The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15
Public Interest Centers in the
Fight for Republican Nominal
ton for Mayor
All Indications Are That Record
Breaking Vote Will Be Cast
Tuesday Next
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


remains the casting and counting of
the vote Tuesday. Each of the parti-
san factions lighting for supremacy
VIII hold one or more public meetings
tomorrow night Final instructions to
district watchers and workers viii be
sent out tomorrow. The heavy work of
. the campaign was finished last night.
Public interest centers in the fight
for the republican nomination for
mayor. The fight ends where it be-
- gan-between Byron Mauzy, indorsed
by the conference of the Independent
republican clubs and the anti-machine
half of the republican county commit
tee, and William Croker, Endorsed by
the businessmen's committee of 25 and
The machine half of the county com
mittee.
The names Of five candidates for the
ma yoralty nomination win appear on
the republican ballot Edward A Keil
one Grammar announced that he would
make no further effort to secure the
nomination, shortly after The Call eX-
posed one of his bestial escapades.
Neither Keil nor Grammar could
have been considered in the light of
serious contenders for the nomination
had they exerted themselves to round
up votes. Robert II. Countryman re-
sisted every effort 20 pull him down,
and considers himself not alone a con-
render in the race but a sure winner.
3 MAESTRETTI'S POLITICAL PARTNER
Countryman's views on that subject
are shared by some of his supporters,
who claim from 1900 TO 21,0OO votes
for Maestrettis political partner The
leaders in the other republican camps
decline to consider Countryman in any
light other than that of bad third
Tim" R Sullivan. director of the
-. Croker campaign, puts $500 as a maxi
= mum on the Countryman vote. Ralph
s. 7. Hathorn. prognOsticator in chief in
e. the Mauzy camp, estimates the Coun-
tryman vote at 1000. Sullivan and
e'Hsthorn are much more nearly agreed
about the probable total of the
Countryman vote than about the totals
they expect TO be rolled up for their
respective candidates. HathOrn is more
liberal than Sullivan with Country
man. Indeed, Hathorn is more liberal
all the way around He is willing to
.concede Countryman 1000 more votes
than Sullivan can see for the thirty
ninth district man and he is willing to
admit that Croker viii poll 5000 out
of $4,000 votes, while Sullivan refused
.. TO admit that Mauzy will be able to
round up more than 5000 out of total
OF % 600.
fsTIM' SULLIVAN ESTIMATES
Sullivan estimates the total republi-
can vote at $4,000 and divides it u 900
to 1900 for Croker. 600 to 1000 for
= Mauzy, 200 to $500 for Countryman.
j. HathOrn estimates the total vote at
IS 600. and disposes- of it in manner
which leaves Mauzy with a plurality
OF 1000. He fixes the Mauzy vote al
$4,000; Croker, 5000; Countryman
1000. Countryman's estimators refuse
(. TO be bothered with attempting to di-
vide the losing end up between Croker
and Mauzy- They say their man viii
poll from 1000 to 21 900 votes. win
the nomination and make the question
$ Of the votes polled by Mauzy and
Croker irrelevant, immateriaI and in
competent
Surface indications are that the re-
publican nomination for district attor-
nsy viii go to Charles NJ Fickert bv
what amounts to default. The name of
Nathan c. Coghlan is printed on the
ballot, but he has made no campaign
and gave the businessmen's committee
formal assurance that he would not
continue his fight for the nomination.
FIGHT FOR SHERIFF
The fight for the republican nomina-
ton for sheriff has been vigorous and
bitter. Five Of the seven candidates
have worked early and late E. J.
Callan has the Endorsement of the indie
pendent republicans co-ference. John
J. Deane is the choice of the business
mems committee Of 25. Fred Eggers
failed to secure the Endorsement of the
businessmen's committee. which was
promised him, but he has the support
OF Johnny Lynch and that wing of the
county committee which is working
with the businessmen for a majority Of
its candidates. Mark E.. Noon of the
bond and warrant clerks Office and
Sigmund Simon of the sherif's Office
are making single handed fights.
Politicians generally insist that the
fight is between Eggers and Callan.
The race for the nomination for aud
Robert ". Dennis, who was put on the
disbursements ticket by Johnny Lynch,
and H 6. Mathewson. chief deputy in
the auditors Office, who was indorsed
bv the Independent republican confer
ence.
For recorder the regulars are divided
between John A. Halpin, who failed to
secure the businessmen's Endorsement,
and NJ. NJ Stern, an employe Of the
gas and electric company. The inde-
nendents have given their Endorsement
"a A G. Boggs, hotelman, who has
been actively Identified with independ-
emf republican politics for several
years.
COUNTY CLERK AND OTHERS
John ]. Grief for county clerk and
Treasurer John E. McDougald have no
onnositiou. city Attorney Percy V.
Tong IS Endorsed for eenomination by
the independent republicans. The bust
nessmen's committee is behind Benja-
min 7. Mckinley. For public admins
traitor George A. Turner, real estate
man. Endorsed by the Independents, is
opposed by J. G. Mansfield, formerly a
newspaperman.
Out OF a field Of seven candidates
for police judge, both the independent
-enablfcans and the businessmen's
committee have Endorsed John T. Dare.
formerly attorney general in Hawaii.
The independents second Endorsement
went to George D. Perry and the bust