The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

TO LEAD BATTLE
OF THE LEAGUE
Will Seek Republican Nomina=
ton for Governor Upon
Anti-RailrOad Issue
Attorney Yields to 0verwheIm-
ing Request of the Execu=
tive Committee


tive Committee
| Hiram W. Johnson is the Lincoln
Roosevelt leagues candidate for the
republican nomination for governor.
| Johnson's steadfast refusal to make the
race was broken down yesterday by
the unanimous demand of the leagues
executive committee.
Besides securing the formal pledge of
Johnson to enter the lists as candidate
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor, the nti-machinists formally in
dorsed Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court M. c. Sloss, State Controller A. B.
| Nye and State Treasurer William r.
Williams for reelection.
The Endorsements of Justice Sloss
| Treasurer Williams and Controller Nye
were based upon their records in office
At subsequent meeting the executive
committee is expected to give it's formal
approval to the official record of Attor-
ney General L. s. Webb.
Will Soon Begin Fight
Before the committee adjourned it
had received assurances from its can
didate for governor that he would
begin an active campaign as soon as
| he was able to leave the sickroom. to
which he has been confined for two
weeks, and had arranged for a commit :
tee to take charge of organizing clubs
in every assembly district in the state.
The campaign for the nomination of
Johnson will be prosecuted from two
quarters will be maintained in San.
Francisco, and Los Angeles will be the
center of the fight for southern Cali
| fornia.
| The Independent republican organiza-
tion will undoubtedly indorse or rec
ommend to the republican voters
candidate for each place on the repub-
liean state ticket. That it will invite
candidates for any other than the head
of the ticket to enter the rate is
doubtful.
Railroad TO Be Issue
i
| bers of the leagues executive commit
tee declared yesterday that their pri-
mary fight would not be made on dead
or multitudinous issues. The issue
would be Joined, said the leaguers, and
their candidate for governor stand
squarely upon the question of the
Southern Pacific company's control of
the state government through it's politi-
cal bureau.
Twenty out of thirty members of
the state executive committee were
present yesterday morning when the
meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent Chester H. Rowell of Fresno The
proxies of six absentees were held by
the committeeman present. Only for
mer United States Senator Thomas r.
Bard and former Mayor Clinton L.
White of Sacramento were unrepre-
sented.
The committeeman almost to a man
were determined that some affirmative
action should be taken. In addition to
the members of the committee former
Governor George c. Pardee, Professor
Green of Stanford university and E.. A.
Dickson of Los Angeles were admitted
| to the executive session.
Mott Leaves Meeting
Mayor Frank X Mott of Oakland a
member of the executive, committee
and one of the men most vigorously
urged for the leagues Endorsement.
asked to be excused and that his proxy
be left in the hands of Pardee. When
Mott left the room he told the news
papermen that he was in no sense a
candidate for governor and that he
would not be prepared to give an af
firmative answer if the leaguers should
invite him to make the race for them
Immediately after Mott left the
room the committee got down TO the
question of a candidate for governor
and made quick work of it. They were
told by some of the members from
southern California that Johnson, who
was at home sick, could be run. The
committeeman took their informants at
their word By unanimous vote thew
provided for committee to wait upon
Johnson with the leagues invitation TO
become a candidate for governor
Secure His Promise
Marshall Stimson and A. ]. Wallace
of Los Angeles waited upon Johnson
while their fellow leaguers went TO
lunch. They returned with the mes
sage the leaguers had been lighting for
for two months. The committee in
dorsed Justice Sloss. Treasurer VIII
liams and Controller Nye and settled
down to consideration of the details
of what they believe will be a winning
campaign.
The Endorsement of Nye and Williams
was formally, made through the adop-
ton of the following resolution intro
duced by ex-Mayor w. r. Davis of
Oakland:
Resolved, that the administration
of the state controllers Office by A. r
Nve and the administration of the Of
fice of state treasurer by William r
Williams are each hereby indorsed and
that the candidacy of A. B. Nye for the
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