The San Francisco call., 1909-04-21
CROCKtR NOW OUT
FORMAYOR'SCHAIR
has Promise of Place in Center
OF Republican Ructioa in
Thirty-seventh Z
New Clubs Organized to Carry
On Anti-SuIIivan Fight
throughout Campaign

William Crocker, The only avowed
candidate for republican nomination
Tor mayor, has the promise Of a place
In the center of merry republican
ruction which is brewing in the big
thirty-seventh assembly district.
whence Crocker and his chief sponsor.
Tim Sullivan. hail
When sullivan elected himself sub
boss of the republican machine in San
francisco and made Herrin and his
chosen men stand for it he rufied more
seriously the feathers OF Postmaster
risk and Senator Wolfe, whose ire he
had incurred in former and, for Sulli-
van, less fruitful times.
sullivan declined to discourage the
tdea that he was the real blown-in-the-
bottle boss OF the thirty-seventh and
me Lincoln-RooseVelt fight in the dis
trlct forced situation which enabled
-n 10 name the republican candidate
70 the assembly much to the disgust of
Nolfe's adherents. but did not make
him strong enough TO trim Wolfe for
the nomination. which trimming
Wolfe's friends vehementIy assert Sui
livan attempted.
In any event the organization boys
were made TO swallow a portion of the
dose mixed by Sullivan and with 1t
sullivan After the election they as
serted that the fight had demonstrated
their original contention-that Sulli-
vans voting strength in the thirty
seventh was not more than SO and that
TO hold that so all the Sullivan flying
wedge had to be employed at the reg
ulation per diems-
CROCKER CLUB PROJECTED
Sullivan saw Crocker first and to
date he is the one molder Of republican
sentiment with a candidate for mayor
IN the open Crocker clubs were and
are projected, which has resulted in
counter club movement and the launch
ing OF two new clubs. One formed
Monday night is headed by Oscar Tolle.
The other was organized last night
e with George D. Clark at its head.
Neither club may be anti-Crocker in
The finish. but their projectors intend
;hem 10 be anti-Sullivan clubs all the
way sullivan has the county commit
zee and can label his clubs regular"
The first move on the Sullivan board
is down for today. when the regular
. republican Crocker club of the thirty
seventh district is scheduled to open
headquarters and fling its banners to
the breezes at Haight and Fillmore
streets.
The above board feature of the or
ganization meeting at the Ashbury
Heights Improvement club hall last
night was Senator Eddie Wolfe's ex-
position Of the direct primary law
and its provisions.
ROUSES PARTY SPIRIT
BY way Of rousing party spirit Wolfe
said san Francisco needed change of
administration-need the injection
Of the do something" spirit by a re-
Istration could be secured If the peo-
PIE Of san Francisco took advantage Of
the powers returned to them by the
enactment OF the direct primary law.
IL. said Wolfe. we can arouse the
people, awaken an interest in their
hearts and induce them TO exercise the
powers given back to them by the
direct primary law, the enactment of
that law has sounded the death knell
Of bossism and OF machine politics in
this city and state. Not a state in the
union has a better direct primary law
than ours. There has been a good
deal OF talk about conferences and
about getting together on candidates to
be supprted for the nominations. We
must have organization. of course, but
the people now have the power and
want TO see them Jump good and hard
on any man or set of men who attempt
70 jam any candidate or candidates
down our throats. The direct primary
law has placed the power of selecting
candidates directly in the hands of the
republicans Of this city II they ex-
ercise that power wisely we viii have
not only a well governed city, but
city governed by republicans. If they
do. not exercise that power wisely, our
government will be administered by
some other party"
The officers Of the new club are:
President, George .. Clark; first vice
president, a NJ Wallin; second vice
president. Benjamin SlOss; secretary.
r: D Barton.