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WALLACE ROBS
REPUBLICANS OF
THEIR VOTES
Acting Governor Refuses to Call
Extra Session o! Legisla
ture to Right Wrong
More Than 100,000 California
Men and Women Will Be
Disfranchised by Action
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
The California republicans' last hope
for political justice and the right to
rote for their candidates for president
,s gone.
Acting Governor A. J. Wallace for
mally refused yesterday to call *sn
extra session of the legislature to undo
the joh whereby the republicans of this
state were robbed of the right to vote
In accordance with the dictates of their
political consciences.
The acting governor of California,
head of the elector ticket that stands
pledged to "social justice and the
pledged to "social justice and the rights
of men'" has again placed the stamp of
trated in the name of righteousness
through which the thousands of repub
lican men and women of California
have been placed in the same political
Category with alien born Chinese.
WALLACE DODGES
The actiner governor's refusal to call
an extra session of the legislature was
Telegraphed yesterday to Gustave
Rrenner; chairman of the republican
state central committee.
Wallace's refusal was based on the
assertion that there was no urgency
nor any question of the public welfare
involved in the request that he prevent
the disfranchisement of more than
100,000 California men and women.
The acting governor attempted to
dodge behind that provision of the con
stitution which provides that no law
shall take effect until 90 days- after its
enactment except "acts calling elec
tions, acts providing for tax levies or
appropriations, usual current expenses
of the state, and urgency measures
necessary for the immediate preserva
tion of the public peace, health or
safety," passed by a two-thirds vote of
the legislature. Wallace also sagely
Informed Brenner that "the general
election Is less than 30 days distant."
Less than one year ago the governor
of California called an extra session of
the legislature. The champions of
social justice were intensely interested
in the election of a candidate for
mayor of Los Angeles. It was admit
ted that more than 30,000 persons were
illegally registered In that stronghold
of political righteousness. Unless those
30.000 illegally registered persons were
allowed to vote Uncle George Alexan
der would be beaten—a bona flde
socialist would be elected mayor of Los
Angeles.
There was a matter of "urgency" that
appealed to Wallace and to his chief.
Governor Johnson. Their political for
tunes in a single city of the state were
sufficiently urgent to demand the at
tention of a special session of the
legislature. A single day was sufficient
for the insurance of "social justice"
then. A bill was rushed through the
legislature and signed by the governor
as an emergency measure less than 24
hours before the polls opened in Los
Angeles.
WHEX MACHINE NEEDED VOTES
There was no question about the
illegality of the registrations. Not
even Wallace pretended to defend them
as legal or regular. Alexander and
the Lissner machine needed the votes.
Consequently a special act was passed
at an extraordinary session of the
legislature which declared legal "all
registrations of electors of this state,
heretofore made or attempted to be
made, which are defective or illegal.'"
The Ingenuousness of the champions
of social justice was shown in the sec
ond section of that special act, which
brought it within the exceptions pre
scribed by the constitution. By that
RE-ORGANIZATION
Sale Extraordinary of
BERRY-WOOD
Electric Pianos and Auto Orchestras
MAX ARNOVITCH, Proprietor and General Manager of the
Berry-Wood Piano Player Co. of California
Announces that hereafter said business will be conducted as the
"ARNOVITCH PLAYER PIANO HOUSE"
(Pioneer Player Specialists) .
Having just been appointed sole distributers for the world renowned
J. & C. Fischer Player Pianos
we must immediately make room for a large shipment of these goods now en route.
We will therefore place on sale at once (without reserve) the following instru
ments, for cash or on our
NEW EASY PAYMENT PLAN
Make Regular Price Sale Price
3-88 note Berry Wood electrics (slightlVused).. $850 $445
. New 1912 model Berry-Woods, larjre variety.... $850 $725
Berry-Wood with set Violin and Flute pipes.... $1,250 $975
Berry-Wood Auto-Orchestras $1,600 $1,850
Fern--Wood Aut* -Orchestras $1,750 $1,475
Berry-Wood Aufo-Orchestras $2,250 $1,850
All others in stock to be sold at proportionately low prices during this sale.
EXTRA SPECIALS
(Taken in exchange on Berry-Wood Auto-Orchestras.)
2-65 note Peerless electrics, good playing condition.. was $750, now $235
1-65 note Reliable electric, good running order was $850, now $195
Out of town orders will receive every attention.
DON'T PAIL TO CALL EARLY—UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY—COME .
N. W. Corner Sutter and Kearny Sts. "mSr?
(Elevator Sutter Street Side)
Our Worth Estimated
At $2,920,400,512,00
SACRAMEXTO. Oct. 10.—Tne
grand total of th* assessed val
uation ot property In the atatc o*
California for 191* Is S**sey*ee>
-512, according to a tnbnlated re
port by counties) aent by State
Controller Nye to the printer to
day. The Increase of S3S«*4BS3W
over the valuation a*»e_a«d
throughout the state In 1811 I*
not considered an abnormal cue
by the controller's olßce. It re
ports) the dcvelopmnt of the Mute
during the last year.
section the legalizing of 30.000 Illegal
registrations wa* made both a matter
of urgency and a measure for the pres
ervation of public safety and health in
the following terms:
"There la now existing n fceMng
of public unrest and npprehenalon
regarding snch registrations and
such election; that nnlesa the right
of such persons to vote at snch
elections Is legally established
prior In the holding thereof nnb
11c disorder and breaches of the
pence at such elections are liable
to ensue, and the pnnlic aafety
and the orderly condns* of anch
elections are liable to be endan-
scrcd."
Wallace was so perturbed over tne
possible fractures of the public peace
that would result from the disfran
chisement of 30.000 illegally registered
persons in the city of Dos Angeles
that he surrendered the senate gavel
to one who could work faster and
safer than himself.
lie has experienced no such per
turbation as- the result of his con
templation of the disfranchisement of
hundreds of legally registered men
and women In every county In Cali
fornia. He and his associate cham
pions of social justice have stolen the
name of the republican party and the
republican place on fhe ballot. They
mean to retain the stolen goods be
cause they have the power.
That there is ample time In which
to correct the wrong perpetrated upon
the republican men and women of Cali
fornia is not open to question. Dos
Angeles was given the relief demanded
by Ldssner in les3 than 24 hours be
fore the election. The relief prayed
for by the men and women of the
state could be secured in less than
five days' and in ample time to permit
the printing of the ballots.
CAMINETTI'S VIEWS
Senator A. Caminetti, veteran legis
lator and chairman of the democratic
executive committee, said yesterday:
"There is ample time to provide
that every registered elector may vote
as his conscience dicates. The legis
lature can be assembled in four days
and the law amended in as many hours.
An elector not only has the right not
only to vote for the candidate or
candidates of his choice, but to vote
for them in the place assigned to the
political party to which he belongs.
For this reason I favor * immediately
amending the existing primary law so
as to permit each organized political
party to have a place on the ballot
for its candidates."
Here is Acting Governor Wallace's
message to Chairman Brenner:
Mr. Gustsve Brenner —Dear Sir:
Your telegram of October 6 was
duly received. Therein you asked
me to convene an extraordinary
session of the legislature "for the
purpose of amending the primary
law" to meet your views.
It is a matter of commen knowl
edge, of which those associated
with you could scarely be ignorant,
that the provisions of section 1 of
article 4 of the constitution of the
state of California, as amended Oc
tober 10. 1911, are such that no act
passed by any session of the legis
lature can become operative until
the expiration of 90 days from the
date of its adjournment "except
acts calling elections, acts provid
ing for tax levies, or appropria
tions, for the usual current ex
penses of the state, and urgency
measures necessary for the imme
diate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety, passed by a
two-thirds vote of all the members
elected to each house."
The general election Is less than
" 30 days distant, and the amend
ment of the primary law, which
ostensibly you seek, could not, by
any possibility, come within the
above mentioned exceptions. The
futility, therefore, of calling an
extraordinary session of the legis
lature is as apparent as the ex
pense of it would be repugnant to
the tax payers.
I must, therefore, decline to call
an extraordinary session of the
legislature. Yours truly,
A. J. WADLACE.
Acting Governor.
THE SAN FRAiSUib(JU_CALL. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1912.
DR. SHAW TALKS
ABOUT SUFFRAGE
Noted Advocate of Equal Rights
Compliments California
Women on Victory
The obligations imposed upon Cali
fornia by the right of franchise were
presented to its women yesterday
afternoon in an address by Dr. Anna
Shaw. The affair, which was held in
the concert room of the Palace hotel,
was announced as a reception, but It
was a reception of the old suffrage
days when women met to encourage
and cheer one another In the ways
of battle and to talk over the best use
of the Victory.
Receiving with Mrs. William Mc-
Henry Keith, who wag the chairman of
the afternoon, were Mrs. Austin Sperry
and Mrs. John F. Swift, all honorary
presidents of the California Suffrage
association and all personal friends of
the honor guest and the first apostle
of suffrage, Susan B. Anthony.
Of California Doctor Shaw said that,
with the exception of New York and
Massachusetts, it had done more for
the unenfranchised states than any
other in the union. She reminded the
women that there was still a great
work to do In this field and that they
should help by money and by speakers
to further the suffrage campaign of
their sls»or states.
"If we can get four more states to
enfranchise their women, we can sit
hack and fan ourselves," said Doctor
Shaw. "The men will do the rest of
the work for us—the politicians will
do it for us. Just as soon as we have
a sufficient number of presidential elec
tors among the women, Taft will be a
suffragist In the cast as well as in the
west; Wilson, who has been debating
the question for months, will have
found the answer and Roosevelt al
ways will have been ahead."
3,1 rs. John Swift asked the women to
vote against the Shanahan amendment.
Which in the same bill admits free text
books and abolishes the state board
of education.
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
AGAINST BROKER DROPPED
Police Judge Sullivan yesterday dis
missed the charge of embezzlement
against Fred C. Gibbons, a local broker,
who was arrested on the complaint of
J. W. Wright, a real estate dealer in
the Mills building. The amount in
volved was $1,200. When the case was
called Wright stated that he did not
wish to prosecute Gibbons.
Women who bear children and re
main healthy are those who prepar
thetr systems In advance of baby's
coming. Unless the mother aids
nature In its pre-natal Work the Crisis
finds her system unequal to the de
mands made upon it, and she is often
left with weakened health or chronic
ailments. Ne remedy ir so truly a
help to nature as Mother's Friend,
and no expectant mother should fail
to use It. It relieves the pain and
discomfort caused by the strain on
the ligaments, make., pliant and elas
tic those fibre: and muscles which j
nature is expanding, prevents numb
ness of limbs, and soothes the inflam
mation of breast glands. The system
being thus prepared by Mother's
Friend dispels the fear that the crisis
may not be safely met. Mother's
Friend assures a speedy and complete
recovery for the mother, and she is
left a healthy woman to enjoy the
rearing of her
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drug stores. V___«_____pa__i '
Write for our free _T sTIvDII j
book for expect
-1 ant mothers which contains much
| valuable information, and many suf>
• gestions of a helpful nature.
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home, yet it is practically in the center of San Francisco's j /T/ /s_^y^S
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