Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
PATRONAGE SAID
TO Be THE BAIT.
MACHINE MAKES EFFORT TO
DEFEAT WARD
Charge Is Made That Country Editors
Have Been offered Postmaster
ships If They Would Sup
port HartweIl

Federal patronage, or the offer of
SUCH is being used by the Southern
Pacific Republican machine in an ef-
fort to defeat Ben Ward, the nom
partisan nominee for county assessor
and to elect Cal Hartwell, the machine
nominee.
1t is asserted, and this practically
has been admitted by some of Parker's
lieutenants, that the Southern Pacific
machine would willingly sacrifice the
entire county ticket than run the risk
of having Ben Ward elected assessor
and DR.. w. A. Lamb supervisor
The machine has concentrated IT'S
fight on these two positions, because
the election of either Ward or Lamb
would be a serious blow to corpora
tions, especially the Southern Pacific,
while the election of both would be
considered nothing less than disaster
to these same corporate interests.
Using Money and Patronage
AS a result, every effort is being
made by the machine to down Ward
and Lamb
Thousands of dollars are said TO
have been distributed among the ward
heelers in the Third supervisorlal dis
trict, in an effort to buy the election
of S. T.. IGldridge against whom DR..
Lamb is running as a non-partisan
candidate.
The usual machine tactics are being
resorted to in the fight against Ward
for assessor, but in addition federal
positions, principally postoffices, are
said to have been offered in return
for support for Cal Hartwell.
1t is asserted that offers of post
masterships have been made to a
number of editors of country papers
in Los Angeles county, and that in
at least one instance there has been
a mysterious switch of a country
newspaper from Ward to Hartwell.
Makes Direct Charge
The man who makes the direct
charge of having been Offered post
mastership is Charles 1. Mosteler, ed
itor of the Hollywood Sentinel. Said
Mr.. Mosteller yesterday:
Luther Brown called me to his Of
flee and told me that if | wished to
be postmaster at Hollywood he was
the man to see. My support was So
licited for Calvin Hartwell as assess
or against Ben Ward. l went to
Browns office twice-once before he
went UP north and again when he
came back.
II would like to be postmaster but
l am going to support Ben Ward.
Therefore l will not be postmaster.
/ realize that j cannot be recommended
for the position unless L support Mr..
Hartwell, which I cannot do.
There has been dissatisfaction in
Hollywood regarding postoffice affairs
for a long time. Previous to this cam
paign many citizens spoke to me re-
garding my possible candidacy for that
position. When the Hartwell- Ward
battle came on / was sent for and
went to Browns office where the con-
versations occurred as L have stated" "
Big Stick May Come Down
1t is possible that efforts will be
made to secure definite charges that
political patronage is being used in the
sounty campaign, with the intention of
calling the attention of President
Roosevelt to the affair.
Should this be done it might prove
embarrassing to Congressman McLach-
Ian, principally on whose recommenda-
ton the postmasterships in Los An
geles county are assigned.
Cal Hartwell is one of the Venice
nominees who made the original howl
against the other nominees accepting
positions on the Democratic and non
partisan tickets.
McLachlan heard this howl, and he
Immediately went to Hartwell's res
cue. The result of his efforts, COM
bined with friends of other nominees
who had been left out in the cold by
the non-partisans, was the rebellion
against the machine.
Then McLachlan loaned the services
of Luther Brown to the Republican
machine, and this may result in a
greater row than that caused by the
recent revolt.