The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
GARLAND NOW
IN LIMELIGHI
FOR SENATOR
Machinemen Wait Word of Los
AngeIenO's Acceptance of
Opportunity
Bert Farmer Coming Here to
Start Campaign for Second
Place on Ticket

AEll ateyer uncertainty may attach to
Tie ;Giiestiou Of candidate for the
United: states senate. the machinemen
beI5ere that their hunt for candidate
for. :iieUtenant governor is over and
tlat~t6eir fight. for the nomination OF
Bert L: Farmer is to begin at once.
The. z machinemen in and around
san. Fra ncisco were preparing yesterday
ia make a. fight for Billy" Garland for
United states senator, but they admit
led. that the. Los Angeles real estate
flafl.: had: not agreed to make the race.
f,io5n l60t the maze of uncertainty as to
zv:lio g73a make. the senatorial race
saiilSt Works comes an explanation
for. AKIliis.. Booths refusal TO run, after
. s.irtyia. Els.s sgreeing to get into the fight.
n. gR0IBIE WITH LABOR
According to the latest explanation.
il was neither friendship for Taft, fear
-.ef:file Roosevelt league nor Of
'5eing tied up with the machines candi-
date for any other office that caused
Booth to change his mind. He got into
trouble with organized labor
Booth is interested. as principal in
an Ontario concern which is a large
employer Of labor Booth has kept the
conceFn an open shop Coincident with
Eae discussion Of Booth as a probable
Iandidate for the United states senate
caTne fight for the unionizing Of his
. 0ntarie plant Apparently he preferred
giving up a chance to so to the United
states senate to surrendering his open
shop policy.
when Walter Parker entrained for
Los Angeles Friday he advised the
northern machinemen TO prepare to
make the fight for Billy Garland.
At no time did he assure them that
Garland had agreed 10 run. but he did
tell them that the interests that had
been behind Booth were behind Garland
and that the chances were in favor of
his starting The san Francisco ma
chinemen are especially sweet on Car
land. They believe they could make
one of those SO called "whirlwind'
fights for him in san Francisco and
the bay counties. Garland was one of
the leaders of the Los Angeles bust
nessmen who took the San Francisco
end of the exposition argument with
san Diego.
FARMER COMING HERE
Bert l. Farmer, who, the machin-
men understand. is their candidate for
Lieutenant governor, is expected in San
Francisco this week. The tentative
program is 10 give him q busy week in
san Francisco before turning him loose
on the state at large. Farmer is promi
nent in the Native Sons.
The public is again informed that
the machines campaign is to begin
Monday. Tomorrow is the ninth Mon
day set for the launching OF that cam
paign. If ii develops that yesterdays
announcement was premature. the pub
lie may be assured that one will be
out before the end of the week fixing
next Monday as the day of days.
JOHNSON GOES SOUTH
Johnson has left for the south and
viii take up the candidates burden in
Los Angeles tomorrow. According to
the announcements from the Lincoln
Roosevelt league headquarters in this
city Johnson's two weeks in the south
are TO be Of the genuine ''whirlwind"
campaign variety. 1t said that his
schedule calls for as many as nine
meetings in single day. Johnson
likes the going. but if A. J. Wallace
and John y. Works are to be put
through that sort of grind, renewed
reports Of voice failures and suspended
philsnthrOpies may be expected from
the south before the end of this week.
John ". Sweeney, the militant labor
man and refOrmer. has formally opened
his campaign for republican nomina-
tiOn TO the state senate in the twentieth
district Sweeney expects the support
-,l@ Lea
undoubtedly viii receive it Surely he
VIII receive the support of the leaguers
of the district as individuals.
AGAINST THE MACHINE
The twentieth district includes the
thirty-third and thirty-fourth assem-
bly, districts. Both are strong union
labor districts and both have generally
lined up on the side OF the anti-ma-
ehineists at the republican primaries
ever since the fire. only combinations
between the union labor organization
and the Herrin machine have prevented
rhe election Of anti-machine republicans
to the legislature from the respective
assembly districts and the combined
senatorial district
With Compton and Eddie Bryant in
the field the republican senatorial
scramble looks like an easy thing for
Sweeney. Jere Burke, under master of
the Herrin machine, is down for Tom
Kennedy, the democratic incumbent.
F<ENDRICK FOR ASSEMBLY
Joseph A. Kcndrick has filed for re-
publican nomination TO the assembly
from the thirty-second district. Ken
dlick is one of the we'll known repub-
licans Of the district and his friends
say that he has Z following that will
make him q formidable contender.
field Of four candidates and the
promise of more indicates that tho de-
mocracy IS convinced of its ability to
elect presiding justice of the first
district appellate court. Justice Cooper
IS out for the nomination to succeed
himself. The San Francisco demo-
cratic club has indorsed Judge James
Y. Coffey for the nomination Judge
George Church Of Fresno is in the
hunt and his local campaign is in the
hands Of Ralph McLeran, one of the big
wigs OF the San Francisco democratic
club and its candidate for mayor last
year. Judge 3. V. Sargent Of Monterey
is out and his representatives are beat
ing Up the brush throughout the dis
trict. District Attorney J. A. Barden
of Monterey was in San Francisco yes
terday on behalf of Sargent.
REPUBLICANS IN BIG LEAD
Nearly Il per cent Of the enrolment,
inclusive Of Fridays registration. is re-