The San Francisco call., 1908-04-22
Battle for Political Freedom
Wins Followers Through
out the State
Machines Brazen Attempt to
Disfranchise the People
ArOuses Anger
Ranks of the LincoIn-ROoseveIt
League Grow Greater With
Every Meeting

Aroused and urged by the brazen ef-
frOntery OF Herrin's scheme to main
tain his control OF the republican state
central committee and the state gov
ernnent through the appointment of
4 majority of the delegates to the state
convention at Sacramento, the repubh
cans Of California are uniting under
the Lincoln-Roosevelt banner TO fight
q winning battle for political freedom
al the primary polls on May s.
Exposure of the Herrin plot to pre-
serve his domination of the republican
party through the disfranchisement OF
nearly two-thirds OF the republican
electors OF California opened the eyes
OF thousands OF careless citizens to the
desperation OF the machine forces sour
rying before the onslaughts OF the Lin
coin Roosevelt league. Herrin's whole
sale disfranchisement scheme has
stirred up a hornets nest and set in
motion q wave OF popular indignation,
which promises 70 sweep the state.
From Humboldt TO san Diego repub-
licana voters are demanding that pri-
mary elections be held and are rally
ing under the Lincoln Roosevelt league
banner in localities where it has not
been possible for the league organizers
10 conduct the work One Of the most
significant developments following the
exposure Of the Herrin disfranchise-
nent job was the reputation OF the
machine by District Attorney Everett
J. Brown OF Alameda county. secre-
tarx OF the third district republican
congressional committee. Disguised at
and ashamed OF the machines brazen
insistence upon the completion OF an
infamous Job Brown publicly announced
that. he was done with the Herrin COM
uittee and its practices
The third district machine, after
agreeing 10 e conference with repre-
sentative republicans from Alameda,
solsno and Contra Costa counties as an
alleged preliminary 10 arranging for
primaries IN conformity with the state
central committees blun. appointed -
OF the IS delegates TO which the dis
triet Is entitled IN the state convention.
PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE
Fortunately for the people OF the dis
trict 81 delegates will be chosen in
precincts falling within the operation
of the primary law. In all these pre-
cincts the acknowledgements league or
eanizztions have been stirened by the
machines utter disregard OF decency
and backed by the solid support of q
thoroughly aroused electorate, the Lin
coln-Roosevelt league viii elect q ma
jority OF the delegates 10 the state and
district conventions.
The fourth congressional district,
wholly within the city and county OF
san Francisco. and all those portions Of
the nfth congressional district within
the city and county OF San Francisco
and the city Of san Jose are covered
By the provisions OF the primary law.
with the exception Of san Nateo coun-
" virtually all the assembly districts
present vigorous Lincoln Roosevelt
league organizations. Delegate tickets
selected by the people win be sub
nitted by the Lincoln Roosevelt league
in each assembly district and their
election is conceded The Lincoln
Roosevelt league organization IN the
thirty-ninth assembly district VIII be
completed during this week
Charles S Wheeler. Lincoln -Roose-
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from the thirty-ninth. sounded the call
10 arms last night IN ringing speech
before the district independent repubH-
can club and announced that he would
call q public meeting during the week
for the organization Of a Lincoln
Roosevelt league club. His denuncia-
tions OF the Herrin machine were vig-
orously cheered. as was his announce
ment that the meeting for the organi-
zation Of the Lincoln Roosevelt league
club would be held in the open and
that the club roster would be open to
every republican who believed in free
government
BEATEN IN FRESNO
In the sixth congressional district
Herrin's scheme TO appoint a major
ity or the delegates TO the state con
ventfon produced remarkable results.
The Fresno end Of the district was
conceded as hopelessly lost TO the
machine before the disfranchisenent
scheme was made public. Rowe1rs re-
fusal 10 dicker with Lieutenant Gov
ernor Warren Porter for a division
Of the district delegates to the na-
tfonaI convention was a dash OF cold
water for the machine. and now even
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