Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-04
REPUBLICANS TO
EAT AND TALK
COUNTY CAMPAIGN WILL BE
OPENED TODAY
Between Ten and Fifteen Hundred
People Are Expected to Attend
the Field Day Of the
Candidates

Judging by the advance sale of
tickets, there will be a big crowd at
the barbecue to be given under the
auspices of the Republican league at
La Brun ranch this afternoon. 1t
is expected that between 1000 and 1900
persons will be present.
This barbecue will mark the formal
opening of the county campaign, and 1t
Is safe to assume that II any of the cam
didates fail to put in an appearance
they will be able to present valid
excuse.
The opportunity to do politics will be
one that few Of the men who are after
a nomination will care to lose, and, be-
sides being present themselves, they
are seeing to 1t that friends who are
likely to be useful to them also will be
there. The start will be made from the
Republican league rooms, 118h South
Spring street, at o'clock, and headed
by a band the crowd will march to the
Pacific Electric building, where cars
will be taken to the ranch, which is on
the Glendale line.
Much Talk Promised
Governor Pardee and Congressman
McLachlan will be the principal speak
ers, but it is probable that addresses
also will be made by some of the
county candidates. Senator Flint has
been advertised to speak at the bar
becue, but the chances now are that he
will not be able to reach the city In
time.
AS only two more weeks of active
campaigning for the nomination for
the various county offices remain,
the chances are that from now on the
xyalxy Nf1n
For most of the principal offices hard
fight is being made, there being all the
way from two to half a dozen candi-
dates in the field for each one.
The contest for the nomination for
sheriff is still the chief center of in
terest. and the situation with respect to
that office is one that is keeping poll
ticians guessing. Opinions as to the
chances of the various candidates are
many and varied. There are eight men
in the race, but about as far as any
of the political observers care to. go in
the way of forecast is to predict that
only four of them will make any kind
of a showing. These four are Sheriff
White w. A. Hammel, John Burr and
Ernest Werdin.
All Good Campaigners
OF course the friends of each of these
is claiming strenuously that his candi-
date is in the lead, but aside from these
personal partisans there are few who
seem to be able to make up their minds
definitely on that point. All four of the
candidates named are able campaigners,
and it is well known that each is able
to attract a formidable following.
Taken altogether, it is about as pretty
a race as has been seen in local politics
In long time.
John Burr. who is admittedly strong
in several of the country districts, is
said to have made important headway
in the city as we'll lately, and his sup
porters insist that he will appear be-
fore the convention with more dele
gates at his command than good
many persons are crediting him with
at present. On the other hand Werdin
also is said to be developing a good
deal of strength throughout the city.
He is known as .shrewd campaigner,
and is working all the time.
City Election Recalled
Werdin, in fact, has come to the front
recently to such an extent that Repup-
licans are beginning to discuss seriously
the effect of his name on the ticket.
The fight that was made on Werdin
two years ago by the municipal league
when he was seeking denomination for
the office of street superintendent is
still fresh in the minds of the leaders
of the party, and they frankly admit
that they do not relish the prospect of
a repetition of that sort of thing.
They say they realize that with an
independent county ticket looming up
it will be highly incumbent on them to
put a clean party ticket in the field If
they expect to make any showing, and
that one or two Objectionable candi-
dates may have a decidedly bad effect
on the whole. For this reason the
leaders would greatly prefer to see any
one of the other candidates capture the
nomination for sheriff.
Graham May Be knitted
The supervisoral contest also has
grown rather interesting since ZAP
Graham has announced his intention of
trying to secure denomination in the
third district, 1t seems to be fore.
gone conclusion that Graham will have
one of the hardest political fights of his
career on his hands. Whatever strength
he may have inside the city, Republi-
cans who live in the outside districts
say he cannot count on much support
there.
Graham is said to have made himself
unpopular with good many OF MS
constituents who have had business
before the board Uf supervisors, and
these are preparing to knife him at the
primaries. A Sherman Republican who
was in the city yesterday said that if
man was looking for trouble in that
part of the Third district all ne had to
do was to advocate a denomination for
"Al" Graham. In the city Ascot park
will be made an issue in the super
visoral campaign, and it is said that a
strong organization will be perfected
among those who are opposed to the
continuance of the gambling feature at
the track to fight Graham on this
ground.
j. T. Brady, who is filling the late
Supervisor Longden's term by appoint
ment, also will have to fight to retain
his seat on the board. Capt. Manning
of Lamanda Park, who was after the
appointment to succeed Longden, wants
the nomination, as do also c. r. Bur-
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