The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Positive Destinations of ROIph
and Hale Delay the
MayoraIty Choice
Municipal League Directs App
pOintment of Committee to
Select Names
ROlla V. Watt Will, If Possible,
Announce the Names of
Committeeman Today
By GEORGE VAN SMITH

"A tions of Marshall Hale and James
4 \ Rolph Jr. to permit the
use Of their names as candidates for
mayor. the conference of the mu-
nicipal league Of independent repub-
lioan clubs adjourned last night until
June IS. by which time il is hoped that
a special committee viii be able to pre-
sent 10 the conference a suitable can
didate for the head Of its ticket.
Marshall Hale. who was slated to re-
ceive the leagues nomination. con-
WINGED its representatives yesterday
that he would not enter the race. He
based his refusal on the demands Of
his business and his obligations to the
other members Of his corporation.
No formal notice Of Hale's declina-
ton was given the conference last
night Chairman Rolla V. Watt dis
posed of the matter by stating to the
conference: Il suppose you know that
failure has attended our efforts with
both of our candidates.
Committee to Canvass
There was no suggestion o. further
effort to force Hale into the race. A
motion for the appointment Of a spe-
ciaI committee of nine to canvass
names OF eligibles was presented i'm
medistely. and the proposed proper
tions of the committee furnished the
basis OF q brief debate Harry Nc
Kannay wanted the committee to con-
sist Of IS members. Thomas williams
Of the forty-frst district supported
tie smaller committee proposition. and
did it in a manner 10 incite McKannay
TO declaim that If there were not more
than nine clean men in the conference
it was a poor body. The air was get
ting q bit thick and the champions
Of z representative from each district
were pluming themselves for war.
when Hiram w Johnson ended the ar
gument by taking the committee of
nine end Of it,
Chairman Watt resisted a feeble ef-
fort TO force him TO name the nine COM
mitteemen out Of hand and a motion to
adjourn until June Is headed off de-
bate on that score Watt said that he
would endeavor to announce his Sc
lections today and that while it would
be impossible to give every assembly
district representation, each section Of
the city would be represented on it.
The failure to induce Hale TO run
served TO head off the nominations
which were virtually slated and which
fl was intended to make last night.
That slate provided for the nomination
of Hale for mayor. Percy V. Long for
city attorney; Bush, the incumbent, or
John Rogers for tax collector; God
chaux for recorder, and Francis J.
Heney for district attorney.
There is, Of course. an opposition to
the nomination OF Heney. but none pre-
tends to believe that it can be made
effective or that it viii be permitted
TO show itself prominently when the
conference gets down to the selection
Of q candidate 10 succeed William H.
Langdon.
Police Judge Candidates
The committee charged with the can
vassing Of names for police judge have
under consideration Judge E. P. Short
all. George NJ. Lippman, Ben 7. Block,
L Charles f. Creighton and John T. Dare.
The acceptance of HaIe's refusal to
run for mayor as final left the confer
ence at sea and resulted in bringing
two names into vigorous discussion
after the adjournment-HiramW w. John
son and Byron Mauzy, both of which
took with instant favor.
Mauzy promptly advocated the can
didacy Of Johnson as ideal and Johnson
declared that Mauzy was just the
man but each declined to consider
himself in the light of candidate.
The members Of the conference are
confident that they VIII find a big, rep
resentative citizen who will consent to
make the race for mayor, but the fact
that with Rolph and Hale out Of it, they
thought 10 days little enough time in
which to canvass the field brought
unioue political situation into bold re-
lief
Striking Testimonial
That for period of more than six
months there should be in the minds of
the great majority Of the republicans
Of san Francisco the names Of bat two
men as candidates for mayor is a strik-
ing testimonial of the regard in which
these men are held by the people of
san Francisco rather than suggestive
OF :. dearth Of good men in the repub-
% party.
Quite apart from the significance of
that frame of the public mind, the
fact remains that for more than six