leaders
of Machine Show Anxiety
for the Future
srEcIAL DIspArcH no rHE 49,


SACRAMENTO. May .14.-Ths Herriu
machine brought to Sacramento every
boss and politician available in the
state to help crush the Lincoln -Roose-
velt league. Every resource of the
machine was employed and every man
who could be used was made TO work
70 save the organization. The bosses
Of the railroad push We're scattered
about the convention floor. some OF
them delegates and others not
They we're savage In their demeanor
and plainly displayed a vicious animus
toward the Lincoln Roosevelt men.
They we're angry this morning because
the machine men permitted the honor
OF chairman of the platform committee
in the con gressional district convention
at Stockton yesterday to go to DR..
Chester Roweu, uncle OF Chester H
Rowen. state organizer of the league.
HIRED HANDS ACTIVE
George F. Hatton and Walter Parker.
the railroad bureaus hired men, were
exceedingly active today. Parker sue
ceeding in bringing a number Of south
ern delegates in line. They were busy
cracking the whip over the sub bosses
distributed about the state. From San
Diego came Charley Hardy high boss.
one Of the very few men with whom
Herrin deals directly in managing af-
fairs political At his beck. the head
of the delegation from San Diego,
was Charlie Collier. whom the machine
has gathered in.
Arthur Fisk. San Francisco's post
master. ran about with the railroad
orders ON crutches, for he has sore
foot He ought to have been in an in
valid chair, but Herrin does not regard
such physical disabilities when needs
are pressing.
John Lynch. bank commissioner, soft
shoed about in his usual style. Any
banker delegate would have had hard
time OF it resisting his demands Billy
Mcclure, the secretary of the bank
commission and boss OF Kings county,
was on hand 20 deliver his delegation.
ROBERTS CAUGHT IN TRICK
From MADEIRA county came Return
Roberts. who was elected a national
delegate at Stockton yesterday and
who has been doing good service for
the machine in getting delegates out OF
the san Joaquin valley. Equipped with
a proxy. he essayed to vote in place OF
an absent delegate from MADEIRA. but
was caught at the trick and silenced.
Gus Muenter, collector of internal
revenue. was on hand TO deliver what
he could OF the delegation from San
Joaquin county. Abaer Weed was there
with his fraudulently elected delegates
from Siskiyou, and Dick Collins. men,
ber OF the board Of equalization, deliv-
cred Shasta
From MendOcino, where votes had
been assured the league. came Gus
Grant deputy under Clerk Caughey of
the state supreme court. and diligently
carrying out his orders. Charles A.
Swisler delivered FL Dorado county to
Herrin as usual. DIR. e T. Hennessey
of the asylum board brought Napa's
seven votes solid for the machine.
JOHNSON HEADS PUSH
Grove Johnson headed the push from
Sacramento. aud E. 3. Martfnelh pro-
vided a like service with the Marin del
sgation- Johnnie Nelson did the best
he could with the San Francisco push.
H. 3. Lynch and David Coleman. dele
gates from the fifty second assembly