The San Francisco call., 1910-08-10
ANDERSON line
IS BADLY Bent
Machine Republicans Have
Refused to Support a
Hopeless Campaign
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

by GEORGE "A. AIN 0M L II
Cursing Jere Burke and his asso-
ciated machine dictators for expos
ing them to needless disaster and
berating the ''mismanagement'' of
the Anderson campaign, prominent
organization republicans throughout
the state have thrown up their hands
and definitely refused TO go further
with the hopeless fight for Anderson.
The plight of organization men
holding state or local office is es-
pecially unhappy They have been
told to endanger their own prospects
by attempting 10 drive unwilling
constituencies into the Anderson
fold Threatened on the one hand
with machine opposition if they
failed to make Anderson's fight, and
assured of defeat on the other If
they did go down the line for Ander-
son, organization men from one end
OF the state to the other have de-
clded to brave the wrath of a brok-
en- machine rather than that of the
people whose votes they seek. They
are golng>wit the tide and quietly
advising their organization friends
VINO have been held in the Anderson
ranks 10 vote for Curry if they do
not wish TO insure the nomination Of
Johnson Here is the situat tion as it
appeals TO one organization man
VINO holds state Office
Naturally there is in every COM
munity small number of organiza-
ton men who can be held in line"
said this state officer. How small
that number was we have never
known until this year. We have
oVerworiSed the party regularity
slogan and now it has come back not
only to the injury of Johnson. but
10 the confusion of Anderson. who
is neralded as the regular candi-
date.
1t was to be expected that thou
sands of republicans who prided
themselves on their regularity
"oulo night Johnson's nomination on
the ground that he was not and
never had been republican.
Wherever 1 go I hear republicans
declaring that Johnson has no right
10 expect republican support. That
sentiment is not wholly the result Of
his letter to the state central com
mittee, in which he declared in eff
1ect that he would not support the
republican nominee unless johnson
was that nominee. Thousands of re-
puolicans have taken that letter as
reputation of the republican
party But that is only half of II
Go where you will in northern Cali
fornia and you will find that good
clean F2iphf lana1
coupling up that letter with John
son support of the democratic
nominee for mayor in San Francisco
last year and three years ago.
READ THE PRESS
The republicans of the state read
the metropolitan press. The last
TWO municipal elections in San
francisco have attracted more at
tention in the country districts than
did the presidential election. The
republicans in the small towns and
on the farms, from Siskiyou to I'm
perial, know that Johnson led the
tight on the stump for Leland. the
democratic candidate for mayor.
after Johnson's favorite candidate
for the republican nomina ton had
Deen defeated at the direct primary
election.
That knowledge should have
MADE 1t easy for Anderson's work
ers, but it did nothing of the kind.
Anderson is up against virtually
the same thing. The republican lead
ers in the country districts have not
got over the bruises inflicted in the
campaign Of 1906. That is as true in
the northern counties as it is in the
south, where the republicans insist
that they are entitled to credit for
the election of Gillett Talk Ander-
son TO the old timers and they come
Dack at you with the Sacramento
county returns for governor. Thev
tell you that Anderson not onlv
fought Gillett's nomination. but
that when he himself was turned
down for denomination he helped
turn Sacramento county out of the
republican column and into the
democratic side of the sheet.
1t is all very well to talk about
party regularity when your argu
ment suits the people, but it is awk
ward when you attempt to use il for
4 man who is accused of sulking. if
not boitfng, by the republicans who
PRIDE themselves upon their regu-
larity. The regulars who do not
take orders are pretty generally in
the Curry end of the fight now The
majority Of those who have been
held in line for the program are
running out now. fearful that if they
do not get behind Curry, Johnson
will win. The organization orders US
to sacrifice ourselves ostensibly for
Anderson. but which in fact can only
be for Johnson | am attending to my
own affairs and that means that
] am keeping religiousiy away from
the headquarters in the Palace. If
you go in there to set your watch
you are published as declaring that
the state is going Overwhelmingly
for Anderson. or that your county is
strong for him. and the people at
home do not understand that sort of
politics.
ANDERSON GIVEN RUN
Alden Anderson was given another
run yesterday for the money that
had been dumped into his campaign
in San Francisco and Alameda coun-
ties. but which has been felt only
in fights for the men on the ma
chimes legislative slate.
The San Francisco fire depart
ment was delivered to Anderson yes
terday. 1t was a personal delivery
Anderson was taken round the town
and shown the blue shirted fire
laddies lined up TO snatch him from
the primary burning. The tour of
the engine houses was personally
conducted by Leon Dennery. man
ager of AnderSon'S San FrancjSco