The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
MAY Be
FOUR man AFFAIR
Stanton's Blood Is Up and He
Will Not Quit Guberna-
tOrial Race
Harrison Gray Otis Takes Up
Cudgels in Behalf of Los
Angeles Candidate

That Speaker Phil Stanton will re-
fuse to retire from the, race for the
republican nomination for governor
and that the contest will finish a four
man affair is the opinion of politicians
who believe they understand the po-
litical situation in Los Angeles.
Stantons blood is up if his inter
press may be taken as an accurate
register of his temperature. He is
supposed to see red every time it is
suggested that the machine might take
him up for second place on the ticket.
He declared the other day that if the
popular idea that Anderson had the
support of the push" in the north
were correct it did not follow that the
push could deliver southern California
to the superintendent of banks.
OTIS Is FOR STANTON
Harrison Gray Otis has committed
himself and his newspaper to Stanton.
and the understanding that P. II. Nc
Carthy and the union labor organize
ton is to support Anderson win not
help much if attempt is made to
pull Otis down. Stanton is making his
stand against the japanese exclusion
resolutions one of the cards of his
campaign, and that is another blue
ticket in the scramble for the favor of
Otis, who hates organized labor more
than he hates Senator Bill Savage of
San Pedro.
The Los Angeles Lincoln Roosevelt
leaguers fear that Stanton will cut into
their vote and they have been insistent
that Hiram W. Johnson visit Los An
geles at the earliest practicable mo-
ment. Johnsons personal preference
was to open his campaign in the small
counties in northern California and
work his way around TO the big cities
for the wind up of the fight. The
southerners have prevailed however,
and Johnson is scheduled to- go south
next week.
LLNCOLN-ROOSEvEL LEAGUE
The Lincoln Roosevelt leagues ex-
ecutive committee is expected to com
plete state ticket today. League Off
cials in tlIjs city declare that they
have received no intimation of the dis
position of the places that have been
conceded to southern California. Some
of the northern leaguers would prefer
TO see the Endorsement for lieutenant
governor go to Lee c. Gates. Gates is
an accomplished orator and a veteran
campaigner.s
Teamed Johnson and Gates could
treat the people of California to
stump campaign unlike anything they
have seen in many years, and many
old politicians believe that they might
start a grass fire that would sweep
everything before ii.
The leaguers who have been ponder
ing possible candidates appear to be
agreed with the machine program in
so far as it contemplates giving the
hook to State Superintendent of In
struction Hyatt. They may not agree
today upon a candidate for Hyatts job,
but If they fail TO agree they will un-
doubtedly pass it up to a committee to
pick out man complying with the
general specifications.
WEBB AND I<INGSBURY
If there is no hitch in the tentative
pro gram, Attorney General Webb and
Surveyor General kingsbury will be
indorsed for re Nomination and re-e1ec-
ton. Friend William Richardson says
he has not made up his mind to accept
the leagues .invitation to run for state
printer but he is expected to capitu-
late when the matter is formally pre-
sented to him.
Franklin p. Bull of the thirtysev
enth is announced as a candidate for
the republican nomination to the dis
trict court of appeal bench. Bull is
veteran in politics. He fought the ma
chine in the 1907 primaries and in 1905
helped win the big thirty-seventh dis
trict for the Lincoln Roosevelt league.
He was a prominent figure amongsthe
leagues leaders in the Sacramento
state convention in 1908.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY pIsCHARGED-The
federal grand jury filed its final report with