Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
WHEREIN MR.. GATES is WISE
Little Comedy Of Arbitration That Re-
fleets No Credit on the LindIey
Followers

Little Comedy OF Arbttratton mat He-
fleets No Credit on the LindIey
Followers
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.-tEditor
Herald. There are occasional trage-
dies in politics, but more often come
dies. We are now having one Of the
latter in respect to the mayoralty
candidates. Of Gates and Dindley.
The conditional agreement entered
into by Mr.. Gates to arbitrate with
Lindley was a mistake which It is to
his credit that he promptly backed
out of. Lindley did not withdraw till
he was Obliged to. Candidates have
no right to enter into agreements that
will deprive, or tend to deprive, the
people of the opportunity to express
their wishes. If the step taken was
an improperly, both candidates were
equally guilty One cannot be blamed
and the other acquitted Of all wrong
Many years ago the Rev. Mr.. Kallock
had an escapade with q woman In
Boston. The woman was from Ver-
mont. Her neighbors held meeting
and resolved that Kallock was a great
rascal and that the woman ought not
to be blamed.
Objection is urged to Mr.. Gates be-
cause he "wobbled," and IL is claimed
Lindley is deserving Of support be-
cause he didn't and he is now pic
tured having In his hand q flag bear
ing the motto, mo Wobbling."
OF course Lndley is not q wobbler.
1t is not necessary to one who is the
machine nominee. Lindley was eager
for arbitration by the men named, two
of whom are known to be most devoted
push men, and 1t is easy to conceive
that a third man would be forthcom-
ing. To those who know the situa-
ton, the men and the motives that
prompted the arbitration scheme 1t APP
pears like the game of Tipping cop
pers on the proposition of one side,
Heads ! win, tails you lose"
To submit the question of candidacy
to the results of the game of "seven-
up" is not in conflict with the theories
of the political push. In such game
DR.. Lindley knows that the cards Will
be stacked in his interest He has
been I'm the game for more than twen-
ty years. His brother Murray was
the father of Los Angeles machine
politics. Walter Parker was his IA
vorite pupil and it is logical from his
standpoint that DR.. Lindley should
say that Walter Parker is "the logical
leader of the Republican party" Dr.
Lindley does not appreciate the dis
tinction between leader and boss.
There never was a bolder fraud on a
people than the pretension that Dr.
Lindley was not acceptable to the ma
chine. 1t is possible that Mr.. Smith
was preferred, but no kick has come
from the machine because of the NOM
ination of Lindley.
DIR. Lindley has some amiable quail
tiles, but they do not extend to the
political field. For twenty or more
years DR.. Lindley has had no views
on public questions not derived from
push sources. His conscience may not
have been corrupted, but his intelli-
gence has been. DR.. Lindley If elect
ed mayor will attempt to do whatever
the corporations want done. He may
have been a thorough student of ma
terra medica, therapeutics and bac-
teriology, but not of economics and
sociology. Walter Parker will be his
monitor. No one who knows DR..
Lindley will believe he will fight a
stubborn battle against special privi-
leges if 1t will hurt his party or the
machine that manages it.
ONE WHO KNOWS.