The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-22
FORECAST SHOWS
A. B. NYE AGAIN
EASY WINNER
Champion Political Lucky Man
Will Have No Opponent for
Controllers Job
Jesse Cook. Late Chief of PO=
lice, Declares for Curry
for the Governorship
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

If a man who gets public office easily
can be described as lucky, State Con-
troller A. B. Nye is the undisputed
champion lucky man in CALIFORNIA;
politics.
He landed a four year term as con-
troller without the trouble and expense
of a campaign, thanks to the ap-
pointive power of Governor Pardee.
The state defended his right to the
office and the supreme court sustained
it without a struggle on Nye's part. He
has walkover for denomination by
his own party and democracy is pre-
pairing TO protect him from the expense
of fight after nomination.
Pardee made Nye his private secre-
tary in 1908. The death of Controller
Colgan after his reelection left a va
cancy which Pardee filled by the ap-
pointment Of Nye on the eve of his re-
tirement from the executive office.
"NIADE GOOD" ON JOB
The organization forces kicked up a
row and GiHett gave Frank Mattison
a letter of appointment and a chance to
test Nye's title to the Office in the
courts. The letter and chance to fight
constituted Mattisons sole reward. Nye
retained the job and the emoluments
thereof.
He also made good on the job and
a the end of the first two years of
his term had machine and anti i-machine
men alike declaring that his renomina
ltion was a foregone conclusion. Mat
tisor has talked about fighting Nye
for the nomination, but it is generally
conceded that he would fare no better
at the primary polls than he did in
the courts.
That the democrats consider Nye I'M
beataDle was made apparent at the Los
Angeles state conference, where it was
given out that democracys program
would involve no candidate for con-
trolleT and that the faithful would be
told to write Nye's name in on the
ballot. That means two nominations
for Nye and his election by default.
JESSE COOK "IN BAD,
Former Chief of Police Jesse Cook
is down for a panning al the hands
of some of his former newspaper ad-
mirers, who few weeks ago were
lauding him as the best chief of police
and the only competent honest chief
in the history of San Franciscos de-
partment. Cook has lost caste. His
name Will be anathema forever more.
He has not robbed hen roost or kid
naped an editor, but he has declared
himself in favor of Charlie Curry for
governor.
Cook is sojourning in San Diego,
where he was one of the pioneers of
the police department.. Cook looks as
good to the people of San Diego as
he did TO the people of San Francisco.
The San Diego newspapermen have in
terviewed him, and among other things
have recorded his political views and
preferences.
Here is a portion of what Cook told
one of the San Diego newspapermen:
] have known Charles f. Curry
for more than 80 years and from
my. intimate knowledge of his per-
sonality as a man and worth a
public official there is nothing /
would not say in his favor as an
governor on the republican ticket.
This is poor mans fight. The
chances are excellent for Curry to
secure the nomination; in fact, |
can see no other outcome to the
present campaign. If he is chosen
to represent the republican party
in the coming election he will be
the candidate of all the people The
poor man, the rich man, the man
of the south and the man of the
north will receive the same con-
be no sectionalism in his fight for
the Office nor in the conduct of the
office after he becomes governor of
the state of California.
The laboring men of the north
who have had ample opportunity to
know Curry as he is in everyday
life and in his capacity as an Off
cial for the county and state, are
unit for him in this fight, and If
their votes can place him at the
head of the state ticket he is cer-
tain 10 be there.
The promise of better things is not
confined to the state tickets of the
republican and democratic parties.
Jerome Bassity has promised or threat
ened to put the twenty-fourth sena-
toria1 district on the map by permitting
it's people to send him to the legislature
vice Marc Anthony.
BAssITY Is BOOSTED
Happy Dougherty, who wants Senator
Tom Firms job, must fight to create a
vacancy, wherefore the consummatfon
of his ambitions is doubtful. That say
the proponents of Bassity's candidacy
makes it imperative that represen-
tative of the new order of things be
sent on to Sacramento. Johnnie Hare
is holdover, but he is democrat and
the town is republican in state and
national politics
Bassitys candidacy stands to en-
barrass Jere Burke, who has promis ed
the republican nomination to Dominick
James Reban, but Gus Hartman, who is
one OF the six active candidates, is
boosting Bassity on the ground that he
will split the Chinese vote and let
Hartman ride through to the nomina-
ton.
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