The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

enty-first. The seventy-fourth en-
braces the Soldiers Home. and il the
machine manages to vote the veterans
as 1t has In former contestss the dis
trict will be safely organization.
L. Russ Avery. a leader in the
league. is out for the nomination in
the seventy second. +. e. Pierce wants
to succeed himself and has apparently
been given the right of way by Par
ker. which should make the nomina-
tion OF Avery a comparatively easy
matter.
Jake Transue wants the organization
nomination in the seventy-third, but II
confronted with disposition on the
part of Edward ]. Fleming. -ex-city
prosecutor. to start something. The
machine managers seem disposed tc
listen to Fleming's petition for recog.
milton. If there is fight, the leagues
job should be anything but difficult.
COUNT ON MITCHELL
Percy Harmon is opposed by Gavir
Craig for the machine nomination ir
the seventy fifth, and the leaguers are
counting on l.. Robert Mitchell to trim
either or both OF them In the conven-
ton. The seventy sixth to eightietf
districts hold forth small promise fol
the anti-machine republicans.
In northern and central California
the prospects are equally good fol
league success. The first district
shamefully misrepresented by Berry oi
Crescent City in the last assembly, may
go democratic William Kehoe, th'
league candidate. is generally conceded
to be a winner over N. III. fFalk, the
machine candidate in the second dis
trict half of Humboldt county. The
third district is doubtful bailiwick
The leaguers are behind Henry Hanson
and expect to nominate him in wha'
was a machine stronghold. The fourth
district returned Cornish. republican
two years ago by a plurality OF only
81 and is at best doubtful PROPOSE
ton. J. w. Finney of Downieville, in
dorsed by the league. will succeed him
self in the fifth. The defeat of Chea-
than of Red Bluff, the machine candi
date, is conceded. The sixth district
Mendocino, has no league Organization
and Fred Handy is slated by Hattor
to succeed w. D. l.. Held of Ukiah
who introduced the direct primary
amendment in the assembly and earned
the machines hatred thereby. w. J
Costar OF Chico and A. II. Hewitt Of
Yuba. both clean men, will be returned
from the seventh and eighth respec
lively.
ARBOGAsT'S CHANCES GOOD
In the ninth George w. Root, one OF
the most faithful of the section crew
in the last assembly. is seeking the
senatorial nomination. Fred L. Arbo-
gast of Nevada City, a clean republican
has the backing of the antimachine
men and stands an excellent chance oi
election to the lower house. Z. S
Birdsall of Auburn. who represented
the tenth in the last assembly. is out
for the senate and John M. Fulweiiel
is slated for the assembly. 4. B
Moore of Copperopolis has been chosen
by the machine to succeed Snider in
the eleventh. The twelfth is demo
cratic and J. L. Mendenhall Is down tc
succeed r. H. Smyth of Middletown
The machine has a trio of candidates ir
the thirteenth, Sonoma county, repre-
sented In the last assembly by Col
lister sof Occidental. Collister wants tc
succeed himself and Swan of Sebast-
topol and Denman of Petaluma aspire
to the machine nomination. In the
other end of Sonoma the league vii
carry the fourteenth with Charles
Humbert of Cloverdale. The fifteenth
Napa county. is machine and If Busf
is picked by the powers that be hc
will probably succeed himself.
In the sixteenth ]. I. Mcconnell o.
Woodland. the democratic incumbent
machine protege. and Captain B. B
Tuttle. the Lincoln Roosevelt candidate
are fighting for the republican nomfna
tion. Mcconnell won the district two
years ago with a margin of about 200
The nomination of Tuttle might pu
the district on the republican side RTht
nomination of Archer would mean tn,
election of Mcconnell. In Sacramento
county the league will beat Lynch Ii
the nineteenth and is making a hns
fight against Grove L. Johnson ant
Frank O'Brien in the seventeenth anC
eighteenth, respectively.
The twentieth district nomination
will go to James A. Brosnahan if hi.
connections with the navy yard at Val
lejo do not prevent his acceptance
Leavitt Neither is Lincoln Roosevelt
Lacquer. Both are clean, straight men
BUTLER Is UNOPPOsED
Ed I. Butler of San Rafael seems t.
have no vigorous opposition in tn,
twenty first. NJ. Ralph Jones of Mar
tinez has been selected by the league t
take the measure of p. c. Campbell IL
the twenty second. and that he will
turn the trick is not seriously disputed
The leaguers will get one If not both o.
the San Joaquin districts. Percival /.
out of the senate and an equally gooc
man can be nominated in his place IL
the twenty fourth. Beardsley will no
be easily beaten in the twenty third
l.. L. Bennett of Modesto, an anti-ma-
chine republican, seems assured of the
nomination and election in the twenty.
fifth.
The twenty-sixth is democratic. The
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