Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-13

With most of the precinct returns in
Los Angeles city and county filed at
the county court house yesterday the
regulars of both the Democratic and Re-
publican parties insisted more strongly
than ever that they had made a clean
sweep, while the leaguers of the same
parties held to their original declara-
lions that some of their men had
broken down the regulars fences.
Until late in the night fifteen clerks
worked in the supervisors office cam
wasting the tally sheets at a rate which
will result in completing the con-
gressional revised figures by Saturday
Because OF the Republican conven-
ton at Long Beach that day to NOM
mate a congressman in the Seventh
district the supervisors say they will
have the congressional returns ready IL
they have to send clerks to Long Beach
Saturday with the books.
Democrats Differ, Too
Chairman Anthony Schwamm was
elated as he produced figures last night
indicating that not only had he carried
the fifth supervisorial district. but the
Democratic regulars had gained all
they were after.
On the other hand, Chairman H. M.
Mcdonald of the organization commit
tee of the Democratic league said last
night that the league had undoubtedly
carried the Sixty-ninth, SEVENTEEN and
Seventy third districts and it was quite
probable that the Seventy-fifth had
also been carried.
These results, the leaguers maintain,
show an undoubted increase in strength
achieved over the results at the May
primary, at which time one assembly
district was carried and part of an
| other.
They say that the country delegates
will, irrespective of affiliations, prob
ably select candidates in sympathy with
the leagues objects, so that a majority
| at the state convention at Oakland in
| September will be favorable to the
issues advocated by the party and the
position taken by Theodore Bell.
Fighting for Control
1.-THE county convention will be made
up of 769 delegates" said Chairman
Mcdonald, of which believe the league
elected 450. Hence I think the league
will control the convention"
The organization committee is of the
belief that the convention will nom
mate antt-railroad and anti-corporation
men for assemblymen in their districts.
officers of the league say that there
is a fair probability that owing to the
present feeling of citizens most of the
Democratic candidates in these dis
tricts will be elected.
Delegates to the state convention will
nominate a congressman from the Los
Angeles district who will oppose the
domination of the Southern Pacific
political bureau to succeed Congress-
man McLachlan. Such a man, backed
by the platform of the Democracy and
opposed to railroad supremacy, stands
a fair chance of election, the officers
say.
1.-THE league" said Chairman Nc
Donald, believes that it has achieved
the most notable anti-railroad victory
in Los Angeles county in twenty years. "
Lissner Still Hopeful
Chairman Meyer Lissner of the Lin
coln-Roosevelt leagues county commit
tee made but few changes last night
over what he said the night before. He
maintains that the league is assured
of 100 delegates from the city and 215
from the county or 375 in the conven-
ton.
The machine Republicans have 800
delegates from the city and 40 from
the county, or 400, he says.
This gives the regulars a good lead,
but Chairman Lissner says many of
| those elected will not stand for the
nomination Of any but good men, hence
the league influence will be a powerful
and dominating one.
Mr.. Lissner says the league cast 1900
votes in the city and 5000 in the county,
or 1880 in all for the league. The
regulars cast 300 votes in the city and
5000 in the county, or 14,700 in all.
For Regular Democracy
"There are no issues in the county
convention now," said Chairman An
thony Schwamm last might, land until
the test is made we do not know who
| will control the convention.
| "HoweVer, I can say that l won for
supervisor, losing only one precinct,
the Fifth.
II think our side lost the Sixty-ninth,
the SEVENTEEN and the Seventy-second
assembly districts, though in the first
named we made no opposition.
"Haddock is sure of the supervisorial
nomination in the Fourth over Gaines
of Compton and Bailey of Long Beach.
I'VE avoided the issue of assembly
candidate in the primary and will be
content to have assemblymen and SEN
ators voted on the floor of the county
convention"
REGULAR Republicans Claims
Secretary H. w. Wright of the Re-
publican regulars said last night that
the Republicans were claiming ma
jority of 200 of the SSS delegates and
from. These sixty-eight are not in
cluded in the 200.
"The Lincoln Roosevelt league will
carry about 40 per cent of the county
delegation" said Secretary Wright.
"and we concede from 80 to 1926 dele
gates in the convention to the Lincoln
| league. They claim 975, but we can't
see on what grounds,
I'm the Thirty-ffth Thompson wins
easily over Currier. having eight votes
more than necessary.
Supervisors
Sunarvisor O. r. Patterson said YES