Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-03

vention to order at 10:30, and the re-
suit was that order was secured quite
readily.
There was a good-natured contest
for the nomination for treasurer be-
tween Capt. H. 2. Osborne, named by
John G. Mott, and Harvey ]. Shoulders,
presented By w. H. Dickinson, but the
former easily won by vote Of 423 to
167, and the nomination was made
unanimous at the request of the de-
feated candidate.
For auditor Norman L. Bryant, now
chief deputy auditor, was nominated
by A. M. Gates, while Charles o. Win
ters, in the office of County Clerk
Keys and whom the machine desired,
was presented by E. A. Meserve.
There was considerable suppressed
excitement during the progress of the
ballot. The result, however, which
showed that Bryant had received a
majority of one vote in a total vote of
$780, was cheerfully accepted by the
Winters men, and on motion of Mr..
Meserve the nomination of Mr.. Bry-
ant was made unanimous.
In the contest for tax and license
collection, e. e. Johnson won over
w. B. Morgan by vote of 367 to 221,
while Evan Lewis was selected by ac-
clamation as the nominee for assessor.
Tempest In the Ante Rooms
During the progress of the ballot
ing for ta;t collector there were wild
scenes in the ante-room off the plat
form. Organization men claim that
they made the discovery that instead
of $50 votes having been cast for audi
tor only $40 ballots were in the box,
and that of these Winters had a ma
jority of eleven.
The ballot boxes were placed in
f.laa faf
Meserve, as sponsor for Mr.. Winters,
and other friends of the defeated can
didate were sent for.
Mr.. Meserve said that owing to the
fact that the nomination of Bryant had
been made unanimous and that the
convention had proceeded with the
order of business, nothing could be
done unless the sponsor for Bryant
took the initiative in an effort to have
the ballots recounted or another vote
taken.
Mr.. Gates, who had nominated Mr.
Bryant SAID that not while he was liv-
ing would he take any such action, and
he intimated that If any crooked work
had been done 1t was not on the part
of the Bryant men.
AS a result the affair was dropped,
and what undoubtedly would have
caused the liveliest kind of a row in
the convention did not openly develop.
Wlnd-Up Is Lively
The question OF the nominations for
members of the school board resulted
in great disorder, and for over an hour
the wrangling was very bad
The outcome, however, was the nomi-
nation of the men named in a resolu-
tion offered by A. p, Fleming and
whose resolution originally caused all
the trouble. The resolution was as fol-
lows:
Whereas the people of the city OF
Los Angeles did i'm December, 1904,
declare by decisive vote that the
schools should be kept out OF politics;
"And, whereas, the Republican party
has always stood and now does stand
for the very best government ever en-
joyed by a free and enlightened peo-
pie, and has always been ready and
willing to adopt those measures that
will insure the greatest good to the
greatest number and government for
and by the people, and recognizing that
the foundation upon which this nation
is building is our school;
"Therefore, be II resolved by this
assembled. that the Re-
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