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conduct Of the SO called bubonic board
OF health cases. which Attorney Gen
eraI Ford took away from Cook to pre-
vent Cook from deciding them against
the people and for Abe RTf.
The clergymen OF san Francisco. and
notably Father Caraher, pastor OF ST.
Francis church. IN whose parish the
judicial protected dens of vice flour
ished, have waged unrelenting war on
Cook BY exhibiting his record Cook
has also managed TO stir the whole
Catholic people of San Francisco
through his attempt TO give his candi-
dacy the appearance Of Catholic sane
tion.
Is PALPABLE TRICK
This palpable trick. sprung through
a political dodger labeled the "Catho-
lie Record" and purporting to be a
church paper, has stirred the indigna-
ton OF the entire Catholic clergy and
laity The Catholic Record" is abso-
luteIy unknown TO an exclusive major
ity Of the Catholic clergy and Catholic
people Of san Francisco. Father Cara
her remembers its appearance in one
OF Abe Ruef's campaigns. when it was
used as II was used on Sunday. Catho-
lie cIergymen and laymen have round
" denounced the trick That IL will
cost Cook the votes of hundreds OF men
who might have voted straight party
tickets. unthinkfng Of Cook, is gen
orally admitted Cook was defeated
on his record in all but one of the
populous assembly districts in San
Francisco two years ago That he will
run better in those districts today is
improbable.
Judges John Hunt and George A.
Sturtevant will be elected. There ap-
pears TO be no tangible ground upon
which to base q contrary prediction
The fight for the fourth long term on
the superior bench IS apparently be-
tween O'Douneu, Britain and Cook.
ODonneu has the democratic, good
government and union labor nomina-
tions Britain has only the demo-
cratic and good government league
nominations. But he is q prominent
republican. a lawyer OF ability and
known integrity. He will get many
hundreds of the votes Of those repub-
icans who will scratch Cook for Dunno
and who will follow that scratch by an
other for Britain The union labor
scratching will be very largely for
Dunno Britain viii get a considerable
number OF union labor votes. but O'Don-
nelrS union labor nomination points 10
Z 2
tain will poll Tt will be O'DonneH who
will spoil the job TO have Cook fall
through between the interstices in a big
field
For the short term Isidore Golden.
presiding justice OF the peace, has
made a dignifed and commendable
campaign He has not received the
support Of the machine, which gave
him the republican nomination. but re-
fused 10 give him the union labor
nomination which would have insured
his election Golden has clean rec
ord as q Justice of the peace. He is a
lawyer Of ability and has the judicial
temperament He has made a good
fight and has made great headway dur
ing the last 10 days Of the campaign.
That he viii defeat Cabaniss. who
seeks elevation from the police bench.
is. however, extremely doubtful. The
republicans who will vote the good
government league ticket straight will
probably be numerous enough to in
sure Cabaniss' election.
FINN WILL WIN
Tom Finn. boss OF the union labor
party. who has the machine republican
nomination in the seventh senatorial
district, will be elected. Senator Dick
Welch with the republican and union
labor nominations. will be returned an
easy winner IN the nineteenth Eddie
Wolfe has a fight in the twenty-f1rst
but a normal republican majority,
| which scars around the 1000 mark,