Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-26
MORE ABOUT THAT TEST.
JUDGE SAVAGE FURNISHES THE
CORRESPONDENCE
Some News which Was Rejected by the
Express-The Letters Which Passed
Between the Committee and
the Judge.

Judge W. H. Savage. the astute and
far sighted politician from San Pedro.
does not like the manner in which he
has been placed before the reading pub
lie by the action of the executive COM
mittee of the Republican county COM
mittee, in striking the name of Candi-
date Hervey Lindley from the primary
test.
Judge Savage, 1t will be RENE nbered,
was the party who, at the meeting of
the county committee on Monday. made
the motion that the name of Mr.. Lind
ley be added to the test. 1t was adopted
over a very considerable adverse vote.
and afterward numerous Republican s
strongly denounced it.
1t was then that the congressional
committee stepped in and asked the
executive committee of the county COM
mittee to expunge the name of Mr.. Lind
ley from the test. This the executive
committee did, but a great
many Republicans claim that the ex-
ecutive committee had no power to alter
the primary test after it had been fixed
by the county committee. Be this as it
may, the change was made, and no op-
portunity was given Judge Savage to
explain how it all came about. ~
In making the mistake of adding
Mr.. Lindley's to the primary test,
the committee made a mistake. But
in taking it down when they had
once put it in, the committee made a
still greater mistake, for the confession
of the weakness of the candidate was
undeniably made evident.
Judge Savage in having the test
changed by the executive committee ad-
dressed them letter. This letter was
never given to the public. II was as
follows tNA at
Los ANGELES, CAL, Aug. "a, 1892.
To the Republican Executive Committee, Los
Angeles County: i0
GENTLEMEN: have this day received
communication from the executive
committee of the Sixth congressional
district, which reads as follows:
Los ANGELES, Aug. "a, 1892.
Judge w. b. Savage, San Pedro, CAL: Ase.
DEAR SIR: 1t is the judgment of the
Sixth Congressional Republican COM
mittee, that the test required to become
a voter at the approaching Republican
primaries, should not include the name
of the Hon. Hervey Lindley.
We are informed that you were the
author of the amended resolution as
passed by the county central committee
at it's last meeting, and we therefore re-
spectfully urge you, as the mover of
that resolution, to request the executive
committee, which meets this day, to
expunge the name OF Mr.. Lindley from
said test.
Mr.. Lindley joins our committee in
making this request.
GEO. L. ARNOLD,
Secy. Sixth Congressional Committee.
While deny that the amendment re-
ferred to in said communication is det-
rimental to the best interests of the Re-
publican party, yet for the sake of har-
mony, l request your honorable body
to exclude the name of Hon. Hervey
Lindley from the test mentioned in said
communication. $50
am, gentlemen, respectfully yours,
w. III. SAVAGE.
/ Upon the receipt of this communica.
tion by the executive eommittee
Wednesday, it was acted upon at once.
with the position it left him in. He
wanted his letter printed in full, as be
sent it to the committee. 1A
He yesterday took the letter to the
Evening Express. but the directing
mind .of that paper declined to print
the Judges letter. 1t is not desired
that anything more be said about the
change of the primary test, 1t
is a sore spot with Mr.. Lind
ley's friends. They admit that it
was mistake to have added bis name
to that of Harrison and Reid, and that
in having it taken down, bad matter
was only made worse. They want all
memory of the grave political blunder
to die out. For this reason the Express
declined to print, Judge Savage's card.
But the HERALD, to do the judge per-
sonal justice, gives space to the docu-
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