The San Francisco call., 1910-08-12
Loss of Panama=Pacific Fair
Predicted if Anderson Is
Defeated
herrinites Offer to Sacrifice
Regular" congressman
for State Victory
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


governor and to stem the tide of re-
publcans abandoning his cause daily,
the Herrin machine has threatened Cal
ifornia with the loss of the Panama
Pacific exposition if Anderson is not
nominated.
The threat is made TO exhibit its own
folly and the duplicity Of the machine
by the inclusion Of confessed willing
ness TO sacrifice one or two regular
congressman TO enable the machine TO
retain its grip on the government of
California through the nomination and
election Of its candidate for governor.
The viciousness of the threat is only
equalled by the machines assumption
that the people are hopelessly stupid.
Hsrbor Commissioner Phil Teller has
been compelled to sign circular for
general distribution which declares
that Alden Anderson's election TO the
Office Of governor would do more TO
assist California in the night for the
Panama Pacific exposition than the
election Of regular" congressman who
could vote for congressional recogni-
tion Of California claim
Aecording TO Teller. President Taft
viii be snubbed and his friendly regard
for California dissipaJed If Anderson is
not nominated. Teller would have the
people believe that only through the
nomination Of Anderson can they ex-
press their confidence in the republican
party and the national administrator
The re-electio of congressman who
helped make the presidents policies
into laws, says Teller is IS nothing
compared with the nomination of An
derson Here is Teler's estimate of
that situation:
Indeed il would be more of q snub
TO the president 10 have California elect
an anti-administration republican gov
ernor and more Of help TO insurgency
as cause. than for US TO lose one or
two congressman, unfortunate as that
result would be.
Republican congressman in districts
that have shown q disposition toward
democracy may be able TO ind some
comfort in the fact that their services
to the organization and their support
Of President Taft is infinitely less i'm
portant 10 the California machine than
is the nomination of Jere Burke's and
Leon Dennery's candidate for gov
ernor-
TeIler's circular which is ready for
the mails. is made the medium for
second deception. Not daring 10 at
tempt 10 make the circular appear to be
the work Of the party governing COM
naittee. il is frankly enough per
sonal dodger. but under Teller's printed
signature two lines Of small type an
-nounce that he is de facto chairman
Of the republican state central COM
mittee.
Nfnety-nine men out of every hun
dred Of ordinary intelligence know that
the reelection Of any one of the in
culnbent congressman. including Cali
fornia's one insurgent Hayes. means
more to the Panams-Pacific exposition
cause than the selection Of half a dozen
state tickets in California Admitting
that the nomination of johnson might
be anything but welcome 10 the ma
tionaI administration does not make the
nomination Of a candidate for governor
Of California paramount TO the cleo
tfon Of republican congressman who
can vote with the majority. and whose
influence can be employed to make
votes on behalf Of California.
In one breath the machine tells the
republicans that if Anderson is not
nominated the tariff protection ac-
corded California will be withdrawn
and offer to out trade a congressman
or two who can, who have and who will
vote for the protection Of California
in order TO nominate candidate Tor
governor whose influence in the matter
of tariff or tariff legislation would be
almost as great as the influence eX-
erted bv the aurora borealis.
Reports from virtually every county
IN the state and the admissions of the
machine men themselves indicate that
neither the tariff nor the machines
willingness to ditch congressman or
TWO for Anderson has resulted in max
ing him any stronger in the country
than he il in san Francisco. The stu
dent of politics who would declare that
Anderson had chance to run better
than q bad third in San Francisco would
be considered a winning candidate for
a permanent berth in mad house.
During the last 10 days have talked
with men associated with the politics
OF one half the counties in California
With the exception of Anderson and
johnson, I nave talked with nearly all
the candidates for republican nomina-
tion TO state office who have visited
san Francisco during that period. I
have talked with scores of men not
directly associated with any campaign
and with many men intimately asso-
cfated with the Anderson. Johnson and
Curry campaigns. No one of these men
has asserted a belief that Anderson
could run better than third. Some Of
them have doubted his ability to run
third They have been absolutely
agreed that the fight for the republica n
nomination Tor governor is between
Curry and Johnson. ma jority Of
these men have declared that in their
them. JOhnson's supporters. have de-
clared that Johnson would win by a
landslide vote. Quite as many have
expressed q lively fear that the ma
chine whip might hold enough votes
in line for Anderson TO insure the nom
ination Of Johnson over Curry bv a
comparatively narrow margin.
The hopelessness of the Anderson
tight was indicated by Tim Sullivan's
refusal TO participate in it, Sullivan
delivered the San Francisco county
committee to Herrin two years ago.
He was the boss of the county com
mittee last year when il indorsed the
.-businessmen's" supervisorial ticket
generally admitted to be the worst
ticket ever offered to the voters of
san Francisco.
Sullivan declined to go into the An
derson camp last spring, declaring fat
ly that the superintendent of banks had
not fighting chance. Subs equently he
declared that he would break into the
campaign when he secured q satfsfac-
tory understanding in the matter of
patronage Later he announced his
support of Johnson and Edward Rolkin.
his candidate for the state board of
eutIs liza ton. was put on the I,incoln