The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-01
HODGHFAD LEADS
MAYORALTY FIGHT
Good Government Man Viii Run
Ahead of the Push NOni-
nees Today


BERKELEY. April 3O.-The first
campaign under the new municipal
charter closed tonight with the good
government forces making q dignffed
appeal for the election Of BeTer1y.
ifodghead for mayor tomorrow, while
The spear Schmidt Richardson push re-
peated its false charges and. yflifca-
zion. against Hodghead and the public
spirited citizens who are supporting
Rim in an effort TO rid the city of the
domination Of push poliuiciaas.
dodghead IS generally conceded to
night to be the nominee for mayor
who VIII receive the largest vote To-
morrow. Charles II Spear and Walter
Gompertz. the push nominees, are
0oked upon as close contestants FOR
second place while Frank MasoW, the
socialist. will be a bad fourth
Rig VOTE FOR HoDGHEAD @
Many believe Hodghead viii receive
lmore than half Of the votes cast for
mayor and thus ObViate the necessity
a ~ a second election for this Office three
weeks later j.
Despite the artistic gladhand work
pf Spear, the lifelong politician, Hodg7
head has been steadily gaining ground
- result of the vicious attacks made
on tire good government workers. The
men who banded themselves together
10 secure the election Of good honest
men FOR the first officers under the new
charter were accused by Spear and his,
other professional politicians Of being
machine men. The Spear machine or
gan. the Gazette, tried time and again
TO create false impression regard
ing these men who had Joined to-
gether in the cause OF civic decency.
The Gazette refused 10 credit these
men with having no Interior motive in
their work.
SCORES UNJUST TACTICS
The unjust tactics of the Gazette
and the Oakland Tribune in making
Spears fight by vilifying Hodghead are
roundly scored in the Independent to-;
night OF the Gazette il has the fol-
lowing 20 say:
Think Of a tricky. snesking. selfish po-
htical organ n the type Of the Gazette at
lacking decent men like Max Ihelen or
Beverly HOdEhead. There IS, however, not
he least use Of trying 10 answer the false
noecs OF such paper as the Gazette. An
sweE one and Il viii have another waiting.
Like = boil, II you remedy il IN one place,
d. viii break out in another. Once il graEely
stated that Mr.. Hodgbead an honorable
and aide gentleman. Now Il mslielously d.
asssils him What win it say Monday?
The Independent assails the Oakland
Tribune even more vigorously for a vi
cious article it printed last night. The
Independents reply is in part as fol-
lows:
The Oakland Tribune lied last night We
write this IN spirit OF anger, for the
tribune Is not q publication 10 arouse anger,
hut disgust. II printed an article that Nr.
Hodghead and his supporters had practically
decided who we're TO receive the appointive
positions in the city's government = case.
ne eiscfed.
That statement was a. lie. The intima ton
rhaf any effort had been made TO fK up
state was e le. The man who wrote the
article led. aud either he knew he was
lying when he wrote il lie WIS the dupe
n some politician and is hence not pro-
vided with sufficient gray matter 10 deserve
holding = position in newspaper work that
needs respOnsi bilitF.
The lie was written and printed 10 aid
The candidacy Of Charles II. Spear. whom
the Tribune supports. II hardly speaks we'll
for candidate for office that his news
paper organ should sf0op 10 such a means
10 aid him.