The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
LEAGUE TO HAVE.
A COMPLETE SLATE
Selection Of Ticket Is Expected
When Southern Judicial
Situation Clears
BY GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


The proponents of a complete slate,
including a candidate for nomination
to every state office, have apparently
won out in the executive copmittee OF
the Lincoln Roosevelt league of repub-
lican clubs
That such a ticket or slate will be
framed when the Los Angeles situation
is cleared up and that the Los Angeles
situation hinges upon the political de-
sires of Judge Works is now admit
ted by the northern leaguers. 1t is be-
lieved by the leaguers generally that
when Works is satisfied the Los An
geles executive committeeman will
have no difficulty with the other mem
bers of their formidable aggregation of
potential candidates
MUST SIDETRACK WILBUR
In the opinion of some of the north
ern leaguers the southern members of
their committee will be compelled to
sldetrack Judge Wilbur if Works in
sists upon running for the supreme
oencn. That would involve slight diff
hculty If 1t were nds for the fact that
Wilbur had been given to understand
that he was down for the leagues sup
port and had started his petition.
Inc imitation of the candidacy Of
Florence j. OBrien for secretary of
state and Friend William Richardson
Tor state printer signalized the leagues
apandonment of both its original policy
IN the matter of the selection of can
GiuateS and the policy of no selection
Whicn was announced when the origi-
nal state conference idea was discarded
AT the reorganization meeting held
IN oakland the executive committee
was directed to arrange for a state
conference to consist of 4S1 delegates
me announced purpose of that con-
ference was the selection of a ticket
OF candidates for nomination to all of
the state offices to be filled by election
this year.
PLAN ABANDONED
subsequently this plan was aban-
uohed by the executive COMMITTEES and
~ was given out that the league would
ihitlate the candidacy of an aspirant
lot governor only. 1t was suggested
.iiat the executive committee would
lndorse the candidacy of incun,hantc
with satisfactory records who n,isht
aspire to denomination and that nos
sioiy When the filing period was at
an eho the league might indorse others
"nose character and known affiliations
ihisht commend them to the commit )
tee.
rms policy did not appeal to old
timers like Colonel E. A. Forbes of
piarysVllle and A. L. Shinn of Sacra :
iilehto They contended that the wav
to make a fight was TO make q r,ction
along the entire skirmish line. The
ENDORSEMENT of O'Brien and Richardson
marked the acceptance of the new idea
ana 1T is now the unofficially declared
policy OF the committee to pick an
entire ticket
Two of tI,a
tne leagues executive committee were
Iied yesterday by the appointment of
+. G Hail of Quincy and Sherman
Marsh of Nevada City. The selection
or committeeman for the first con-
gressional district was left to Vice
president Harold T. Power His failure
TO name the representatives for his
district when the others were chosen
was ascribed to desire to investi-
gate the tangled situation in Hum
boldt county before making his selec-
tions.
HUMBOLDT DOUBTFUL
Humboldt county, which treated the
league movement SO handsomely in
l9US, is now one of the leagues awk-
ward places. Senator Charles p Cut
ten, VINO was a member of the leagues
executive committee, buried the hatchet
with Gillett and Ralph Bull who was
the handspring of the leagues fighting
machine in Humboldt county, and be-
came director general of Currys fight
When Gillett pulled out of the gu
bernatorial race, the leaguers, or some
of them, thought that Cutten might
find his way back into the fold Evil
IDENTIFY the Lissner denunciation of any
leaguers who dared to be for Gillett
delivered at Oakland, remains fresh in
the memory of Cutten. In any event
he has not returned and. SO far as the
league is concerned, Humboldt county
is fallow field.