Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-28
SEES S. P. TAG ON
PARKER'S MANTLE
REPUBLICAN DISCUSSES DON
MGARvIN'S JOB
He Says That Political Bosses, Like
PuglIists, Fight once Too
often and Become
Has-Beens

"a rose by any other name would
smell as sweet, and the oil about a
political machine would have the same
effect upon the olfactory nerve of a
decent Republican whether said ma
chine is operated by Walter Parker or
under the personal supervision of Don
McGarvin."
Thus philosophical an anti-machine
Republican yesterday while discussing
the announcement that Boss Parker
would go to San Francisco, either to
take Abe Ruefs place as Republican
boss of the northern city or to assume
full control of the state Republican ma
chine operated by and in the interest
of the Southern Pacific railroad.
"Whether McGarvin Is to become the
Southern Pacific boss for Southern Cal
ifornia, under the tutilage of Judge Nc
Kinley do not know" he continued,
"but the indications are that he will
endeavor to fill the job. I can predict
for him the most dismal failure. Don
is a mighty nice fellow personally, but
he is going to fall down awfully hard
when he attempts to run the Republican
party of this section of the state by
machine methods and in the interest OF
the Southern Pacific.
Predicts McGarvin's Failure
Republicans Of this section have had
enough of this machine method of doing
politics and of being known as members
of the Southern Pacific party. There is
a revolt on among the rank ana nie
of the party, and this revolt is constant
ly gaining in force, although the cam
paigns are ended and there VIII be
nothing doing in politics for two years.
"This revolt began some time ago. IL
IN, no nlnpfiOn
Ben Ward as county assessor and IN
the virtual reputation of James NJ
Gillett, and in the city campaign the
election of Leslie r. Hewitt as city at-
torney over George Beebe, the Repupn-
can machine candidate. OF course the
revolt showed it's strength in the vote
for other candidates, but those mem
toned are good examples.
CDR. Lindley was defeated for mayor,
and that is why the revolt is spreading,
even after the campaign is over. The
election showed that the machine was
traitor to the Republican party. DR..
Iindley received the vote of the true
Republicans-that is. men VINO pelleVe
in sticking to the Republican organiza-
ton and still are opposed to machine
methods.
Revenge Is Sweet
"The machine vote went-well you
know where. 1t was used to defeat
Lindley for the purpose, am cont1dent,'
of gratifying the revengeful spirit OIL
one man; and it wouldn't at all sup
prise me if the defeat of DR.. Lindley is
responsible in a great measure for the
transfer of Parker to San Francisco.
"It is certain that Parker's usefulness
as a political manager for the Southern
Pacific, in Los Angeles county at least,
absolutely ended, with the late city
campaign. The result of the election
showed to the minds of the general pub
lie either that Parker had lost control
of the situation or had deliberately
thrown DIR. Lindley overheard. To my
mind it proved both.
"It would be quite amusing, If the
result of his work had not been so dis
astrous to the Republican party, to hear
Parker now say that he has always
been in politics because he liked it and
did not represent any corporate inter-
ests. I do not know for whose con-
sumption such a statement is intended.
"Parker's mantle evidently has fallen
upon McGarvin's shoulders, but 1t
doesn't require very keen political Wis
ion to see that the mantel bears the
same old Southern Pacific tag; and no
more of that for yours truly.
5. Politicians and PugiIists
at size the situation up thusly as to
Parker: Political bosses are like pu-
gilists; they fight just once too often
and are knocked out. I have an idea
that the number of politicians who died
bosses and pugilists who died champi-
ons are about equal, and I believe that
henceforth Mr.. Parker will pay more
attention to practical railroading than
to impractical politics
"As Mr. Parker once said of himself,
4 am Republican in national, state,
county, city, ward and precinct poll
tics,' but very much unlike him, do
not believe in machine politics, and that
belief has grown so strong in these
parts that McGarvin will have a dread
full time keeping the old thing from
falling to pieces before the next cam
paign."