The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
HOSTILE ARMIES
TO INVADE The
STATPSCAP|TAL
johnson and Anderson, With
Red Fire and 0ratOry, March
on Sacramento
CITY VIII Be Scene of First Big
Showdown Between League
and Organization
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

Ho. Turn ont the guard, Hist.
Beware, Two hostile armies are
marching on the state insectary. The
peace and quiet of Sacramento are
10 be rent. riven, torn asunder and
generally mussed up by the red fire
and oratory Of opposing political hosts.
Hiram ". Johnson was reared in
Sacramento. IT was there he began the
practice of law and politics. Ander-
SON was not born in Sacra amento. but
lt is one of his homes and one of the
places where he has successfully prac-
tIced both politics and business. Sac
ramento's vote has been advertised as
q lead pipe cinch for Johnson. Ander-
sons supporters have exhibited their
contract for a deed in fee simple TO
au overilowing plurality of the Sacra-
menJU vote for their man. Wherefore
Sacramento is TO be the scene OF the
first big showdown between the Lin
coin Roosevelt leaguers behind John
son and the organization behind
Anderson.
Johnson is burning up the Sacra-
meut0 valley with OratOrical hot shot
directed at the Southern Pacific COM
panys political bureau and some
SNUG gentleman in brOadclOth.' Ad-
herring TO the policy of avoiding per
s0nalities. Johnson has not named the
gentleman in broadclOth,' but no
bright boy certificates are issued TO
those who guess that he refers to
Chsuncey NJ Depew or Lefty Bannon.
HEADED FOR SACRAMENTO
johnson is headed for Sacramento,
tle scene of his childhood and Of his
youthful political triumphs He is due
10 uncOrk q lot of pithy remarks there
forces have heard that the friends OF
.Iohnson-s youth and the admirers Of
his maturity in politics are preparing
10 give him great sendoff- They
suspect that in the absence of a back
fire there might be a demonstration Of
proportions calculated TO make the un-
wary believe that Hiram W. Johnson
WAS Sacra mentO only choice for gov
ernor.
That the people may be not misled.
THE Anderson forces purpose TO spike
The guns, cut of the base Of supplies.
execute flank movement, crumple up
the column and perpetrate various sun
dry other military cruelties upon John
son. By launching d Sacramento bust
nessmen's Anderson club two or three
days before Johnson and his red fire
arrive i'm Sacramento they purpose to
show that the capital city has heard
OF but one candidate for governor and
that his name is Anderson w ednes-
day has been tentatively fixed as the
date for the Anderson demOnstrs ton
1t may come of Tuesday or Thursday.
but it is to be over in time TO take the
wind out Of the sails of Johnson when
he appears Saturday.
For the convenience and comfort of
all concerned Anderson's state cam
paigu is TO be divorced from his San
Francisco canvass. The state campaign
is to be directed from headquarters.
distinct and several blocks removed
from the san Francisco headqua rters
in the Rochat-COrdes building. State
headquarters will be opened in the
Postal Telegraph building next week.
when Sterltng Campbell Of Eureka ar
rives to take up the duties of director
general
CAMPBELL HAS FREE HAND
Campbell will not be hampered with
the San Francisco fight, and it is given
out from the local headquarters that
neither John c. Lynch, Leon Dennery
or George F. Adams will have any re-
spOnsible part in the state campaign.
They, as the representatives of the
regular machine. the Mccarthy organi-
"a ton and the old Ruef organiza ton,
respectively, are charged only with the
duty Of rounding up a plurality for
Anderson in San Francisco.
The sporting blood of the enthusiasts
in the rival camps Of Anderson and
Curry is up Some real saucy news
paper betting is going on. The San
Francisco vote is the cause of the near
wagering
From the Curry headquarters il was
announced that Tom Keogh and Dick
Welch had heard that one Coleman of
Martinez wanted to bet that Anderson
would carry San Francisco. They gath
cred up $4,000 hastened to Martinez
and defed the Coleman party to come
on At odds Of , TO ]. According to
their report the Martinez gentleman n
changed his mind. He did not produce
1000 to wager against their $4,000.
Also, according TO the Curry side of the
story. the Martinez sport who did not
come across was an editor.
The war drums beat at the Anderson
headquarters yesterday. There 1t was
declared that no Anderson man ever
showed z white feather or declined to
take the short end of a to i bet on a
push over Nothing like that For
Anderson ii was announced that Ar
thur Coleman Of Martinez, fruit man.
was peeved about that Welch-Keogh
story and that he had nothing but
money and desire to bet it all that
Anderson would beat Curry to a pulp
in san Francisco. Carroll Cook has
not been called upon to select a mot
for hire" stake holder.
SANTA BARBARA CANVASS
According to the Santa Barbara In
dependents report on file at the Ander-
son headquarters. Clio Lloyd and Wal
ter u. Wagner have canvassed Santa
Barbara in the interest Of Anderson.
Wagner and the enlightenment of the
the defects Of direct primary sys-
TEN, which prevents a convention from