The herald., 1894-10-27
THE WORLD OF LOCAL POLITICS.
The Aftermath of the City Re-
publican Convention.
The Acceptance OF the Webber Slate
by the Delegates.
The Turmoii Excited by webbsr's Cam
didscy for tho Counoii-The Boss
Worry Sore Over the Attack
Made on Him.

The Republican city convention that
closed it's labors in Music hall yesterday
was in every reepect fittingly representa-.
tive of the machine methods which have
dominated every Republican convention
held in this city sinoe June last, when
delegates we're selected to go to sacra-
mento and do the bidding of Burns and
the Southern Pacific Railroad company
in the nomination OF the Republican
state ticket. Every crooked device and
method known in modern politics was
resorted to in the selection OF the dele
gates to the city convention.
In the primary election on October 90
the better elements in the party were
crowded out and had no part in the
making up OF the various ward delega.
tione.
A slate was prepared which included
every name from mayor down. The con-
Bpirators had absolute control of 9S
votes, which were used az the fouDda-
tion stone of the corrupt political struct-
ure built by the trlcksters " hO controlled
the convention.
No candidates not of their choosing,
and pledged in advance to their inter-
ests, were considered by the faction who
controlled the convention.
The machine, backed by Lindley,
Webber. Strohm. Ii. @. Register, Jim
Long, @. E. Day and gang of ward
workers, rendered fair choice OF dele
gates in a majority of the wards an i'm
possibility.
Com mbinations were made between the
, solid Third, Eighth and Ninth wards
with "sure-shot" votes from the First,
Second, Fourth and Seventh, which gave
the leaders the machinery OF the con-
vention. The programme was carried
cut to the letter, @. E. Day was chosen
chairman and the solid 98 votes did the
rest.
For five days preceding the primaries
1t was an open secret that slate, headed
by Frank RAIDER for mayor, had been
arranged in Webber's back room in the
United States hotel. No one else had
chance to win against the loaded dice OF
the big bosses. RAIDER was won out ac-
cordpg to programme. Everything went
along as smooth as tob0ggsn slide, and
the slate was completed without any
regard to the feelings of the better ele-
ment of the party.
@. K. Day as chairman was up to his
business, and did not fall down at any
stage of the game. The secret ballot
was adopted, but its intent was defeated
by the chairman in person, the method
being to deposit ON the table used by the
telers the votes as they were passed by
wards. which rendered it certain for
the ring to know exactly how far con-
tracts were being carried out. This fact
became so apparent that yenterday the
convention insisted on a change being
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ing out the programme more difficult.
While Howard, the slate candidate
for street superintendent, was being
voted for, ono OF the tellers anl ,unced
that he had not voted with til. "hird
ward; Mr.. Chairman Day Immediately
gathered up the ballots which had been
deposited on the table and counted
them carefully. and stated that they
tailed all right and somebody must
have voted for Brother Pierce of the
Third ward, and with that the matter
was dropped.
Then another trick of the ring to de.
feat opposition was developed when III.
J. Shoulders candidate for mayor, was
left in the lurch by General Pierce OF
the Third ward, who had promised 90
nominate him, and gave no notice of
his change OF mind until shree minut tea
before the close OF nominations. which
placed Candidate Shoulders in the en-
barrassing position of being obliged to
nominate himself.
General Pierce voted for the Webber
candidate for mayor, Frank RAIDER. and
the old veteran was left out in the cold,
fact which will tend to "harmonize"
the old soldier vote in the city election.
Then the tactics OF the ring in their
treatment of the protest of the contest
ing delegation from the Eighth ward.
An attorney, delegate from RAIDERS
home ward, the Third, was sent over to
the committee room to protect Rader's
interest in Webber's delegation. Mr..
H. G. Carter, the attorney in question,
conducted the cross-exem:nationo of the
contestsnt's witnesses, while Major Fur
rey, who headed RAIDERS Third ward
delegation, was member Of the COM
mittee and helped to frame the peculiar
report which whitewashed Webber and
seated his delegation of programmes.
II more evidence of good feeling was
needed it was produced Ia the passage
at arms between Judge Silent of the silk
etocking Fifth ward and r. A. Ling OF
the plebeian First.
Judge Silent in nominating Major
Bonsall for city auditor went out of his
W3y TO ChbG biul Ou bho Z lIeb WhIu u6l-
egation by calling attoDtion to the fact
that a clean man OF ability was the man
wanted. and that Mr.. Willis, the candi-
date for city attorney, was turned down
because OF his peculiar deficiency in
these respects.
Dir. Ling, in seoonding Mr.. Bonsall's q
nomination, gave the aristocratic Fifth
ward general shaking up, and Judge
Silent merited castigation. A war of
words followed. in which the less aristo-
cratic delegations took sides with the
Justly indignant First ward delegation.
Candidate Bonsall did not increase the
harmony by repudiating the man who
placed him in nomination, and sealed
his own fate by 30 doing, as it was
stated that in revenge the major portion
of the Fifth ward delegation knifed Mr.,
Bonssll, who was defeated On the first
ballot.
But the climax OF the combination
convention was reached when the
Eighth ward, true to it's boss. handed
up the name OF Charles F. Webber as
its choice for councilman. Since the
organization OF the. county OF Los An
geles no euch scene as followed the men
tion OF the Republican leaders, name
has been enacted on the floor OF con-
ventlon OF any party. TIE hand put up
by the master had been played out. the
stakes had been won, nothing more was
needed from the man who had made the
slate and had won it for them. He was
with loud acclaim denounced and igno-
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