Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-01
BESIEGED
BY THE "REGULARS"
WANT LINCOLN ROOSEVELT
SLATE BROKEN
Machines Fine Hand Appears, Seeking
RecantatIons and Withdrawals.
Tickets Proof Against "ln-
fIuence" at Work

The expected resulted yesterday and
the Lincoln-R Roosevelt Republican
league found it out quickly. Hardly
had the list of delegations proposed
by the league in the different assembly
districts been announced until the
Southern Pacific, operating through a
swarm of regular Republicans,
sought to break the character of the
delegations and cause withdrawals. In
only a few cases were they partially
successful, but failure did not rebuff
them, for influence came from several
directions to the obstinate.
1t Is related that the president of
one bank was beset by several from
the court house push" and implored
to withdraw from the ticket and re-
pudiate the league. Recantations are
regarded by the regulars as very
vided for in advance. Whether any
were in this case is not known. 1t
certainly was not the case with the
bank president, for he refused to with
draw and refused to recant. But when
night came the push" had not given
up and besieging party ended with
a threat to withdraw certain item
of patronage, controlled by the court
house crowd, if the banker did not re-
cant.
The stories of how the wires are be-
ing pulled through family connections,
business relationships, fraternities and
other channels are abundant. The ma
chine realized when it read the llst
that every delegation represented hlgh
character and was an appeal to the
voters for support. Taking only one
night to study out its work the ma
chine regulars" were out early in the
name of the party" to save the men
whom they thought they could handle
from being eternally consigned to per-
dition as long haired" or "bolters."
Stands the Test
1t was one of the first tests that the
league has had of the good faith of the
men chosen to make up its tickets, and
last night the league officials were
abundantly satisfied that their dele
cations were proof against the ma
chimes efforts.
The machine was not wholly without
some result, however, In it's work, for
several were led into the swamp by the
union labor will-o' the wisp, it being
charged that the Lincoln-R Roosevelt
leaguers were consummating dear
with the head representatives of or
ganized labor and that there was con-
sequent danger of the destruction of
industrial freedom" 1t is explained
that the only substance in such
"deaP' was the fact that a Lincoln-
Roosevelt meeting was held in LABOR
Temple hall, which was rented for the
occasion, and that several union labor
men were present.
IL the stories told are true there were
few men named on the assembly dis
trict tickets by the league who were
not approached as to their mistake,
but with most of them the approach
brought an instant termination of the
conversation.
The Lincoln-Roosevelt league is
winding up Its campaign with all the
detail of a great campaign; lt mas
every precinct organized and has called
meetings at headquarters in the Lissner
building to review the work in eacn
district and make sure that no satety
device has been neglected.
Secretary Rice of the county execu-
tive committee announced yesterday
that the following final meetings would
be held at headquarters SATURDAY:
SEVENTEEN 8 o'clock; seventy-first, 5
O'Clock; seventy-second at O'CLOCK;
seventy-third at 4:30 o'clock.
These meetings will include all the
precinct committeeman and the dlstrlct
workers and will go over every detail
of o1saniyation and an effort Will be
made to poll full vote.
Those familiar with the fight, but TO
some extent disinterested, declare that
the machine regulars have little hope
of carrying any assembly district ex-
cept the Seventy fifth, where it counts
itself invincible The league managers,
however, are not sparing any effort IN
any district and will count every vote
precious.
The county central committee of the
lincoln Roosevelt league held its final
meetine at the Westminster at noon
Yesterday. over one hundred attended
and the enthusiasm could not be kept
hehind the closed doors of the ordinary,
where the committee fed and talked of
| it's work.