The San Francisco call., 1910-03-25
San Francisco and Northern Cali
ifOrnia Soon to Be in First
Direct Primary Fight
Organizations Behind Various
Aspirants for Office Labor
ing IndustriOusly
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH


paign.
The Curry organization has been at
work for months. The organization
work for johnson in San Francisco has
been under way for nearly three weeks
and the Anderson organization has
made a start and is ready to go under
q full head of steam next week.
For the Lincoln Roosevelt league
Max Kuhl is in the field getting ready
for the organization of clubs in the
interior which is TO be started next
week, when Johnson and Wallace will
be on the road again
The local organization work for
Johnson is being done by a so called
executive committee representing the
Independent republican clubs and the
former Lincoln-Roosevelt league or
chairman of the committee, Paul Ban
croft vice chairman and w. II. Stewart
and Max ]. Kuhl treasurer and secre-
tsry, respectively. a subcommittee
charged with the detail, organization
work is headed by a. Z. Graupner,
chairman, Olin L. Berry, secretary.
Tom Keogh is the directing head of
the local Curry organization, with
headquarters in the Foxcroft building.
ANDERsON's LOCAL FIGHT
The local fight for Anderson. like the
primary fight for William Crocker, will
be dual affair. The sentimental side
OF the fight will be in the hands of the
businessmen's club, organized by c. c.
Moore and of which it is promised
Moore will be president The practical
politics is to be under the general di-
rection OF John c. Lynch. Leon Dennery
former assemblyman and dispenser of
patronage for the Mccarthy admins
tratiOn. is in charge of a branch of the
field work, and George Adams, reg
istrar of voters under Schmitz and
Ruef's candidate for secretary Of state
In 1906, IS in charge of the petition
L was announced yesterday that
Anderson's petition would be COM
pleted for verihcation and forwarding
10 the secretary of state in a few days. |
The whole number of signers in San
200
While the work we have ALREADY
done said Anderson. Indicates that
we could easily secure a large per-
centage of the voters of the state to
sign the nominating papers, we pur-
pose to secure only a safe margin over
the minimum required by law. Expe-
rience IN Los Angeles, San Francisco.
vallejo and other cities has shown that
the number Of signatures plays small |
part in the results"
The Lincoln Roosevelt leaguers will |
secure only the necessary number of |
signatures for the petitions of their |
candidates other than Johnson. For
Johnson they will permit the verifca
ton deputies to work until thew have
q SAFE margin over the legal minimum
OF 10 per cent
The Curry san Francisco petition
VIII reach the 10 per cent maximum
next week, If the daily average is main
tained. The first petition to be com
pleted In San Francisco by a candidate
for state nomination was that of Walter
u agner, who seeks the salary and
emoluments that go with the title
secretary of state. The verifcation of
wa gners petition was completed yes
terday, and the registrar forwarded IL
TO the secretary of state.
Clerk of the Supreme Court Frank
L. Caughey has formally signi7ed his
intention TO seek denomination by
e! qua iliylne Verifcation deputy for
san francisco. Carlos L. Smart. printer
OF the state school at Whittier. is for
mally in the race for republican nom
instion to Billy Shannon's iob Veri
fcauon deputies have been at work
Tor several weeks for shannon and
Srattan ID Philips Walter B. Thorpe
secretary Of the state board of barho,
ANNOUNCED MIS- can0i- /
oscy several weeks ago, but has NOT
put any men in the field. Thorne We
foreman OF the state printing Office
under Johnston and has a formf.Iahle
list of sponsors
Victor A. Spbragia has started bfs
petition for the republican nominatfon
70 tne assembly In the forty-fourth /
district Edwin f. Grant is ont for
the democratic nomination for the state
senate in the twenty and a
Harris, an attorney, is in the field Iv;+h |
a deh for AssembIyman Nate Cozblan
Of the forty-first.
The postponement of the johnson
meeting scheduled for Oakland Tuesday
night, according 20 the mana xers &c az
Lincoln Roosevelt campaign. is tho ra
suit Of Mayor Frank MOTIFS absence s1d
not due TO the row between Mott ana
Guy {. Earl over the candidacy OF tbe
mayors brother, Recorder John Mott
rYRRELL Is OPPOSED
The Oakland Enquirer. one Of tbe or;o
inal league newspapers and medium
OF publicity for the opinions af
George c. Pardee. gave an editoriaI
TO Motifs secretary. Tvrrei1
announced as a candidate against Sen .
ator Frank Leavitt. and esnousad A.
cause Of Leavitt. who in the eves e
leaguers generally is the bogvman,s
big brother
Ihen came the conference of reform,
leaders. Earl, according to the leak
which has received general cfrculatf
informed the conference that the In
eoln-Roosevelt league could not sun-
port Recorder Mott. He also made re
marks about Motifs record as an asse,o
olyman and declared that II was fba
1uty OF the Lincoln Roosevelt league 10
support Mcclure of Berkeley for +he
office Of recorder
Blood is said TO be thicker Tho,
water. In any event Mayor Mott did
not relish the remarks touching Pa
order Mott, and among other bits Of
advice informed Earl that there was no
Roosevelt league organization
n Alameda county
Johnsons managers insist that Ear,
them, in so far as he
the idea that the IincoIn-
Roosevelt league would take anv nar,
n local or county fights They also
INSIST that the differences between Fcarl
md Frank Mott have not affected
Motifs allegiance to their state ticket
Mott is in southern California on
business trip. The leaguers saw that
le was to make A speech at the John
on meeting scheduled for Tuesday. and
which win be held, with Mott as one Of
he principal speakers, as quickly as
,ossible after his return.