Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-27
WARNERCHARGE
EVIL ALLIANCES
MAYOR HARPER AMONG THE
ACCUSED
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE HEARS
VIGOROUS SPEECH
Sneaker Declares Certain Men Are In
League with Southern PacIfe
and Cites Circumstances
to Prove II

The largest membership that has at
tended noon luncheon of the Demo-
cratic league was at the Westmlnste.
hotel Yesterday to hear "Silver DICK
warner tell about 1.-The Convention at
Fresno"
Possibly it was the subject that
caused the large attendance. AL any
rate those who came prepared 10 heal
accusation and invectlve hear9
a-plenty, for Mr.. Warner was keyed
to a high pitch. A..
Mr. Warner said little about the
convention at Fresno. His speech re-
lated more to the charges he mace
there the Saturday night before the
convention met and which, he declared
Yesterday poured the poison IN every
rathole of the machine. :.
The accusations of Warner were d.
rected at Mayor Harper and Nathan
Cole as principals and r. F. Goings
and eddie" Morris as tools" He did
not pretend to go back further tnan
five years for his array of clrcum-
stantial evidence against them.
Briefly and more summary MI
Warner accuses Mayor Harper any
Nathan Cole of being in league with
the Southern Pacific influences and
cites as circumstantial proof thelr
arranging to put r. F. Goings on the
ticket as candidate for railroad COM
mission in the Third district against
Theodore Summerland, the macnine
candidate. so that Republicans who
wanted to vote against Summerlano
could not turn to Goings.
He also found additional testimony
in his allegation that when Bryan Wis
tied here Harper and Cole refused lo
show him the receipt from the Soutn'
ern Pacific for Bryan's train and ms
trim to Catalina and had turned Mr.
Rrvan over as a guest of the Southern
Pacific management. Also that Wher
! Mr.. Bryan was banqueted the seats
of honor were given to John w. Mitch
ell and Tom McCaffery, two Southerf
! Pacific manipulators, and the banque
profits used to pay off the lebts or the
democratic clubs gambling hell.
| In fact. Mr.. Warner said, when Go
ines was thrown out of the Democratic
convention at Fresno he was the leas
of several others, and of that severa
Harper, Cole, Cake and Morris mad'
an important quartet.
Warner Defiant
Now I know what l am saying
shouted Warner, land | know my la
bility for Islander and libel and L der!
any of them to prosecute me Tor VIVA
I am saying because If they do III
prove every word of it,"
Cole. he said, had boasted that NJ
gave more money to the Democratic
campaign two years ago than an!
other individual. Cole gave nothing
said Warner, according to the sec
retary's books, but the 500 that NJ
gave Eddie Morris to spy on Bell VIII
and report to Walter Parker"
He charged that Harper and COL
were commercializing their politics b!
selling insurance and oil stocks, tina
Harper was bound by the Royal Arcl
and that young girls were selling bee
i in restaurants where to eat was thu
exception. He said Harper's admin
istration was the most unfaithful ant
corrupt he had ever known in the city
Nearing Fresno Warner declared
that the scheme was to make Harpel
chairman of the convention so tha
the Southern Pacific could get contro
of the Democratic organization. TheI
he detailed how he and Joe Simons
who had fought for Harper's election
as mayor, had gone to Fresno t
thwart any malign scheme and hat
found their opening in the meeting o.
the Democratic club of Fresno.
Il telephoned Theodore Bell sale