Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-16
Boss Comes In on Train
with Candidate
for Mayor
Ruler Of Machine Doesn't See How the
Convention Can Possibly Sup
port the Non-PartIsan
Nominee
Walter Parker is home.

This announcement doubtless will be
Republicans who for the past two
months have been praying for the re-
turn of the boss.
On the contrary, it may cause dis
may among certain other Republicans.
'I am glad to know there are those
who will be pleased at my return. This
feeling counterbalances the knowled dge
that there are others who may regret
my homecoming"
Thus spoke Walter Parker last night
and if the statement does not mean
that there is going to be war in cer-
tain quarters the art of reading be-
tween the lines Is lost.
But seated in his han dsome home on
Alvarado street last night Mr.. Parker
gave no outward sign of being per-
turbed over the local political stua tion
and he did not openly commit hims self
on any of the questions which have
been agitating his followers and lieu
tenants for the past two weeks. Z
Came Home with Smith
Eyes, came down on the same train
today with Mr.. Smith, admitted Mr..
Parker, which would seem to explain
his knowledge of certain recent events;
but he continued: "Mr. Smith, you
know, also has been away, and he does
not seem to know the exact situation.
If possessed what Mr.. Smith feels GER
tain he has in the mining region of
Nevada ] don't think 1 would worry
about anything else
GAS to the political situation, / don't
see that it is anything else than friends
of candidates trying to help their men
win the nomination. I don't see any
thing wrong in that, and l hope the
best man will get It.
"As far as l know, Mr.. Smith has
made no announcement that he is a
candidate for mayor, and l do not think
any one can say that he is my candi-
date. have heard that DR.. Lindley has
out petition looking to his nomination.
II have known George A. Smith all
my life and he would make q good
mayor 1 have also knwn Dr. Lindley
many years, and 1 cannot say any,
thing against him. Undoubtedly he
would make good mayor.
IF either or any other Republican
is nominated will be glad to give him
any support l may have in an effort
to secure his election.
II am Republican in national, state,
county, municipal, ward and precint
politics, and 1 will support the ticket
to be nominated at the coming city
convention.
Calls 1t CongIomeratlon
81 do not see why the Republican
convention should nominate a non-par-
tisan candidate any more than it
should nominate Democratic candi-
date"
Asked the point blank question
whether, in his estimat tion, the Repub-
lican convention would nominate Lee
mayor, Mr.. Parker said:
II do not see how the Republican
convention can nominate Mr. Gates,
although / do not deny that he is a
good Republican, for the reason that
he has declared, by accepting the non
partisan nomination, that he has lost
confidence in the Republican organiza-
tion and is willing to take his chances
with a party without q platform.
IF this conglomeration of Republi-
cans, Democrats and whatnot should
be elected the Republicans will spend
the next twenty years in vain regrets
IF the Republicans are defeated with
a straight ticket they will go down to
defeat honorably and with a knowledge
that they have preserved their organi-
zation and will be prepared to make
the next fight a winning one.
For my part | can't see that there
is anything that requires reforming to
any great extent and that the Repub-
licans are not capable OF reforming.
Reformers Want a Machine
IAN that these so-called reformers
are trying to do Is to build up a ma
chine of their own.
zone thing ] can say with pleasure,
and that is that have never yet sup
ported a man who should have been In
jail instead of In office and that not
one ever became a defaulter or be-
trayed a trust,
People may denounce the Venice
convention as having been controlled
by the so-called Southern Pacific ma
chine, but how is It that the non-par-
tsans Endorsed 75 per cent Of that
ticket?
speaking of this so-called reform
movement. Mayor McAleer is the logi-
cal candidate for denomination.
1.-TWO years ago a committee of a
hundred prominent Republicans these
reformers are always prominent. you
know-seleeted Mr.. Butler as the best
man for mayor but newspaper which
had watched the antics Of owen Me-
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