The herald., 1896-11-23
DELEGATED ITS TASK
Water G mpany Dces q
Little cheming
Makes Combinations FORJ. MARTIN
Martin Ties Up to Lindley for
1is Aid
WAS BROUGHT TO TERMS
Aud With a Holy, Sanctimonicus Air
he Submitted
Bound Hand and Foot to Do Lindley's
Bidding
VAS BROUGHT TO TERMS
Aud With a Holy, Sanctimolicus Air
he Submitted
Bound Hand and Foot to Do Lindley's
Bidding
First Evidence of Lindley's Fine italian
Hand Is the Appearance of the SLAM
derous Effort of Blackmailer Price
and Sackett Cornell


derous Effort of Blackmailer Price
and Sackett Cornell
The water company has delegated its
fight to secure the defeat of NJ. p. Sny-
der for mayor to a syndicate of Repub-
lican bosses, and that syndicate has con-
trolled the city government for the past
two years.
In the outset this gang was a little
loathe about supporting Martin for may
or, or at least the members pretended
to be so.
But later they were all lined up from
Hervey Lindley down. to Col. H. G. Otis
and the Los Angeles Times. The in
f1uence that brought this about was the
all powerful Los Angeles City Water
company. The result may be summar-
lied as follows:
Those eminent advocates of pure pol
itics-Hervey Lindley, George L. Ar
mold, Freeman G. Teed ,et al.-are now
working hand in glove with Col H G.
Otis and the Times for a common end.
That end is the election of julius H. Mar
tin, the "I-am-holier- -than-thou" candi-
date of the water company and the rail-
road company for mayor.
This is the first time in the political
history of Los Angeles that Lindley and
Otis have ever worked together. but
they are now in the swim, and one of the
two of them is going to be duped-either
Lindley or Otis-for Martin cannot serve
them both The odds are decidedly
against Hervey Lindley being the man
who is going to be duped. Hervey does
not do politics along any such lines.
In the first place the water company
above all things is looking to the cleo
tion of Martin and the defeat of Snyder
as mayor. Otis 1t already had, and the
Times was compelled to do it's bidding.
To elect Martin it also required the
corporation of Lindley and his crowd.
This 1t was no easy task to obtain, for
Martins canvass was in a desperate
condition. Lindley does not like to play
loosers.
The railroad company wants Martin
| elected. This partly decided Lindley.
The water company brought pressure to
bear and made it worth Lindley's while
| to do his utmost in the way of scheming
and jobbing to pull Martin through.
| rms deal was not finally closed until
last Thursday. but operations were COM
menced at once. Blackmailer Price was
called in and the result was the publica-
| ton in the Times of last Saturday morn
| ing. all under the direction and at the
instigation of Lindley OtisI owing to
| his water company affiliations, was COM
| PEELED to open up the columns of the
| Times to Lindley
| Prior to this, though, the direct ma
| chinations of Julius H. Martin, Charles
| f. Day and Thomas E. Rowan, who
| conferred together in the Palace saloon
| last Monday evening. an attempt was
made to force into the field a candidate
who would draw draw votes for Snyder
| in the person of w. H. Workman.
That abortive effort miscarried. al
| though. engineered by such assistants to
Martins canvassers as t. e. Rowan
| Sackett Cornell and Martin Thye.
The efforts of Blackmailer Price to be-
smirch the record of Mr. Snyder and to
send himself to the penitentary has
| likewise proved abortive. 1t has recoil-
| ed and has had the effect of making votes
for Snyder. as he has shown that he act
| ed as an honorable man in the whole
matter of Browns withdrawal and that
he violated no law, bribed no one.
| Snyder has shown one thing He has
| demonstrated that he is a man and that
| he will not be bled by a blackmailing
| scoundrel of the character of Price.
| The city health office, now engineered
| by one Steddom, is also in the mire in
| this matter. Steddom is working for
| Martins election for the reason that if
| there is change in the health office
| there will probably be some develop
! ments greatly to his disadvantage.
Steddom is the person under whose di-
rection the ward membership of the
| League for Better City Government was
! stuffed to secure the endorsement by
| the league of the candidacy of George
| Stockwell for the council in the First
| ward. He thinks he is a politician, and
he is in the field for all there is in it, The
grand jury is now looking aftar the city
health office and Steddom will be busy
| for few days at least. He will have no
| time to confer with Price for while.
| In fact, this is a most singular and
| anomalous political fight
On the Martin side is lined up this ar
ray: First and foremost, Hervey Lind
| ley; then George l.. Arnold, Freeman
! G. Teed, Charles E. Day, Sackett Cor
nell, Blackmailer Price. Martin Thye,
| the Purity Push. the Times, the Water
| Company, the Railroad Company, Col
Otis and horde of taxeaters and black
| mailers infesting the city hall. 1t is a
strong combination.
| On the other side is M. P. Snyder and
| those people who desire a change in the
present disgraceful methods of local
| government and who want municipal
| ownership of the water works at the
lowest possible figure for which this de-
sideratum can be brought about for the
people.