Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-05
Democrat Is Elected
by a Plurality
of 1000
Non-Partisans Get All
of the Other
Offices
DR.. Lindley, Republican Nominee, Is
MereilessIy Slaughtered by His
Supposed Friends and Fin
ishes Third In Race

AT g a. m. sufficient returns
have been received to indicate the
election of A. c. Harper (Den.)
mayor by $500 plurality, with
Gates second and Lindley third.
Non-partisans elected all the re-
nainder of the ticket with excep-
ton of tax collector. The race for
this office is close between John
son (Rep.) and Welsh (Den.).
The non-partisans elected the
following councilmen: Dromgold,
First ward; Wren, Third; Pease,
Fourth; Wallace, Fifth. In the
Second ward the contest is close
between Clanpitt (Rep.) and Van
Degrift (Non-P.), with the
chances in favor of Clarnpitt.
Younkin (Rep.) and Akey (Non-
| P.) are making a close race in the
Sixth, with the chances in favor
Of Younkin. Houghton's defeat is
certain. Lyons (Rep.) defeated
Kearney Dem. and Betkouski
| (Non.-P.) in the Seventh; Healy
won in the Eighth and Blanchard
in the Ninth.
| At least two of the charter
amendments, the franchise extern
sion and permitting the carrying
of freight on street car lines at
night, have been defeated.
A. c. Harper, Democrat, has been
elected mayor of Los Angeles by
plurality of about 1000.
With the possible exception of one
candidate. the non-partisans have
elected the remainder of the ticket.
At least five, and possibly seven. non
partisan candidates for, the council
have been chosen.
With the exception of the head of the
ticket, the non-partisans came out of
the fray with flying colors, while the
Republican standard has been dragged
deep in the political mire.
DIR. Walter Lindley the Republican
nominee for mayor, was ruthlessly
slaughtered in the house of his sup
posed friends, and as result he was
third in ne race.
The plan of the Republican machine,
as outlined in The Herald at the time
DIR. Lindley showed Councilman Smith
out of the race for the Republican
nomination, and after Lee Gates had
accepted the non-partisan nomination
for mayor, to throw its strength to
Harper in event of his then assured
nomination, in order to defeat Lindley
for ousting Smith and to defeat Gates
for breaking away from the Republi-
can organization, has been carried out
to the letter.
Both Lindley and Gates have been
defeated, but in order to carry out the
plan the machine was compelled to
sacrifice everything else.
The Republicans made every effort
to elect George Beebe city attorney.
but they failed, and Leslie Hewitt will
be the city attorney for the next three
years.
The only chance for the Republicans
to elect single candimate, except as
to councilmen, is johnson for tax coll
lector, and latest returns Indicate that
Welsh, the Democratic nominee, has
won out by a narrow margin.
Hance, non-partisan and Democrat.
has been elected treasurer; Mushet. on
the same ticket, auditor; Walter Mall
lard, non-partisan and Democrat, de-
feated Lewis for assessor.
OF the couneilmen the non-partisans
-Dromgold i'm the First, Van Degrifr
in the Second. Wren in the Third.
Pease in the Fourth and Wallace in
the Fifth-have been elected and there
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