The San Francisco call., 1910-05-26
ANDERSON OUT
OF RACE, SAY
POLITICIANS 5
Johnson and Curry Are the Only
Two Real Contestants,
They Declare
Machine Campaign, With Parker
as General, Fails to Im=
press Public
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
With the primary election more than
three months away the great majority
Of the practical politicians and students
OF California's politics have narrowed
the republican primary tight down to a
contest between two gubernatorial can
didates. An overwhelming majority OF
that majority is committed to the be-
lief that Curry and Johnson are the
contestants.
Naturally enough in the immediate
camps OF the other candidates the
opinions Of the majority are ridiculed
but nine out of ten men who are not
directly interested in the fortunes of
any candidate believe that the fight is
now between Curry and Johnson and
that il VIII remain between them until
the polls are closed in August.
The machine campaign for Alden An
cerson under way for 10 months. has
failed to impress the public. From
time 10 time the public has been in
formed that "the campaign will begin
in earnest next week" The next
weeks" have come and gone. Walter
Parker, the Los Angeles machine boss
has made two trips to San Francisco
The big generals of the machine have
conferred Parker has thrown off every
Iretense &C being for Stanton. The
screws have been put on in some OF
the state departments. The San Jose
municipal election is a thing of the
past For ali these things there is nc
visible sign OF new life accomplish
ment ln the machine campaign. The
big check that was TO be put upon the
Curry campa gn has not materialized
and the Johnson campaign has not
blown up, according to machine
promise on the contrary. it is d no.
torious fact that machinemen in San
francisco are swapping at each other
and getting ready 10 pass the buck
OPINIONS CHANGED
To many students OF the political
game Hiram ". Johnson's changed
opinions are the most significant indi-
cations of conditions throughout the
state. Johnson's opinions have changed
and radically. When Anderson was put
into the fight il was promised that the
fun power Of the machine would be
eXerted TO the end that the Curry
forces would be disrupted and the sec
relary or sttae put out of the running
It was argued that Curry appeared
10 be strong because he had been per-
mitted 10 90 along without opposition,
but that when the whistle blew the
semaphor would be dropped against
him and he would be shunted into a
blind siding. In San Francisco there
was 10 be nothing to It." The Herrin
machine and the Mccarthy machine in
combination We're 20 deliver the works
10 Anderson and Johnson was to run a
bad second, with Curry trailing.
Another argument, not wholly dis
associated from the whistle argument,
was that Curry had made his pace too
hot and that he would break down. In
fine. il was argued that Curry had gone
as far and as fast as he could too early
SIN the game The big argument was
that the machine orders would be ia ken
by every republican who considered
himself regular and that Johnson's per
sonal campaigning would drive votes
away from him rather than attract
them.
know that Johnson himself was dis
posed 10 pin his faith to some Of those
arguments. He started on his cam
lpaign tour two months ago, disa greeing
with the managers of his campaign
who believed that the fight was between
him and Curry Since that time John
son has visited southern California.
lie has toured the Sacramento valley
and the San Joaquin down to the Te-
hachapi. He is in the south again now.
day for his second southern tour he had
changed his mind. He was agreed with
his managers that the fight was not be-
tween himself and Anderson, but be-
tween himself and Curry.
CAMPAIGN FUSED Up
The mana cement of Nat EIIery's cam
pstgn is All fused up over the Ander-
son mems charge that Engstrom. the
nonunion contractor who has the Ag-
new hospital Job, is financing EIlery' S
campai gn. Ellery is ma king an impos-
ing campaign and purposes to go his
initial efforts several better in a few
days when he starts his automobile
tour None of the candidates pretend
10 vie with Anderson in the matter OF
headquarters or staff. but neither is any
Of the other campaigns exactly a shoe
string" affair
The glass house boys got no rise ou
ct Ellery's managers with their gos.
SIP about the source Of Ellery's funds
until they shunted Engstrom's name
into the game Engstrom has been In
hot water with the building trades
unions ever since he secured the Ag
news contract He is q southern con.
tractor and, therefore, an open shor
contractor. The building trades council
has forced an investigation Of his work
and some Of the labor leaders have
rcontended that their charges fell dowr
because Ellery backed up the con-
tractor.
The suggestion that his money was
behind Ellery was undoubtedly de-
signed to stir UP labor hornets nest
Regardless Of its effect on organized
labor. il got a rise out of J. ]. Nc
Carthy, Ellery's local manager.
The Engstrom spoken of by Ander-
sons managers has no hand in financing
Ellery's campaign" declared McCar-
thy yesterday. "Ellery's fight is being
financed by himself and his family
friends. AS to Eilery's stand in tn,