The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
CAMP PAIGN TO BE
RECORD BREAKER
Great Race Will Start With
JohnSOn's Return From
Tahoe September l9
Well Oiled Organization VIII
Make Fight for the Entire
Republican Ticket
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

san Francisco, September 1s, it will be
: TO enter upon a record breaking cam
paign directed by a thorough organi-
-zation working as q unit from Hum
boldt TO Imperial That organization
and its campaign will be for the repub-
: lican ticket and the redemption Of the
most comprehensive and definite plat
form pledges ever made to an elector-
ate by a majority party.
Before going back TO Tahoe yester-
? day TO complete his vacation, Johnson
attended a meeting Of the executive
committee of the new state central
committee, at which the campaign
wheels were put in motion When
= Chairman Lissner of the state central
committee leaves tomorrow to join
Johnson at Tahoe the preliminaries of
the campaign will be well under way
When the executive committee meets
again On September l9 1t will be TO drop
the flag on the greatest political race
ever started on the Pacific coast
NEEDED GREAT PLATFORM
The perspective Of few days may be
needed TO impress on the whole people
the significance of the platfrom adopted
by the republican state convention on
Tuesday. The politicians of every faith
and faction realize now tha il is the
greatest platform of definite pledges
ever made by the state convention of
a dominant party.
The redemption Of those pledges to
the people depends upon the election
Of Hiram ". Johnson and the republi-
can nominees to both branches of the
legislature, without whom the policies
Of Johnson and the republican conven-
tiOn can not be enacted into laws.
On the question Of election the poll
ticians and public generally entertain
no doubts The spirit Of the state
convention and the attitude OF the new
state central committee has set at
rest the fears Of the few as related
10 legislative and administrative tick
cts. AS TO the election Of Johnson and
his state ticket no republican and few
democrats have entertained any doubt
since the poll of the primary vote was
completed
DOUBTS VANISH
The organization Of the state cen
trsl committee went a long way toward
resolving the doubts OF some of the
most conservative republicans They
had expected the appearance of the
steam roller, the elevation of objec-
tionable factions, the erection of a new
directorate. When the organization
work was completed they found that
none OF the interests which they most
feared and most hated was in control
or in possession Of any unusual lever
age. They saw a convention that de-
clined 20 make any compromise involv-
ing sacrifice Of principle and that disci-
plined every faction on the dominant
side that had stopped to offensive po-
liucal tactics. They saw a state cen
Eral committee organized on an abso-
lutte home rule basis. They saw some
OF the narrow policies adopted by
local conventions repudiated by the
state convention.
In the convention they heard the
no for Tof nd he
Lincoln-Roosevelt candidates respond
with intense enthusiasm to demands by
Chester H ROWell and Frank r. Dew
lin for cheers for the "entire repub-
1ican ticket" Local doubts about a San
Francisco majority for Johnson and the
republican ticket were dispelled when
IL was reported with some show OF
authority that Johnson had refused to
interfere with the organization of the
san Francisco county committee.
PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE
None more fully than Johnson and
the members Of the state executive
committee realizes the element Of per-
sonaI responsibility brought TO the fore
by the convention and Johnson's un-
qualified Endorsement of every plank
in the platform. Johnson and the party
leaders appreciate most keenIy that
Johnson will be held personally respon-
sible for the redemption Of every plat
form pledge such redemption involves
the election of every republican nomi-
nee for the legislature. On the repub-
lfcan legislators elected this year and
upon them only are the jledges sof the
greatest platform ever written binding
The leaders appreciation Of that fact
well as their obligation to the party
as q whole was exhibited by Chairman
Lissner's statements to the new state
central committee Tuesday night. Liss-
ness told the committee that he would
make the fight for the entire rpublican
ticket He went beyond that pledge
which the committee and the party had
= right to expect and did expect He
told the committee that he had resigned
from the good government Organization
of Los Angeles and that he had with
drawn from the Lincoln Roosevelt
league, OF which he was one of the
organizers.
Yesterdays meeting of the executive
committee did not result in detailed
consideration Of the campaign. 1t was
decided to secure new San Francisco
headquarters and a committee was
charged with the selection of a cam
paIgn base. The committee is headed
by Daniel A. Ryan, vice chairman of
the state central committee, and in
cludes Secretary. Charles r. Derrick.
:. Treasurer Adolph UhL Ralph l.. Ha-
thorn and Max J. KuhL Chairman
. LiSbNeI was empowered TO aOpoinf
committees on publicity, campaign and
finance.
ORGANIZE MONDAY
- The county committee will meet for
. organization on Monday night An or
ganization meeting was called q week
ago, but adjourned TO enable Johnson
' 10 take a hand in the selection of
officers If he chose. The immediafe
cause for that adjournment was the
report that Johnson objected to the re-
- election of Secretary Charlie Forbes.
who was made secretary by Tim Sullt-
van, and who went into the fight for
Johnson with Sullivan. Forbes de-
clared that he would not be candidate
II Johnson believed another prefera bic.
= but he and his friends declined to take
any hearssy testimony. They Insisted
that Johnson be permitted to speak for
himself Johnson came TO San Fran
cisco and left again without any>sten
OF permitting out coterie of his uri-
mary supporters TO array him against
another
The opposition 70 Forbes has resulted
in lining up a force behind him, which
1t is freely admitted representes Ap-
. proximately two-thirds of the new
county committee.
. TWO FOR CHAIRMAN