Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-17
Anything TO
DEFEAT LAMB" F"
REPUBLICAN, MACHINE BUSY
IN THE THIRD
Both Graham and Eldrldge Are to BE
sldetraeked--Aus Bal
lot VIII Abrldge Con-
Ventlon

Anything to beat Lamb for the nomi-
nation for supervisor in the Third dis
trict seems to be the motto of the Re-
publican machine.
An interesting phase of the fight IN
that district developed yesterday. APP
parently convinced from an examina-
tion of the list of delegates elected to
the county convention that 1t would be
a difficult, If not impossible, task 70
nominate either AL Graham or $. T.
Eldrldge, the bosses decided to bring a
new man into the field. The man Sc
lected is said to be w. A. Henry, su-
perintendent of the city market.
According to gossip around Repuph-,
can headquarters, both Graham ana
Eldrldge are to be sidetracked and the
entire opposition to Lamb centered IN
favor of Henry.
THE trouble with the machine Is that
It has been split on the question of a
candidate for supervisor in the Third
district.
Parker's Hand
The Parker crowd has been back OF
Graham and the federal brigade" has
been lining up for Eldridge. The two
factions apparently were unable TO get
together on either of these two men,
and meantime Dr. Lamb has MADE a
showing at the primaries that threat
ems to put both of them out of the
running at the convention. This fact
has been made so clear to the leaders
of the two factions that to prevent the
nomination of Lamb they finally have
decided to bury their differences ana
unite on third man.
Lambs showing at the primaries
was a surprise to the bosses. He Is
backed by that element of the popu-
lation that is opposed to race track
gambling, and which proposes to make
itself felt at the coming election.
The machines attempt to force era
ham on the district for another term
has merely served to strengthen the
opposition of these people against him.
and to make them even more deter
mined to carry the Ascot park fight
into this campaign.
Eldridge was subsequently brought
into the race by the Youngworth-F'hnl
faction of the machine, but he was
no more acceptable than was era
ham.
The result was merely to divide the
machine forces, and as between the
three candidates in the field, Lamb
soon was found to be by far the strong
est.
The fact that AL Graham has been
given any support In his candidacy for
a denomination has caused good deal
of dissatisfaction among the rank ano
file of Republicans. who feared that
his name on the ticket would have a
decidedly weakening effect on the
whole slate.
Graham's showing at the country
primaries was a poor one, and gave
ample evidence of the correctness ol
the charge that he has made himself
unpopular with the farmers in his dis
trict In some of the precincts in hi
district the opposition to him won by
vote of three to one.
| Notwithstanding this, the Parker
crowd continued to give him it's sup
port until the last day or two, wher
the conclusion seems to have beer
reached that a further fight in his be-
half would be suicidal and that the
organizations only hope of success al
the convention lay in reaching COM
promise with the federal brigade"
Desert Graham
This compromise is said to have re-
suited in a decision of both factions to
support Henry, and hereafter Gra-
| ham will be left to shift for himself.
Notwithstanding the immense amount
of work on hand, 1t looks now as If the
sessions of the Venice. convention would
not last more than three days and pos
sibly not more than two. The use OF
the Australian system of balloting will
cut down the time immensely and
greatly simplify the work. 1t also is
proposed to limit the nominating
speeches to the briefest possible presen-
| tation of the various candidates.
| All of the candidates will be nom-
mated before the voting is begun, and
it is. thought the convention will be
ready to begin balloting the morning
of the second day.
OF course it is impossible to tell how
much time this will require, as every
thing will depend on the fights that are
made, but it is believed that one day
will be sufficient to complete this work
Short Convention
1t is possible the convention will have
to be called to order the third day, but
it is not believed that it's business will
require it to be in session longer thar
noon. Under the old order of things
the delegates would be lucky If they
got away inside of a week.
The outlook so far as nominations fol
assemblymen and senators is con-