The San Francisco call., 1910-05-21
-ENGLEbRIGHT' Sob
WANTED BY JUDGE
John L. Childs of Del N0rte En-
ters Race for Congress in
First District
By GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

That there will be fights for republi-
can congressional nominations in at
least four districts was assured yes
terday by the formal entry of Judge
John L. Childs of Del Norte against
CONGRESSMAN Englebright in the first
district.
The districts carded for republican
seventh. In the second and seventh the
Lincoln-R Roosevelt league will be behind
the fights, on the incumbents. In the
first the scrap is to be between two
regulars, both presumably in fairly
good standing. In the fifth the fight is
between regulars, but with the machine
lined up against the incumbent. In the
sixth and eighth districts the Lincoln
Roosevelt league is committed 10 the
candidates. of the incumbents who are
regulars, both as regards the California
and the congressional organizations.
FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE
Judge John L. Child of Del Norte,
who seeks the hair of Congressman n
Englebright, is not Lincoln-Roosevelt
eaguer. He is one of the big republi-
cans of northern California and is reg
ular when regularity does not involve
the surrender Of his personal desires to
the machine. That is to say, he fiocks
with the regulars generally, but re-
fuses to flock at the price of his inde-
pendence. He is aggressive and widely
known He is the head of the knights
of Pythias of California, succeeding to
the office of grand chancellor this week
at the Santa Cruz encampment.
The second district fight is to be be-
tween McKinlay, the regular incum-
bop{ opd VILLA m Ken of Kentfie1d d.
insurgent, reformer and Lincoln Roose-
Welt Lacquer. In the second district the
issue is to be Taft and Taft's policies
as contravening the policies of Roose-
velt.
CANDIDATES OF LEAGUE
The leaguers have not developed a
man to oppose Joe Knowland in the
third or Julius Kahn in the fourth
They are committed to Needham in the
sixth and Smith in the eighth. They
are responsible for the candidacy OF
Stephens in the seventh and are ex-
pected to back up Hayes fight in the
fifth.
The municipal election in San Jose
cleared the way for the machines con-
gressional campaign. Some of the
gubernatorial campaign managers
would have the public believe that ii
also settled the question of the head OF
the state ticket. The machine men
would have the people think that since
the machine fought for Dawson as
against Hayes AMI Curtis, his candi-
date for mayor, the election of Dawson
and Mathewson is conclusive proof
that Santa Clara county has walked
into the machine fold.
MACHINE MEN DECEIVED
That is a difficult stand to maintain
Dawson had the support of machine
men, Curry men and Lincoln Roosevelt
leaguers. Dawson was elected. The
situa ton is not unlike that of two
years ago. At the state primaries
which corresponded to the approach
ing primaries, Hayes and the machine
joined hands and the anti-machinists
beat them hands down, controlled the
nominations for the bench and the
legislature and organized the county
committee. The spring fight two year:
ago, according to the machine men
proved that San Jose and Santa Clara
county were bound up in the machine
fold. The succeeding primaries proved
that the machine men had been jolly
ing themselves.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS PLANS
The San Francisco democratic clul
purposes to take a hand in the selec
tion of a democratic candidate to sue
| ceed Justice Cooper of the district ap
| pellate bench. The anti -McNab clul
has indorsed Judge James V. Coffey 70,
| the nomination and If Coffey can b,
| induced to run will give battle t,
| Judge George Church of Fresno unless
| Church changes his mind about exer
| cisng the option offered him by tn,
state central committee.
The San Francisco club has also in
dorsed Walter Macarthur for congress
l
| pervisor George A. Connolly for nomi
nation to the superior bench.