Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-08
L0AVES AND FISHES.
Local Republicans Suffering
from Hope Deferred.
THE ATTACK ON ]. W. GREEN
1 Fight for the POstmastership
What Methods We're Used
in the Row.

was, eff you see head, hit it," That
is why the Republicans OF this city and
county are wont to say in these days that
il they should happen to hold political
convention just at present it would be a
regular Donnybrook fair. Everybody
has it in for all the rest. AS if the local
fight-the wrangle between the Mayor
and the Council over the city's
money and sundry other things, and
the atrocious mistakes of the Police Com
mission-was not enough, the struggle
for Federal spoil has ripped the q. o. p
up the back clear out into the rural dis
tricts.
When General Vsndever, after finish
ing his arduous labors at Washington
in not getting any appropriations, came
back to his grateful district, he was
promptly met and interviewed by large
number of prominent" politicians, who
had seen the list Of applicants receiving
the Endorsement Of the delega-
tion, and we're anything but
satisfied by the selections which
had been made. Along toward the end
of the second day when the General was
about ready to give it all up in disgust
and run away to Ventura and hide, an
active Republican in the newspaper
business, who is said by his enemies to
possess phenomenal power OF we'll.
fabricated speech, got himself closeted
with the Representative. He grasped
him warmly by the hand and said "My
dear General, l cannot express to you
the profound qualification which l feel at
your selection of the candidates for
Federal favors. If l had been picking
out the men myself, should have made
exactly the same choice"
1t is said that the General shrugged his
shoulders and stared blapkly off into
space for minute, and then remarked: :
''Well, perhaps that accounts for the
fact that every other man 1 have struck
has been raking me right and left for
these nominations"
1t may be that the opposition which
has developed to the slate is merely due
to the plain arithmetical fact that office
seekers and their friends form a vast
majority over one office-getter and his
friends, but it may also be that not the
shrewdest political judgment imaginable
was manifested in the selection of the
men.
Mr.. ]. W. Green, who has received
the endorsement of the delegation for
postmaster of Los Angeles, appears to be
generally satisfactory to the Democrats,
who will have to receive their mail
through his hands, although they will
have no hand in his selection. He is
also supported by very strong element
in his own party. A quiet little fight
has been going on for the past few weeks
to head off Mr.. Green, but it appears to
have been complete failure. A couple
of prominent lawyers of this city got up
statement about the moral character of
Mr.. Green, setting forth the idea that he
would not make suitable member OF
Deacon Wanamaker's postal service.
There was woman whom he had dis
charged from his employ, when he was
formerly conducting the postoffice of this
city, who, it was limited, would have some
very dubious things to say. The matter
was to be laid before Elder Harrison,
and he was to be assured that q
we'll known local divine, who is a per
sonal friend of Mr.. Wanamaker, could
substantiate the facts. Some money was
needed to carry out the undertaking, and
it is said that this was furnished by q
statesman from the east side of the river
who makes specially of tea parties and
reform. 1t is also said that couple of
we'll known Democratic politicians were
guilty of aiding and abettipg the scheme.
The friends of MIR. Green Immediately
rallied to his support, and host of let
ters from Democrats as we'll as Repub.
licans, and from people of all classes,
were poured in upon the Postmaster
General, Indignantly denying the state
ment. Mr.. Green demanded that the
matter be sifted to the bottom, and that
all they had to offer against him be
brought out. The woman was found
and interviewed, and she denied that
she had ever made any such
statements as were attributed to her. On
the contrary, Mr. Green's treatment of
her had always been perfectly proper
and correct. Mr.. Green is q
man of family, and allegations
of this sort were not particularly pleasant
to endure and were rather beyond what
he had reason to expect in a political
fight. The divine whose name was used
lin tie affair declared he knew nothing
about it at all, but on the contrary had
always believed Mr.. Green to be an ex-
Thus the attack appears to have re-.
coiled upon those who started it. The
East Side statesman drew out of the
fight and his place as Green's opponent
was filed by several people in sue
cession, one of whom was a
lady. The recent visit of w. A.
Robinson, Postoffice Inspector for the
Coast, to this city, is believed to have
some significance in the matter. AS he
has been satisfied that there is nothing
in the story which was circulated against
Mr.. Green, it is now generally conceded
that the battle is over, and the question
of who is to be the next postmaster OF
Los Angeles is practically settled.
The fight for the Receivership of the
land Office has several interesting
features. The HERALD has ex-
planned the method by which the
endorsement of the delegation went
for @. D. Ambrose. If the fight against
him keeps up as vigorously as it has
begun, the endorsement is likely to
prove "a barren eceptre placed within
his grasp" One w. f. Wheeler, whose
utterances are entitled to the more
weight that he is not in politics, recently
got out printed statement in the form
Of circular addressed to the people OF
Pomona calling upon them to oppose the
nomination of Ambrose to tho office he ID
seeking. He says that when he was the
business partner of Ambrose the latter
cheated him and broke his word to him,
and then went into court and perjured