Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
LANGD0N
CAUGHT
In TRICK
Petition Signatures
Are Procured by
Clever RuSe
Local Labor Men Told
That He Is Their
Party's Choice
As Result of DupIcity It ls Thought
Hearst's Figurehead viii Fail
to Get Upon the Official
Ballot
PETITION

PETITION
"TO the Hon. Charles F. Curry, Secre-
tary of State of the State of CaIifor-
Mat
1--WE, the undersigned, electors of the
state of California having, through
Misrepresentation, been induced to sign
a petition circulated by the Independ-
ence league, with the name of William
H. Langdon at Its head, candidate for
governor, do respectfully request that
our names be removed from the said
petition and further petition that our
names be added to the petition of the
Union Labor party, headed by Theodore
A. Bell, candidate for GOVERNOR
w. r. Hearst, through his .hirelings.
has been caught in a despicable trick
to secure a place ON the official ballot
for his self-made political machine
known as the Independence league,
whose figurehead in California is Will
liam H. Langdon.
Union labor men of Los Angeles were
duped by Hearst's paid emissaries but
the affair has developed into a political
boomerang which etfectually will kill
off Langdon's ambitions and stamp
Hearsts machine as vertable fraud.
According to the statements of Chas.
M. Haybl, state organizer for California
OF the Brotherhood OF Painters, Deco
rators and Paperhangers of America,
who was sent from San Francisco to
Les Angeles in the interest of the
labor party's ticket, at the head Of
which the party has placed Theodore
A, Bell for governor and several local
leaders, signatures to the petitions Of
the nominees of the Independence
league were procured by rank misrep-
resentation.
Work a Clever Scheme
The Union Labor party's convention
was held in San Francisco last week
and all the local leaders were in at
tendance.
Taking advantage Of the absence Of
these leaders the paid emiSsc. lies of
Hearst came to Los Angeles, visited the
headquarters of the local unions, and
according to the charges made by the
leaders, represented that w. H. Lang
don had been indorsed by the labor
party as its candidate for governor
AS result of this representation they
secured the signatures of about 400
Union Labor men to the Langdon petit
tlons.
When the leaders returned from San
Francisco and it developed that the
labor party had nominated Eell for
governor and ignored Hearst's machine
ticket the anger of the men who had
signed the Langdon petition knew no
bounds.
All Labor Men Angry
Mr.. Haybl arrived in Los Angeles
Saturday, and when he learned of the
affair he had petitions prepared, and
q RS O. ciO hxr xntInn n
attached their signatures to the Lang
don petitions, praying the secretary of
state to have their names removed from
these petitions and added to the petition
Of the Union Labor party, headed by
Theodore A. Bell for governor.
It Is expected that every man who
signed the Langdon petition now will
sign the petition of withdrawal and in
addition many men who might have
favored Langdon will, as a result of
the deception practiced upon fellow
workmen, sign the Bell petitions, with
the result that Langdon will not be able
to procure the required number of sig
natures for nomination.
The Bell petitions now are being
signed by the hundreds in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Haybl stated last evening that he
had received a letter from j. S. Parry,
secretary of the Union Labor party,
containing lne lnlOrmdtlOn tnat the re-
quired number Of O0O-
already had been exceeded and pre-
dicted that from $4,000 to $4,000 would
be secured before the date of filing,
Bitter Against Langdon
Mr.. Haybl last night said, in discuss
ing the affair:
II am in this city for the purpose of
assisting in the management Of the
Union Labor party's campaign and
electlng Theodore Bell governor of the
state of California. We have been syste-
matically and quietly organizing In
every county In this state and the re-
suit will he shown November 8.
I'VE propose to conduct this cam
paign on exactly the same lines as we
conducted the campaign In the city OF
San Francisco one year ago, when we
cleaned out the city hall. The union
men OF this state are registered, and
am positive that they will vote as
they marched on Labor day. Our
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