The San Francisco call., 1910-08-25
Who Will MANAGE
STATE CAMP AIGN?
Machinery of the Republican
Party Passes Into New
Hands September 6
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
Who will manage the republican cam
paign?
In the absence of Hiram w Johnson,
that question is giving the reform re-
publicans more concern than the plat
form problem. The machinery of the
republican party will pass into new
hands September 6. The insurgents
that were are the regulars now. Wal
ter Parker. Phil Teller, VIII Davis and
the other bigwigs of the machine join
the Has Been club September 6. Who
will take their places?
Johnson may exercise a determining
voice in the selection of campaign man
ayers. but there will be limitless ad-
vice ready to uncork for his guidance
when he returns from his vacation.
Naturally enough, at the inception of
what appears TO be an easy fight to
win, the hammers are out for the men
who appear to be in line for prefer
ment in the matter of party reorgan-
iZation.
SELECTION OF SECRETARY
The practical politicians in the re-
form ranks or allied with the Lincoln
Roosevelt leaguers are not giving them
selves any concern about the chair
manship of the state convention. They
dismiss that with a wave of the hand,
declaring that it is up to Los Angeles.
The chairmanship of the state central
committee and the selection of a secre
tary are quite different matters from
the standpoint of the northern Cali
fornia republicans. They want men at
the helm whose republicanism may not
be questioned and who can not be sus
pected of throwing down" any repub-
lican nominee for a democrat.
Among those most prominently men
toned are Chester II. Rowell of Fresno
for chairman of the state central COM
mittee or the executive committee, and
Charles r. DERRICK of Mayfield for sec
retary. Rowell is president of the Lin
coin Roosevelt league and Detrick is
secretary of the leagues state organ
ization. 1t may be that Rowell will
not care to assume the duties of chair
man of the state central committee.
There is no more conscientious repub
lican in California. He accepted the
presidency of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league at a personal sacrifice and he
might fairly enough refuse to accept
place that would involve a greater per-
sonal service. Detrick has been a strik-
ing success as secretary of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league. He has tact, unfail
ing good nature and he has always
been a republican, win or lose.
PROMINENT LEADERS
Other names prominently associated
with the craftsmanship are those of W.
r. Davis, former mayor of Oakland,
and Judge Frank r. Deylin of Vallejo.
The selection of either would go long
wav toward insuring the confidence of
those republicans who are obsessed
with the idea that the Lincoln -Roose-
welt league is an organization hostile
to the republican party
Both Davis and Devlin are known
from Siskiyou TO San Diego Nobody
has ever questioned their republicanism
nor their integrity. Devlin was the
first president of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league He is a constructive, practical
politician of the highest type. Davis
was one of the organizers of the Lin
coin Roosevelt league and as one of
its vice presidents was a power in the
campaign for Johnson's nomination.
CONVENTION CHAIRMANSHIP
For chairman of the San Francisco
county convention the men most-promi-
nently mentioned are c. H. Bentley,
Thomas s. Williams and Thomas z.
Haven. Either could not fail to be
eminently satisfactory to the deepest
dyed leaguers and their allies are in
terested in matters of more practical
potentialities than the craftsmanship of
a. county convention.
On the face of the returns as cor
rected up to last night, the anti-ma-
chinists will have 116 out g l65 dele
gates in the county convention Their
column was strengthened yesterday by
the addition of Is delegates from the
thirty eighth assembly district. The
unofficial count indicated that the thir-
ty-eighth had gone to the machine by
hairline margin. The official can
vass of the district completed late yes
terday afternoon showed the election
of the leagues delegates by a margin
of IA votes out OF a total of LOO.
WANT PARTY PEACE
The defeated machinists in southern
California are ready for party peace,
says Walter Parker. late machine die
tator in southern California and boss
of the executive committee of the state
central committee. Parker says the
regulars" in the south are ready to
take their medicine smilingly and get
| in behind the ticket, if the victors