Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-23
AFTER THE CONVENTION,
Hazard and Magee's Friends
W Are Sore.
Not at Being Beaten, Bat at the
Way 1t Was Done.
They Threaten to Spring q Sensation on
Lindleyftes, but Refuse to Disclose
What 1t Is Going
to Be.

The convention of Thursday was still
about the only thing that politicians
talked of yesterday. Everything that
was done at Turn Verein hall was gone
over thoroughly once more. The battles
were all fought anew, and the unanimous
conclusion generally reached by every
body, was that Mr.. Lindley had pretty
near sure thing on the congressional
nomination.
The Hazard and Magee men will not
give up, though, without contest.
They propose to make fight at Santa
Cruz, and a warm one, too. 1t cannot
be said that Mr.. Lindley has by any
manner of means clear sailing ahead of
him. Mr.. Hazard is on the delegation,
and there are some who claim that he is
going to make the fur fly when the con-
vention meets.
There is no question about it. The
Hazard men are sore over the way the
Turn Verein hall convention went. "We
do not mind being BEATEN" said
prominent Hazard man yesterday,
"but what we are mad about is the
manner in which the Lindley strikers
did us up. 1 have attended a good
many conventions, but | never in my
life saw such despicable methods adopt
ed to carry a point as the Lindley lead
ers used to secure their twenty-three
delegates. Why, it was both disgrace
full and outrageous"
A great many anti-Lindley Republi-
cans go even further than this. They
say that if Lindley is nominated they
will not vote for him.
The followers OF Lindley, on the other
hand, are very close mouthed. They
will not talk very much. When they
are asked questions they look mysteri-
GUS, but quietly close up like CLAIMS.
They claim, though, that they have
twenty-three of the forty-two delegates
as a certainty, and that the twenty
three sure votes will probably be in
creased to thirty by the time the dis
trict convention is convened.
The mayor was at his Office in the city
hall only a portion of yesterday. He
put in the rest of the day in consulta-
ton with his advisors as to what
his next move on the Republican con-
gressional checker board would be.
Chief of Staff Shoulders, the mayors
trusted lieutenant in the primary fight,
was at the office receiving the callers
who dropped in to smypathize with Mr..
Hazark over his defeat.
The affidavits which were presented
to the convention by the -Lindley-
ties, showing that a number of illegal
votes were cast for the Lindley ticket
in the Second and third wards, were the
subject of considerable discussion dur
ing the day. The affidavit-makers were
roundly abused by many who were af-
fected by them.
Charles McKeag, of detective agen-
cy, was one of the affidavit makers. The
fact that he has done some work for
Coroner Weldon as stenographer led
some parties to believe that the doctor
had taken a hand in getting up the affi-
davitH. This is not the case.
Late last evening one OF Mayor
Hazard g closest friends made the an
nouncement that in couple of days
they would spring a sensation that
would completely overwhelm Mr.. Lind
ley and his friends. The party is de-
tective, and good one.
He refused to disclose what the sem
sation was or to give an idea of it's ma
ture. a5
1t looks very much as though the
'dirty linen of the Republican party of
Los Angeles county," as a delegate to
the convention very aptly put it Thurs
day, was not all washed yet. Ii any
worse state of affairs can be developed,
as far as irregular primaries are con-
cerned, than has already been shown up,
the inquiry could well be made :
"Whither is the Republican party drift
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