Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-31
Nd CHANGE IN
PRIMARY DATE
MLACHLAN AND MATHEWS
FACTIONS WAR
Day and Night Session Of Republican
Campaign Committee Ends In
Failure to Reach an
Agreement

Efforts on the part of the Mathews
campaign committee TO secure a change |
of date on which the primaries in the |
country precincts are to be held have
proved unavailng. The Republican
congressional committee agreed yester |
day to substitute August for August |
2 as the date for holding the primaries
in those precincts on condition that the
consent of both Mr.. Mathews and Mr.. !
McLachlan be obtained and that the
candidates agree to share the expense
incident to the issuance of q new call.
Mr.. McLachlan consented to this ar
rangement, but the members of the
Mathews campaign committee insisted
on holding out for their original propo-
sition, which was that the date be
August IA.
In communication sent to the con-
gressional committee last night Mr..
Mathews representatives expressed
themselves as far from satisfied with
the offer made, and they refused to pay
any of the expenses unless August Ii
was selected as the date for holding the
primaries They stated that while they
must of course submit to any arrange
ment the committee saw fit to make,
the members could hardly expect them
to give their consent to a date other
than the one they had requested The
communication is as follows:
ITO the Seventh district Republican
committee, Los Angeles. Gentlemen:
/ am instructed to acknowledge receipt
by the Mathews congressional cam
paign committee of a copy of a reso
luton adopted this afternoon by your
committee, proposing to change the
date of the congressional primaries in
the county to August 8, providing the Z
respective candidates consent thereto
and agree to share the expense of the
ffaa In non6npti1cr said rriO1n rios
and provided further that If this propo-
stion is not accepted in writing forth
with that this resolution be void and of
no effect, and the call shall stand as at
present existing
The request made by this committee
was that the date for holding the pri
marieS outside of the cities of Los An
geles and Pasadena be fixed for August
IA, the date fixed for holding said
primaries in said cities.
Your resolution proposes to change
the date of holding the primaries, not
to August IA. as requested by us, but
to August 8, provided the candidates
share the expense of conducting the
primaries.
while we cannot perceive the justice
of making Mr.. Mathews pay a pecu
mary penalty for the privilege of MAX
ing a personal canvass of the district
as a candidate for congress, yet we are
willing to bear his just proportion of
any expense attendant upon a change
of date in holding the primaries from
August to August Ia, so that the
voters outside may have the same
chance accorded to those inside the
cities of Los Angeles and Pasadena.
IF q new call is to be made for the
purpose of atfording a proper oppor
tunity to the candidates Of making a
campaign they should be allowed at
least as long time in the county s
in the cities of Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena.
No reason exists why the congress
sional primaries within and without the
cities should not be held simultaneously
No greater expense would be incurred
in calling the primaries for August IA
than in calling them for August 8, as
suggested by you. .
our committee regrets that your
resolution proposing August contains
an ultimatum that we should expressly
consent to the fixing of the date which
is not satisfactory to us, for the reasons
stated to your committee, viz. that
reasonable and adequate time is not al
lowed for the organiza tion and conduct
of a canvass of the entire district.
I'VE have earnestly urged upon you
the course that we think justice and
fairness dictate. If you see fit to deny
our request, and to fix the earlier date
of August for the primaries, we must
of course submit, but we cannot, as re-
quired by you, give our consent thereto
"MATHEWS CAMPAIGN COMMIT
TEE,
By Ed North, secretary"
Committee Stands Pat
Upon the reading of this communica-
ton Oscar LaWler made motion that