The San Francisco call., 1910-09-09
IN The Political Field
DEMOCRATS open
CANPAIGN MONDAY
Bell and Spellacy Will Start
Ball Rolling Here, Then
Tour State

Democratic state politics has de-
ferred for the remainder of the week
to the popular interest in the Native
Sons celebration in San Francisco, and
only the active officers of the state
central committee are giving any seri-
Gus attention to perfecting plans for
the state campaign. Chairman Dewitt
has under consideration the. arrange
ment of speech making, itinerary for
Theodore Bell and Timothy Spellacy for
next week and has practically COM
pleted the necessary details
The democratic candidates for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor are slat-
ed to open their campaign Monday
night at some hall in the Richmond
district and will also speak the same
evening somewhere in the Sunset dis
trict. Tuesday evening there will be
two speeches in the Mission. and
Wednesday night the candidates will
appear before the Bell-Spellacy club of
Oakland. Thursday night there will be
meeting in Berkeley, with one in
Alameda Friday night Saturday will
be devoted to an automobile trip in
Alameda county, with speeches during
the forenoon at San Leandro, Hayward
and Niles, and during the afternoon in
PleaSanton and Livermore, and with a.
mass meeting in Oakland, probably at
the Macdonough theater, in the evening
Following this opening week, Bell and
Spellacy will go north and, starting
proba bly, at Eureka, will begin the
automobile tour that will carry them
to the southern extremity of the state.
PARTY LEADERS HERE
The democratic state headquarters In
the Crocker building was filled nearly
all day yesterday with party leaders
from various parts of the state, who
are in the city to attend the Admission
day festival Many who were not
present at the Stockton convention
called upon Bell and the chairman and
secretary of the state central commit
tee and discussed conditions in their
respective districts and counties The
first meeting of the executive commit
tee of the new state central committee
has been set for Saturday morning at
10 o'clock, when the members will
gather at the state headquarters to
consider matters connected with the
campaign.
Promises of an aggressive democratic
generally, given by members of the
Los Angeles delegation to Stockton,
were repeated yesterday by Martin F.
Betkouskf, a member of the Los
Angeles city council who was visitor
at the headquarters of the state CEN
trail committee. Betkouski became
member of the city council as a demo-
crat with the backing of the good gov
ernment organization of the southern
metropolis, and it is through the pros
pective support of that organizatin
that the democrats hope to capture sew
eral places on both the local and legis-
lative tickets in the south.
WILL INDORSE RENIoCRATS
Betkouski said yesterday that, while
the good government organization
probably would refrain from activity
regarding the state ticket in the south,
it undoubtedly would tndorse num-
Der of local candidates, and that its
list would include the names of a good
many democratic nominees. The organ
ization already has proved its strength
in Los Angeles, and may become an
interesting factor in determining the
outcome of some of the partisan con-
tests for local, county, legislative and
judicial offices so far as the vote in
Los Angeles is concerned.
Judge William P. Lawlor, one of the
democratic nominees for the supreme
court, will leave San Francisco today
for Los Angeles, where he has accept
ed an invitation from the City club to
speak before it Saturday noon on the
subject of Needed Reforms in Grim
inal Law" Judge Lawlor expects to
remain in the south several days and
may make a number of addresses be-
fore returning to this city. He has
opened his campaign headquarters in
this city in room 430 Phelan building,
and is preparing to make a vigorous
state wide fight