The San Francisco call., 1910-06-22


Now the secret of the reason for the
hiatus in Alden Anderson's personal
campaign for governor is out. For
several days the machine candidate has
been resting quietly in San Francisco
. instead of continuing his tour Of the
interior The layon has been variously
attributed to the pressure of official
business. to the desire for conference
with political managers and to the
summons Of local affairs
Fair explanations these, but far from
the truth! The real secret is that the
Aand shaking campaign in which An
. derson has been indulging has been too
much for him. Last week the candi-
dates trusty right on which he has
placed his reliance for winning votes,
Went back on him. Anderson came
. back TO San Francisco d cripple His
right hand might Is well have been in a
sling for all the practical use It was to
him
The worst came TO pass one night
last week, after a particularly stren-
uOus day of the Sacra mento valley
campaign. Anderson figures that he
had shaken hands with several thou
sand citizens Of the commonweal lth. and
he was nightly pleased with the sue
cess Of his particular brand of cam
palgning- Then he suddenly found that
his oVerworked hand was bleeding in
three places. The upcountry grip had
been TOO much. Several patches of
epioermis were missing and all the
unEers were swollen II was a per-
fectly useless hama for campaign pur-
poses
So the campaign has claimed two
victims While Hiram johnson has
eeen loanng for a week in his home on
Russian hill. nursing an outraged
throat Anderson has been using pain
killer and indulging in a special brand
OF calisthenics. He is scheduled to re-
sumo his trip again today, master of
newly acquired handshake that is guar
anteed 10 do all the damage TO the
other fellow. Johnson. too. has re-
cuperated and is on the road again,
using his voice just as Justify as ever.
CURRY Uses BOTH
Happily free from these ills of the
human flesh, which robbed his oppo-
uents temporarily Of their chief assets,
Charles L. Curry has been going stead
,lly along, using both voice and hands
10 the best advantage. If the reports
on file al his campaign headquarters
are TO be believed he has been winning
votes by the hundreds while johnson
and Anderson have been incapacitated
All the discussion in political circles
yesterday concerned the aftermath of
The meeting Of the state central COM
mittee Monday at the Palace hotel. The
Curry people had little to say about it.
They were silent Monday at the meet
img while the machine leaders were
struggling TO put through the prear-
ranged program. and they only grinned
when inefficient training and lack of
leadership led the regulars into the
trap prepared by the Lincoln Roosevelt
leaders and caused them to acknowl-
edge the Southern Pacific yoke.
Er7ff a ~ he
state central committee mistake unless
81 may have been boosted by the fail
ure Of the Anderson hackers to cope
with an unexpected situation. Nat
uralIy the Curry managers seemed
please yesterday and were disposed to
dismiss the subject with an expressive
wave of the hand. On the other hand,
The Johnson lieutenants were jubilant.
Johnson himself wasted no time in
taking advantage of the weapons put
in his hands by the refusal Of the COM
*mittee 10 consider resolutions denounc-
.-5ng the domination Of republican party
politics by the Southern Pacific ma
chine. In his address at Martinez Mon
day night he met the issue squarely
. by declaring himself once and for all
+ one Of that very class of insurgents
..the state central committee had been
. pleased to denounce as outlaws. He
= accepted the outlaw brand without
, hesitation.
II is not expected. by the way. that
johnson viii give any serious atten-
E1ion to the action taken by the state
central committee TO pledge republican
candidates 10 support whatever party
-5T0minees may be successful at the pri-
:gnaIies. Having been branded by the
committee as an outlaw and having re-
t.eived token Of the committees sub
. servience TO the very railroad political
bureau which he has spent more than
two months in denouncing, he is not
: likely TO recognize the committees
*right TO question him on the point at
@issue OF course he will be branded
ras party traitor, but he has already
:signifed his willingness to accept the
Label il it comes from the hands of
the state central committee.
a SLAP FOR HAYES
The resolutions passed by the state
.yrentraI committee indorsing the Taft
administration and censuring the con-
sgressionaI insurgents are looked upon
Sby the friends Of Congressman Red
Hayes as direct slap at him. While
THE resolutions were under considera-
:tion Monday afternoon Chester Rowell
:nioved an amendment eliminating the
.<denunciation Of insurgency, stating, as
zone ground for his attitude, that the
congressional insurgents numbered one
~member of the California delegation,
'llamely Congressman Hayes. The pro-
posed amendment was voted down.
So Hayes stands formally discredited
by the state central committee, but
there were whispers yesterday to the
effect that the fifth district congress-
man has an overlooked trump card up
his sleeve. and that something may
happen in the near future to cause an
. other blush OF embarrassment to man
tie the cheeks of the machine leaders.
Resolutions indorsing the candidacy
or Edward f. Bryant for the repub-
an nomination for. the state senate
Tram the twentieth senatorial district
were unanimously adopted at a meet
ing of the Ingleside regular republican
q cl4rb Of the thirty third assembly dis
srict Monday evening. The. resolutions
were signed by John l. Hughes chair
man Of the executive committee of the
club: James f. Anthony, president, and