Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-18
HOT TIME AHEAD
AT REPUBLICAN,
POWWOW TODAY
WILL
BE FOUGHT HARD
CONVENTION LIKELY TO LAST
FULLY TWO DAYS
Series of Bitterly Contested Struggles
Is Expected and "the Boys" Are
Reported Down on "the
Attorneys"

Today at Shriners' auditorium the
Republicans of Los Angeles county will
nominate their county ticket.
Till late last night Secretary Joseph
J. Petermichel, who is scheduled for
another term, worked with committees
in giving out tickets and badges. Be-
cause of the delay in delivery of cleo
tion certificates by the supervisors,
, there will be confusion in the hall un-
till all delegates are properly seated.
Enough tickets have been issued to jam
the hall. The city delegates will be
grouped by wards and the county del
egates by assembly districts.
w. p. Jeffries is slated for the chair
manship, Attorney E. A. Meserve being
relied on to act as floor manager.
In the inner circles it was stated that
Jeffries had received orders from Chair
mon Morse of the campaign committee
that not single Lincoln-R -Roosevelter
insult be honored with a committee ap.
pointment, but in this there may be
clash, as Walter Parker is said to
favor placating the anti-machine wing
wherever possible.
The morning session today will be
brief, being taken up probably with the
call to order and the selection of the
credentials committee, after which ad-
Journment will be taken till o'clock.
AT Least Two Days
The convention will be in session at
least two days and some Of the Lin
coln-Roosevelters say they will fight
every inch, If they have to keep the
delegates there till Saturday. Coun-
Gilman A. j. Wallace will be the floor
manager for the anti-machine wing.
The first day will be devoted to the
credentials committees work and prob
ably to nominations for judges and
senators.
The second day will be set aside for
nominations for supervisor and other
business, including resolutions.
The boys" are arraigned against
the attorneys in some respects, but
the boys" appear to have won, as
they insisted that no attorney be
chairman. This relegated E. A Mes
erve to the less conspicuous position
of floor manager.
1.-THE people who pay taxes, rather
than the lawyers who make the money
off taxpayers, should rule" was the
word passed to the bunch, and 1t
worked.
The settled plan is to take up the
judicial work early in the afternoon
session.
The politicians seem to be agreed
that it is better to let the judges now
sitting have second terms, and thus
do away with the possibilities of fric-
tion growing out of taking new men.
This will insure the denomination of
Judges Wilbur, Monroe, Jamison and
Conrey.
The latter has been hobnobbing with
the Lincoln -RooseVelters too much to
suit some of the district managers,
who reported that LEY had noted |
traces of his work.
UNLESS there is some special reason |
s-nt1 Inc
we will adhere to the supreme court |
rule of keeping man there as long |
as good behavior warrants it," said |
one worker, without specifying what |
good behavior meant in the eyes of |
the machine.
The fifth nomination probably lies
between Messrs. Gibbs, Hahn and |
Willis of Pasadena.
Because of the judgeship fight the |
assembly district will be |
4 storm center for trading overtures.
Pasadena Trading
The machine men are figuring on |
swinging enough votes away from Cat
tell for assemblyman to elect Case, and |
N return they may throw their strength |
to Hahn of Pasadena for judge.
In some quarters there is a plan to
nominate the judges last so as to give
Pasadena a chance to see if she will
spare sufficient votes to throw Cattell
FOR Hahn.
And Judge Gibbs also has a strong
machine following, he having the ad-
vantage of judicial experience as
against Hahns inexperience.
The senatorial fight is not expected
% last long. 1t is Stimson, Lacquer,
against Hurd, machine selection, in the
Thirty fifth, and Thompson in the
against Currier, former
senator, who, According to the leaguers
ed the voting at the primary
The convention will afford another
opportunity for w. H. Wright, secre-
.ary of the congressional committee,
Ind Congressman McLachlan's adroit
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