The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-02

Whereas. we have always desired and
intended to give him our united and
unqualified support in this matter; now,
therefore. be II
/ Resolved, that we indorse no other
person as a candidate for the Office of
district attorney to hinder, oppose or
prevent the success of Francis N Heney.
Mccarthy Loses Adherents
That P. II. Mccarthy is a great man
Is readily. admitted by Mccarthy and
| by every one who is afraid of him.
The 81 citizens slated by Mccarthy and
his new messenger boy, Michael Casey,
proudly shared in McCarthy's estima-
ton Of his own prowess for the time.
But that there were limits to their be-
lief in Mccarthy is evidenced by the
scramble of these same candidates who
now decline to make practical sub
scription TO the Mccarthy idea of max
| ing the supreme court reverse itself
in the direct primary. case.
Thomas F. Boyle, down on the Nc
Carthy slate for auditor, shook off his
union labor allegiance yesterday and
began hustling for a. petition for a
place under the auditor caption on the
democratic primary ticket.
Gus Risso of the Mccarthy super
visorial slate, also gave notice of his
personal abandonment of. the scheme
to make the supreme court back up by
!
the republican ballot.
PUGH CHANGES REGIsTRATIoN
Assemblyman Pugh of the thirty
eighth, who is ON the Mccarthy slate
for supervisor. and who was registered
as republican,, dropped into the reg
istrarss Office yesterday and swore that
he was a member OF the union labor
party and had never been anything
else
County Clerk Harry l. Mulcrevy, who
was working up an independent petit
ton for place on the union labor
ballot accepted yesterday the petition
prepared for him by the Mccarthy
Casey. combine:
Assemblyman. f. ]. Callan, indorsed
by the municipal league of independent
republican, clubs for sheriff. was the
first member Of that wing of the
party to get at the work of prepar-
ing a petition. He secured the appoint
ment. of the. first of his verification
deputies yesterday morning.
NAT COGHLAN FILES PETITION
Assemblyman Nat CoghIan, who de-
Tended Dynaniiter Claudianes and was
the first to announce himself as a can
didate for district attorney, filed his
petition for a place on. the republican
ballot yesterday. The petition included
a total Of about 1900 names and there
are more to follow. The reason
for filing before the labors Of his veri-
/ fication deputies was completed was to
beat Charles NJ Fickert, late republi-
can member of the Mccarthy slate, to
! the punch.
/ Fickert dropped. few tears over the
supreme court decision which deprived
I him of a place ON McCarthy's ballot.
/ hut did not enter deeply enough into
! the reversal of the supreme court
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scramble for republican, petition
| early Tuesday. morning.
f Coghlan's friends say that Fickert
! VIII be easy pickings for the oratorical
assemblyman. from the forty first dis
+ trict and that the union labor slate
makers might just as well go ahead
and name al candidate for the nomina-
ton, because vacancy on their slate
viii never help F'ickert who, accord
\ ing to the Coghlan contingent, will be
quite done with politics for the season
when the primary vote is counted.
MCKINLEY OPPOSED TO LONG
Benjamin L. Mckinley made a for
NAL entry yesterday into the race to
beat Percy V. Long out Of the repub-
lican nomination for city attorney.
Joe" Taaffe, long associated with
the politics of the thirty-fourth dis
trict, and some time candidate for po-
! lice Judge, Sllll thinks that the ermine
was originally designed for him. He
fled notice of his intentions yesterday
and secured the appointment of depu-
ties TO nix up his petition for a place
on the republican ballot for police
| judge.
Gus Beyreuther of the thirtieth as
sembly district. who has been actively
associated with the politics Of his dis
trict for several years, joined yesterday
with the aspirants for republican nomf-
nation for supervisor.
Louis b. Bernhard, republican can
didate for supervisor, must file supple
mental petition if he would secure a
place on the ballot of the grand old
party. His original petition included
LII signatures, of which- the regis
trar's men have discovered total of
1858 were valid, which is just 143 short
of the 996 necessary for a place on the
republican ticket. Out of the total
ILL., 1875 were not registered and those
registered included "a democrats IS
who declined to admit that they be-
longed to any party. 6 union labor 3
doodle dees and IL Implications.
Vote for DIR. G. C. O'Donneli for coro-
ner; dead will be respected. Rep. nom .