Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
TRICKY TUFTS TRIES TO TWIST.
"Long Hairs Be Damned, Give
Us Some Whisky"
Sentiments He Is Said to Have Ex-
pressed in Saloon.
How the Republican and Law and Orde r
Leagues Candidate Is Said to
Have Talked in Beer Hall
to Make Votes.

"Long hairs be damned; give us
some whisky"
That is what Mr.. J. @. Tufts said,
according to Mr.. Kerkow Of the New
Vienna Buffet beer saloon, on Court
street, when the Republican candidate
for the mayoralty was asked by man
in the saloon if he was not. "Long
Hair" This was on last Wednesday
evening, when it is said that Mr.. Tufts
made the rounds of the saloons of the
city hunting votes.
Mr. @. Tufts, be it also understood,
is the man OF whom the "Law and Order
Leauge" Of the city, in circular issued
yesterday says:
Let US, if we must, scatter our votes
for all other municipal candidates ac-
cording to personal iendship and par
tisan preference, but let us unite upon
such candidates for mayor and council
men as will insure to US continuance
and enforcement of our present safe
guards against the saloon.
After careful investigation this league
is satisfied that the following candi-
dates, selected from the various political
parties, will, if elected, protect and en-
force existing restrictions 1pon the
saloon: For mayor, John @. Tufts.
Yesterday afternoon a committee OF
members of the Law and Order leagne,
consisting of its president, Rev. DR..
Campbell, pastor of the First M. E.
church M. j. McKoon and DR.. j. Mills
Boal, in company with Jesse Yarnell,
visited the Vienna Buffet saloon, and
asked Mr.. Kerkow to state what had oc-
Cured at the time Of Mr.. Tufts visit.
His statement was substantially as fol-
lows as stated to HERALD reporter by
one OF the visitors:
Mr.. Tufts called at the saloon and
treated everyone literally. He was in
troduced as the Republican candidate
for mayor and the political situation
was generally discussed. AT last one of
the men who was drinking with the
party turned to Mr.. Tufts and said:
"How about this story people circu-
lated about you to the effect that you
are Long Hair?'"
Mr.. Tufts, Mr.. Kerkow states, replied
without hesitation, ''The Long Hairs
be damned; give us some whisky"
The committee asked Mr.. Kerkow if
he was ready to make an affidavit to the
truth of his statement and he replied
that he would do SO at any time desired.
The committee then left the saloon
and went to Mr.. Tufts store. Here MIR.
Tufts was told what had occurred at the
interview at Kerkow's saloon, and was
asked to give his version. He admitted
having been in the saloon at the time
mentioned, and had taken a glass of
beer, but had drank no whisky and de-
MED using the language attributed to
him regarding the "Long Hairs"
"Will you go with US and face this
man Kerkow?" he was asked by one Of
the visitors, but he demurred and the
matter was discussed. Finally another
attempt was made to have Mr.. Tufts go
around and face Mr.. Kerkow, but he
seemed not at all desirous of doing so
and the committee sorrowfully left.
Mr.. Tufts, as predicted in the HERALD
the other day, will find that to carry
water on one shoulder and whisky on
the other will result in disastrous at
tack of locomotor ataxia.