Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-26


the candidates of the non-partisan
county committee, and who had re-
ceived Instructions to withdraw from
the latter nominations, have utterly
ignored the edict of the Republican
boss.
Last Saturday il was announced that
a meeting of the men involved would
be held Tuesday, at which 1t would be
decided whether they should declare
their manhood or openly admit that
they were the plant tools Of the South
ern Pacific.
Meeting Not Held
Not even the announced meeting was
held yesterday. Only individual confer
ences were necessar. to cause the can
didates to decide upon q stand in oppo-
sition to taking orders from Parker.
1t has been decided by these men to
let the subject 6~op as far as they are
individually concerted and to pay no
attention, individually or collectively,
to any suggestions or admOnitions that
they withdraw from the nOn-partisan
and Democratic tickets, and that they
will thankfully accept places on the
latter tickets.
They also declare that they will not
be party to any movement to again
place them in nomination by petition,
together with those on the Republican
ticket who were not given Endorsement.
Came Direct From Parker
Republican machine men now are en-
deavoring to make it. appear that the
three-party men were not told to with
draw from the indorsing parties under
pain of being ostracized by the Republi-
can machine, and that the whole trouble
was caused by the awful road made by
the Republican machine nominees be- |
cause they, too, were not included in |
the Endorsement.
The latter part of this statement is |
correct as far as it goes but 1t does
not go half far enough. The men left |
out in the cold by the non-partisans
and Democrats did make the terrific
howl with which they were credited.
They besieged Walter Parker and
roared long and loud, claiming that
their defeat was certain, and that the
election Of the others equally was
certain, made so by the votes of Demo-
Gratis and non-partsans, the Venice
ticket, as such, would be defeated and
the machine would be disrupted.
Parker to the Rescue
Whether these representations caused
Parker to act, or whether the boss pre-
viously had formulated his plan, is not
known. but it is known for a certainty
that the demand for the withdrawal of
all Venice nominees from the other
tickets came from Walter Parker per-
sonally and that he was backed up by
large element, If not majority, of
the Republican county executive COM
mittee.
Parker might have been disturbed by
the lamentations of the machine men
who failed of Endorsement, but the dis
turbance was as nothing compared to
the buzzng Of the hornets he stirred
up by his action in endeavoring to die
tate to men who deny allegiance to the
Republican machine, although their
names appear upon the machine ticket
Causes Big Row
Parker's close advisers plainly told
him that he had made a mistake, but
nevertheless he continued in his de-
mand. Seeing, however, that he would
be unable by threats to carry out his
plans, he consented at the urgent re-
quest Of party lea6ers. to permit the
men affected to decide among them
selves what action they would take.
1t was hoped that by taking this
course the affair would be permitted to
quietly die out and that the row en-
gendered in the Republican camp would |
cease.
In this they will be disappointed, as
the animosity engendered promises to
have lasting effect and make certain
the election of the entire non partisan |
ticket The boldness of Boss Parker
has disgusted many Republicans who,
while not admirers of machine meth
DDS, preferred to stick to their party |
and 1t Is stated that Parker could not
have been of greater assistance to the
non-partsan cause by taking any other
course than that whicn he pursued.
Non-Partisans Active
Considerable cuet satisfaction was
displayed at the county non-partisan
headquarters yesterday over the action,
or, rather, the non-action of their can
didates selected from the Republican
ticket and Chairman Graham of the
executive committee expressed the con-
hdent belief that the success of the en-
tire non-partisan ticket had been made
certain by the disruption in the Repub-
lican ranks, caused by the edict of Boss
Parker.
Among the visitors at the non-parti-
san headquarters yesterday was
Charles w. Bell, nominated to oppose
Senator Hahn in the Thrty-sixth dis
trict Mr.. Bell said that he had a hard
fight on his hands, as Hahn was being
assisted by Congressman McLachlan
and all the federal officeholders i'm his
of support by many anti-machine Re-
publicans.
At Symphony hall, in the Blanchard
building, will be held tonight a meeting
of the committee of one hundred to
hear the report of the executive com
mittee named to present a list of can
didates for city offices 1t is expected
that the first part of the meeting will
be executive. but that later the public
will be admitted.
Many rumors were In circulation yes
terday regarding probable names TO be
recommended for the various offices
but nothing of confirmatory nature
regarding any of them could be OBJ
tained and IL was remarked by a mem
Der of the executive committee that
any announcement which misht appear
would be purely guess work.
1t is intimated that possibly two or
more names would be suggested by the
executive committee for each place on
the ticket. including mayor, and placing
all the burden of selection upon the
main body.
For mayor the choice seems to rest
between w. j. Washburn and L. T.
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