The San Francisco call., 1910-08-15
Machine Whets Knife
For G. @. P. Nominee
Bosses, With Defeat of Anderson Certain,
Plan for Revenge on Party
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


letter. but he put himself in the atti-
tude of refusing to support any re-
publican, Notwithstanding the fact that
there was one whose nomination was
fought by the machine even more Bit
terly than was his own.
Men intimately associated with his
campaign and keenly alive to the fact
that Johnson's leading part in the
fight for the democratic ticket in San
Francisco last year would be used
against him with straight laced re-
publicans advised different reply to
the state central committee. If it
were true that party meant nothing
to johnson, then the letter he wrote
was right and he could not do less than
refuse to be bound by the republican
primary vote. Otherwise it was d
tactical mistake. In either case its
effect has been felt by the managers of
his campaign. How far reaching it
will be and how far it may be offset
by the votes of democrats enrolled as
republicans may be disclosed by the
final count of the primary roll.
RURAL VOTE
The managers of Johnson's campaign
and Johnson himself, if his speeches
have been accurately reported, base
their hopes for success on the rural
vote With the single. exception of
thing like an even break with Curry
in the larger centers of population.
They do insist that Johnson will beat
Anderson in both city and country and
that the plurality they expect to roll
up south of the Tehachapi, coupled
with Johnson's country vote, will Off
set Curry's admitted greater strength
in the cities and towns.
Johnson went after the country vote.
He made a wonderful campaign in so
far as comprehensiveness of his can
vass was concerned He overlooked
no corner of the state. He made
speeches in little cities and smaller
towns. He started with the evident
belief that IL he were to be nominated
it would be by the interior vote. Nei-
ther Johnson or his managers have IN
dulged themselves in any delusions
about relative strength of their oppo
nents They have realized from the
first that Curry was the man they had
to beat. They paid 10 attention to
Anderson until his supporters attacked
Johnson. Johnson had failed away at
Anderson from the opening of the
campaign, but his supporters gen
orally or those interested in the man
agement of his campaign wanted An
derson's vote built up. In making
Anderson strong they saw their main
chance.
CAMPAIGN CHARLES
The primary campaign ends with all
the characteristics of a general cleo
tion campaign and all those features
that have marked direct primary cam
paigns in other states. There have
been open and yelled charges hurled
from the platform and through the
medium of press agents. The anony-
nous circular has played its usual
eleventh hour part. The charges have
ranged from voluntary political serf-
dom to the employment of Asiatic la
Dor and servants. Roosevelt's name
was dra gged into the campaign in a
manner that compelled him to repu-
diate it's use
johnson has denounced his oppo
nents as machine hirelings, puppets
and champions of the tenderloin, or
ridiculed them as defenders of the ten
comma ndments, the constitution OF the
United States and the prune crop and
as SNUG little businessmen.
Andersons managers have attacked
Johnson for his connection with the
defense of Dalzell Brown, the bank
wrecker. and of Doctor Burke. The
anonymous attacks upon him, accord
ing to Johnson, came from the Ander-
son camp and the Anderson managers
assumed open responsibility for SINH
lar attacks made on perambulating
banners
stanton has accused Johnson of de-
liberately attempting to deceive the
people as to Roosevelt's interest in the
California campaign and of being the
son of Grove l.. Johnson.
BAD LOT, SAYS ELLERY
Ellery, through his campaign man
ager. has served notice that his oppo-
nents are a bad lot: all satisfactory
to Herrn and all opposed to good roads
and good government rs copyrighted
by Nat Ellery.
Some circular writer sailing under
the title of the Good Government
league of Los Angeles charged Curry
with most of the crimes on the calen-
dar, from conspiracy to plain theft,
and announced that Curry and the
members of his staff were drunkards
and notorious gamblers and blacklegs
Neither from Curry nor his man
ayers has come any manner of attack
on his opponents. They have been
busy with the perfecting of their or
ganization and the hunt for votes for
Curry.