The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
VICTORY CERTAIN
AT THE PRIMARIES
Success OF War on Organization
VIII Be Indicated by
Vote for Reform

With the primary election only two
weeks away, the fight which the Lin
Roosevelt league is waging in
this city against the corrupting con
troll of the Southern Pacifie's political
bureau is on in deadly earnest.
The league is active from Siskiyou
to Imperial, but nowhere IS it waging
a more important and more interesting
fight than right here in San Francisco
This city is the headquarters OF the
railroads political manipulation, Will
lam F. Herrin, who has always acted in
the past as If it were his pocket Dor
ough.
Republicans who believe in party
that is truly representative OF the peo-
ple-an independent party, Embossed
and untrannnleled In its actions-have
been FESTIVE under the Herrin yoke IN
other years, but never until the Lin
coln-R Roosevelt league entered this city
was q clean cut. concerted and honest
effort made to lift it off the necks. OF
the voters
The Lincoln Roosevelt league is
working toward that devoutly to be
wished contamination. It's efforts are
now organized and its forces are cap
tanned by sincere. liberty loving re-
publicans in every district In two
weeks the result of the first pitched
battle will be known. The primary
election, May 5, win tell whether pub
Tic opinion is sufficiently aroused
against Herrin and his push"
The leaders of the league throughout
the city. having been in contact with
the voters of their sections and with
every strategic reason for overestimat-
ing instead of beltttling the strength
Of their adversary, declare that victory
is~fn plain sight. -
FEEL POPULAR PULSE *
These district workers keep their
fingers on the pulse of popular feeling
and they are unanimous In saying that
the. people are aroused against machine
politics as they have not been aroused
befare. They insist that the people are
disguised with the methods resorted to
by. Herrina and. his lieutenants to keep
control. principally Because these meth
obs SAVIOR too much of the old days be-
fore the primary election law went into
effect. when districts were carried by
ballot box stIuipg and bribing.
Another and very significant cause
for this resentment of Herrin and his
machine is. reported by the league
workers. 1t is that Herrin. in his des-
peratien.. has gathered together all the
gangsters who did dirty politics for
Abe Ruef and has enlisted their sup
port in his falling cause.
The old Ruefites are tarred with the
stick which besmirched the curly
headed boss and their renewed activi-
ties are taken as q sign that Herrin
has learned no lesson from the past and
is willing again to plunge this city into
the mire of political corruption from
which IT is just emerging.
This feeling is found to be general
all over the city and has given the
Lincoln- Reosev leaguers great en-
couragement in pushing their CAM
paign. It was voiced yesterday by
Byron Mauzy, vice president Of the
league, when he said:
The strength of the Lincoln-R oose-
welt movement lies in the sincerity and
honesty of its adherents They are
railying around the standard of good
government, believing. that honest men
can be found who viii deem it an honor
to I'LL Legislative halls and whose very
names will stand for a square deal for
all
The movement has gained ground
so fast because it is a. peoples move
nent.- The people demand for them
selves some voice in the naming of can
slidateS-thes demand that government
shall be- of the people. by the people
and fer-the people -
MAKE EXCELLENT PROGRESS
Fighting on. these lines, the league
men are making excellent progress.
Cemp1ets sorganization has been effect
ed in of the Is districts-the twenty
eighth, twenty-ninth, thirty-second.
thirty fourth. ethirtyefifth. thirty-sixth,
forty-ffrst and, forty third. This means
that in these districts clubs have been
formed 4ofRcers elected. members en-
rolled and meetings. held. In the other
districts permanent tor ganizetion will
be effected early this week.
In the twenty eighth district club
has been formed with Edward Haughy
as president. In the twenty-ninth c. j.
Walsh is at the head of the club. Work
in both is being vigorously prosecuted
with every prospect sof success.
The thirtieth and thirty first districts
viii be organized early in the week.
Reports show that both have many re-
publicans eeger to take hand against
the push. = sse hasst
In the fl1ifty-second. Daniel }. Wren
is at the head of the league club.
Work is being done in every precinct
and the opposition is not regarded
seriously. Senator Richard ]. WEIGH
is active in lining up the supporters
of clean government.
+ a league CLUB will be organized in
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In other words the county comm tees
that belong to the organization are
failing it and refusing to defy public
opinion by arbitrarily appointing dele
gates so that Herrin and Hatton and
Parker might crack the whip over the
convention in Sacramento.
In the democratic party there is
strife, the dominance of Gavin McNab
being the bone Of contention, but both
sides are working in secret as much as
possible SO that the other shall not find
out about its activities. Nicholas Bow