The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-17
POLITICAL SNAP SHOTS.

mlttee meets this morning at III O'CLOCK
at Grand opera house hall, and 1t prom
ises to be lively session.
All Is not peace by any means, and
there are undercurrents which may lead
to trouble at any minute.
The matter most likely to result in q
row is the parifoation OF primaries.
Mr.. Hazard and his postal card plan
will be there. There will be strong
effort made to have the committee adopt
the plan, and thereafter the fun will
begin.
While the boys affect to laugh at the
idea that any serious attention will be
paid to the advocates Of the new scheme,
yet there is q feeling OF the mightbe-
loaded order, which keeps down any hi
larious outbursts against it.
The gang cay that there will be more
chances for fraud under the postal carl
system than the present primary sys-
tenn, and more than one has said that
they hope it will be adopted, as it, would
simplify their manipulation OF voters
greatly.
Be all that as it may, the committee
will be obliged to wrestle with the mat
ter, and the political purists have had
so much guying to undergo that they
are in anything but an amiable frame of
mind and an explosion is not at all I'M
likely.
There is aleo another element of dis
cord that req uires delicate handling, and
that is the subject of the chairmanship
of the committee. 1t lie an open secret
that great dissatisfaction exists over the
management of affairs by Judge Silent,
and has existed for long time. A short
time ago talk was very prevalent that
when the COMMITTEES met, an attempt
would be made to effect a reorganiza-
ton. The i'll effect of such a step was
held up to the disaffected, and the party
lash was applied so effectively that such
talk has loet considerable of its virulance.
The leaders argue now that even II
the chairman ie repugnant to large
number OF Republicans, who would
cheerfully consign him to the ranks, it
is so close to the time for the county
| convention and the appointment OF
new committee that it would be bad
politics to bring up such fight now.
Whether the hot-heads will be con-
trolled by such arguments remains to be
aeeu.
Several prominent Republicans who
were approached about the matter yes.
terday asserted that there would be no
public mention OF the feeling against
/ Chairman Silent at the meeting today
but that the feeling was there just as
| hard.
1t was also a general opinion, as ex-
pressed yesterday, that the purity plan
will be gently toyed with and the pre-
| cinct primary election plan will be
adopted, although the friends oil ward
primaries do not at all give up the fight
L. L~e all ho nj
stances the meeting gives much promise
| for hot stuff.
II some one were to invite all caudi-
dates for public Office in the city hall to
go out and see a man, the municipal
building would be like q banquet hall
deserted. Every Office holder OF the city
government bankers after return to
the flesh pots, and the hall is full OF
budding Warwcks. For mayor it is
likely that Mayor Rowan will again
enter the lists, and there is some talk
that City Treasurer H. J. Shoulders will
be pitted against him, although the lat
ter may conclude to run again for city
treasurer. iced is not candinate for
mayor.
! Councilman Rhodes has pole up and
ex poets the political lightning to strike.
He is in training for city treasurer, and
is doing good deal OF quiet button
holins, when he can forget about cross-
walks for his ward. Councilman Nickel
has his larboard eye on the street super
intendent's office, and there is promise,
as usual, OF large crop of candidates
for this office, superintendent Watson,
Deputy Riggs and Secretary OF the Park
Commission Howard. The list is not
complete yet.
x#*
In these days of the initiative and
referendum, the scheme of the charter
revision committee TO make the offices
OF city clerk, city engineer and street
superintendent appointive otfces does
not seem to meet with popular favor.
For the city clerks office the present
incumbent. who has long been on the
city pay ROLL is OF course a candidate.
He will have several opponents, chief
among whom is w. W. Stockwell OF the
Fret ward, popular business man OF
this city.
There are two candidates announced
for city assessor, George Hull OF the
Second ward and @. G. Cook of the
Third ward. Before Assessor Hinton
had his plans laid to run for county as
SCISSOR, Cook was let out of prospective
deputyship for having the audacity to
announce himself as candidate for city
assessor. By the way, Hinton is count
ing good deal on the grand jury re.
port, which roasted Gray and praised
Hinton to the skies. The fact that
Foreman Day of the grand jury was a
former business partner OF Hinton "hed
nothing to do with the case" ip the
language of Koko, in Gilbert and Sulli-
vans tuneful opera.
~.
There are three candidates who have
their flags up for city auditor. The
present umbent, Fred Teale, Major
w. II. Bonsall, who wants to get back
in the arc light glare of public life, and
Cole f. Hunter OF the Third ward. City
Auditor Tesls will be fought tooth and
nail by the satellites of the school board,
with incidental skirmishes from the
library department, by reason OF having
Chung up" certain demands on the city
treasurer that he did not consider law
full.
That private little corporation known