Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-16

wv. 4. CRAIG,
I'D. w. EDELMAN,
Chairman.
JAMES G. HANLEY,
Secretary"
Presented to the Chairman
After the meeting of the non-parti-
san executive committee duplicate
copies of the identical letter were pre-
pared. Marshall Stimson took one of
the copies to the headquarters of the
Republican city central committee and
handed it personally to Chairman Nc
Garvin.
After reading the communication
Mr.. McGarvin said that decision as
to arbitration would rest with DR..
Lindley, but that meeting of the city
executive committee would be held
Saturday to consider the subject.
Secretary Lissner of the non-partisan
committee took the other copy to the
headquarters of the Democratic COM
mittee and found that committee in
session. He placed the communication
in the hands of Chairman Edelman
and then withdrew. The committee,
which was considering campaign af-
fairs of q general nature and had no
previous warning that the question of
arbitration would be sprung upon it,
at once dropped all other subjects and
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Late last night DIR. Lindley was called
up at his residence and informed Of
the developments of the evening.
He declared that 1t was news to him,
and that while he had heard the init
nation that a move of some kind was
on, he had not been informed as to it's
exact nature.
Asked as to his possible action, he
said he preferred not to discuss the
subject at present.
Secretary Lissner said last night that
the non-partisan executive committee
was led to include the Democrats in
the arbitration plan by reason of the
fact that many of those who have
pledged themselves to support the non
| partisan ticket are Democrats and that
in justice to them the head Of the
Democratic ticket should be asked to
place himself upon the same high plane
4 Of civic patriotisms p ss.sll---ss
Made Public by Gates
Mr.. Gates gave to the press the first
intimation that a three-cornered arbi-
/ tration proposition had been devised by
the non-partisan executive committee.
| The announcement was made by Mr..
| Gates during the course of speech at
meeting held by the First Ward Non
| partisan club at Downey avenue and
| Avenue Twenty-one, and it caused q
| lively sensation III Tue duuleHCe WHICH
| almost completely filed the hall.
Mr.. Gates had made a characteristic
speech, in which he argued in his usual
| vigorous manner for non-partisan ac-
ton in civic affairs and the divorce
ment of party politics in the municipal
government of Los Angeles.
| He then repeated the statement made
the night previous at the meeting held
| in Akey hall at Vernon and Central
| It,,rr he n,,icr oI
ton for arbitration between DR.. Lind
| ley and himself and which was pub
| lished in yesterdays Herald. He de-
| clared that after the non-partisan ex-
| ecutive committee had decided that it
could not, in justice to the 5000 and over
of those who had signed pledges to
support the non-partisan ticket, sub
NIT the question to arbitration, again
met two days ago, at which time the
committee again agreed upon the same
verdict.
Tells the News
During the past two days, however,
! further pressure had been brought to
bear upon the committee.
| "I will now divulge something that
viii appear in the press tomorrow"
continued Mr. Gates, land that is that
the executive committee of the nom
partisans held meeting this afternoon
and decided to submit to both the
Republican and the Democratic city
central committees a proposition to
arbitrate as to which of two of the
three candidates should retire in favor
of the third and make that candidates
election an absolute certainty. This
course shows the broadmindedness and
the spirit of patriotism with which the
members of that committee are inn
bued."
foh hod ell
realizing the import of the statement,
broke into vigorous applause and with
declarations that the non-partisan
nominee would be the one to remain in
the field.
Mr.. Gates soon afterward left for
meeting at 2115 East First street, which
had been addressed by Ben Ward and
| M. T. Collins pending the arrival Of
| Mr.. Gates. The non-partisan nominee
| for mayor was equally heartily re-
ceived at this meeting, at which he
| made practically the same speech and
statement made at the First ward
| meeting.
At the close of Mr.. Gates speech on
| Downey avenue r. w. Dromgold,
nominee for the council from the First
| ward, spoke and he was followed by
Mr.. Ward. Each of the speakers was
we'll received.
Sunday night Mr.. Gates will be the
principal speaker of the evening at
Bethlehem mission, Vignes and Du-
commum streets.
Rev. Dana w. Bartlett, non-partisan
nominee for councilman from the
Eighth ward and the pastor of the
Bethlehem mission, also will deliver an
address.
Mr.. Gates and Rev, Bartlett will dis
cuss n-partisanship in civic affairs
from an ethical viewpoint, and 1t is
expected that Bethlehem mission will
not be large enough to contain the
audience which VIII be attracted to
hear the discussion.
At Elks' hall on South Spring street
tomorrow night Mr. Gates and Ben
Ward are scheduled to speak. The
non bipartisan nominee for mayor has
announced his intention OF going fur
ther into detail regarding the attempt
to cause him to withdraw from the
race for mayor In the interest OF the
candidacy Of DR.. Lindley, the Republi-
] can nominee.