The herald., 1896-10-22
POSTAL BALLOTS Sent
Have All Been Mailed to
Members
SEEKING better CITY Government
Opposition That Mr.. Snyder Is
Meeting With
NATIONAL POLITICS WARM
Peepl. Wear Badges to Indicate Their
Presidential Preference
DIT the Denocrats Adopt Principally mlaia'
ture Flay
NATIONAL POLITICS WARM
Peepl. Wear Badges 10 Indicate Their
Presidential Preference
Dst the Denocrats Adopt Principally mlala.
ture Flay
Charles A. Barlow Has Rousing Meet
ing at San Pedro, Which Is Large
ly Attended-Politcal News
and Notes.

Inc pOetal DalIotS OIL tHe AedSuc ioi
Better City Government have now been
mailed. To send out the ballots to the
$500 members was no easy task Some
were put in the mail on Monday, some
on Tuesday and some yesterday. The
last batch was addressed yesterday
morning, and by Friday it is expected
that they will all be returned.
Not until Monday morning next will
the committee attempt to take the bal
lots from the postoftice. They will then
be conveyed at once to Music hall. where
they will be counted.
The count will be in charge Of four
committeeman from each ward and
three members Of the central league.
1t will be seini-public in it's character.
The league membership of 1890 is
about 500 greater than it was thought
there were names on the roll when the
ward membership period expired Sat-
urday evening. 1t was then thought that
the membership would not exceed 430O.
There were something like 2100 ward
memberships put in during a period of
four days. The object of this was plain
and apparent to all. The city hall Re-
publican ring started in to capture the
league and secure the endorsement of
the city hall Republican ring ticket that
has been nominated.
This they expected and still hope to
affect by capturing the ward member
ships to the extent of about 1000.
Their scheme may miscarry and If it
does they will have had their labor for
nothing.
There was a possibility that NJ. P.
Snyder might have secured a majority
vote on the postal ticket, so, as there
were some very strong and powerful
moneyed Enthusiastically the water
company and the Southern Pacif1c-vi-
tally interested in defeating Snyder, it
was considered best to enter a candi-
date to draw votes from him. This was
done.
Then the water company organ the
Daily Hoodoo, alias the Times, came to
the front advising the league members
to scratch Mr.. Snyder's name, because
he was the only councilman who pro-
tested against the passage of the Santa
Monica harbor resolution in the council
last April.
The effect of this was only to make
friends for Snyder. The attack of the
Hoodoo was so manifestly unfair and
unjust that 1t reacted. 1t endeavored,
condemn Snyder for the very act for
for which it praised him in April.
Wherever the Hoodoo was read by
the members of the league the effect of
IT'S lying attack on Snyder only made
him votes and friends.
1t has been known ever since Mr.. Sny-
der was nominated that the water COM
pany would compel the Times to fight
him In every way that the weak Hoodoo
could. So when it did open up the friends
OF the gentleman were not surprised.
There are also many other channels in
which the water company is seeking to
down the peoples candidate for mayor,
and at the proper time full and com
plete exposure will be made
The railroad company has shown it's
hand already. 1t endeavored through
the element of delegates it controlled
in the Democratic city convention to
defeat Mr.. Snyder's nomination. 1t
failed. Now the corporation is doing
all 1t can for julius H. Martin. who was
so long In its employ and who has many
relatives vet working for Uncle Coils.
Mr. Snyders friends, however, are
moving straight along. They will make
no active effort in his behalf until after
the national campaign is over. Then
they will start in and Los Angeles will
nave one Of the most vigorous local
campaigns it has known in years. A
complete exposure of water company
methods of doing politics will be made