The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
How the Lawyers Voted
or the Judgeships
FOR LONG TERM


Judge Frank II. Dunno
was indorsed and Judge Car
roll Cook was repudiated at.
a tumultuous and thorough
ly representative meeting
of the San Francisco bar
association last night. Judge
Hunt, who had been singled
out for slaughter by the rePub-
1ican machine, ran second in the
race in the secret balloting.
Through the efforts of 20 friends
who pumped" for him, Judge
Sturtevant was boosted that
much ahead OF Hunt. Dunno and
Britain tied. Harrison was next,
followed by O'Donnell Carroll
Cook tailed up as the snapper OF.
the whip with Van Nostrand.
The motion on which the voting was
held provided that only those who re-:
ceived a majority Of the votes cast
should receive the sponsorship OF the.
association: therefore. Cook. ODonnelI
and Van Nostrand were left out OF the
resolution of Endorsement. For the
short term neither of. the candidates
voted upon received the majority OF
votes cast. but by a ruling OF the chair.
Police Judge CabaRiss was given the
Endorsement for having received a ma:
jority of votes cast for the short term
office.
The contest for the Endorsement OF
Dunno was a feature Of the meeting.
Cook from the start was a minority
issue. Friends of Hunt worked quiet
ly with a sharp weather eye for the
machine emissaries with tomahawks. go
No debate on the merits OF candidates
was permitted. The ballot was taken
secretly. The only time the name OF
any candidate was mentioned was in
a resolution introduced by Matthew T..
Sullivan providing for an open vote for
Judge Dunno and a secret ballot for
was lost on a point OF order.
GOOD FEELING PREVAILS
The entire meeting was devoted to
balloting and to discussion Of the
proper way TO conduct the vote. Al
though the feeling for all candidates
was intense spirit of good fellowship
pervaded all the discussions
The meeting was the largest. held by
the bar association for years. More
than SO members were present. that
many votes being cast. W. B. Cope
presided as chairman.
The strife Of the evening began with
the introduction OF motion. inmedi-
ately after rdlIcall. by John III. Burnett.
that the meeting proceed to balloting.
This called forth a substitute resOlu-
tion by John M. Burnett. who wanted.
a secret postal card poll of the entire
membership of the association. Then
Matt l. Sullivan arose and proposed an
amendment TO the substitute providing
for an open ballot upon Judge Dunno
and a postal card poll for the rest OF
the candidates. This last motion was
put to a. viva voce vote, but the result
did not satisfy Sullivan and his friends
and they clamored for a rOllcalL This
was finally granted after more than
half an hour Of wrangling II was
voted down upon the point of order
Z that IL nau Deeu pfemdJurely put
In discussion of this motion Charles
T. Hanley pleaded for the selection oe
candidates in the open; w. P. Johnson
spoke for the postal ballot. and this
stand was taken also by J. r. Will
lsams, who said:
TT would be embarrassing for US
lawyers TO oppose a candidate for
judicial office now who might later be
elected. Other members should have
voice in the votes.
This stirred Barclay Henley to re-
mark:
why did they not send their proxies,