The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-24
CURRY CONFIDENT
OF BEING ELECTED
Expects to Succeed GiIIett With
out Asking Aid of Any
Organization
LincOIn-ROOseveIt League Pre-
pares to Urge a Whirlwind
Campaign
By GEoRGE A. Van SMITH


4 have not sought and / viii not seek
the support Of any organization. If am
elected governor, and ] expect to be
elected, it VIII be without string OF
any kind. viii be free to give the
people the kind of an administration l
believe the people should have. I am
bound by no promise If I can not be
nominated and elected that way 1 do
not want the Office"
That is what Charles r. Curry has to
say about his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for governor.
Curry believes that he will win at the
primary polls He believes that he
viii be elected governor in November.
To say that Curry is confident would be
conservative He says his confidence
IS based on his belief that both the
people and the direct primary law are
sound.
There is another reason for Curry's
confidence He believes that from a
tangled political situation his personal
organization viii emerge triumphant
over both the machine and anti-ma-
chine organizations. He believes that
both the machine and anti-machine can
didates inevitably viii be drawn into
combinations with other candidates.
which. in his estimation, means more
water on the Curry wheel
REASONS FOR CONFIDENCE
asked Curry yesterday to explain
his confidence Of winning in a race in
which he would be opposed by two
clean capable men, one supported by
The machine which has dominated Cali
fornia's politics for many years; the
other by the Lincoln Roosevelt league.
which so nearly put the Herrin ma
chine 10 rOUt in 1908.
Il expect TO win because I have not
the support of any organization; be-
cause the people have the direct pri-
mary law said Curry. I have not sought
and L viii not seek the support of any
organization. have always been for the
direct primary law. 1t has given me
the chance 1 could not secure without
IT, II j am elected governor, and I
expect TO be elected, il viii be without
string OF any kind I viii be free
10 give the people the kind of an ad-
have
My candidacy is based on nv. record
as public servant am bound by
no promise. / have given my promise
10 no living man. If ] am elected gov
erhor my appointments viii be based
on the qualifications Of the appointees.
Ihey viii be my appointments If [
can not be nominated and elected that
way do not want the Office If the
people do not want that kind of a
governor they had better look else
where"
asked Curry if he would make an
acuYe personal campaign.
The time will probably come when
VIII be obliged to give some per-
sonal attention TO the campaign" he
] eplled. shall do as little of that
kind Of work ss possible. The people
elected me to the Office of secretary of
state have not found il necessary
50 Tar TO neglect the duties of nv
once 10 advance my political ambi-
ton. Representative republicans
throughout the state are making nv
hight They are accomplishing most
gratifying results in the matter of
organization. Ny petition is being
completed by my friends. / am con-
tent ] intend TO adhere to the letter
and the spirit Of the direct primary
law"
CAMPAIGN PLANNED |
The Lincoln Roosevelt leaguers are |
preparing for whirlwind campaign /
which they purpose to start early /
ana prosecute up TO the opening of the /
polls in August. Hiram W. Johnson is |
2 brilliant and magnetic orator. The
directors Of the leagues campaign hope /
TO perfect arrangements which win |
enable Johnson to speak in every |
county in the state. If Lee c. Gates 1
OF Los Angeles is the leagues candi- /
date for lieutenant governor and the 1
wind seems TO blow that way the leaeue
VIII have a powerful oratoricaI team
at the head of its ticket Gates is one
81 the best orators in southern Cali /