The San Francisco call., 1910-04-27
McNAB JUMPS THE
HERRIN WIGWAM
Machines Famed Orator Com
signs Anderson and Organi-
zatiOn to Hades
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


| John L. McNab of Ukiah, most famed
of the organizations orators, is off the
machine reservation. He refused sew
eral weeks ago to raise single silver
note on behalf of Alden Anderson. That
he has supplemented that refusal with
the suggestion that Anderson take a
trip to land where ice is supposed to
be cheap at $1,O00,OOO an ounce is the
', story that comes from Mendocino.
The Anderson men say that McNab is
sulking and nursing crouch over his
failure to secure the organizations per-
mission to run for governor. McNabs s
friends say that the Ukiah man is
smarting from the sting of an affront
which he will neither forgive nor for
get. Either version will do. The fact
remains that the Chrysostom of Men
docino purposes to take no active hand
in the fight for the nomination of An
derson for governor.
| McNAB IN AND OUT
| With the announcement of Governor
| Gillett's withdrawal from the guberna-
! torfal situation came the announcement
| of the tentative candidacy of John L.
| McNab. The Ukiah man had been a
! close friend and ardent admirer of the
governor. Other men close to the gov
| for McNab. 1t was no difficult task to
| interest Gillett in McNab as his logical
successor.
| Anderson had no part in the big
knock for McNab, which was promptly
| and persistently put in with Herrin.
| McNab was knocked black and blue and
| the semaphore was turned against him.
| McNab made no fuss about. the turn
| down and came to San Francisco to at
| tend the conference which was to put
| him out of the running and Ander-
son in. AS told by McNabs friends, the
trouble started at that conference.
| McNab, Governor Gi1lett and some of
| their friends spent the major portion
of day in consultation at the Fair
mont. According to the Mendocino ver-
| sion, McNab came to San Francisco pre-
pared to step down gracefully. 1t Is
| alleged that Anderson was invited to
come up and talk matters over" and
| that he replied that he had nothing to
| discuss.
| McNAB rs PEEVED
| McNab went home and the following
| day Anderson and Gillett met at break
| fast. When they parted Anderson was
assured of Gillett's support. Shortly
| after McNab reached home he informed
the press that he would be unable to
| participate in a primary fight among
| republicans.
| Subsequently P. I. Lancaster of Will
| Its, chairman of the Mendocino county
committee, was summoned to San Fran
! CISCO given his instructions and sent
| home to make the fight for Anderson.
A portion of his instructions, it is said,
| involved commission to invite Nc
| Nab to come down and talk, things
| over"
McNab declined to admit that he
had anything to discuss or that he felt
| the need of trip to San Francisco.
Then Lancaster was told to advise Nc
Nab that if he would name a convenient
| time Anderson and Leon Dennery would
go to. Ukiah for the talk. That ad-
| vice, it is alleged, moved McNab to
strong language and the suggestion
that the organization program, Ander-
| son and the whole blanked business
might go to the land of the ice trusts
dreams so far as McNab was con-
! cerned.
CONFERENCE RUMORED
The much discussed republican state
conference has been given a new if no
| less Interesting complexion by the DO
| l1tlcal gosSips, who believe they are in
! possession of the innermost secrets OF
the organization. Here is the latest
rumored program:
Governor Gillett will leave the state in
| few days with the Panama-Pacific
exposition boosters. Lieutenant Gov
| ernor Warren r. Porter will assume the
| command Of the ship of state. After
| Gillett gets comfortably over the
mountains Porter is officially to desig-
nate 1000 republicans, good and true,
| commissioned to meet and choose a
| candidate for the republican nomina- =
! tion for governor.
| The fact that Porter was one of the
| chief promoters of Anderson's candi-
| dacy before the superintendent of banks
| was accepted by the organization might
| be expected to play some part in the
| acting governors selection of conferees.
! Warfie Porter was ever a careful play
| er, and if he did not exact written
| agreement as prerequisite to ap-
| pointment as conferee he would be
| adopting strangely careless and wholly
new methods.
ONE TASK DELICATE
A conference of 900 republican war
riors selected by the acting governor
! of the state would be a direct primary
symptom which other states have es-
| capped. The personnel of the confer
ence would be interesting It's delib-
erations undoubtedly would be the
| source of limitless amusement and in
| struction for the people generally and
! a considerable field of candidates par
ticularly.
| The matter of a gubernatorial selec-
| tion would be a closed question. but
| not so with several other places on the
! ticket The selection of two candidates
| for associate justice of the supreme
| court might prove a most delicate task
| The conference might throw down
! Justice Sloss because of his indorse-
| ment by the Lincoln Roosevelt league
| That would be saucy slap at the Lin
| coin Roosevelt league, but it might
not help the organization slate at the
| primary polls. Assuming that the con
ference should decide to condone the
| Lincoln Roosevelt Endorsement OF
Sloss, it would have Justice Melvin anG
| Judge James of Los Angeles to choose
| between. 1t would be awkward to turr
| Melvin down 1t might be Improbable
to put the skids under James. Los An
geles wants another justice of the su.
preme court.
| Then, too. there is a field of five ol