Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-23
WOMEN ENTERING
into POLITICS
ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF A
POLITICAL MACHINE
ARE FIGHTING THE MAYOR
Organizations Complete In Several
Wards, With others in Process,
and a Central Body Controls
All Actions

If the women Of Los Angeles could
recall Mayor McAleer his goose would
be cooked" They are still on his trail.
however, and are planning a campaign
along political lines to force the mayor
TO give Miss Mary L. Jones, the depose
librarian, public hearing and Incl
dentally to show the mayor that the
men are not the only ones who can cdo
politics"
Though they cannot vote. these
women declare they can persuade or
worry" enough men into voting their
way to make things interesting for his
honor
A political machine is being organized
and its tentacles are already reaching
out to grasp everything in sight. The
petticoated politician, who is to this
machine what Walter Parker is to the
regulars" has not as yet come into
the open. She probably does not intend
to, for 1t is the custom of great political
leaders to keep a discreet silence before
the public, but to do cheap of wire
pulling,
Women's Machine
This feminine machine, which is al
ready half grown, promises to be one of
the most perfectly organized in the
country. The regular election precincts
were taken as suitable subdivisions and
club is to be formed in each. Half of
these clubs or companies are said al
ready to have been organized.
These companies will be separated
into regiments, as 1t were, by the boun-
daries of the various wards and each
ward will have its executive committee,
while the city central committee will be
composed of the executive committees
of the various wards.
1--WE have not begun to fight yet" de-
clared one of the leaders yesterday,
land If the mayor thinks we will get
tired and quit he is mistaken man, for
we have no such idea and intend TO
fight this question to a finish.
Have Male Assistance
eve have enlisted the aid of many
business and professional men of stand
ing and are gaining more with every
day that passes, so that this is not
simply 'woman's movement but will
be an important factor in politics before
long
1--WE demand that the library be kept
out of politics and that Miss Jones be
given hearing. If the mayor was not
cognizant of the action of the library
board in dismissing her why is ne
afraid to simply ask them why they
did it and make them show why? The
belief is growing daily among the
women that Mayor McAleer had some
thing to do with Miss Jones dismissal" !"
Miss Mary L. Jones. the deposed
librarian, calls at the library every day
and assists her former assistant, Miss
| Celia Gleason, in any way she can.
Miss Jones said yesterday: THE library
is my first and my only interest /
want to see it so ahead and therefore
come down every day to assist MISS
Gleason in every way 1 can. The cata-
loguing is going on and there is part
of that work which 1 can do and which
Others probably do not understand"
Friday afternoon, just after Miss
Jones left the library for the night,
Charles F. Lummis, the newly ap-
pointed librarian, called at the library
and took look around. After visiting
the library for a while he outlined a
part of his policy after he should take
charge and named several changes
which he said he would make. II IS
expected that he will assume charge Of
the library August 1.