The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
BERKELEY PUSH IN
A new DECEPTION
Machine Resorts TO Outright
Misrepresentation TO In .
iure HOdghead

bERhELEY. April 24.-IIaving failed
IN more devious attempts to harm the
Sood government movement and the
candidacy OF Beverly J.. Hodghead, the
spear-Schmidt-Richardson political ma
chine is now resorung to downright de-
oeption in the hope of winning votes.
''slt their deception is Of so transparent
kind that not many are being de-
oelred by it,
one q these attempts. upon
place much reliance. is the state
ihent, scareheadedf by the Gazette
aac NE Oakland Tribune. that
l91snead Is unworthy Of public office
because he has been on several occa-
SONS retained as attorney for the West
efn Union telegraph company. This
TACT. IL Is pretended. places his candi-
cac1 in conflict with the new charter.
The argument seems TO be that be
c..S' the new charter declares that the
OF Berkeley may at any time take
any or all public utilities. HOdg-
1eaq connection in the past with the
western Onion would prevent the city
~ Berkeley from taking over that ma
lonal corporation and running il as
municipal venture i'm The event of his
being placed al The mead Of affairs
=
sal The seriousness OF an insuperable
,pbstacle 10 foGgbead's election. but OF
-7-ourse il does not impress anybody. IL
merely shows 70 what lengths the ma
~chine has been driven in its search for
.icarnpaign material
:. Another deception is being resortea
10 in connection with thc Spear meet
fngs- The Spear-Schmidt club. which
1nasQuerades under the name OF the
Citizens Charter club. persists in ad-
a-erusing that lTodghead viii speak al
its meetings The intent is to prove
that the meetings are Of a nOnpartisan
character.
ERIBND DEFENDS NAME
on Friday night "A meeting OF this
-~lub was held at the Hillside club and
was attended by some West Berke-
lc1ans. liodghead's name was am
nQunced as one ~ the speakers. where
upon a friend of that candidate arose
sSnd. announced that Hodghead would
snot speak at that meeting or at any
IoT the Spear meetings under whatever
iraine they might y held.
The same tactics were resorted to
last night The Spear retinue held a
meeting at wilkins hail. announcing
,ss usual thar Hodghead would talk
--As a matter OF fact he addressed a
1si~eting at Grants han.
I-aborcd Efforts haze been made by
.. s.0eE Jones is opposed 10 Hodghead's
.tsfndidacT. This statement also is
made out OF whole cloth Professor
&ones attended the Hodghead meeting
at Armory hall and declared in un-
-DistaSahle terms that he was support
shg Hodghead. There was no hint Of
t.lis declaration ia the Gazette of the
following day.
I-abored efforts have been made 10
st suspicion upon the source of the
-nQs used 10 advertise TIE Hodghead
campaigu. Profuse expenditures have
iaen limited at and dark intimations
have been thrown out. But these at
flu'pts al deception have not been sue
'cessfEI. 1t is a wen known fact that
many OF the HOdghead meetings have
7een held at the homes of men earnest
enough in the cause of good govern
raent TO throw open their residences.
COST Il But NOMINAL
As compared with the lavish ex-
% penditures OF the Spear Schmidt re-
1ainers. the cost Of the Hodghead cam
Ifa gn has been hominal
Another argument advanced against (
lfodgnead IS that Arthur Elston. who is
. -eaergettc ia his behalf. was formerly
private secretary TO Governor Pardee 4
Ehis truly tremendous offense is
seiewed with horror by men who not so
lang 20 had none but the kindest
words for the former governor.
spear has hurt his candidacy ma
- tcriaIly by the offensive personalities
which he has Injected into his cam
paigu with anything but a regard for
1acts. He has devoted himself ia his
speeches TO copious denunciation OF the
men who are backing Hodghead and
by. 50 doing has alienated many who
$50 not consider that such methods are
within the scope OF a legitimate cam
paign.
Meanwhile Hodghead's canvass is
steadily progressing. aided ia no small
. degree hy the ridiculous shifts which
.ltis opponents have been driven TO in
their hunt for campaign material
DIEs FROM INJURIES Oakland. April "a
Stephen BcEEercu. ~ years old died eariy this
morning tbe receiving hospital OF injuries suf-
ferrM Nhen De sLrnck lE Berkcler lncal