Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-18
INDICATES BIG
ILLEGAL VOTE
THOUSANDS REGISTERED NOT
TO BE FOUND
Non-Partisan Committee Receives Six
Thousand Pledges of Support to
TIeket-lssues Statement Re.
aarding the Primaries

Party is dead"
Cannot be found
Vacant lot at this address,"
Name not in directory"
House Is vacant
Party has left the city,
mo such number"
Does not live there"
Some one of these various notations
was placed upon about 1000 letters
which were returned by the postoffice
department to the office of Secretary
Lssner of the non-partisan city COM
mittee.
Ten DAYS ago the committee mailed
to each registered voter Of the city
letter. together with pledge to
support the non-partisan ticket.
AT the close of office hours yesterday
there had been received about $500
replies and nearly 1000 of the letters
had been returned for one Of the sew
eral reasons stated.
1t is the belief that in large num-
ber of instances these names represent
the number of fraudulent votes which
1t is expected an attempt will be made
to have cast at the coming elections.
Every suspicious name will be care
fully kept by the committee, with the
intention of preventing, II possible,
fraudulent voting.
OF the approximately $500 replies re-
ceived to the pledges distributed. all
but about 200 were favorable to the
non-partisan plan.
The committee has selected Melville
Dozier for a place on the school board
instead of Willoughby Rodman, whose
associates on the library commission
protested against his leaving that
board.
Leslie r. Hewitt for city attorney
and Harry ]. Lelande for city clerk.
have sent to Secretary Lissner their
letters of acceptance.
Ticket Now Complete
Following is the complete city non
partisan ticket
Mayor-Lee C. Gates.
City Attorney-Leslie r. Hewitt.
Treasurer-Capt. G. H. Hance.
Assessor-Walter Mallard.
City Clerk-Harry J. Lelande.
Tax Collector-Judge r. NJ. Lusk.
Auditor-W. c. Mushet.
Councilmen-First ward r. w.
Dromgold; second ward. A. S. Vande-
grift; third ward, Walter ]. Wren;
A. ]. Wallace: sixth ward, ]. V. Akey;
seventh ward, Martin F. Betkouski;
eighth ward, Dana w. Bartlett; ninth
ward, M. T. Collins.
Board of Education-Jospeh Scott,
II. w. Frank, Emmett H. Wilson, Field
ing j. Stilson Roger S. Page, DR.. w.
F. Steddon, Melville Dozier.
The following statement was issued
last night by Secretary Lissner:
Many inquiries have been made at
the office of the non-partisan city
central committee as to what should
be the course in regard to participant
ing in the primaries next Tuesday, the
23rd, by those members of the regular
parties who approve of the non-parti-
aIxn tic -
it indorsed by their party conventions.
The non-partisan city organization will
make no effort to influence the party
primaries or conventions. They feel
they have named a ticket which do
serves and should command the sup
port of intelligent and patriotic voters,
whatever may be their preference in
national politics. Petitions for NOM
nation will Immediately be placed in
circulation, and will probably be filed
with the city clerk before the date of
the primaries. The city non-partisans
can see no reason why the ticket they
have presented should not receive the
Endorsement Of both the party con-
ventions, and it would be most pleasing
and gratifying to the bipartisan city
committee if such Endorsement should
be made. To those who believe that
their party conventions should indorse
the non-partisan nominations, the
-partisans say that they can see
no reason why such persons should
not endeavor in each precinct in the
city to secure the election of delegates
to their party conventions who will
strive to secure the Endorsement of
the non-partisan candidates by such
conventions.
"Those desiring to sign nominating
petitions for the non-partisan city can
didates are requested to call at the
office of the non-partisan city central
committee 922 Douglas building, corner
Third and Spring streets"