The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-12

slate on the ground that the candidates
picked by Rudolph Herold Jr., friend
and intimate of the indicted United
Railroads officials. and Paul NJ Nippert,
friend and bondsman for those officials,
are the men best fitted to serve San
Francisco in her time of need.
Tim Sullivan's campaign adjunct
OF the machine wing of the republican
county committee will formally indorse
the tainted slate. That Endorsement
Will be a part of the Disbursements
appeal. The appeal will not differen-
tate between the candidates on the
tainted supervisorial slate and the
other candidates on the businessmen's
ticket.
The businessmen's campaign COM
mittee Will assist Tim" Sullivan in his
efforts to control the local convention
and secure control of the new repub
lican county committee by assuming
the duty and expense OF indorsing and
machine delegate tickets for all but the
thirtieth and thirty-seventh assembly
districts
These things were agreed upon yes
terday at a brief joint session of a
part of the Disbursements campaign
committee. and part of Tim Sullivan's
wing of the republican county COM
mltIee. Inc agreement. WHICH COul-
mits the businessmen to Sullivan's
fight for control of the convention, and
consequent control of the new county
committee was made at the insistence
of Tim" Sullivan mic" Beban and
Ed Buckley, and over the objection OF
Walter r. Bacon of the businessmen's
committee, who argued and voted
against the compact. Bacons was the
only dissenting argument, and his was
the only negative vote The meeting
was attended by 10 of Sullivan's half
of the SO county committeeman and by
six of the 10 members of the business
mems campaign committee. The county
committee was represented by Tim
Sullivan, Assemblyman mic" Beban.
Johnny DAILY, the milkman; Charlie
Forbes. Mamie Strauss and Ed Buck
| ley of the water front brigade, Buck
Worthington, Harry Beasley, Walter
Over and Fred C. Cartwright. The
representatives of the businessmen
campaign committee were Chairman
/ Andrew G. Mccarthy, Charles Nj. Plum,
Frank Moroney. A. J. Rich, E. F. Perry
and Walter r. Bacon.
HELD A CAUCUS
The businessmen's representatives
caucused by themselves in corner of
the Pacific building assembly room
before the Joint meeting was called to
] OrUGE DN chairman AuNCdA lily NJ
/ Carthy presented to the caucus letter
appealing to the republican voters to
support the businessmens ticket, in
Guiding the tainted supervisorial slate.
Mccarthy declined to give out the let
ter for publication until it had been
printed for distribution to the voters
The keynote of the letter was, how
ever, an appeal to support the candl-
dates Endorsed by the businessmen, on
/ EranCiSCO'S need
for their services was great.
The letter was apparently entirely
satisfactory to all the interested par
ties. and Mccarthy announced that with
it would be Incorporated formal en-
dorsement of the ticket by the county
committee campaign committee. Mic"
Beban broke the ice by inquiring
whether or not the delegate stickers
prepared by himself and associates
were to be inclosed with the appeal
to the voters. Johnny Daily wanted to
know when the circulation was to be-
gin.
ABOUT THE SUCKERS
sullivan said that the matter sent
out by the businessmen should include
the letter, with the list of candidates
and the delegate stickers for each dis
trict except the thirtieth and thirty
seventh He explained that in those
districts there were nights IN the ranks
of the regulars for different sets of
delegates and he did not want the bust
nessmen to interfere, since such inter
ference might injure the county COM
mitteemen and hamper their work
Mamie Strauss suggested that the
stickers be left out of all the envelopes.
but groan OF noes" sent up from the
back row of benches graced by Beban.
Buckley and Beasley, silenced Strauss
for the remainder of the meeting. Sui
livan put his suggestions in the form
of a motion.
RESISTED THE MOTION
Walter r. Bacon resisted the motion.
He said: I'VE as representatives of
the businessmen's committee are not
authorized to select delegates to
county convention. We may properly
invite the republican voters to support
the candidates Endorsed by the bust
nessmen's committee. That is all the
authority we have. If we attempt to
do more we may be charged and prop
erly enough with attempting to go out
side our province and with attempting
to control the politics of San Fran
CISCO"
Walter Dyer wanted the stickers sent
out with the appeal and Ed" Buckley
L., "a inf xni1f rh a.