The San Francisco call., 1909-10-15
INDEPENDENTS ARE
ALL FOR CROCKER
Thirty-ninth District Clubs in
Official Statement Deny
Boiling to Leland
Republicans and Democrats
Awaking to Danger of a
Mccarthy Victory
b. GEoReE A. VAN SMITH

That the reported desertions from
the Crocker standard by the independ-
ent republicans of the big thirty
ninth district were inspired and base
less was emphasized last night at a
meeting Of the republican campaign
committee by Daniel Fitzgerald, execu-
tive committeeman, who delivered a re-
port authorized by the independent re-
publican clubs of the thirty-ninth.
i am directed" said Fitzgerald. ito
inform you that the newspaper reports
Of the secession Of independent repub-
ucan leaders in the thirty-inth to the
democratic candidate for mayor are
false. The independent republican club
OF the thirty ninth district, which has
always stood on the side Of good gov
ernment, is working for William
Crocker for mayor and the independent
republican leaders who have fought in
the van for good government and who
have been recognized as the leaders of
republicanism of the thirty ninth dur
ing the strenuous times of the last
few years are working for William
CrOcker.
DENY BOLT TO LELAND
The recognized leaders in the inde-
ninth, and who have been its leaders
for several years, have personally in
terviewed the republicans who have
been advertised as supporters of the
democratic candidate. / am directed
by them and by the club TO inform you
that the reports are untrue. And TO
inform YOU that the independent re-
pubhcans OF the thirty-ninth are for
Crocker.
William PIunkett and 1 are here in
this committee as the representatives
Of the Independent republican club OF
The thirty ninth. When the independ-
ent republican club and its leaders and
memb bers are no longer for Mr.. Crocker
AIr Plunkett and myself as the repre-
sentatiYes of that club viii be with
drawn from this committee. Until that
happens. and II viii not happen, the
independent republicans Of the thirty
ninth, with the leaders and members
OF the municipal league of independ-
ent republican clubs, are with Will
liam Crocker, in the cause for which
we have fought for years"
Last nights meeting of the republi-
can campaign committee was given
over almost wholly to a discussion Of
plans for the last and most important
week OF the campaign. Aside from or
ganization meetings and precinct work
the republican campaign will not be
obtruded into the festivities of Portola
week. That by no means involves a
cessation of the republican campaign,
but there will be no public demonstra-
tions, rallies or mass meetings.
REACTION FAVoRs CRoCKER
The campaign committee and the 500
precinct executive committeeman of the
district clubs are feeling the effects of
the strong popular reaction TO Crocker,
and for the next two weeks an insist
ent campaign of education will be
prosecuted by the republicans in the
homes, shops and wherever the voters
can be reached other than through pub
lie meetings.
That republicans generally and hun
dreds of democrats are awakening to
the fact that an apathetic or divided
republican vote means the election of
P. H Mccarthy is made more apparent
daily by the numbers Of men who are
volunteering their services for precinct
work and by the reports of representa-
tive republicans formerly classified as
undecided" who have become both de-
cided and energetic in their support of
William Crocker.
The wide open" slogan Of the Nc
Carthy campaign. the activities of his
personal Iieutenants, Jerome Bassity,
Jimmy Lestrange. and Mitchell of the
NJ and N and the unlimited campaign
fund behind Mccarthy are having their
effect on the public generally, as well
as the great majority Of the retail and
wholesale liquor men and wine men,
who are as much opposed to a wide
open town and a Paris of America"
as any other class Of decent citizens.
WOULD PROTECT LEGITIMATE
william Crocker has made definite
declarations OF his sane policies touch
ing the government of San Francisco
and the regulation of the liquor trade.
He made the platform OF the indepen-
dent republicans his own. That plat
form declared for definite and certain
regulations, the maintenance of the
present retail license and the same
Legal protection for the liquor business
that is given to any other legitimate
business. That is what the public
generally wants and that is what the
great majority Of the men interested
in the liquor and wine business want.
A meeting of the campaign commit
tee, executive committee, county COM
mittee and the officers and executive
committeeman of the district clubs will
be held next Thursday night, probably
at Lyric hall At that meeting plans
for the last week of the campaign will
be discussed and agreed upon. All
the candidates on the republican ticket
will be invited to attend and a whirI-
wind final week viii be mapped out.