The San Francisco call., 1910-01-13
LINCOLN-ROOSEVfLT
LEAGUERS ACTIVE
Independent Republicans Lining
Up for the Coming State
Campaign
Many Candidates Urged by the
North and South for
High Offices
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


The reorganized Lincoln Roosevelt
league OF republican clubs will start
its san Fra ncisco machinery on nexi
Monday night through the medium OF
the local Municipal league OF Repub-
licsn clubs. organized by the inde-
pendent republicans for the 1903 pri-
mary fight
A formal meeting Of representative
Independent republicans has been called
by ROlla Y. Wstu chairman Of the mu-
nicipaI leagues conference committee
which named the independent republi-
can ticket last fall, and George Z
ErOtbers, chairman OF the advisory
committee which conducted the organi-
zati0n Of the local Independents The
meeting viii be held in the assembly
room of the Mills building Both Watt
and Crothers have been prominently
identified with the reorga nization OF
'the Lincoln Roosevelt league and with
the local independent republican or
ganizations which have been more com
prehensive in their membership thar
were the former Lincoln Roosevelt
clubs in san Francisco.
CANDIDATES NOT CHOSEN
So far as the men responsible for the
call have been able 10 determine theii
invitation has not been extended to
the interests OF any candidate for state
ONCE II is believed that the inde-
pendent repubiica rs generally have no.
interested themselves on behalf OF any
of the men mentioned as gubernatorial
candidates and that the local inde-
pendent republican clubs can readily
cooperate with the Lincoln-Roosevei'
league. both as 10 the selection of the
leagues local officers and in the per-
fecting Of subsequent plans.
President Chester ROwell, Vice Pres
56ents Hiram W Johnson and W. r
Davis and Secretary Detrick Of the Lin
coIn-R Roosevelt state organization are
expected TO participate in the Monday
night meeting and help formulate q
plan for cooperation which can be rec
commended 10 all the independent re-
publican clubs
SOUTH FOR HENEY
The Los Angeles wing of the Lin
coin Roosevelt league is deep in the
consideration Ot candidates, if the rum
bles which come up from the southland
are 10 be relied upon Some Of the Los
Angeles leaders are said to be still in
sistent that Francis J. Heney is the
only logical gubernatorial candidate
The northern leaders are quite as in
sistent that there is no logic ia urging
Heney's candidacy.
The southern leaguers are giving by
no means all Of their thought TO the
selection Of a san Francisco candidate
for governor.
They have z few candidates Of theli
own Tor other jobs and are visibly per
turbed by the pretensions OF some Los
Angeles aspirants who are not leaguers
They are said 10 be down. hook line
and sinker. for Lee {. Gates for United
states senator. Gates Is the bigges'
leagUer in Los Angeles, and II Flint
determination 10 retire is final, Gates
may look different 10 the northerT
leaguers who were originally opposed
- him as q senatorial candidate.
The Los Angeles leaders also pro
Eose TO add something TO the gayety o.
nations and at least one candidate tt
the small army Of patriots who want
70 succeed Charlie Curry as secretary
of state Their man is State Senator
Charlie Bell. than whom no cleaner ol
more independent man ever sat in Cali
fornia's legislature. Bell was shut oU'
Of the republican caucus in the las
senate and has been an organiZa tioT
marked man ever since he broke Wal
ter Parkers slate four years ago
Los Angeles has candidates for th'
supreme bench seats occupied by JUS
tfces Sloss and Melvin, both of WHOM
will be candidates to succeed them
selves. Former Judge John D. Wori
has the backing Of his Lincoln-Roose
Welt league neighbOrs, who, II is said
want TO combine on Work and Sloss L
beat Melvin. But Work is not TO hav'
. undisputed possession Of the Los An
Eeles field. Superior Judge W z
James is out for one of those suprem
bench nominations His supporters ar
already in the field with their pledg
cards. and their early activities hav'
so outra ged Judge Works sense of tn
proprieties that he has threatened Z
break into print with a criticism s.
couched a s to leave no doubt about hi
own judicial temperament.
STANTON UNDECIDED
Speaker Phil stanton has taken cog
nizance Of the popular clamOr for hin
10 solve the gubernatOrial puzzle
stanton in farewell 10 the last assem-
bly, assured the representative cftfzeni
there assembled that in saying au revoi
10 them he was departing public LIE
and going where he would never fee
the ground slipping from under hii
devoted feet. That he has repented o.
his hurried decision to serve neithe
the organization nor a down trodder
public is indicated by the work of al
insistent corps Of southern press agents
and the appearance Of his pledge cards
in several southern districts.
There is promise of three San Fran
cisco candidates for the republican
nomination 10 the railroad commi ssion
Colonel H. d. Loveland is beint
strongly urged by a formidable arral
OF businessmen who heartily APPROX.
his work on the commission. Ed Aigel
finger. former commissioner of public
works. has his lightning rod up, ans
there is well defined movement [,
crowd Thomas s. Williams, the forty
first district pioneer independent re
publican, into the race.