The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-04
SPALDING IS A
HOT FAVORITE
Republicans Behind His Cam
paign Confident He Will
Win the Toga

Is the comment assertion or the re-
publicans who have volunteered to
prosecute his campaign.
The Spalding ca mpaign is young only
in northern California. In southern
California campaign to force him into
the field was prosecuted for many
weeks. to the end that comprehen-
siVe Spalding organization was at work
in every county south of the Tehachapi
long before Spalding was a candidate.
When the San Diego man capitulated
before petition from the republicans
of II counties and the entreaties of the
southern California committee, whose
invitation to run he had refused four
times. the Spalding organizations in
those counties were deep in a cam
paign that had been under way for
weeks
Old politicians declare that they
have never witnessed anything like the
manner in which Spaldings campaign
was inaugurated and spread in CEN
trial and northern California. The for
mer star baseball player and magnate
came TO San Francisco on Sunday. On
Monday he met republican leaders,
representative of all party factions and
of all central and northern California.
On Tuesday the Spaldng campaign was
on from San Francisco bay to Siskiyou.
Spalding was forced into situation
unlike anything known to the oldest
of the political wiseacres. Seldom, if
ever, before has a republican nomina-
ton to the United states senate gone
begging in republican state. That
virtually the situation when
Spalding gave his consent to make the
race. Judge John D. Works. the Lin
coin Roosevelt league candidate, had
alienated the support of a large num-
Der of the leaguers by his screeds
against Roosevelt and against the or
,f,ot 11-bn inHn he had
accepted. The opponents of state di-
vision were up in arms over his can
didacy. which had so initiated against
the success of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league ticket that Works had been in
duced to separate himself from the
Johnson campaign.
Edwin A. Meserve. the Los Angeles
attorney and politician, broke into the
senatorial situation just when the
machine leaders were congratulating
themselves over the seeming success
of their scheme to avoid a primary
senatorial contest and the subsequent
population of the primary law by
legislature that would refuse TO vote
for Works. The support of the or
ganization men expected by Meserve
was not forthcoming. There was
senatorial situation but no senatorial
campaign until Spalding was brought
out. Now there is a senatorial cam
paign which old time politicians de-
clare is walkover for Spaljing, who
is affiliated with no factions and iden-
tilted with the promotion of no state
division or antifreelunch fads
Wilson Issues Challenge
J. Stitt Wilson, socialist candidate
for governor is abroad with a chal-
lenge TO any other candidate for gov
ernor. regardless OF party, to meet him
in debate at the socialist mass meeting
to be held tomorrow evening in the
Building Trades auditorium a Four
teenth and Guerrero streets He has
thrown down the gage in the follow
ing announcement being circulated
throughout the city on the handbills
advertising the meeting:
II herewith challenge any candidate
for governor to meet me at this mass
meeting and dare to offer to the work
ing classes a reason why the labor vote
should be cast against me. I challenge
these capitalist candidates to meet me
before any audience of workers and
defend the capitalist system. which is
the Fundamental wrong that is robbing
the people, throttling trades unionism,
poIluting the government and menacing
our liberties"
keesIing Endorsed
A meeting in support of the candi
dacy of Francis Y. Keesling for the re-
publican nomination for lieutenant
governor was held Tuesday evening in
the st. Francis hotel under the aus
pieces of the executive committee of the
Keesling central campaign club. a.
F. Giannini presided and Oscar Sutro
acted as secretary. Reports were read
from Keesling clubs in Alameda, Oak
land, Fresno, San Jose, Bakersfield,
Redding. Chico, Red Bluff, Sacramento.
Stockton, Los Angeles San Diego and
Santa Barbara.
Keesling spent the early part of this
week in Los Angeles, and after cover
ing the principal southern cities will
return to San Francisco to direct the
organization of clubs in various cities
about the bay. He has reported that
he finds the situation much in his
favor.
Keesling claims a strong backing of
Stanford graduates and former stu
dents because of his work with the
legislature in 1899 for the exemption
of Stanford university from taxation.
Gerdes Wins Support
Fred c. Gerdes. candidate for the
republican nomination to the assem-
bly, in the thirty fifth district, is max
ing a. strong, aggressive fight for nom
nation and reelection to the position
he now holds. He has large active
backing in the district and is making
his appeal to the voters upon his rec
ord in the last assembly as an indie
pendent and fearless legislator. Gerdes
was one of the leaders in the fight for
the Islais creek project and finished
his first session with a clean record.
0 the same reports the ballot for state pu
rinter gave Shannon %. Mcdonald s, FRI
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