The San Francisco call., 1910-09-04
ROWELL MAY GET
CHAIRMAN GAVEL
Professionalism Job That
Robbed Davis Will Not
Benefit Stetson
Attempt to Punish Johnson's
Friends Will Help Rather
Than Injure Ticket
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

The Shook Earl job to pre-
vent the election of Vice President W.
r. Davis of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league to the craftsmanship of the re-
publican state convention apparently
will fail to put the gavel into the
hands of Senator John ". Stetson and
may result in making Chester H.
Rowell of Fresno an unwilling candi-
date for the honor stolen from Davis
Rowell arrived in San Francisco yes
terday He declined to make any
statement for publication. 1t may be
assumed, however, that unless some
candidate for chairman other than one
programmed as part of the job against
Davis is brought out Roweu's name
will be presented. tt is not difficult TO
believe that If Rowells name does go
before the convention he will be elected
chairman.
COUP BENEFITS JOHNSON
The fact that the first leak about
the Pardee-Snook- Earl job against
Davis came from Los Angeles Is re-
sponsible for the suspicion that IL was
something more than a local coup
designed to avenge Pardee for Davis
presuming to oppose some of the for
mer governors bygene political ambi-
tions. Whatever the reason for the
job, 1t has uncovered some of the re-
habilitated politicians who are more in
terested in paying o fold scores or
edgfng their way up to the pie counter
than they are in organizing a solid
party 'front.' for Johnson and the ticket
1t is generally conceded that the
Davis coup will be to the advantage of
Johnson and the ticket rather than re-
suit in any injury. An attempt to pun
ish one of Johnson's most valued aides
and closest political friends by men
elevated to local power on the wave of
Johnson's popularity and Johnson's is
sue has served to arouse sympathy for
Johnson in unexpected quarters in San
Francisco.
VOTES OFFERED TO DAVIS
The attack on Davis has caused some
of the San Francisco politicians TO for
get their own grievances against some
of the men who have assumed to voice
| Johnson's wishes i'm his absence. If the
proxy question is settled is some of the
Johnson leaders in San Francisco de-
clare Ii will be settled. Davis can vote
| fully one-third of the San Francisco
delegation and ii was announced yes
terday that proxies were coming in
food from all parts of northern CaIifor-
mia. The local leaders declined to des-
ignate the county. but they declared
last night that they had received an
offer OF an entire county delegation for
Davis.
Announcement of Rowelrs arrival
was good news for the local politicians.
The shortest of the short hairs have
40 grievance against Johnson, whom
they are both willing and anxious to
support. nor against the genuine lead
ers of the reform movement
ATTEMPT TO EVEN SCORES
All the local trouble. which. by the
way has not affected the rank and
| file of the party. has arisen over the
! disposition of few to punish not the
man who did not support Johnson, but
to even up old scores with men who did
support Johnson.
The republicans who were not in
the Johnson primary camp and who
| have only a secondary interest in the
| organization of the party governing
| bodies, are lining up with the Johnson
men in the several assembly districts
and getting ready for vote making
ampaign.
| Potential programs about which
party leaders like Johnson, RoweIl,
| Davis, Ryan, DERRICK and Power have
not been consulted have resulted in
| friction that has not reached repub-
! licans generally
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
/ Roweu will be joined here today by
| the advance guard of the southern
delegations. A meeting of the state
executive committee of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league will be held tomorrow
| for the purpose of winding UP the pri-
mary campaign affairs. 1t is suggested
! that a formal statement covering all
campaign receipts and disbursements
| will be made The question of chair
man for the state central committee
will undoubtedly come IN for most
careful consideration
| The attitude of the majority of the
county conventions has settled the
platform question. and settled it as
the party leaders expected il would be
settled. Aside from q declaration for
line of steamships operating on the
! Pacific coast st is improbable that any
marked change will be made from the
| planks foretold by The Call week
ago today In the Los Angeles county
convention there developed an oppo-
sition TO a specific and distinct pledge
to the congressional nominees. 1t is
not believed that similar opposition Of
any moment will be developed in the
state convention
Did you ever hear a married man
coax his wife to sing for him?