Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-20

o NON-PARTIsAN MEETINGS @
% TUESDAY-Ilranch OF Baker "
% Iron works, near Llewellyn shops, 9
@ at 1890 y. m. Lee Gates, speaker. @
o At g u. m., mass meeting In Tur- @
o ner hall, arranged by Liberal ALI i"
% ancet candidates of NIL parties to @
% nppenr. Lee Gates will speak. @
% At 71s Central avenue, Orgnniza- @
q. tion of Seventh ward Gates club. g,
q, Lamar Harris will speak. @
o THURSDAY Announcement @
o later. Q
@ FRIDAY-King's Highway hall, O
@ Brooklyn avenue and Echnndia G,
@ street, Ninth ward. Lee Gates and O
@ NJ. n. Collins, speakers. @
@ SATURDAY-Mnss meeting mt o
@ blanchard hall when Mr.. Gates and o
o. other candidates will deliver adj @
@ dresses. o
O. hen Ward Will make character @
q: istic speeches at the meetings ad- @
Z: dressed by MIR. Gates. Other can @
% dates on the nOn-partisan ticket, @
@ including the cOuncilmen from the @
% wards where the meetings nre o
% held, also will be heard. @
% 5000 o O. 30 @ @ @ @ 800 9
The unusual spectacle of six mayor
atty nominees sitting on the same plat
form and delivering addresses from the
same forum may be seen at Turner hall
tonight.
Invitations have been extended to the
men who head the respective municipal
tickets in the field to appear and give
their side of the political controversy.
Ihree of these candidates have ac-
cepted the invitation, and it is consid-
cred probable that the other three will
do so.
Lee C. Gates, nominee of the non-par-
tisans; DIR. Walter Lindley, the Repub-
lican nominee. and A. c. Harper, the
Democratic candidate have signified
their intention of being present for the
purpose of making brief address
Stanley B. Wilson, Public Ownership;
Wiley ]. Phillips, Prohibitionist, and
Frank A Marek. Socialist, also are ex-
pected to enter the political talkfest.
Liberal Alliance Affair
The meeting has been arranged by
the Liberal alliance, an organization
composed Of foreign born citizens and
1t is for the purpose of enabling the va
riouS nominees to present themselves
and their claims to the members of the
alliance.
Various other candidates besides the
nominees for mayor have been invited,
and 1t is expected that the stage will
be well filled with candidates represent
ing every party and many of the offices.
Mr.. Gates at noon yesterday held a
successful meeting at one of the indus
trial establishments, and last night he
spoke at two rousing meetings. The
first was held at Woods hall in High
land Park. r. w. Dromgold, non-par-
t1san nominee for the council from the
First ward, and Ben Ward also spoke.
Afterward Mr.. Gates spoke at Fish
er's hall, Central avenue and Adams
street. ]. V. Akey nominee for the
council from the Sixth ward, and Ben
Ward We're the speakers prior to the
arrival of the nominee for mayor.
Why Fleming FIopped
The non-partisan committee has
placed the-following spike in the gun of
A. p. Fleming, who is now managing
DIR. Lindley's campaign:
"A. p. Fleming, having made his
peace with the local Republican forces
and bridged over the bloody chasm be-
tween himself and Werdin, whom he
helped to defeat two years ago, now
proceeds to abuse the principle Of nom
partisanship and the effort to apply it
in Los Angeles.
II
ever doubted that he himself, was nom
partisan for revenue only. The present
movement in this city was good enough
for him so long as he hoped to receive
the non-partisan nomination for coun-
Gilman in the Fourth ward Mr.. Flem-
ing appeared before the non-partisan
executive committee and pressed his
claims for nomination with indecent
eagerness. No other candidate did so.
Furthermore, Mr. Fleming was one
of the few men who appeared before
the executive committee for that pur-
pose without having received an invita-
ton. AS soon as he found that it had
been decided to nominate Niles Pease,
Mr.. Fleming began to threaten and
abuse the committee. He is a fine speci-
men of the kind of men whom the pub
lie does not want either for public office
or in handling political affairs.
His absolutely false statement that
30 per cent of the non-partisan COM
mittee of 100 is wavering in it's support
of Gates and the non-partisan ticket is
a fair example of his idea of conducting
a campaign. He is one of the old school
brought up to claim everything in sight.
If he expects the public to place any
credence in such bald pendacity, let
him give the names"
Explained by Lissner
nh' LiSSlSi, SSSiSldIy VI the nOn- par
tisan committee, yesterday said regard
ing the charge that the committee
adopted the unit rule" in connection
with the selection of candidates:
at has been the good fortune of our
committee to stand unanimously on ev-
cry proposition that has come.to a vote.
but that has been merely an evidence
of the unity of our interests and the
harmony that has prevailed in our
meetings. The fact Is that the majority
rules in our committee meetings. But
In discussing candidates, before our
ticket was announced, we did not vote
on men against whom there appeared
any opposition among our members.
There was one proposition, namely the
selection of a candidate for councilman
from the Fourth ward. upon which the
committee would have been divided IL a
vote had been taken. That was before
Niles Pease consented to run. One man
who sought the nomination would have
had the support of part of our mem-
bership because Of his work for nom
partisanshlp in the past, and the oppo-
sition OF others for good reasons that
exist today. When these things were