The herald., 1898-09-19
BOSS HANNA HARVEY
MUST BE TAUGHT A MUCH
NEEDED LESSON
OFFICE HOLDERS LEAGUE
That Has Renominated Its Memebrs
for Every Important Office in
Orange County

SANTA ANA, Sept T.-(Special Cores
pondence to The Herald) 1t is said that
Mark Hanna Harvey's hair became tinged
with several streaks Of gray when he read
the reports of the Los Angeles county Re-
publican convention and realized now
ruthlessly the small bosses in that county
haA been overthrown, the court house ring
defeated at every point the perpetuation IN
office league buried out OF sight, while
states and programs were smashed into
ten thousand small pieces
The work of Harveys Republican neigh
bors has been in such striking and paralyz-
ing contrast to his own as to make
him feel all the honors Of a bosslet re-
buked, Giscredited and alone. Harvey's
method of nominating a horde of pap
suckers and office e-holdersi for the suffrages
of his party has been utterly and everlast-
ingly defeated in Los Angeles county. The
Los Angeles convention Of Bosslet Har-
vey's party passed resolutions condemnins
the practice of officeholders in making
convention states, training with unscrupu-
lous political bosses and doing job lots in
politics Those resolutions. published in The
Herald last Wednesday. should provide In
teresting reading for the taxpayers of
Orange county who have witnessed the
shameless exhibition of their own officers
doing little or nothing else of late except
politics, by which means they have been
enabled, with the cooperation of Boss Har-
vey, to renominate themselves for almost
every important office In the county.
With one or two exceptions every office
holder in Orange county stands condemned
and convicted by those resolutions passed
by every important office in the county.
In Orange county Boss Harvey and the
officeholders' league were 'the whole
thing in the late Republican county con-
vention. In Los Angeles county the court
house ring and the small bosses were swep:
out of existence. In the Los Angeles county
convention the delegates did for the pap
suckers and offceholders what has been
left for the people 20 do in Orange county.
viz, to retire the whole gang to the bliss
full pursuits of private life.
1t should be remembered, too, in this
connection that the candidates for re-
nomination among the officials of Los An
geles county WERE with one exception
Frank NJ. Kelsey-one-term aspirants
while in Orange county there is the amaz-
ing spectacle of men holding office for ten
years. having been renominated to succeed
themselves by the office holders leag De
and Bosslet Harvey
In order that Harvey and his henchmen
may understand how thoroughly In earn
est his and their neighboring Republicans
were in Los Angeles county, a list of the
latter's official candidates. who sought q
denomination to succeed themselves, is
here given; for 1t should be borne in mind
that there was no lack of a desire among
the Los Angeles officials to perpetuate
themselves in office. In fact. there were
hut two office holders-Recorder Hodg-
man and District Attorney Donnell-who
did not seek denomination. Here is the
gloomy procession: Sheriff Burr, County
Clerk Newlin, Auditor Bicknell Treasurer
Fleming, Tax Collector Merwin, Coroner
Campbell, Assessor Summerland, Superin-
tendent of Schools Riley. Public Admin
istrator Kelsey and Supervisor Woodward
"a clean sweep of every county officer
with a solitary exception, Field for super
visor in the Third district, who was NOM
mated to succeed himself by majority of
the delegates who were opposed to his nom-
ination. These men We're defeated, not be-
cause Of any particular complaint against
because it has been determined to estab
lish the practice of rotation In office in
Los Angeles county at least, and by this
means distribute the benefits and emolu-
ments of official life among as large pro-
portion of worthy men as possible
According to the Orange county plan of
Boss Harvey and the office holders league
a dozen members of the party will fill all
the offices for an entire generation, re-
gardless of behavior, and to the absolute
exclusion of hundreds of loyal. devoted and
active workers in the partys interest. Ow-
ing to these things, Harvey and his can
didates are hearing mutterings Of COM
plant, of discomfort and dissatisfaction,
from ardent workers In his own party
Harvey and henchmen and a few SMALL
bore editors hope to whip this dissaffected
element into line, but they will never sue
ceed. The clean, decent, conservative and
business men of his own party intend to
teach Bosslet Harvey and his office hold
ers' league that they have some rights
which even an unscrupulous boss shall re-
spect in the future WIDEAWAKE