The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
LEAGUES MAN
FOR GOVERNOR
is ". R. DAVIS
EncOIn=ROOseveIt Organization
Looks With Favor on Fer
mer Mayor of Oakland
New Executive Committee and
State Leaders Hold Confer
ence in This City
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

il former Mayor W. r. Davis of
he VIII be the Lincoln Roosevelt re-
publican candidate for governor
Teamed with him Lee c. Gates of Los
Angeles viii make the race for Frank
Flinrs seat in the United> States SEN
ate.
This is not the Lincoln Roosevelt
lea gue's program. There is no program.
II does however. accurately represent
the majority opinion developed yester-
cay at a meeting Of the new executive
eommittee and state leaders held at
the leagues headquarters in this city.
RECEIVE No ENCOURAGEMENT
j. o. Hayes Of san Jose has sounded
out league leaders. both in person and
ty agent He has received no encour-
sgement Former Senator Charles NJ.
Belshaw has gone further than Hayes.
lie has asked for the leagues indorse-
ment. He has received no encourage
lent. There was time when Belshaw
did not want the leagues formal in
dorsement All he asked from the
league was encouragement and votes.
without formal espOusal of his cause,
which he and his friends feared would
deprive him Of a portion Of the machine
vote. Belshaw wants the league now,
hut there is almost nothing to indicate
that the league is unduly excited about
Belshaw.
The big leaguers in northern Califor-
MIA do want Davis TO make the
race. The southern leaders have come
around TO the Idea that they will be
glad TO agree upon the gubernatorial
candidate chosen from the north. They
want the anti-machiRe candidate for
the United States senate TO come from
the south. They insist that former
United States Senator Thomas r. Bard
can not be induced TO make the fight
With Bard out Of IL they are for Lee
C.. Gates. There viii be no trouble
about getting Gates into the fight. With
Davis il viii be different matter.
Davis does not wish to make a cam
paign for himself He does not want
the sob Of governor. He has said so
repeatedly, but league leaders have not
given up the belief that they can force
him into the fight
SECRETARY AND COMMITTEE
Charles r. Detrick of Mayfeld was
elected secretary Of the state organiza-
tiOn yesterday. Derrick has served as
acting secretary since the organization
conference held in Oakland. His cleo
ti0n yesterday was unanimous. Presi-
4 ent Chester H Rowen announced the
-ppointment Of the following congress
Nional district members of the execu-
Gve committee:
Lee c. Gates, Marshall Stimson and
A. J. Wallace, Los Angeles; Judge w.
A. Stone, san Diego; former United
states Senator Thomas r. Bard, Hue
meme. II. W. Johnstone. Redlands, N.
r. Zumwalt. Tulare; Z. A. Forbes,
Marysvine; former Mayor Clinton /.
White. Sacramento; Rolfe Thompson,
Santa Rosa. Frank r. Devlin. Vallejo;
Mayor Frank K Mott Oakland; Assem-
blyman c. c. Young. Berkeley; Senator
George s. Walker, San Jose; Assembly
man A. NJ Drew, Fresno; Irving Mar
ain. stockton. George @. Radcliff, Wat
s0nville.
The meeting yesterday was called
primarily for the appointment Of con-
gressional district committeeman for
the outside districts. preliminary to the
leagues entry to san Francisco, which
win be made Monday night. Its charac-
ter was that OF conference rather than
committee meeting. and the doors were
opened to several prominent anti-ma
chine republicans, who are not and
probably will not be league officials.
With the single exception Of the con-
Eressional committeeman from the first
district the Lincoln Roosevelt league
viii come into san Francisco Monday
n ght with its organization outside Of
the city completed The personnel and
name Of its san Francisco organization
viii be determined Monday night at the
conference OF local independent repub-
licans and the leagues state officers.
DUBIOUS ABOUT NAME
Whether or not the local anti-ma-
chine organization viii take the name
OF the Lincoln Roosevelt league is an
onen question. It will be determined
bv the San Franciscans. In one or two
II the San Francisco assembly districts
there are old and well established in
dependent republican clubs. These
clubs have always been jealous Of
their club names. under which they
have fought for 10 or more years. In
,fhe majority Of the districts the inde-
pendent republican clubs and the Lin
Roosevelt league clubs are of
equal antiquity. That is to say, they
are about years old.
On the part of many Of the local in
dependents and some OF the state
leaguers there is a disposition to avoid
use Of the league name in San Fran
cisco. and thereby avoid association in
the public mind with the names OF
some Of the men who were prominent
ly and disastrously identified with the
1908 campaign in this city.
Some Of the leaguers feel that the
san Francisco clubs should take the
leagues name Others attach no i'm
p0rtance 10 the question CT name in the
coming campaign. They believe that
since men chosen by The local in
dependent republican clubs will be-
come state officers Of the league there
viii be no popular confusion in any
event.
WORK OF FINANCING
The leaguers believe that the Mon
day night conference at the Mills
building viii result in a plan which
VIII be acceptable to all the local clubs
and 10 the state organization. Imme-
diately after the Monday night con-
ference the work Of financing the
leagues work will be taken up. w.
r. Davis Of Oakland win undoubtedly
be Rowelrs choice for chairman of the
finance committee, as Marshall Slim
son OF Los Angeles unquestionably viii
be his choice for director OF the finan-
clal campaign in soutern California.
Among the leaguers who attended
yesterdays meeting were President
Chester II. Rowell. Fresno; Vice Presi-
dents Hiram W Johnson, San Fran
cisco. and ". r. Davis. Oakland; Sec
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