Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-07
AROUND TOWN.
The Republican City Conven.
tiOn Called.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
The PrOhibitiOnists to Meet and
Make Their Nominations To-
Day-A Straight Ticket.

Ihe political pot has commenced Il
boil with great vigor, and now on to the
election on the 21st there will be no ces
sation of hostilities between the various
factions of the Republican party, each o.
which is pressing forward some set oi
candidates. The Republican City Cen
tral Committee met last night at the
Ouion League rooms, Capt. E. P. John
son in the chair and full representation
present. The meeting was long and the
conference as secret as possible, with two
locked doors between it and the rest oil
the party, which was anxious to have q
hand in the affair. Various dates for
the primaries and convention were pro-
posed, and it was finally decided to
call the ward primaries for Satur-
day, the 10Th instant, and the
convention for Monday, the 18th. TWAS
thought that this would make the time
80 short that the Citizens Reform
Executive Committee would lot be able
to endorse the candidates placed in
nomination. Some fear was expressed
that this might be done and all we're in
favor of cutting loose from the "long
gates would be in the Con vention, and
the appointment to the different wards
was made, but it was decided for some
reason not to make this public. The
places holding the Ward primaries were
not announced, ae some of the committee
had not selected quarters. An adjourn
ment was therefore taken until Friday
night when these minor details will be
arranged.
A reporter of the HERALD has been in
search for the last week of once impor-
tant and vigorous institution known as
the Citizens Reform Association. Before
the last election it was believed to have
a membership of several thousand peo-
pie and to possess a monopoly of large
part of the virtue which is extant in this
city. When the smoke of the municipal |
contest cleared away there was still
enough of it to be found to cause it to be
savagely scored by the leaders of the
party which it had sought to befriend.
Now, that new struggle is about to be
commenced, much curiosity has been
felt among the political leaders as to
whether this organization is still alive,
and if so, which party is going to be
hoodooed with it's baleful assistance.
The question will probably be solved in
few days. The committee, which
in this extraordinary asso-
citation does all the nominating and
the political business for the entire con-
stituency, will meet in few days, prob
ably tomorrow, and will decide upon a
course of action. If the association closes
up its books and goes out of business,
this will be a frank and very gratifying
confession on the part of the good citi-
zens who are supposed to be in it that a
Democratic Mayor and Council elected
against their strict instructions, are ad
ministering the affairs OF the city in very
satisfactory style. If, on the contrary,
the committee propose to galvanize the
association into new existence, it must
do something and take hand in the
coming election. The Republican lead
ers say they don't care to be Endorsed"
any more. They had all they wanted Of
that last time. The Democratic cahdi-
dates are probably out of the circuit.
The Prohibition leaders have been
in the business long enough to know a
full grown "hoodoo" when they zee it
loose; and the result will probably be
that the Association will have lone
some time in the next campaign. A
great many people of all parties are
watching for their action with good
deal Of curiosity, and the popular belief
is that the Association will pusillani-
mously take to the woods and leave pol
itical reform to shift for herself.
The prohibition convention will meet
this morning at 10 O'Clock at Good Tenn
plar's Hall on North Main street, and it
is stated the result will be straight
ticket. The prohibitionists say that
they don't intend to be left without a
ticket in the field that they can honestly
support, and they intend to put up men
that can win.