Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-06
H HURL DEF lance
At ORGANIZATION
CAMPAIGN or INDEPENDENTS
is OPENED
Non-PsrtIsan Nominees on County
Ticket Make Speeches and Are
Enthusiastically Received
by Large Audience

independence in local political affairs
as means Of breaking the hold of the
Republican machine bosses was the
keynote OF the speeches which signal
lied the opening of the non-partisan
county campaign In Los Angeles
county.
The meeting which was held i'm Will
cox hall in Hollywood, was well at
tended by residents of Hollywood, and
much enthusiasm was displayed.
Ben Il. Ward, nominee for assessor;
DR.. A. w. Lamb. nominee for super
visor OF the Third district; Prof. j. y.
Millard, nominee for superintendent OF
schools; IT, W.. BrOtherton, nominee fof
senator from the Thirty-eighth dis
trict, and Marshall Stimson, nominee
for the assembly from the Sixty-ninth
district, were the speakers, while Harry
S. Williams, nominee for the assembly
from the Seventy fifth district, not only
made brief speech, but also sang two
songs which were well received.
Before AMI after the meeting sigma
lures were attached to petitions for
placing the names of the non-partisan
nominees on the official ballot.
Party Revolt Is Urged
political parties are OF use just so
lOAiR dS llley t8 8DIGSS lit NOAiNiO
of their MEMBERS" said e. ID. Taylor
in calling the meeting to order. when
the party ceases to do so IL should
cease to exist When corporations
seize the party, then revolt is as loyal
to the party as a revolt against pi-
rate ship"
"I am still a Republican and a bet
| ter Republican than those who ran the
convention at Venice" declared Mr.,
Ward the first speaker. The reason
| why | did not go before that conven-
| tion was because, when / won a light
against the machine four years ago
and contributed 500 to the campaign
| fund 1 was informed that only $40 was
used for my benefit and that the re-
mainder was used in an effort to elect
| my Democratic opponent. In the sec
ond place know that the bosses had
| been looking for 81 Moses to lead them
out of the land of fair and equal taxa
ton and that they did not want me.
''I am being fought by the corpora
| tions because they want the privilege
| of making their own assessments.
"a few days after l was nominated
| for city assessor eight years ago an
agent of the Southern Pacific came to
me and offered me financial assistance
to the amount of $500 or $1,000. 1 de-
clined and have not been approached
by that corporation since.
and is now trying it because 1t has been
unable to buy me. The board of equal
ization, as now constituted, is a board
of favoritism, but l hope 1t will not
be after the coming election"
Mr.. Wards brief address was fire.
quently applauded.
Speech and Song
i Harry Williams made brief, hum
| Orous speech and then sang two songs,
one a dialect and the other a stutter-
/ ing song, which caused roarS of laugh
| ter.
Mr.. Brotherton, who was one of the
original owners of the dummy line
which now is a part of the Los An
geles-Pacifc system, said:
81 am lifelong Republican and cast
my first vote for u. S. Grant, but
believe that the time has come when
Republicans should be Independent of
the bosses and machines. 1 favor the
best man, irrespective of party. am
not leaving my party Better than
being a good party man is being a
| good citizen.
1--WE want a revolution at the ballot
box to overthrow the men who have
had us in political bondage" declared
Mr.. Brotherton in conclusion, and the
remark was cheered.
DR.. Lamb Speaks
DIR. Lamb was heartily cheered when
he was introduced as the lamb which
had been through the Southern Pacific
butcher shop at Venice, but now had
arisen to slay the butcher.
'The time has come when we must
| break the machine shackles and be
| free" declared the doctor. Il am a
regular party man, and my first vote
was cast for Abraham Lincoln, but
| believe that we must throw off the
| hat hoe ha hU ha fhr0at
'Some people declare that / am
| sorehead Yes, l am a sorehead for
| the man who would not feel sore when
| insulted by such gang as that which
controlled the Venice convention is not
much of an American. / was asked
before the Venice convention to make
| an independent race, but declined.
did not break with the party until it
broke with me. l admit that they
pulled the wool over my eyes. l was
honest and square in my fight, but the
! bosses were not.
"The hand of the boss rests too
heavily upon the Republican party. The
! shysters are in control and we must
shake ourselves free. American man
/ hood has been dragged through the
machine dust and If we rise above
party and be good citizens we can
| place the government of Los Angeles
county in clean hands"
Discusses School Question
j. B. Millard, who has the distinction
of being the last Democrat to be elected
| a member of the school board, said
that if he had consulted his own in
terests he would not have accepted the
nomination for superintendent of
schools, but he felt that it was his duty
as citizen to make sacrifice in order
TO contribute to the success of the in
| dependent movement.
Mr. Millard said that he had been a
resident of Los Angeles for nineteen
years, and that during eighteen years
of this time he had been connected
with the public schools.
fPuble schools are the hope of the
government" declared Mr.. Millard,
"and they should be removed entirely
from party control and desires"
'I am q party man." declared Mr..