The herald., 1896-09-18
IS A GOOD SIZED ROW
It Is Now On in the Repub-
lican Camp
The APPROACHING CITY CONVENTION
The Bone of Contention Among
the Faithful
FUSION TICKETS PROSPECTS
The Greater Portion Of II Is Certain to
Be Elected
TIVE Assembly and One Supervisoral District
FUSION TICKETS PROSPECTS
The Greater Portion Of II Is Certain to
Be Elected
TIVE Assembly and One Supervisoral District
in Doubt
The Election of Mr.. Bulla by No Means
Assured AS His Friends Think.
Silver Republicans Organize Their
County Committee-Notes.

The Republicans of Los Angeles city
are in a box, and they do not know just
exactly how to get out of it. In short
time now a city convention of the party
will be convened to place in the field a
city ticket This city ticket will have
to be nominated before the national
election. The primaries will have to be
held to elect delegates to the city conven-
tion.
The great question that arises right now
is, what will be the test which will be
applied at the primaries to qualify
voter to participate and vote?
There are about 5000 Republicans in
Los Angeles who are for Bryan and sill
yer and against Mckinley. McLachlaE
and the gold standard. Now, it is pro-
posed by some that inasmuch as these
city primaries are to be held prior to the
national election, it would be an excel
lent opportunity to whip some of them
into line for Hanna and the Honorable
James or shut them out from any partic-
ipation in the city primaries.
This faction, which includes Col. Har-
rison Gray Otis and his satellites, insist
that the test shall be:
bart electors at the coming eection?"
Then, If a man declines to accept this
test, they want his vote at the Repub-
lican city primaries rejected.
WHAT THE ANTI OTIS WING WANT
On the other hand. there are many
Republicans who hold out that the only
test which shall be applied at the city
primaries by which the qualification of
a voter to participate shall be judge is
this:
will you support the nominees of
the Republican city convention?"
They claim that national issues should
not be injected into the city fight and
that Republicans who vote for Bryan
and Barlow are just as much entitled
to act in the matter of electing delegates
to a city convention as are those who
vote for Mckinley and McLachlan as
long as they will pledge themselves to
abide by the result of the convention.
The Silver Republicans insist that If
they are permitted to participate in the
primaries no resolution will be adopt
ed at the Republican city convention
pledging support to either Mckinley or
McLachlan They say that If they are
given representation on the floor and
the question as to Mckinley and Nc
Lachlan resolutions comes up they will
fight them to the bitter
They go further and say that if the city
convention does indorse Mckinley and
released from any pledge to support the
nominees.
They simply want the city convention
to say nothing about Mckinley or Nc
Lachlan and want the national and con-
gressional standard bearers completely
overlooked
OTIS INSISTS
On the other hand the satellites of
Colonel Harrison Gray Otis insist on
carrying the question of indorsing Ne
Kinley, Hanna and McLachlan into the
city fight. If they are not indorsed it
will be defeat for Otis and his crowd
The anti-OtiS people are loud in their
protestations against the domineering
policy of Colonel Otis, and they propose
to see to 1t that he does not vote at the
primaries, or any of his gang. unless
they pledge themselves to abide by the
result of the convention and support it's
nominees They claim that Otis is a
traitor and renegade and has been for
Some years past to the Republican city
ticket and that he has stabbed ii in the
dark. UnleS he agrees to stand by the
nominees f the city convention this
year they are not only going to prevent
his participation in the city primaries
but the stiletto will be inserted carefully
and quietly into some of his special
pet candidates.
The silver Republicans were shut out
of all participation in the Republican
county convention by the test applied
to them at the county primaries. This
being the case they do not consider that
they are in honor bound to support the
nominees and about 80 per cent of them
will not vote the Republican county
ticket as a whole, although they will
favor individual Republican candidates
who are their personal friends where
the coinage question is in no way in
volved
Taken as whole the Republican
camp, city, county and state, is in a
most beautiful condition of disorganiza-
tion More particularly in this county
and city will there be a realignment of
voters and the results will undoubted-
ly open the eyes of the Oldest inhabi-
tant.
CITY COMMITTEE TO MEET
saturday evening at 8 p. m. there will
be meeting of the executive commit
tee OF the Republican city central com
mittee at the rooms of Julius H. Mar
TIN, the chairman, at 2301a South Spring
secretary ~
Inc meeting will be an important one.
as the whole question of the citv nrirre
rles and convention will be considered
the best qualifications, the time of hold
ing both functions and other matters
The executive committee cannot issue
the call for primaries and convention
The power to do that is vested onJv q,
the general committee, which will he
convened on the date fixed by the exec
utive committee. To this latter bo,iv
the executive committee can make s1Ip.
gestions, but of its own option II con
put nothing into force.
The one point that has been conceded
on all sides is that the city primaries
shall be held by precincts and not bv
wards ~
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