The San Francisco call., 1910-02-03
Regular" and Insurgent Fates
Are Busy Stirring Up Steam=
ing Mess
Curry, Anderson and McNab
Seem to Be M0rseIs That
Please Palate
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

! ing So1tly- ana making harvest time
motions. The Lincoln Roosevelt
! leaguers are making a still hunt of
/ their organization work and hoping
that the return of w. f. Herrin means
that the machine will move soon.
Governor Gillett's formal withdrawal
from the race has done more than dis
appoint thousands of republicans whose
active participation in politics consists
in casting their ballots on election day
1t has resulted in peeving some of the
moguls OF the machine who, whether
they We're or were not for Gillett, were
not in a hurry for him to declare him
self Jere Burke, it is said, feels so
! badly about Giuetts withdrawal that
he has found occasion to speak sar-
castically about their splendid per-
suasive powers to several persons who
ii is known advised Gillett not to run.
Prominent machine men are by no
means agreed about the Identity of
. the man entitled to the organizatfons s
support for governor. The moguls of
the machine appear to be agreed upon
( one proposition. That is that the one
man who is not entitled to the ma
chimes support is Secretary of State
Charles Z. Curry.
ANDERSON Is DOOMED
One of the regular" crowds which
by the way includes some of the men
who were most insistent that Gillett
should not run, are down hook. line
and sinker for Superintendent of Banks
Alden Anderson. Anderson made a good
record both as asSemblyman and as
lieutenant governor. He has since made
good as a banker, but his friends say
that he did not care for the post, which
he has held since the new banking law
went into effect.
Anderson like Stanton, McNab and
several other potential governors, is
waiting to hear the voice of the people
He has heard some noise. He has been
urged to make the race by republicans
of standing and power He admits
that he is considering the matter It
is unnecessary for him to admit tina
he prefers not to decide until he finds
out what orders are likely to emanate
from the engine room.
The Anderson talk is no music to the
ears of some of the men who have been
close to Gillett. The nomination and
election of Anderson would put no
water on their wheels. Indeed, they
have something more than suspicion
that the proportions of their influence
at the executive office could be ex-
pressed only in algebraic terms.
GILLETT CROWD WANT McNAB
They have a hunch that John Nc
Nab Of Ukiah would come nearest to
fitting the niche to be left by Gillett |
AlcNab is their friend. Or if not their
friend. he is the friend of their friend
Gillett. That should help some. They
are of the opinion that Anderson has
already received more than he de- !
serves from the party. The Anderson
boosters are willing to admit that Nc |
Nab has an awful crust to consider |
himself in the gubernatorial calss or
entitled to anything more than an ap-
pointive job in return for the speeches !
he has made.
There is another matter upon which |
they are as fully agreed as they are
in their disapproval OF Curry's candi- |
dacy. That other matter concerns the |
candidacy of Phil Stanton of Los An
geles- They say that if Stanton stays
Of the fight until there is an audible
demand for him as gubernatorial tim
Der they will be dead and no longer
interested in California politics
AS a matter of fact, Stanton, who |
had a big chance to get right with
the legislators of the state did him
self little good with the speakers
gavel. He hustled the business of the
assembly or said that he did, which is
as good for campaign purposes, but
he made few friends
Power did not sit easily in Stanton |
He was, to say the least, not tactful |
AS matter of cold fact, he made active |
enemies Of both assemblymen and SEN
ators who could quite as easily been !
made friends. Hurt pride and legislative |
dignity are two mighty mean political |
weapons. They are out for Stanton
in two-thirds of the legislative dis
tricts of the state.
HERRIN's DECISION AWAITED
1t is generally conceded by the reg |
ulars" that their choice for governor
will be determined-that is, of course |
theoretically determined-by the state |
central committee. The return of Her
rim is expected to result in call for a |
committee meeting soon, but il is said |
that the call wifi await the decision of |
the supreme court in the test case |
brought TO decide wether the old regis |
ter or the new shall be used in tbe |
preparation of nominating papers.
The wholesale merchants Charles r |
Curry club is working away for its
candidate just as il there were no state
central committee. So is Senator Dick
Welsh. who, it is said, has been prom
ised Harbor Commissioner Stafford's |
berth in the event of Curry's election. /
The wholesalers club claims a bona
fde membership of S63. including 24e |
firms and 163 heads of firms At a |
meeting of the executive committee.
held~Monday at the Golden West hotel. |
A p. Spreckels and Charles Loesch |
were elected vice presidents of the club
and Albert Castle, Nose Gunst and
George Renner were elected to the ex-
ecutive board.
CURRY CLUBS OFFICIALS
Here is the official roster of the club: |
President Eugene Pfaeffie; vice pres |
idents-Dr. j. Poheim, A B. Spreckels |
and Charles Loesch OF the California |
baking company; treasurer, Thomas /
Costello; secretary, Ben Stern; sergeant |
at arms, F. Bussie; executive board-A.
Frederichs, Edward Wolf c. Borgfeld.
E. Pfaeffie, Joseph Herrscher Edward /
Mau. August Lang, William Horn, DR..
c. Schultz, A G. Rocket. A Schirmer,
Charles Loesch. \. Meyer. Joe BOUQUET.
Arthur Glass. John Schroeder II. Cas-
sigoli, Albert Castle, Nose Gunst.
George Renner.
1t is announced that the club will I
open state and local Headquarters in
Market street and that it will prose-
cute a vigorous campaign for Curry
from the oregon border to Mexico
The Lincoln Roosevelt league has
esta blished its state headquarters in /
the Metropolis bank building. Secre- /
tary Charles Detrick of Mayfield is on
the ground and Max Kuhl recently
elect ed state organizer is manning ont