Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20

| REDLANDs, oct. 13.--1t Is very un-
usual IN Southern California to find a
Republican paper in opposition to its
Iparty ticket especially In state elec-
tion. But this year a number of Repub-
lican journals. including such we'll
known publications as the Los Angeles
Express and the Pomona Times, are IN
open revolt against the railroad ticket
nominated at Santa Cruz and are adj
vocatins the election Of Theodore A.
Bell. Both the Times and the Express
are old Republican newspapers. John
Wasson, editor of the Times, Is re-
garded as a staunch Republican. and
the Express has always been identified
with the Republican party.
Disguised Republican Papers
still more numerous than the Re-
publican journals that are openly urg-
ing the election of Bell ire those of
the same political complexion that
are either refusing to support Gillett
or giving him nothing more than a
merely nominal allegiance. Thus the
Pasadena News, which denounced the
proceedings of the Herrin Parker
convention at Santa Cruz, is giving
Gillett and the rest of the Republican
state ticket no aid, and its attitude Is
decidedly Injurious to the Republican
nominees. The Santa Barbara Inde-
pendent is another Republican journal
that has no defence or good word for
the railroad ticket The Pasadena
Star. always an adherent of the
grand old party" may be described
as neutral in this campaign. The
Santa Ana Blade, one of the ablest of
the Southern California Republican
pa pers, whose editor was delegate to
the Santa Cruz convention. denounced
the work Of that body soon after the
nominations were made, and has since
maintained an attitude of disguised
Indifference toward the ticket.
After Gillett was placed at the head
OF the ticket the Redlands Citrograph,
one of the Oldest and best known Re-
publican papers in Southern Califor-
MIA, manifested its strong disapproval
of the manner in which his nomina-
ton was obtained, publishing the his
tory of the proceedings as set forth by
other journals in strongly denuncia-
tory terms. But its editor, Scipio
Craig, is too much Of a dyed-in-the-
wool Republican ever to support any
Democrat, and so his paper stands by
the Santa Cruz ticket Another case
OF ''It revolts me, but do it,.
Southern Pacific Alias GiIIett"
On the day following the close of
the 'labors" of the railroad machine
at Santa Cruz, the Pom ona Times
came out strongly against Gillett,
placing conspicuously at the head of
its editorial columns the following
scarcastic ann ouncenent:
FOR GOVERNOR. THE SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, ALIAS
JAMES N. GILLETT."
1t also had an editorial headed:
"FOR GOVERNOR: THE SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COM
PANY," which bitterly arraigned and
denounced the convention for its serv.
lie submission to the railroa d bosses.
This section teens with stories ex
pressive Of the contempt with which
the Southern California delesates to
the Republican state convention, with
few honora BILE exceptions, are COM
monty regarded. 1t is well known
that special red tickets were furnished
by the Southern Pacific company for
the use of the delegates, and these
Were distributed gratuitous1y by Wal
ter Parker. The tickets corresponded
with those usually sold, in all but col
or, and were handed out lavishly to
the delegates. TO avoid the necessity
for showing them Parker went
through the train with the conductor,
| pointing out the delegates, who we're
| not asked to exhibit their tickets. At
Santa Barbara. it is said, they were
all invited by Parker to take luncheon
at the Potter hotel and the story runs
that traveller on the same train re-
marked that Parker was observing
the law which REQUIRES every cattle
train to be stopped at certain inter-
walls 10 enable the animals to be fed
and watered
An eyewitness at Santa Cruz re-
lates that after the convention had
adjourned he saw seventeen delegates
check their baggage, which required
the production of ticket or pass, and
every man of the lot had red ticket
of the kind provided by Parker, which
was in reality pass.
How Pardee Was Betrayed
In Riverside county there has been
much angry comment among Republic
cans over the betrayal of Pardee, after
the Republican county convention had
adopted resolution declaring him to
be it's first choice for governor. Par
dee was thrown overheard by the
delegation in obedience to Parker's
mandate and in order that Edward
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