Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-24
BLANCHARD HALL is CHOSEN
FOR MEETING
Lee c. Gates VIII Deliver Principal
Speech at the NonsPartisan Rally.
other Good Speakers on
the Program
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Tonight at Blanchard hall the nom
partisans will bring to a close the Sec
ond week of their successful campaign
Next to the meeting a week from to-
night, and which will mark the close
of the campaign, that of tonight prom
ises to exceed in interest any yet held
by the -partisans.
Lee &. Gates, non-partisan nominee
for mayor, will deliver the principal
speech. Among the others who will
speak are Frank G. Tyrrell, who for
some years was a lecturer with the
Rldpath bureau; Leslie Hewitt, the bril-
liant young candidate for city attorney;
Lamar Harris, one of the most effective
of the younger political speakers, and
Niles Pease, one of the best known citi-
zens of Los Angeles.
The monday meeting announced for
Blanchard hall for today has been post
poned until Monday. At noon today
Mr.. Gates will address the employees of
the Union Hardware and Metal COM
pany.
Tonight Dana Bartlett and M. r. Col
Inns, non-partisan nominees for the
council from the Eighth and Ninth
wards respectively, will hold an open
air meeting at Railroad and Main
streets.
Another Busy Day for Gates
AS the campaign draws nearer to a
close it becomes more strenuous for all
the non-partisan nominees and es-
pecialy the head of the ticket.
Yesterday Mr.. Gates addressed a
meeting of workingmen at the noon
hour and last night he spoke at three
meetings and dropped in for a few
minutes at the headquarters of a ward
club.
The monday meeting was held at the
plant of the Douglas Clay Products
company at 800 North Avenue Twenty
six, where he addressed the workmen
for quarter of an hour and by whom
his remarks were well received
In the evening he spoke consecutively
at the Ninth ward meeting in Kings
JllSiWdy HALL, avenue ana
Ecandia street: Eighth ward meeting
in, Garibaldi hall, TAG Date street, and
the Seventh ward Non-Partisan club
at 713 Central avenue.
All the meetings We're well attended
and the greatest enthusiasm was
aroused by Mr.. Gates and the various
other speakers.
How Candidates Were Selected
Before the arrival of Mr.. Gates at
Kings Highway hall Russ Avery, a
member of the non-partisan committee
of one hundred, was called upon for a
few remarks, and he responded by ex-
planning the method by which the nom
partisan candidates were selected. He
said that the executive committee cam
vassed the city for the best men for
the various offices. The names of fifty
men considered by the committee we'll
suited for the position of mayor were
taken up and by a process of elimina-
ton soon there remained only three.
Mr.. Avery continued:
"One of these three was Lee c. Gates.
The other two were not DIR. Lindley
and A. c. Harper. 1t took several
weeks to induce Mr.. Gates to accept
the candidacy, and this fact is proof of
what always should be the case, that