Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-12
Pasadena Enthusiastic

PASADENA, Oct. S--This city is
most famous for it's wealth OF beauty,
it's hundreds of really splendid homes,
its exceptionally wealthy and cultured
people. The glories and attractions of
Pasadena, this Grown City Of the San
Gabriel valley" are manifold and dis
tinctively striking credit to the COM
monwealth of California. Pasadenas s
civic beauty would make a shining star
in the diadem of any country on earth.
And If there is any other one thing
for which Pasadena, with it's $4,000 in
telligent citizens, is also noted most
particularly, it is because of its rock
ribbed, strong Republcanism. Repub-
licans of Republicans reside here.
Generally speaking, every male voter
in Pasadena is a Republican. Demo-
Gratis are so scarce that they are
sort of good-natured political joke. In
the last national election the Demo-
cratic ticket did not receive as many
votes as the Socialists. In the last
Democratic state convention, which
nominated Bell for governor, Pasadena
was entitled to just one lone delegate
as it's pro rata of representation based
upon the number Of votes cast four
years ago for Franklin K. Lane for
governor. And even at that time quite
a number of independent Republicans
LOOK OccdSlOH 10 NOI6 lOT l<dllS. b
About 4400 voters are registered this
year who have the legal right to vote
at the coming November election.
There are probably not more than 400
of these registered voters who are
Democrats. This outline of the politi-
cal complexion of this city should be
taken into consideration to better ap-
preciate the political sentiment Of this
community as it exists today. To pre-
dict that Pasadena will give a plurality
for Bell for governor next month is
perhaps expecting too much. 1t would
be permitting the most hopeful and
enthusiastic of his supporters through
out the state to expect too much. And
it might not be true.
The Situation Summed Up
But here are some facts that will
bring cheer to the hearts of every man,
woman and child in the state of Cali
fOrnia who believes that the election
of Theodore A. Bell is manifestly es-
sential to the welfare Of the common
wealth.
Bell will get more votes by at least
double than any candidate who ever
ran for office on the Democratic ticket.
Bell will get five times as many votes
as Franklin K. Lane received four
years ago.
Bells candidacy has aroused more
genuine enthusiasm among the people
than almost any candidate for public
office with the single exception of Pres-
dent Roosevelt And right here let 1t
be mentioned that the average enthu-
siastic supporter of Theodore Roosevelt
may be heard today announcing his in
tention Of voting for Bell.
The chances of Bell getting plural
ity of the votes in Pasadena are excel
lent. No Democrat. ever had anything
like the chance of getting the vote here
that he has. No Democratic candidate
for either town, county, state or nation
al office ever had such a chance as he
has, with the exception mentioned. It
is scarcely credible the number Of Re-
publicans-and remember they are Re-
publicans who have almost always felt
1t to be almost a wrong to vote for a
Democrat for anything or under any
circumstances, who have been talking
of voting for Bell from the very day
he was nominated; from the day they
acquainted themselves with the man
and his record.
Bells Popularity Widespread
Bells popularity is not confined to
any one class. but the opposition to
him in Pasadena is. The people who
have no office-seeking bug in their
Drain are largely Tor Bell.
The Pasadena Daily News, the best
known and most influential daily news
paper published In Southern California
outside Of Los Angeles city, openly
styles Gillett as Southern Pacific
tool" And the News has been a Re-
publican newspaper Of the most pro-
| nounced type. But Editor Lon IT, Chap
in was delegate to the Republican
state convention and he was the only
one Of the eight Pasadena delegates
| who had the manhood and strength OF
character to refuse to be beaten into
the Glllett camp by the Southern Pa
cigic company.
And Mr.. chapln, when Informed by
the writer Of the action OF Governor
Pardee In telling Judge Hart, after
Pardee hadt been knitted IN the Santa
1 (tpliz oonNara affnp that tf.tfu.tn1 -.