Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-23
SNATCH RELIEF
FROM POLITICS
CITY CAMPAIGNING BEGINS
AGAIN MONDAY
OVER REPUBLICANS
Commissioner sehwamm's Race for
Supervisor Was Made in Defiance
of the Administration and
Machine Push

Politicians and politicians rested
yesterday after the work and turmoil
of two conventions, and the weekend
beach attractions offered by Clerks
day at Long Beach, auto day" at
Venice and Catholic day at Redondo
were excuse enough for most of them
to leave Los Angeles on the early cars.
Republicans stayed in town long
enough to attend the county commit
tee meeting, and some members of
both parties tarried to hear the
speeches at the City club, but after
that they all took to the beaches and
mountains. Even the hotel lobbies were
bare.
Democrats were felicitating each
other yesterday on the harmonious end
to the convention, after the exciting
scenes that marked the purging the
party of its undesirables.
Scores of Republicans who had hest
tated between the machine control of
their own party and what they feared
was the machine domination of the
Democracy as soon as the Turner hall
meeting was over openly declared they
would vote the Democratic ticket this
year. These men favor decent nom
1nees.
Leaders who met each other in the
Office buildings, where they remained
only long enough to open their mail,
say the city campaign will be the live
Hest in the history of Los Angeles
county.
The issues are clear-cut. if only on
district questions, and the fight will be
to get out a full vote.
Probably never in the history OF cam
paigning will as much printed matter
be used, as many speeches made and
the science of organization Skillfully
applied as from now on.
Each side recognizes 1t will be nip
and-tuck fight, with the advantage
lying with perfect organization, which
mems getting out the vote.
There is a difference of opinion in
some Democratic circles as to whether
the fight for the state Craftsmanship at
Stockton should be started at once. 1t
was squelched at Turner hall because
the older heads thought it unwise to
precipitate trouble in the county con-
vention.
Robert G. Loucks' friends attempted
to get an advisory vote, committing the
Southern California Democracy to in
dorsing him for chairman. The major
fly evidently believe in not tying the
hands of the delegates. and voted down
the proposition at the convention Fri
day.
Loucks' friends assert that, unless
organizing is done at once, Los Angeles
county viii fail to get any recognition,
and they are going ahead with their
work among the delegates.
schwamm Defies Harper
Politicians are still talking over the
action of Mayor A. c. Harper in using
personal pressure to bear to induce
Anthony Schwamm, one of his fire COM
missioners, to withdraw from the SUI
pervisoriai race in order to give John
Wilson of San Fernando, the machine
candidate, full Roadway. Tony de-
clined.
Through Nathan Cole, jr.. and by the
mayors personal work, a determined
effort had been made to induce the re-
firing chairman of the county commit
tee to shelve his political aspirations,
but he refused to be inVeigled into the
game.
Il made my race as a Democrat and
am going to stick" he said, and he
got the conventions Endorsement.
Meantime Tom" Savage and his
friends are whetting their knives for
Schwanm, whose offense, they say, is
that he is turning into a ''longhair."