The San Francisco call., 1909-08-13
LYNCH HASFAST
-CLUTCHON THAT
CAMP PAIGN SACK
Tim Sullivan, 1t Seems, Is
Not TO Distribute the
Coin TO Patriots
Hungry and Thirst Crazed Coz
'hOrts Demand Pay Due for
Services Already Given
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
,. Woe. claimant and insistent. stalks
hand in hand with financial embarrass-
ment through the ranks Of the small
army Of patriots employed by Tim
sullivan 10 circulate and prepare the
petitions for the candidates on the bust
nessmen's ticket
Johnnie Lynch's failure 20 substitute
Tim~ sullivan for himself as Gus
todian of the open sack Is response
bic for 50 parched throats. 50 pairs of
worried eyes. 50 pairs OF aching palms
and the multiplication of Sullivan's
troubles by at least two. The job OF
combating those troubles has fallen to
the devoted hands Of Charlie Forbes.
secretary Of the republican county COM
mlttee- That j. what Forbes hands are
for. Forbes shares Sullivan's troubles
That is what CharIie expects TO be paid
Tor = the master clutch on the sack
IS ever Ioosed
PfNCHED BY PERJURY
Fifty men storm the county com
nittee headquarters daily Their one
demand is payment for services rem
cereo on and before July L. Deaf 10
the opportunities OF sullivan and his
Eeutenants. Lynch refuses 10 move the
sack over to the county committee
aeaoQu rters- The sullivan organiza-
rien = not 70 be allowed TO handle even
that comparatively small amount OF
money 20 be expended for the circula-
ton of the appeal for support for the
tainted supervisOrial slate. Nay, more
tnsn that- II Sullivan would have his
delegate ~stickers" sent 20 the regis /
tered repubiicans Of san Francisco he
must turn them over 10 the business /
mems campaign committee for distribU-
tion.
II IS ali most disconcerting to SulIi-
ran- L IS all extremely painful TO
r5e crowd of men who have made al
mos uaily tripS 10 Forbes Office for
.-r1ree weeks With f-uitless demands for
payment for The work they did on the
dominating petitions for Sullivan's can
cidates
DE>HEABTENED PATRIOTS
Tee whole number Of thoroughly dis
satisfied creditors- whose accounts grew
out q rhe circulation and preparation
Or Tie dominating petitions. IS some
-li1g ike So Part Of the men were
.snpieyed outside as veri6ca tion depu-
res II was their duty TO secure sigma
cures Tor the candidates for supervisors
and other Offices approved hy Sullivan
. Dilsers were employed al HEADQUARTERS
i1 the Pacidc building. asserting.
cneckt1g and binding the wagon load
~ a1lda Is dled-by sullivan for some
% = Candidates Al the close Of the
Szlrglish for signatures sullivan had q
. corps of u checkers locked up on the
t.ilrd floor OF the Pacific building and
naf dozen more on the second floor.
:. Most u the men We're appointed
through form OF county committee
'sen 3 patronage The agreed compen-
.SaLion f1r the inside men was SO a dav
and - cents an hour for overtime
- hen their work was finished. Satur-
dsy- July l.. they were told 70 come
around on the following Thursday. Nat
urallE. there were some objections.
Thursday came and so did the unpaid
workers The sack was not open. They
were told that il might be q big day
tae ueKt day
On INsTALLMENT PLAN
one chap put over 2 plea OF dying
v-ifs at Sacramento or something like
tEat and his pay in fun was squeezed
e-Fe The persistent insistent and fre-
eueltlV boisterous dena nds Of the re-
.r.afnder of the corps have resulted in
Par. la settlements sggregating some
ts.i1g Ike one-third OT each mans
.@isaiU. one whose claim was for s33
ras~ secured fll- Another has drawn
.E[s"6n S25 account
-: The unpaid workers have been told
tlsL the dough would be forthcom-
.Eng after the meetings which have
.beeu announced on a movable schedule,
.hrt which. as far as the workers know.
. .snare not been held
:: The men have nor been able 10 find
cut Just who IS 70 meet at the meet
ing They have discovered that they
are not meeting their promised per
diems
THE INFORTUNATE BUFFER
Charlie Forbes has been the unfortu-
nate buffer for the clamorous creditors
and The purreyor Of the information
about meetings Under Secretary
Scott was substituted for the hsrassed
Forbes yesterday. The corridors and
enter Offices Of the county committees
els Dorste plant IN the Pacific building
were the stamping ground OF about 20
men VINO demanded money
Scott told them II was all right
Charlie was attending a meeting"
The 6rswstrings on the sack were 10
be cut Everything would be fixed
tomorrow, so Woulc they please run
away and not forget to come back to-
morrow Some OF the men evidently
decided TO camp on the job Instead Of
making another round trip That de-
cision was bad for ScOtts story. Forbes
made q dash for liberty from an inner
Office a few minutes later and ran into
the arms of a crowd Of men who wanted
m0net
They got another explanation. The
meeting was 10 be held, surely. The
money would be ready for overdue de-
livery F'ridsy-Saturday AT the latest.
That's what Forbes said. What the
men said IS not printable. There is
money for the campaign UnfOrtu-
aateIy for the men who worked for Sui
A.
inclination on the part OF Johnnie
Lynch 10 let Sullivan attend 10 the
spending OF that money.
FSINESSWEN-S APPEAL
The appeal TO republican voters for
support for the businessmen's ticket