The San Francisco call., 1910-04-30
real TEST IS
IN THE Fight
FOR LOVELAND
Opposition to Machine Domina=
ton Clearly Defined in the
Railroad Contest
Announcement of Joseph A
Calls Candidacy Received
With Doubts
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


The machine domination issue viii be
more clearly defined in the second rail-
road commissioner district fight than
| in the statewide battle for the repub-
lican nomination for governor.
There has been desultory talk about
several tentative candidates, but the
lines of battle are clearly drawn now.
with Ed Aigeltinger on the one side
and Commissioner H. D. Loveland on
the other. Probably not in all Califor-
MIA could be found two men who more
enthusiastically represent their re
spective sides of the question.
Loveland is as fortunate in the mat
ter of his opposition as he is in the
matter of friends and support. Aigel-
finger is a veteran machine politician
and time server. He has the support
of the push" Loveland is anything
but politician. He was appointed to
succeed Andy Wilson, the Doodle board
supervisor, over the opposition of the
| Southern Pacific Company's political
bureau. His nomination and reelection
| is opposed by that bureau. He is sup
ported by the shippers. who have
fought for a square deal in transporta-
| tion rates, and their experts.
MADE COMMISSION RESPECTABLE
| Loveland. made the railroad commits
| sion respectable and an animate part
| of California's government. So marked
| was his influence upon the moribund
commission that Seth Mann, the traffic
expert, pointed to Loveland's appoint
ment as the best argument in favor of
| an appointive rather than an elective
commission, In letter addressed to
Loveland at the time of the legislative
investigation of the railroad commits
sion's work, Mann said:
| / know of no person within the
state of California better fitted for
the transaction of the duties and
| the exercise of the power granted
to the railroad commissioners of
California than yourself. My asSo-
| citation with you. as chairman of
the Pacific Coast jobberS' and man
! ufacturers' association, in connec
| tion with the cases which we have
jointly conducted before the inter-
| state commerce commission, in
Guiding the toll case" the ''Spo-
the "forwarders cases. have con-
dnced me. not only of your thor
ough and adequate understanding of
traffic questions, gathered from
your long familiarity with tariffs
| in connection with your engage
/ ments in large business enter
priseS on this coast and clarified
! by your legal training, but, also. of
your thorough fairness, sense of
Grafton of these extensive and COM
prehensive questions. / am certain
| of your integrity and sure of your
| Judgment, and the. governor of Cal
| ifornia is undoubtedly deserving
| of praise for the wisdom of his Sc
lection when he s,ap appoiTfSeid Si you you
| crete instance of wise guberna-
torial appointment is to me strong
| proof of the wisdom of conferring
upon the governor of this state the
power of appointment to this COM
! mission. which requires qualifca-
| tions. experience and knowledge
such you possess, and such as
| are naturally comparatively rare
| among those who would be will
ing to accept the performance of
| the duties and the responsibilities
of the enforcement of the power
conferred by the laws of this state.
NOT EXCITED OVER JOE CALL
The Los Angeles report that Joseph
| A. Call had entered the lists as a can
didate for the democratic nomination
| for governor failed to create any demo-
cratic excitement in San Francisco. AS
| a matter of fact neither the McNab nor
Bell democrats were prepared to be-
! lieve that Call had or would become a
candidate for gubernatorial honors.
! The San Francisco democrats have
| known for several days that Gavin
McNab had declined to participate in a
movement designed to force Call into
| the fight. AS the San Francisco demo-
Gratis understand the situation, Henry
M. Mcdonald of Los Angeles is endeav-
oring to create a statewide demand
upon Call. The only petitions the San
| Francisco bourbons have heard about
| are those which Mcdonald wants signed
| and sent to Call.
| Men in close touch with Gavin McNab
| know that the San Francisco boss for
malIy declined to participate In the cir
culation of McDonalds petition de-
| signed to force Call into the fight None
close to McNab believes. that McNab's
| trip to Los Angeles played any part in
| the alleged candidacy of Call. McNab
denies fiatly that he saw Call or that
he is participating in any attempt to
bring the Los Angeles man out as a
| candidate. Bell is not prepared to be-
lieve that Call will be a candidate.