The San Francisco call., 1909-10-01
GILLETT WILL
CAMPAIGN
FOR CROCk[R
Republicans Prepare for Mass
Meeting TO Follow Visit of
President Taft
Governors Participation in Mu-
nicipaI Contest Due to Com
pIete Party Harmony
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
Governor James \. GHlett will open
The campaign for William Crocker and
the republican ticket as the principal
speaker at a great mass meeting at
Dreamland rink on Wednesday night.
October 6.
Immediately following the visit of
President Taft, the national chieftain,
The republican campaign will be
launched and kept under a full head
OF steam until the polls close on No
Vember ?.
The gratifying Intelligence that the
san Francisco local campaign would
be opened by Governor Gillett was an
nOunced at a meeting of the republican
campaign committee at the party head
quarters last night. John /. McNab,
one Of the most forcefui Of the republi-
Kan state campaigners, VIII also speak
90 the opening meeting
REPUBLICANS ARE UNITED
The coming of Governor Gillett to
open the local cOmpaign is significant
Of the splendid reports of republican
harmony and enthusiasm reported from
ali of the assembly districts last night.
For the first time in years the repub-
Iican local situation is one in which
a governor of the state could partici-
pate.
Campaign after campaign has been
made and lost because republicans
were lighting among themselves as the
result Of convention bitterness. For
years teh decent republicans OF San
Francisco have felt compelled 10 vote
= gainst machine nominees or the ma
chine has passed the word for the
knitting OF the men who were occasion
ally nominated in spite of it.
There are no convention bitternesses
in the republican campaign of 1909. The
independent republicans who fought for
the nomination OF Byron Mauzy are
fghting for the election of William
Crocker They made their fight al the
polls
DISTRICT WORKERS ENERGETIC
Crooker was nominated in the open
bv the free votes of a ma joritN of the
republican electors. Some OF the pro-
fessionsl republicans who work. for
the machine would Welcome the chance
TO knife Crocker TO make good their
preprimarv bargains. but they are not
hnding il easy TO handle the rank and
file.
Nothing could more conclusively
prove the unanimitv Of republican SEN
timent in San Francisco than the COM
ing OF Governor Gillett to say the first
public word for William CrOcker.
The meeting OF the campaign COM
rnfttee last night served TO bring out
more strongly the enthusiasm and
a ergy that is being put into the cam
~ fcn by the republicans The com
Tnitreemen from each OF the Is districts
made reports on the work or the DIG
organization meetings held last Tues
dav night and the plans for work IN
mitteemen are already at work
MEETING OF COMMITTEES
For the purpose Of agreeing upon
concerted action by the members OF the
district committees. which aggregate
over 400 workers. a joint meeting VIII
be held at Lyric hall Monday night All
rhe officers Of the y district clubs and
an the executive committeeman OF those
clubs viii meet with the campaign com
lrfttee and the details Of the work IN
fbe districts and precincts agreed upon
Ii was decided formally last night
rsat the republican campaign VIII not
be made by plastering the dead walls
with posters. The press and the mails
viii be utilized to carry the arguments
of republicanism to the electors OF
san Francisco. and an effort viii be
made 10 reach every qualified elector
in san Francisco through the district
and precinct organizations
INDEPENDENTS FOR CRoCKER
Al The conclusion OF the routine busi-
ness of the committee several candi-
dates were introduced TO the committee
and made short speeches. The reports
made bv the candidates who We're pre-
sented by the independent republicans
were. II a distinction were possible.
even more enthusiastic than those made
bv The candidates who We're dubbed
bafn~a the DrimaTleS.
Al OF the nominees who We're pre-
sertes bv the independents and who
have been Identified with the fight
against the Herrin machine for years
declared that the independent repub-
lfcsns who supported Mauzy at the
prfn1aries were for CrOcker now and
would be found working shoulder TO
shoulder with all loyal republicans for
the election of the man nominated IN
fair fight at the primary polls.
CANDID ATES AT MEETING
. The candidates introduced to the
committee were William Croker for
mayor. A G. BOggs for recorder. John
J. Greif for county clerk, H g. Ma
theuson for auditor Fred Eggers for
sheriff. John T. Dare for police judge
C. c. O'Donnell for coroner and the
following supervisorial nominees: z. L.
Cutten, Fred Hilmer, Thomas S. VIII
lisms Fritz Gercke. y. A. Bergerot,
William Crowley. 6. ". Bayreuther,
II. Fred Suhr Jr., Edgar Briggs and
James c. Bride.
The campaign committeeman were
empowered and directed to secure and
open permanent district headquarters
II once.
Union Labor Meetings
The union labor party held district
meetings last night at Johnson and
point LobOs avenues in the thirty-ninth
district and At Jersey and Castro streets