The San Francisco call., 1910-03-31
MACHINE men LOOK
FOR FLINT TO RUN
Judge Works, Lincoln Roosevelt
Lacquer, Expects to Be OPP
posed by Senator

Regardless of the fact that more than
two weeks has elapsed since Senator
Frank Flint issued his last formal re-
clans generally are of the opinion that
he will be the machine candidate.
Machine lieutenants who should be
in the know declare that Flint will be
induced to run" Lincoln Roosevelt
leaguers are not so diplomatic in their
estimates of the senatorial situation
but they believe Flint will be the only
opponent to Judge John d. Works.
Il believe that Flint will be a can
didate," said Judge Works yesterday
THE so called insurgents in congress
are only the representatives of an
aroused public sentiment in favor of
the right of the whole people. The
people of this state now have 1T in
their power to take over and govern
the affairs of. the state free from the
dictation Of the corrupt political ma
chine that has ruled it for 80 years or
more. The direct primary election law,
defective as it is, gives them this pow
er II they will only exercise it, as we
believe they will
EFFECTS OF DISTRICT VOTE
The defective feature of the direct
primary law, from the standpoint Of
many of the Lincoln Roosevelt
leaguers, including Judge Works. is
the provision for a district advisory
vote on United States senator. On the
other hand. many men intimately asso-
ciated with California's politics for
many years believe that the district
vote provision was made to the meas
ure of an anti-machine candidate.
Their deductions are based on the
theory that a machine candidate, and
especially Flint, can carry the centers
of population and with the a
majority or plurality of the ag
gregate vote cast in the republi-
can primaries. On the other hand,
they contend that the district
system stands to give an anti-machine
candidate a big majority of the coun-
try districts besides saving to him the
representatives OF the city districts
that invariably go anti-machine. They
also believe that hold over members
of the senate will vote in accordance
with the wishes of their constituents
as expressed by the advisory votes in
their districts.
LOVE FEAST IN THIRTY-NINTH
The thirty ninth district independ-
ent republicans will open the second
session of their biennial love feast to-
night at Richmond hall, Fourth avenue
and Clement street. The first session,
held two weeks ago, resulted in the
Endorsement of e. j. Callan for the
senate and the laceration of Burrell
Whites countenance by Frank Brit
tain.
The program for tonight embraces
the selection of candidate for the as
sembly. If that is accomplished with
only comparatively light casualties, the
club may proceed to the election of of
ficers for the ensuing year. There are
three aspirants for the clubs indorse-
ment for assemblyman. They are Alex
ander Russell, capitalist; J. w. White,
attorney, and A. ". Kennedy, a law
student
Russell was a candidate for super
visor on the municipal league of inde-
pendent clubs ticket last year, and
many years ago was elected recorder
as an independent. Both Russell and
White live in the south of the park
half of the district Kennedy lives in
the Richmond.
DENIAL FAILS TO CONVINCE
Editor w. H. Simkins of the Palo
Alto Times rises to deny that he is a
candidate to succeed Senator Marshall
Black. Editor Simkins devotes some
thing over a column to that denial, re-
gardfess of the fact that he was never
accused of hunting Blacks job. He
was suspected of hunting the republi-
can nomination for the assembly That
he has not denied, and until he does
Secretary Charles R. Detrick of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league refuses to
take more than passing comfort from
his protestations of lack of ambition
Tuesdays registration reached a to-
tai of 59s and with yesterdays enroll
ment swelled the total to more than
$4,000. More than six republicans were
enrolled for every democrat Tuesday
and the ratio as between republicans
and members of the union labor party
was nearly 10 to 1.
The partisan division of Tuesdays
enrolment was as follows: Republi-
cans, 451; democrats, "a; union labor.
40; socialists. 4; prohibitionists, 1; in
dependence lea que, 1: declined to state
partisan Affiliations, Is.