The San Francisco call., 1909-11-12
STATE LEAGUE
ISPLANNEDBY
LOCAL LEADERS
Good Government Clubs to Be
Organized for Campaign for
Governor and Legislature
Convention to Be Held Here by
~
Delegates From Principal
Cities and Towns

= candidate FOR governor auo lot each
81 the legislative Offices to be filled
next year is the latest promise OF some
thing new under Cslifornia's political
sun Preliminary agreements have al
ready been struck and the new state
, sanizstlon is TO become an actuality
some time next month.
out OF the good government league
.,rganiza tions IN san Francisco and Los
Angeles new state political orgsniza-
zion is TO be built. Some of the prelim-
iuary work has been done. More will
he accomplished today at a meeting at
ihe local good government league head
quarters and s convention for the pur-
pose OF completing the state organiza-
fion viii be held in this city some time
rfthin a month or six weeks.
The apparent disruption OF the good
government league in this city a few
weeks ago was. according to the leag-
rers who stayed by the Organization,
only minor operation for the separa-
lion OF some undesirable limbs With
the deRdwOod cleared away. they say
they are ready for the big game.
Isidor Jacobs. organizer and one of
the moving spirits in the local organi-
zatfon- and Myer Lissner, head of the
Los Angeles good government league,
are the prime movers in the proposed
state organization Jacobs has just
returned from a conference at Los An
geles and his reports to the local exec
utiVe committee submitted yesterday
resulted in the call for a meeting today
Esaaao -, IL,
The tentative plan agreed upon by
Jacobs, Lissner and other good gov
ernment league leaders contemplates
the organization OF every assembly and
senatorial district in the state The
Los Angeles and San Francisco organi-
cations viii be made the models for the
interior branches and the bases of oper-
ations- The promoters hope to have
delegates from all the principal cities
and larger towns at the convention
which viii be held in san Francisco
early in December.
NO SENATORIAL CANDIDATE
Unless the present policy IS changed
The good government league will not
participate IN the primary elections
next year. which means that IL will not
have an active candidate for the United
states senate 10 succeed Frank Flint
Here is part Of the plan as outlined
by Jacobs:
Whenever the candidates for state
oflcess or for the legislature nominated
nN the Old political parties are men
with clean records the good government
iesSue viii recommend them TO the vot-
ers- II the candidate OF one party has
a better record than his opponent the
league Will nominate him by petition
and have his name placed on the ballot
IN the Independent column under the
designation OF state good government
league II all the candidates nomi-
mated by the recognized political mar
ties are deemed unworthy of the lea g,1e.s
support. independent candidates noui
mated by petition Will be put in the
8eid- Partisanship viii cut no figure in
The leagues selections Efciencv
alone viii govern. The state good gov
eminent league viii be entirely nonpar-
tlsan IN character"
MAY NAME ENTIRE STATE TICKET
According to the prime movers, in
lhe new state organization II is more
Iiiah proDAole that the league will put
an entire state ticket in the field next
year The selection OF its state ticket
VIII be made on the plan laid down for
league action in the assembly and sen
storis1 districts. II the leasuers an
prove Of the record Of either the re-
publican or democratic nominee for
candidate
ing their o. x" will be put on the
ballot as an independent bv netition
II neither measures up to the Ieaguers'
DNeo STANDARD, new man will he
brought out and nominated by nett
ton. This rule is TO be followed down
The line. =
The leaguers have not signified their
lhlehuons as 10 congressional candi-
dates but il is fair to assume tha+
Il they are going after state and las5e-
3atiFe off1ces. they will not wholly over
look the congressional places II is
insisted that the state league is to
be wholly independent Of the local or
ssnlzatons. Just how that is to he
worked out has not been made Main
but the announced plan provides thu,
The local organizations, or at least
those now in existence. shall concern
themselves only with municipal AFFAIRS
TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATION
The local organization is nrenari,o
10 strengthen its working ranks in ac-
coroance with it's former decision to
maintain permanent organization and
take an active hand fn local affairs
The executive committee has decided
that canvass for an increased mem
bership shall be inaugurated fnnedi
stely- Another Innovation is the pro-
posed formation OF an advisory com
mittee Of al least 200 members.
Inis advisory committee is~to be
something after the order of pre-
cinct organization and will be com
posed or al least two members in every
election precinct in San Francisco. The
lsct that the minimum limit is placed
~ i-ooo means that some precincts will
oe represented by at least half a dozen
committeeman
iit ieaSuers announced immediately
aIter the municipal election that they
mad secured pledges OF sufficient term
contributions to insure a permanent or
Eanization for at least two years. They
purpose now TO prosecute q campafrn
for a large number of coutrfhutinr
members-which means the dfstrihr7
tion OF the labor OF securing a 1911
campaign fund over a period OF a wear
and half.
The first work OF the revitalized
league, touching the incoming munici-
pal ADMINISTERS ton, viii be an earnex.
campaign in behalf of the retention in
Office OF Chief of Police Cook. The
officers Of the league consider Cook
the best chief San Francisco has ever
had and they purpose TO secure giant
petition for his retention. to be sub
mitted to the new administration when
II takes over the reins Of government