. ▁Francis , ▁James ▁Wood s , ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁H irt z ler ▁again ▁cook ed ▁a ▁d ish ▁which ▁had ▁political ▁consequences . ▁The ▁Cro cker ▁family ▁were ▁fer vent ▁Republic ans , ▁and ▁they ▁hosted ▁a ▁dinner ▁at ▁the ▁hotel ▁for ▁Charles ▁Evans ▁Hugh es , ▁the ▁Republican ▁candidate ▁for ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁who ▁was ▁locked ▁in ▁a ▁close ▁race ▁with ▁inc umb ent ▁Wood row ▁Wilson . ▁Tw enty ▁minutes ▁before ▁the ▁ban quet ▁began , ▁the ▁wait ers , ▁who ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁cul inary ▁workers ▁union , ▁went ▁on ▁strike . ▁Hugh es ▁wonder ed ▁if ▁the ▁ban quet ▁should ▁be ▁can ce led , ▁but ▁H irt z ler ▁ins isted ▁upon ▁it ▁going ▁ahead , ▁and ▁served ▁the ▁me al ▁himself . ▁When ▁the ▁Union ▁learned ▁that ▁Hugh es ▁had ▁crossed ▁a ▁pick et ▁line ▁and ▁e aten ▁the ▁dinner , ▁they ▁distributed ▁thousands ▁of ▁leaf lets ▁den oun cing ▁him ▁as ▁anti - union . ▁On ▁election ▁night , ▁Hugh es ▁went ▁to ▁bed ▁bel ieving ▁he ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁election . ▁The ▁next ▁morning ▁he ▁a wo ke ▁and ▁learned ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁lost ▁California ▁by ▁only ▁ 3 , 6 7 3 ▁votes , ▁and ▁by ▁losing ▁California ▁had ▁lost ▁the ▁election ▁to ▁Wilson . ▁The ▁margin ▁of ▁his ▁defeat ▁was ▁less ▁than ▁the ▁turn out ▁of ▁union ▁vot ers ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁By ▁saving ▁the