The San Francisco call., 1910-08-03
DICK FERRIS
ENDORSED BY
RAILROADMEN
Action of Legislative Board
Creates a Political Sem
satiOn
Approval of Gubernatorial Cam
: 81 didate Is Postponed I'M
...~* til Today
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

. = - Il
?. That Dick Ferris Of Los Angeles, the
eleventh hour candidate for the repub
Z llcan nomination for lieutenant Cover
nor. had won the formal Endorsement
! Of the .railros dmen's joint legislative
hoard was the bright particular poll
tieaI sensation sprung last night. Wal
terrD. NaEuer for secretary of state,
Frank .Mattlson for controller and State
Treasurer " r. Williams We're said to
be the winners Of other Endorsements
decided upon yesterday by the repre-
-septstiXes of the railroadmen.
The delibera tions of the joint legis-
latiNe board representing the conduct
-orsS engineers and -brakemen were not
concluded. yesterday, as was originally
planned: p: Endorsement of a candidate
for governor and for a majority of the
places on the tickets were postponed
until today. The reason assigned for
the postpOnement was a desire on the
part Of the men TO give Alden Anderson
a cha nee to. speak for himself. Ander-
son. is expected to arrive in San Fran
cisco this morning, and the members
Of the. Legislative board declare that
they will finish their work this after
noon.
SELECTION NOT ENDORSEMENT
- The Legislative board as in session at
the*San. Francisco building trades tenn
PIE: consists Of 20 men, of whom Il are
representa- tfyes OF the engineers or
gsp4zations in California and 1S each
from. the conductors, and brakemens
lodges The purpose of their session
: Is TO recommend to the railway en-
ployes OF, California candidates whom
they believe can be trusted to give the
RAILROAD. employees as well as the rail-
I'd f1r nj ri
members Of the legislative board au-
thOrized to speak for it are insistent
IN. declaring that while their selection
Of candidates may amount to an in
dorsemeHt, it should not be so desig-
mated.
- They. say that the board will rec
ommend to all railroadmen that they
. cast their primary votes for the men
named in their report. That recon-
mendation they say will result in Civ
ing the great bulk of the railroad en-
ployes' votes TO the candidates indorsed
or recommended, but that there is to
: be no attempt on the part Of their re-
specfiye organizations to coerce the
members of those organizations.
The officials Of the board declined last
night either to confirm or deny the re-
port that Ferris, Wagner, Mattison and
Treasurer Williams had been voted in
dorseTnents or recommendations. They
. insisted that no authorized informa-
tion could be given out until the board
. had completed its work and the entire
ticket. Of its choice had been given to
the pnblic.
=. Dick Ferris. who is reported to have
= secured the railroadmen's Endorsement
for lieutenant governor, is an indepen-
dent not associated with either the
regular organization or the Lincoln
Roosevelt league. Wagner is the or
1ganization candidate for secretary of
state and is now secretary TO the state
board. Of railroad commissioners. Mat
1ison lis on the machine slate for con-
= troller, but the machine has done vir-
: tuallys nothing for him and prominent
machine leaders declare that there was
"A n attempt TO discourage him from en-
p ferinE the field against Controller Nye
whose hold on the. Office was confirmed
: byE the supreme court when Governor
Gillett attempted to give the place to
MattisGn by executive appointment
p State Treasurer williams is on both the
: Eincoln- Roosevelt and machine states
= The lincoln Roosevelt league has de-
: cided to carry the war into the enemys
: -ranp by presenting proof of Ander-
son s attempt TO purchase the support
, of newspapers that he could not secure
otherwise. The story about Manager
Frank Bilger's attempt to purchase the
derson has been going the rounds for
several weeks. It was an open secret
that the fat Anderson campaign sack
had been cut for the purpose of break
ing down the wall of newspaper oppo-
sftioR thrown up the instant his can
'didacy was announced
LETTER AUTHORIZES "BUY-
Il: p Clark of Riverside has fur
.-inished the Lincoln-Roosevelt campaign
managers with a certified copy OF a
. letter authorizing Bilger's agent to go
the route in making a proper business
ideaF.. with the Riverside Press. Here
ss.:the text of the letter less the name
of the zgent, which has been withheld
by Clark for personal reasons:
=: San Francisco, Cal, June "a, 1910
. Ny Dear Sir: In letter received
!: by friend from your cousin Fred
: we get certain information which
we know you can give What
=. we are extremely anxious to know
is. whether or not the newspaper
: published in your city by a Mr..
q. Clark could be induced TO take up
the. Anderson end of the campaign
e - very. strongly Of course this
can not be done without cost, con-
-: seQuently be so kind as to inter-
2SsieW Mr. Clark and find out from
him what the service could be OBJ
.: .tained for We desire to have his
paper strongly support Mr.. Ander-
:. essential that we obtain this serv-
ice and for which we are willing
TO pay.
AS you know, this campaign is
one that is requiring a tremendous
~ outlay of money, and while we
(: would not like to pay lavishly for
!. the service, at the same time we
= believe that you will be able to
- make a proper business deal with
= Mr. Clark.
This letter you will kindly con-
slider as strictly personal. Do your
q: best TO obtain this service. and ad-
wise me as promptly possible.
Thanking you in advance for any
: courtesy extended, / am, yours very
Jruly, z. w. BILGER,
Campaign Manager
F.WB. de N
HOT FIGHT FOR CLERK
The fight for republican nomination
for clerk Of the supreme court is tax
ing on proportions prophetic of almost
as much interest as that for governor
Some of the Lincoln Roosevelt league
newspapers have bolted the leagues
program, which involved turning down
Frank l. Caughey. the incumbent.