The herald., 1896-11-20
position is preferable to his support at
any and all times

position is preferable to his support at
any and all times.
Not until late Monday evening" p.
m.-was the Workman petition placed in
circulation. 1t was started with q few
names. Prominent among them was that
of j. NJ. Crawley. the general agent OF
the Southern Pacific road. The clerks in
his Office also signed it. Then followed a
number of signatures obtained at the
Orpheum theater, the Palace saloon and
other resoT IS about the city.
At II o'clock Monday evening Julius
H. Martin, Charles E. Day and Thomas
E. Rowan were in consultation in one
of the private rooms of the Palace sa-
loon in regard to this Workman petition.
A few moments later this petition ap-
peared in the saloon and signatures for
it were solicited at the tables. Martin.
Day and Rowan came out of the room
they had been in, and Rowan took the
petition and disappeared with it.
Charles E. Day denies the authentici-
ty of this statement. For the informa-
ton of Mr.. Day and others it can be
stated that The Herald has absolute
proof of these sta tements, established
by aff1davits of Earl Rogers and Joseph
e. Waddingham. Mr.. Day appeared at
The Herald office with a card denying
this statement but when told of the ma
ture of the proof, withdrew his card.
| La I6T Ilc IcIulHCu Will ~.
Failing to secure the required sigma
lures Monday night, which City Clerk
Luckenbach claimed was thelast day
for filing, Sackett Cornell telephoned at
midnight to Mr.. Luckenbach that he
would file the petition on Tuesday.
The day passed by and no petition was
filed or offered for filing.
Working under cover of darkness, the
delectable Cornell and the unspeaka BILE
Thye appeared at the residence Of City
Clerk Luckenba bach, out Temple street,
in q hack about s p. m.
Mr.. Luckenbach was not at home. be-
ing out attending social function. But
this company mentioned above prowled
about his residence like so many thieves
until nearly midnight.
Then they proceeded to the residence
of Deputy City Clerk Wilde and prevail
ed upon him to accept the paper, subject
to the approval of the city clerk.
Wednesday morning Mr.. Luckenbach
refused to receive the paper, claiming
that the time for filing has expired, and
directed Mr. Wilde to return 1t to Sackett
Cornell. This was done.
Then came the writ OF mandate is-
sued on petition of Cornell. with %. A
Meserve and Cornelius w. Pendleton
as attorneys for Cornell. This fact
alone Is sufficient to throw light on the
whole conspiracy. Meserve is person
who has been turned down so often in
this community that to mention his
name is sufficient. AS for Pendleton
he has made in the state legislature
about as unsavory record as any man
who ever represented Los Angeles
county in that body. They are both
Republican ring politicians and wear
the collar Of the Southern Pacific rail-
road. Pendleton's own party refused to
renominate him because of the fact
nd w ipnnn1intnnS1V turned
down as candidate for chairman of the
Republican county convention.
Still they are both allied with the COM
bination that Is trying to force Julius
Martin on this community as mayor
and this is part of their work.
AS for the water company, 1t Is repre-
sented in the whole business by w. J.
Brodrick. who imagines he is working
under cover to defeat M. P. Snyder. In
this he is mistaken, as will be fully dis
closed later.
Hervey Lindley and George Arnold
have not figured directly in this matter
of the Workman petition. They are
both endeavoring to elect Mr.. Martin
along different lines.
These gentlemen are lining up the sa-
looms and the bawdy house proprietors
for Martin on the theory that he will be
with them.
Martin himself is working hand and
glove with Rev. j. A. B. Wilson, OF
whose church he is a member, and with
the ministerial union. Having spare
moments, he puts them in in the Palace
saloon consulting with T. e. Rowan as
to how the work of the Parkhurst So
ciety in this city can be pushed to a sue
cessful termination.
Down in the Eighth ward the tools oil
the water company circulate the repor
that Snyder Is an A. p. A. and that fol
this reason Democrats should scratch
him and vote for Martin.
Among the members of the A. P. A.
Martins friends say that Snyder will
be elected by Catholic votes and that
as Martin is a full-fedged, rampant
A. p. A. he should be supported.
Thus are the Republican managers
disposing of the vital issues Of this cam
paign.
In the meantime. Mr.. Snyder is pursu-
ing a straight course, making an honest
and open canvass of the voters upor
the proposition Of municipal ownership
of the city water system. with the added
condition that the city shall not be rob-
bed by purchasing the old, worn out and
dilapidated plant of the present water
company, If it can be avoided.
The battle RACES.
SEE DAY ABOUT IT,
He Denies the Martin-Rowan Inter-