The San Francisco call., 1909-04-26
Bitter Fight Against Charles II.
Turner Promised by Friends
of Fred II. Jung
Strong Feeling Develops Against
Using Order to Secure Po-
liticaI Preferment
By Arthur L. Price
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


cation OF loftier ideas TO the problems
of the order and the practice of vigor-
Gus politics in the election OF its grand
Officers may be predicted for the ses-
:. sion of the grand parlor of the Native
:. Sons OF the Golden West, which viii
open al 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
4 IN the Marysville theater. The ma
: 1oFlty OF the delegates arrived today.
The largest party being that which
! came in the special train from san
!. francisco via Sacramento. The train
: was met at the depot at 5 o'clock by
sMarysVille parlor No 6, headed by the
Marysville band. A procession was
formed and the visitors were escorted
1nrough- the flag draped streets TO the
. " estern hotel the headquarters.
. DELICATE QUESTION IN SIGHT
There has been feeling among
: Native Sons for several years. and par
Dcularly since the grand parlor met
IN Napa- when drastic action had to
oe taken against certain members.
mat TOO many men were using the or
! -ganization as political stepladder.
Al this grand parlor il is possible
that definite policy may be deveI-
: opeo TO eliminate the TOO practical
politician from the higher honors of
2 the order
= Il is a delicate question. A glimpse
AZ the groups on the streets Of Marys-
vile tonight shows that, for among
: the delegates and candidates are men
= nigh IN the public life of The state
men who have secured their public
8 positions by politics, and good politics
. IN. most cases
FOR instance. Congressman Know
land is 70 be elected grand president
The fundamental idea is that a mem
80 Der must not use his membership az
titical stepladder may be chopped
down
: DELEGATE VISIT OLD FORT
At Sacramento today the delegates
: were taken TO Suffers fort, which has
been rehabilitated by the order. The
2 slgnt impressed them greatly
But politics are IN the ascendency to-
=. nlsht-grand parlor politics-as the
election comes Thursday. The bftterest
fight is that over the grand secretary
ship The incumbent grand secretary
charles H Turner, is fighting hard for
:fre-elecIion and he is opposed by Fred
r. jung Of Stanford parIor. Frank
.Matuson, a past grand president, of
Santa cruz is also mentioned, but his
candidacy is contingent on develop
: rnents- Those developments are what
T the delegates are waiting for with
p. nervous ears
p. delegate from one Of the parlors
; instructed for Turner admitted tonight
that Il was feared that Grand President
:: Charles II. Belshaw would criticise.
Turner'S administration in his report
= Belshaw did not arrive until late this
evening, and, anyway. il is not prob
able that his comment can be antici-
pated definitely But if Belshaw
should report unfavorably on Turner
sECrRfnfnE might IN he ov,d
: parlor.
>. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATES
: Turner is supported by his own par
: Tor. Alcatraz. and also by Sequoia, both
-of San Francisco, and Aetna of Aetna
Mills. Siskiyou county.
Jung is Of Stanford parlor San Fran
cisco, which is particularly strong.
Judge Van Sostrand and Justice Of the
Peace Barney Flood OF that parlor are
: here lighting for Jung. Turner has in
; previous years defeated both Jung and
Mattison.
Grand Treasurer John McDougald's
b. friends say that he has q waikover
for re-election. Henry c. Pasquale Of
. san Francisco is running against Hon
est John and George s. Gould Jr. OF
d.. Monterey Ne. 75 and Neumiller OF
: Stockton have been mentioned in the
race.
Clarence E Jarvis Of sutter Creek,
chairman OF the DOdTQ OF grand ITuS-
tees will be grand president ultimate
~ He viii be elected third grand
vice president this year, Fletcher A.
Cutler Of Eureka having withdrawn
from the race.
TWO JUDGES IN CONTEST
There have been no changes in the
other contests. Two superior judges
are running for grand trusteeships-
T J. Lennon OF Marin and Emmett
T
born in Marysville. so he considers
he holds a rabbits foot.
Santa Rosa Monterey and Placerville
are aspirants for the honor OF enter
tanning the grand parlor in 1910. An
interesting figure at the grand parlor
is Delegate Moore Of Santa Cruz, who
was born in that county in ~. and
is said now TO be out OF it for the
first time.
Grand Secretary Turner will report
2 big gain in the order for the year.
Eight new parlors were organized.
three refnstated, and the order gained
Zoo members. The total membership
is more than 10000
LAND SECURED FOR HOME
An Important charitable work to be
p considered at this session Of the grand
parIor viii be the establishment of
=. home for dependent Native Sons, and
eventually for their widows and or
phzns. at Coloma. Eldorado county. on
land adjoining the park dedicated by
the state to commemorate the discov-
erv Of gold by John Marshall in Janu-
ary, 1898
PIacerville parlor No. and George
: town parlor No. 81 have secured q
acres OF ground in the historic neigh
borhood Of MarshaIrs find, on which
is q Is room house. the whole valued
Al about $1,000. which they desire the
grand parior shall take for the estab-
iisbment of the Native Sons home.
r c. Atwood. Joseph Scherrer and A
harrington of Piaceryille parlor and
Heindel OF Georgetown parlor are
me delegates most active in present
ing the proposed gift The grand par
Ior will Investigate the proposition and
:. nass upon the financial aspect of the
.. r,,aintenances of the home
Former Judge Carroll Cook, chairman
n the children's agency committee of
- lie grand parIor, viii report on what
stems the order may take toward CO.
o,erafing with the Associated Charities
. cFfIdrer's agency in the matter of
;,larinz homeless little Native Sons and
8. Trsnghters. 1t is believed that the