The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20
ANTI-HERR|N|TFS
JOIN HANDS IN
CANDIDATE HUNT
May0raity Committees of Rival
Ref0rmers Seek Man of
the Hour
Tim SuEiYan'S Chances for
Croker Settled by
Peace Pact
BY GEORGE VAN SMITH


Inspired by a common desire to bring
out a candidate for mayor upon whom
all the anti machine republican forces
can unite the represen tatives of the
municipal league of Independent repub-
iicsn clubs and the anti-machine major
Sly OF the republican county committee
have dug the hole for the burial of the
hatchet
The mayDr2lty committee OF the re-
publican county committees campaign
organization and the mayoralty COM
ntttee of the municipal league Of indie
pendent republican clubs Will meet in
joint session Monday afternoon and at
tempt TO bring out The man of the hour.
The EFFORT 10 bring the party governing
body and the Independent clubs togeth-
er has been going on smoothly for more
than a week. and resulted yesterday in
conference, at which the joint meet
ing was agreed upon
The county comnst1ee's special com
mi11ee or seven VIII be reinforced by
F. H Dam. chairman OF the campaign
committee, and the leagues mayoralty
committee OF nine VIII be increased by
the ex oficio presence Of RoIa Y. Watt,
chairman Of the league conference.
which aas adjourned over untH Wednes-
day night The representa- ves of the
county committee are Samuel A Clarke.
Marshall Hale. John WEIGH r L. Ia
thorn T. P Martin, NJ z Gates and
Robert Strahle-
PASSING OF PERSONALITIES
The arrangement for joint meeting
Of the msyoral1y committees apparently
marks the passing OF the personal in
huences in the league conference which
has kept the conference and the anti
machine members OF the county commit
tee apart and it is also more than prob
able that II viii result in the eIinina-
ton Of anything like three cornered
fight for the republican nomination for
mayor. with the machine forces playing
Two anumachine outfits against each
other
Whatever else may be the result of
the joint meetings, they are apparently
sure 10 remove any lingering doubts
about Tim Sullivan's chances of captur-
ing municipal league OF independent
clubs Endorsement for Croker his can
didate for mayor.
Both sides have been playing at the
same game, but Sullivan, thanks TO the
petty differences between the. two. anti
machine outfits. has been able to keep
his scheme under cover. While the
ants were beating the bush in the open
for a candidate, Sullivan had a candf-
date and was beating the bush under
cover Tor safe and sane" public SEN
tIment
TIRES OF REFORM POSE
Having played the gas company's
politics for long time. Sullivan tired
Of the reform pose after the spring pri
maries last year, delivered himself to
the HerT1n machine and by a clever lit
tie trick reorganized the county COM
mittee, BUSTING Bert Dam from the
Craftsmanship Sullivan's delivery to the
machine was accomplished through
Johnnie Lynch. whom Herrin took off
the bank commission TO boss the job of
retaining San Francisco to the ma
chine
Arthur Fisk, Eddie Wolfe and their
followers in the thirty-seventh district
were not at all keen about the transfer
OF Sullivan from the reform TO the ma
chine side OF the game. and his conse-
quent insistence that he would there
after be the boy with the whistle in
their own beloved thirty-seventh.
mittee. however had the machine
bosses bluned TO a standStill He talked
about refusing a denomination to Wolfe
long enough and hard enough to secure
the nomination OF an assembIyman from
the thirty-seventh, who, after he was
elected, never lost an opportunity to
rub IT into Wolfe, with sympathetic lit
tie speeches about Wolfe's employment
as attorney by the racetrack interests
and other like pleasantries
There were rumors about Sullivan
making a botch OF things that had dis
gusted Jere Burke and that were to re-
suit in his being bumped by Big Boss
Herrin. There were no tales about any
falling out between Lynch and sullivan.
The situation was awkward on the sur
face. anyhow, regardless Of what the
real situation was.
Sullivan needed a candidate for mayor
and he developed Croker, the retired
millman, a resident Of the Thirty-sev-
enth- The geographical argument did
not help the ruf1ed feelings Of Wolfe
and Fisk. who had not been consulted
and the development Of Croker by Sui
Ivan promptly aHenated Crocker's
long hair" republican friends
SCHEME UP HIS SLEEVE
Little things like these had no ter
r0rs for Sullivan. He had a little
scheme OF his own up his sleeve. He
proposed to make Croker the choice
OF the business interests" Of the com
munity, which at the proper moment
were TO rise up and demand that
Croker lay aside his personal feelings
and make the race for the mayoralty.-
Taking vigorous falls out of the
municipal league of independent clubs
and the anti machine wing of the
county committee for their assumed
right to pick a candidate for the re-
pubiicans. Sullivan was working the
while on the organization OF a com
mittee OF one hundred which was to
come to the fore when the warning
ants had gotten themselves into the
right depth of hot water
The committee OF 100 or more was
10 represent the safe and sane senti-
rnent Of the community. and when it
spoke was 10 give to San Francisco a
safe and sane candidate. The lists
for safe and sane. signatures have
been going the rounds for several
weeks. The coalition of the anti ma
chine wing of the county committee
ana the independent conferees may re-
suit IN Fastening It's completion and
The Endorsement Of Croker, who did
not wait for the psychological mo-
rnent." but decided TO lay aside his per-