The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
Declares Himself in Guberna=
toriaI Fight TO Stay, Despite
Organization Opposition
Big Federal Plum Hinted at as
Inducement for Secretary
of State to Withdraw
By GEORGE a. VAN SMITH

and that his political foes had neither
influence nor millions eno0gh to pull
him out of the gubernatoriaI contest.
That the republican lines are drawn
and that the gubernatoriaI mill will be
four man battle royal with Johnson,
Curry, stanton and Anderson in for the
finish is the unqualified opinion Of those
students of state politics who have no
personal fish TO fry.
The machines beiated start for An
derson resulted in enabling Curry to
get his personal organization in run
ming order in every county in the state
months before the machine workers
were sent in to marshal their forces. !
When the word was passe dthe machine
men generally discovered what the
Lincoln Roosevelt leaguers and demo-
Gratis had discovered previously-that
Curry had perfected the most remark
able personal organization ever built
in California.
PLUM HINTED AT
II was an organization not susceptible
70 frontal attack. and the stories OF
Curry's retirement at the psychological
moment were revived. When ma
chine scout went after one of the old
guard suspected or known TO be in the
Curry fight the subject Of his labor |
was warned not to get in so deep that
he could not get on the Anderson band
wagon when Curry was pulled out A
big federal plum was limited at as the
price of peace and a story that Curry
was to get a fat commission berth
through United States senatorial infiu
ence found its way into print
I asked Curry about those reports
yesterday.
I know efforts have been made and
are being made TO pull down my
friends" said Curry. They have not
been successful They will not be
successful They viii not pull down
my friends and they VIII not pull me
down. I am in this fight TO stay and
am going 20 win.
NO one has asked me to retire. No
one will have the temerity TO do so. No
one can pull me down. ] owe 1t 10
myself 70 make this fight to a finish.
owe it to my friends TO stay in and
win. I am going TO stay in and 1 am
going TO win. No one has influence or
millions enough to pull me out"
STANTON ALSO IN
All of which appears TO be fairly
conclusive Stanton is f1 something
of d similar frame of mind. He is
telling the southern California news
papers that he will not be pulled out
and that the machine csn not line up a
push" vote large enough to nominate
Anderson.
dsys ago that under no circumstances
woilld be withdraw, and noe has sug-
rested that Hiram W. johnson has ever
come in contact with the 'quitter"
virus.
johnson is in the south fighting
Stanton on his own ground. He viii
devote 10 days to his first whirlwind
tour of the south and then take up
the prosecution of his original cam
psisn idea. Johnson believes in going
his consideration. The northern leag
to the country districts first and that
the most remote place is worthy
Of his consideration. The northern
leaguers are delighted with the reports
they have received from the south
since Johnson reached Los Angeles Fri
day morning
sDoPE, WIN FOR STANTON
Stantons campaign has not shown
any robust development outside of Los
Angeles county. His publicity agents
have a mathematical appraisement of
the situation, which they contend
proves beyond question that he will
land the nomination with comfortab BILE
margin. They insist that Stanton has
a lead pipe cinch on 75 per cent of the
! republican vote south of the Tehachapi
and that they need only 10 per cent of
the party vote north of the Tehachapi
10 land Stanton a big winner.
friends are not prepared to concede
Stanton 75 per cent of the party vote
south of the Tehachapi. Some of them
are unwilling to concede him 10 per
cent Of the vote north of the Tehachapi. |
Indeed there are political wiseacres
who pretend to believe that Stanton
viii not get 10 per cent of the vote
anywhere outside OF the county of Los
Angeles.
LOCAL FIGHT STARTS
It is announced that the big work
for Anderson in San Francisco will
start this week. The big work in this
instance means precinct work and the
lining up of the faithful for registra-
ton. Anderson's petitions are under
way in several counties and his verifi- |
cation deputies are struggling for first
honors at the San Francisco registra-
tion booths with the representatives of
the Johnson and Curry campaign or
ganizations.
Curry's petition is under way in Sc
out OF 5s counties. In San Luis Obispo
county the miximum petition was COM
pleted, verified and filed with the secre-
tary OF state last week. 1t was an
nounced yesterday at the Curry head
quarters in this city that the maximum
of 2I,300 for the state would be COM
: pleted for verification during the first
{ half of this week. This does not mean
that Currys verihcatfon deputies will
] be withdrawn this week. 1T means only
that the maximum required for a place
Jon theb allot will be in hand.
REPORTS from the south and the inte-
rior indicate that San Francisco is lag
. gard in the matter of registration. The
totals compiled by the registrar of
voters show that the $40 registration
compares most unfavorably with that
Of 1908, when the last register was
started. Up to Friday night the total
lnew registration was 6,195. In 1908 the
registration for January and February
was 5,403. and the March registration
alone showed a total Of 1855. The April
registration in 1908 was % ,009, and the
1 total for the August primary election
: 55. s11.
/. RISE is EXPECTED
Early registration in 1908 was slim
1ulated by the fight for delegates to the
Estate convention, held in May, and by
iithe special bond elections for the aux
Hilary water supply and sewers. The
daily totals last week ranged from $50
ato 500 With the Lincoln Roosevelt
vleaguers and the machine men both
arustiing registration the daily totals
should go to the 1000 mark before the