The San Francisco call., 1909-08-20
PASTfRS MAY Be
CAUSE OF CONTEST
Designation Republican Dele
gates" Used by Tim Sullivan
Called in Question
Dispute Has Important Bearing
on the Result in the Thirty
seventh District

Is the designation. republican dele
gates" printed on a paster, distin-
gushing mark under the new direct
primary law? According to the man
ner in which this legal question is ad
Indicated will be determined the con-
troll of the delegation of u which will
represent the thirty seventh district in
the republican convention.
Should it be found tnat the printing
of these words on the paster consti-
tutes distinguishing mark the victory
which Tim Sullivan won over Eddie
Wolfe and the independent republicans
will be nullified. II the use of dis
tinguishing mark on a paster Is ad-
judged an invalidation of the whole
of the ballot to which the paster is
attached then William Crocker's plu-
rality will be cut down in the thirty
seventh district by approximately go
votes, and the semiofficial returns on
supervisorial nominations may be
changed to the advantage. of two or
three independent candidates.
TIM SULLIvAN'S PASTERS
1t was discovered yesterday by lead
ers of the independent republicans that
the pastors containing the Tim Sulli-
van delegate ticket in the thirty-sev-
enth district bore at the top in bold
type the words. republican delegates.
The Tim Sullivan ticket won out in
three eorned fight, polling about 622
votes. with Wolfe's ticket second and
the Mauzy ticket third To the fact
that the pastors printed by Sullivan
bore the identifying words, republican
delegates" is attributed in large part
the success which Sullivan achieved
The independents claim that the Sui
livan pastors bore what the law for
bids-a distinguishing mark-and that
there are grounds for contesting the
seating of Sullivan's delegates in the
convention. II their contention is cor
rect Sullivan must make way for the
Wolfe delegates. But here again the
independents have been busy. One OF
them. Max ]. Kuhl of the thirty
seventh district, processes to have
knowledge of a number of the Wolfe
pastors which were found to. have been
stamped with the rubber stamp after
having been affixed to the ballot. kuhl
says that this, too, is distinguishing
mark and that enough of the Woi1e
pastors were so stamped as to warrant
contest for the seating of the third
ticket. that put up by the Muazy men,
Several leaders of the Mauzy fight
met Yesterday to talk over the matter.
They examined the law regarding the
use of pastors and came to the conclu-
sion that the Sullivan pastors were so
printed as to render them invalid. They
did not go into the question of the
Wolfe pastors.
Registrar Zemansky is inclined to
gree with the independents that the
words printed on the Sullivan pastors
constituted a distinguishing mark At
the same time he is not clear in his
mind as TO whether a Distinguishing
mark on a paster would invalidate the
whole ballot or only the vote for dele
gates.
The Mauzy. men do not say that they
intend to make a contest or that they
are thinking of trying to seat some of
their supervisors through the throw
ing out of the Sullivan ballots. They
merely point out that this might be
done and that IL might result in the
change OF the returns sufficiently to
give nominal tions to ]. c. Sala, Alonzo
G. Mcfarland and Alexander Russell
At any rate they will make no move
until the after the official count OF the
ballots has been completed.
DECLARES THEM LEGAL
Charles H.. Forbes, secretary Of the
county committee, insists that the
printing of republican delegates" on
the posters was strictly legal.
1T was a good scheme" said Forbes
Yesterday. II wish 1T had been done
| in other districts. 1t diminished con-
fusion and at the same time was strict
~ within the law regarding pastors,
which has not been changed by the
| direct primary law"
That all members of the republican
! organization were not as anxious as
Forbes to diminish confusion" on cleo
| tion day is the current gossip among
politicians. Most of this gossip dallies
with the name of John C. Lynch. 1t
! is whispered among other things that
| Lynch gave orders to Jake Steppa cher
who superintended the mailing of the
! businessmens literature, not to include
any cards giving the location of the
polling places in the envelopes sent to
all republican voters 1t is estimated
| that the confusion which resulted from
| the change of polling places made for
| this primary resulted in a loss of about
5000 votes to the republican ticket.
HINTS AT TREACHERY
1t is also being said that many of
the watchers at the polls were. not
provided with cards bearing the names
of the candidates on the businessmen's g
ticket. Several complaints on this score
were telephoned to Chairman Char rles
from him the remark that somebody
had been guilty of 'carelessness, il
not of treachery"
Plum acknowledged yesterday that
he had made this remark, but professed
ignorance as to who the Somebody"
might be. He thought that the mem
bers of the campaign. committee might
be in position to identify Some
body" Chairman Andrew G. Mccarthy
of the campaign committee however
refused to discuss the matter, while
protesting ignorance as dense as
Plum's.
If Mr.. Plum speaks of carelessness
and treachery. sa.,f Mccarthy, me
ought to know who has been careIess
or treacherous. / certainly don't. !
don't know who had charge of the
arrangements of which you say COM
plant has been made Besides. the
primary is over, and l am not going to-
talk any more about it,
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