The San Francisco call., 1910-11-07
Ward LEADERS
REFUSE TO Line
UP FOR BELL
Veteran District Workers De-
cline to Obey Burke's Orders
to knife Republican Ticket
Men Who Feared Herrin's
Vengeance Openly Defy Die
tates of Political Corpse
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


AS field director of the Herrin ma
chine and on behalf of the Calhoun
Herrin- Hearst -Ruef combination, Jere
Burke has sent his orders into every
assembly district in San Francisco for
the old organization workers to line
up behind Theodore A. Bell.
If the Calhoun -Herrin- Ruef Hearst
candidate for governor really needs en-
lightenment touching the Herrin ma
chimes interest in his success, of which
he feebly declares he has seen no in
dications, he may find them in every
assembly district in San Francisco. He
may find, too, and probably to his dis
gust, that for the first time in 90 years
the veteran district workers upon whom
Burke has relied to reward his friends
and punish his enemies, have refused
to recognize Burke's, orders to knife
the republican ticket for Bell and his
sponsors, Calhoun. Herrin, Hearst and
Ruef.
MACHINE NOT FEARED
The republican detection planned by
Burke for the benefit of his employers
candidate and counted upon by Bell
to give him a 10000 plurality In San
Francisco bids fair to be a cruel dis
appointment, both to Burke and Bell
Veterans of the rganization, who for
years have never dreamed of lining up
for or against a. candidate until the
Herrin word was passed through the
organization, have awakened to the
fact that the machine is a. thing of the
past.
Men who feared the wrath of Burke
and the vengeance of Herrin are no
longer afraid. They have openly re-
fused to recognize the machine as other
than a political corpse. They have
turned their back on Burke and his
orders for party treachery. and have
put their shoulders to the wheel for
Johnson and the republican ticket.
BURKE'S ORDERS SPURNED
From every assembly district in San
Francisco old wheel horses of the or
ganization have reported TO Ralph l.
Hathorn chairman of the republican
county organization committee, that
they have received their orders to line
up for Bell and for Burke's favored
candidates for the legislature on the
democratic ticket. These orders ac-
count for the confidence of Bell and his
campaign managers in q, probable San
Francisco plurality of 10000 for the
special interests candidate. The re-
fusal of some of the best known of the
old guard to take Burke's orders and
their cooperation with Hathorn and
the republican county committee is the
best evidence of that party solidarity
that has been asserted by the local
republican leaders.
From the twenty eighth to the forty
fifth assembly district the old time
regulars have received their orders
from Burke. From the twenty ighth
to the forty fifth, veteran party work
ers have refused to be delivered to Bell
Calhoun, Herrtn, Hearst and Ruef.
REFUSE TO AID BELL
The best evidence that the politicians
thing to be Forgotten s quickly as
possible is found in the campaign
activities Of some of the old timers
behind Bell. Partisan detection is
higher up than the ranks of the local
district captains when Peter Kelly, Bob
Senator Johnnie Nelson, Mamie
Strauss, J.. J. Sweeney and Jack Will
liams refuse to recognize any repub
lican authority other than that exer-
cised by the regular legal party gov
erning bodies.
None is so stupid as to deny that
representatives of a class of San Fran
special interests. are for Bell. The
dismal meeting of alleged Bell repub-
Lean supporters held at Drean,land
rink failed to exhibit a single man of
general reputa tion either for good or
bad who was known to be a republican.
Indeed, Bert Schlesinger, who because
of his prominent. part in that meeting
was suspected of posing as a republi-
can, has formally and indignantly
denied that he is or ever was a re-
publican.
The great republican mass meeting
that was heralded as designed to dem
onstrate Bells strength in San Fran
cisco was a laughable failure. Veteran
republicans in attendance for the ex-
press purpose of finding. if possible. a
Single republican worker identified
with the Bell meeting found only
Laumeister.- son OF the man who as