The San Francisco call., 1910-06-17
REGULAR SUPPORT
PLEASES ANDERSON
Campaign Managers Watch for
Developments in Republican
Control Committee
Rumors of Party Endorsement
Scheme Gain Force With
Leaders Evasiveness

Local interest in the state political
situation hangs chiefly upon the meet
ing OF the republican state central COM
uittee called for Monday afternoon at
the Palace hotel. With all the guber-
Material candidates except Hiram w
johnson on the road in the interior of
the state and with the managers of the
various headquarters attending strictly
to routine affairs. there has been little
to attract general discussion for the
last few days.
While the political surface is calm,
however. the coming meeting of the
state central committee is not being
overlooked as affording a possible op-
portunity for new developments The
campaign managers generally are SCOT
hng at the suggestion that anything
Of particular significance in regard to
the general situation is likely to oc-
cur, and at the same time are quietly
preparing TO have as many partisan
sympathizers as possible in attendance.
PARTY ENDORSEMENT RUMORS
According to the official call issued
10 the members of the state central
committee. the only business to come
before the meeting Monday will be the
selection Of date for the state plat
form convention and the apportionment
OF delegates for that convention.
While these are the only subjects
formally listed on the order of bust
ness. q good many other matters might
be brought forward and the campaign
managers are working on the theory
that il Is just as well TO be prepared
for emergencies.
Rumors that a plan is afoot to put
through a party Endorsement" of a
complete state ticket have gained in
force from the eyasiveness. with which
they have been met by the leaders of
the regulars"
HIRAM JOHNSON RESTING
Hiram ". Johnson is taking rest
this week, remaining in seclusion at his
home and avoiding his Office and the
campaign headquarters of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league. According to his pro-
gram this viii be his last lay off before
the end Of thep rimary campaign in
August
An itinerary has been mapped out
that viii keep him busy day and night
until within three weeks Of the primary
election date, and the last three weeks
will be spent in holding mass meetings
and picking up loose threads of the
campaign in Los Angeles. Oakland. Sac
rsmento and San Francisco johnson
will start on his long trip Monday, go
ing first into Contra Costa and Sonoma
counties and then down the peninsula.
REGULARS ASSIST ANDERSON
From the Alden Anderson headquar-
ters come claims of big gains in all
parts Of the state. According to re-
-.
begun 10 show signs Of some ag-
gressiveness in Anderson's behalf and
the word has gone out to the regulars"
70 get in line.
Whatever the net results Of this may
be. the Anderson leaders assert that the
change OF sentiment which they have
been predicting for weeks is now be-
coming an stsblished fact. The Curry
bs cking, they say, is weakening, and
many VINO supported Curry at the out
set are now turning TO the Anderson
standard
CI RRNTS HELPERS CONFIDENT 8
In Curry's camp the Anderson claims
are treated as a joke. There is no ques-
fion that Curry built up a great back
ing before any of the other candidates
got even fair start, and Curry's lieu
tenants are confident that their cham
pion has the battle won and that no
remaining two months Of the campaign
will be sufficient to weaken him in the
slightest degree.
il is significant that while in both
the Curry and Johnson camps it Is
conceded that Curry and johnson are
the only real contenders in the fight,
the Anderson leaders look upon John
son as the man most to be feared An
derson himself is reported from Red
ding, where he was Wednesday, as hav-
ing drawn a distinct issue with John
son on the principles of regularity"
against insurgency" Johnson has an
nounced himself as an insurgeht all
over. The Redding dispatches attribute
10 Anderson the declaration:
i am a regular. An insurgent is
= detriment to California, and on that
dictum 1 stand"
ANDERSON SHOWS ECONOMY
Alden Anderson's new campaign pos
ters contain a variety of catch lines
calling attention, presumably. to va
rious principles of the platform on
which he is running. One of these
lines, relating TO his personal affection
for home industry, has already led to
some adverse comment.
According to the story told in polit-
tcsl circles, several hundred thousand
Anderson campaign buttons were or
dered from Baltimore firm at a price
something less than s. per 1000. The
price quoted by local firms for big lors
OF such buttons was nearer $40 per
1000
II another story relating to Anderson
is TO be believed, the regular candf-
date for governor was once guilty of
signing a card indorsing the faith and
principles OF the Iincoln-Roosevelt
league. This interesting document is
said TO be in safe keeping among the
effects Of Colonel Ed Forbes of Butte
county. Colonel Forbes is now listed
among those absent in Europe, but he
IS credited with still adhering to the
tenents Of the Lincoln Roosevelt Ieague
and might return in time TO show the
card 10 a few friends before the pri-
msries
CLUBS INDORSE CANDIDATES
Frank L. Caughey, incumbent and
candidate for denomination for clerk
Of the supreme court. is in receipt of
an Endorsement by the amalgamated
streetcar employees Of Sacramento He
declares that his prospects are excellent
and that he expects to win the nomina-
tion by a big margin.
The Macarthur water front club, or
gsnized to support the candidacy of
Walter Macarthur for the democratic
nomination for congress from the
fourth district, has reported member