The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
Machine Cohorts Vent Their
Spleen Upon Campaign
Management
Practical Acknowledgment of
Defeat Made in Cries of
DiScOrd
BY GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

she hopelessness OF the machine can
diJate's night for the republican nomi-
nation for governor is evidenced by
their criticisms Of the management of
MS campaign
The machine men are now declaring
that Anderson's campaign is in itself
responsible for the defeat that most
Of them concede awaits them at the
primary polls. For weeks there have
been whispers of ~mismana cement
and demands that something be
started. Those demands have been
met with promises of something do
ing after awhile. Wait for the big
blow of"
Two weeks ago some. of the big wigs
Of the machine were told by organiza-
tLOn Office holders that the jig was up
n nd that if any was 10 be started it
must needs be in some other campaign
The Endorsement of the railroadmen's
legislative board. which was TO be de-
livered 10 Anderson as the beginning
of the big blow of, did not material
iZe. II was the blow that landed the
machine Billy Patterson" The faith
of the old timers was gone. They
were convinced that the machine was
stampede TO Curry TO prevent the
a paper myth They followed the
nomination of Johnson"
WHO Is TO BLAME.
AS they went the sack holders left
behind began TO berate the management
Of Anderson's campaign. Admitting that
there was something wrong with the
management Of Andersons campaign,
many Of the old timers are not prepared
70 agree that the responsibility for the
disaster shall be placed on the ostensi-
bic commanders of this modern Charge
Of the Light Brigade
Early in the campa ign old timers in
San Francisco complained bitterly
about too much management and too
many bosses Jere Burke gave orders
Anderson gave orders. Leon Dennery
gave orders and now and then Johnnie
Lynch would issue few mandatory
lines Then Frank Bilger and Charlie
Spear were brought over from Alameda
county. Bilger was designated cam
psign manager and Spear was assigned
to the post Of chief of the board OF
strategy. Bilger had been one of Motifs
followers. Spear was of the Pardee
dynasty. He may have fitted into some
Of the situations. but when he was sent
across the bay to handle the Alameda
county situation and equipped with
sack there was roar.
when il leaked that in the event of
Anderson's nomination and election
Spear was 10 use the scalp of Presi-
dent Stafford Of the harbor commits
sion as part OF the decorations on the
desk he held under Pardee, there was a
longer and louder roar. When the
railroadmen's Endorsement went wrong.
the gang turned on Bilger. According
TO the most bitter of the Anderson men
BIger is responsible for all their woes.
Some OF the. old machine men, while
they admit that they are not very keen
about Bilger, absolve him for their diff
fcAlties. which they charge up to An
derson himself.
-BU RKE'S COHORTS DESPERATE
Jere Burkes organization is working
desperately in an attempt to nullify the
-,yoeful effect of the railroad mems in
dorsement Of Charles f. Curry for gov
eTnor. The members of the legislative
. board came to San Francisco charged
with the duty of selecting ticket of
candidates that could be recommended
10 the members of their organizations.
That was fine business as long as
Burke and the Anderson men believed
that the Endorsement could be landed
for the machine candidate. They had
sent men out over the divisions and be-
fieved that with a horde of division su-
perintendents and political bureau Off
. Gals they could line up a majority for
Anderson. They failed. Now they are
endeavoring to force the men to repu-
diste the action Of the legislative board.
From the Anderson headquarters were
ISSUED yesterday typewriter copies of
resolutions apparently introduced at a
; meeting Of the San Francisco local
lodge Of trainmen on Sunday night.
: Fhose resolutions declared that the leg
@islative board had no authority to in
6orse candidates for elective Offices and
. that the trainmen retained their polit--
= 3cal Independence
's9he orders are out for Anderson
was the message that was received
with broad grins by the heads of muni-
cipal departments and their subordin-
stes yesterday. The orders are out
for Anderson" was the message COM
rnunicated to some saloon men yester-
day by representatives of the police
. commission or some of its members.
ADMINISTRATION VOTE DELIVERED
The delivery Of the San Francisco ad-
snipistra tion vote TO Alden Anderson
was made yesterday. 1t was accom-
plished in record breaking time and to
the visible amusement of the city off,
cials and employees delivered. The de-
livery consisted of the distribution of
Anderson buttons among the officials
4 nd employees. Just where the orders
for the delivery originated was not
made clear. The buttons were distri-
buteo. In ceTta1n quarters the saloon
men were told the administration is
Tor Anderson" Again there was quite
Is much mystery. The same distinction
Fhat has been made in local fights was
made in the announcement of the
delivery" TO Anderson. In some of the
local fights the followers of the Nc
Carthy organization have been told
The mayor is for Brown" In the
same district other men have been told
that "the administration is for Smith,
Yesterday the announcement was
that the administration is for Ander-
son; the orders are out" That the
men who received notice of their de-
livery understood the terms thereof
was indicated yesterday afternoon by a
collection of Anderson buttons that I
saw nthe office of a city Official Each
button I was informed. had been taken
off by the appointive officer who had
received it earlier in the day as a
token of his delivery. The delivery
Of the city's forces was taken In the
light Of a joke by the higher appoint
i've officers. The employees in some of
the departments wore their buttons
under their coats where they could be
exhfhifed on demand Hhey were NOT