Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

partisan executive committee to make
the following statement yesterday:
THE non-partisan executive COM
mittee will not consider it's duties
ended after the coming election day.
The non-partisan movement was or
ganized not primarily to carry this
election but so far as possible to purify
city politics. Important as Is the
election OF the ablest and most honest
officials to administer the affairs of
this city during the coming three
years. It is of vastly greater import
ance that whatever corruption has pre-
vailed in election matters shall be
stripped bare and published. Accord
insly the non-partisan executive com
mittee after election day will prose-
cute relentlessly and to the end any
person or persons against whom there
can be obtained sufficient evidence of
violation of section 19 of the purity of
elections act
"rn brief. this makes 1t a felony
for anv person directly, by himself or
through any other person, to receive
or contract for any money, gift. loan
or other valuable consideration, office,
place or employment for himself or any
othel person for voting or agreeing to
vote, or coming or agreeing to come to
the polls, or for refraining or agree
ing to refrain from voting for any
DdIIlCUldT DtlEbll vi pNiSo'i' w et'iJ
election to receive any money or other
valuable thing during or after the cleo
tion for the same reasons. Likewise,
ii is q felony for any person directly
or Indirectly, by himself or through
any other person, to pay, lend or con-
tribute or offer or promise to pay,
lend or contribute, any money or other
valuable consideration to or for any
voter or to or for any other person to
induce such voter to vote or refrain
from voting at any election for any
particular person or persons, or TO
come to the polls or remain away from
the polls. or on account OF the voter
having done any of these things. The
offer of any office place or employ
ment for any of these purposes is also
felony. The payment or causing to
be paid of money or other article of
Ualue with knowledge that it is to be
used for bribery is equally felony,
and the entire law has been drawn in
detail to cover every improper method
of influencing votes Any of these Of
fenses is punishable by Imprisonment
in the state prison for not less than
one year and not more than seven
years.
THE non-partisan executive commit
tee offers a reward of 500 for evidence
leading to the arrest and conviction
of any person guilty of any of the
above OfTenSeS, whether DrlDer or per-
son bribed: it further offers a reward
of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction
of the principal furnishing the money
for such purposes.
"The committee intends to pursue
the big grafters, if such appear in this
election, with even more vigor than
the smaller people whom they COR
rupt. We are very anxious to get
such officers of public service corpora
tions as the gentleman who, according
to- his own statement, paid more than
$4,000 to influence a recent San Fran
cisco election
Secretary Lissner again urgently re-
quested that all friends of the move
ment in behalf of good government
who can possibly spare a few hours of
their time next Tuesday to volunteer
their services as challengers and
workers at the various polling places
Secretary Lissner said it would be
absolutely necessary, in order to pre-
vent frauds at the polls to keep
close watch on suspected repeaters.
Those who desire to offer such SER
vices are requested to send their names
by letter to 322 Douglas block or tele-
phone Main 1892 or A1292.