The San Francisco call., 1909-04-28
hODGHfAD STANDS
FOR HIGH IDEALS
Push" Candidates in Berkeley
Seek to Introduce Politics
in May0raIty Fight

BERKELEY, April 27.-Beverly l..
Hodghead, the good government NOM
inee for mayor. will hold his final ral-
when the following we'll known speak
ers will join him in discussing the
vital issues confronting the voters of
Berkeley. Chester I'll. Rowell of Fres-
no. Prof Frank Soule, former Presi4
dent j. w Sweeney of the San Fran
cisco labor council; L. H. Leware, and
DR.. |. N McCash.
In a circular issued today by the
Hodghead good government club the
following comments were printed:
The issue being fought out in Berke-
ley at the present time is the one great
issue in all municipal government to-
day. 1t is an issue which within the
last few weeks has been fought out and
won in Los Angeles, fought out and won
in San Diego, fought out and won in
Fresno, fought out and almost won in
Alameda. The issue is plain, straight
forward. simple one. IL is this: Shall
our cities be managed by those who are
professional politicians or by those who
ment matter of politics or business?
PURPOSE OF NEW CHARTER
Berkeley won splendid victory when
she adopted her new charter-probabl
the best city charter in the United
States today. A principal aim of that
charter was to cut old line politics en-
tirely out from our city government.
Shall we now throw away the fruits of
our victory by placing our city govern
ment In the hands of professional and
old line politicians?
The forces of good government stand
for Beverly l.. Hodghead as mayor for
the following reasons. The politicians
oppose him for the same reasons:
During his long residence in Berkeley,
sirce his graduation from the Univer-
sty of California. he has shown himself
to be a man absolutely fearless and in
dependent, man of large affairs, of
sterling character and of high ideals of
public service.
Having been one of the most active
and efficient members of the board of
freeholders which framed the charter.
he will make an ideal mayor to launch
the new government under that charter.
Because he is not politician.
..PUSH, INTRODUCES POLITICS
The utter disregard which the
Spear Schmidt Richardson push has
for the nonpartisan spirit of the
charter is shown by their various at
tempts to make politics an issue in the
campaign. The trainers of the char
ter took every precaution to insure
nonpartisan municipal government
but Spear and his fellow politicians
are now OlSclOSlnS lIS ldCl Inal I0ey
are not friends of the charter, by try
ing to make the fight on partisan
lines. Spear is. cutting a ludicrous
figure in this latest move, inasmuch
as he proclaimed himself the prophet
of nonpartisanship at the beginning
of the campaign.
To cap the climax, the profession
al politicians who are making Spears
fight for him are trying to resurrect
the defunct republican city central COM
mittee for the purpose of having it
indorse Spear and possibly Gompertz,
who has seemingly joined issues with
Spear In an effort 10 qualify for the
second election.
"PUSH. AGAIN CAUSES LAUGH
The push organ, the Gazette, has
made itself the laughingstock of
Berkeley by editorially indorsing
both Spear and Gompertz for mayor
BY straddling the issue in this man
ner Editor Richardson has been able
to fool only himself.
The hysterical manner in which
Richardson is attacking Max Thelen
and Arthur Elston. two active young
workers in the cause of good govern
ment, is still another admission of
weakness on the part of the push
For Spear and his organ to brand
such men as Thelen and Elston as
politicians is a joke that even the
push politicians themselves should APP
preciate.