The herald., 1894-10-19
THE LOCAL WORLD OF POLITICS.
Republican Candidates and the
Conduct of the Campaign.
A Great Amount of Friction in the
Ranks of the G. o. P.
John Bnrr Continues to Refuse to Sign
an Affidavit Saying He Ia Not an
a. r. A.-Lsgion Fran
caiso Meeting.

can county ticket who has just returned
from spsechmaking tour of the east
ern end OF the county impaired to a
friend, and through him it reached the
HERALD scribe, that great diasatisfac-
tion exists among the candidates at the
methods which have been adopted by
the county central committee in their
management of the campaign.
Evidences OF trading are growing more
and more pronounced as the day OF elec.
tion draws near, and the suspicion pre-
walls that the Lindley candidates have
formed a combination to sacrifice ali OF
the ticket not of their brand in their
own interest.
1t has been noticed that Judge York's
friends in this city are quietly working
TO eingle shot him, and that a ring OF
btenographers are active agents in the
scheme.
Then again, the fact that the speakers
sent out with the candidates have been
OF poor quality, not capable of evoking
any enthusiasm. is giving great dissatis-
faction. In some instances. as at Bur-
bank, the advertised speaker Of the
evening has not shown mp, and the can
uluhLob nEN6 U06u 1911 W tu0lk OWA ho-
sources to fill out the time.
The fact that at every meeting an
active agent of Lindley and Webber
looms up in the interest of McLachlsn
for congress- is provoking considerable
adverse comment on the part of the
candidates, who do not relish the fact OF
the congressional campaign committee
using the county caudidatee' meetings to
advance the interests of o nominee in
whom they have no personal interest as
compared to their own fights, which are
hard enough to win without an additional
handicap. Mutiny instead of harmony 10
said to exist in their ranks, and the pre-.
Gction is freely made that general
slashing and cutting will break out if
these conditions are not altered, and
that very coon.
Tho coarse of the Evening Express in
sacrificing the whole ticket in the inter-
est of McLachlan. and in abusing Sena-
tor White is causing much trouble.
Said the HERALD's informant: "Steve
White, as be ia best known, has hosts Of
friends in every nook and corner of Los
Angeles county, and the attacks OF the
Express are raising a whirlwind that
threatens the whole county ticket"
A leading Republican in Pomo-
na cal ed the attention of tine can
didate through whom the facts written
above reached the HERALD man, to the
fact that the Express commended the
election of Mr.. White to the United
States senate 20 mo0ths ago, and now
for the purpose of evading a defence of
McLachIan. who ia being charged with
being o railroad candidate, seeks to
avoid the issue by throwing mud at the
representative OF Les Angeles county
and Southern California in the upper
hoGae OF &C ngreee.
In this connection the Pomona man
called attention 20 the further fact that
Frank House. who was Lindley's man
two years ago, ia now leaving no stone
unturned in McLachlan's fight. Houss
is a known railroad man. and is in con-
slant consultation with Lindley and
Webber in the railroad interest. He
was defeated in Pomona as delegate to
the state convention, but made she trip
to Sacramento on q pass and worked
everything he could grasp to secure Nc.
Lachlan's nomination.
He is now actively engaged making q
cut-and-slssh fight for his man, as is
every one OF his satisfies throughout the
Pomona district.
All of these facts, and more OF like
nature. were complained OF by the dis
satiafied gentleman, who eeea his
chences OF election as O county candi-
date being sacrificed. and is powerless
to check the impending defeat.
The county committee came in for a
goodly share of adverse criticism be-
cause of the peculiar plan of campaign
which they have mapped out.
On svsry side active men who former
ly went into campaign with deter
n ynf n at 4.
warm in their support of the ticket, and
have shown no sign OF desire to help
out.
In nearly every precinct in the county
tho feeling prevails that Burns and
Lindley being responsible for the state
and county tickets should be left alone
to their own devices to secure enough
votes to elect them.
Said the gentleman above quoted ::
"There is more talk Of slate this year
than during any campaign in the his
tory OF the county. Then the action of
the speakers in devoting their whole
time to the tariff when the whole in
fact, the only iseue is the Southern
Pacific railroad is causing great dissa tis-
faction among the voters who are di-
rectly interested in seeing an anti-rail-
road administration. Wherever Jim
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redounded to the benefit of the whole
ticket
In no speech delivered in this M
psign has McLschlan or any other Re-
publican speaker made a slraightout
denial OF the fact that the Southern Pa
citic railroad Influenced the nominations
made at Sacramento. or accounted for
ohe fact that in the Republican prima-
ries preceding the Republican county
convention every railroad employee waa
an active worker in the Lindley- -Webber
interest In the contention itself at
lsaet twelve employees OF the railroad
company had seats as delegates, and
we're smong the most active members
on the e or.
Two years ago. when the railroad
company had no active interest in Sc
curing legislative nominations, not q
railroad man was elected as delegate.
Tnree active men in the Second ward,
when approached to allow their names
to 20 on the caucus ticket informed the
worker who went to them that they
could not spare this time. This year
these Same men loomed up more than
anxious TO participate in the active
work OF the primaries and caucuses.
All OF these facts have been noted by
the voters and will not pass unnoticed
on November 9Th
Taken all in all these facts account in
large measure for the apathy which
exists in the party.