Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
FREDERICKS
WILL NOT DO
WALTER PARKER WANTS HIM
OUT OF RACE
McLACHLAN RANKING MEMBER
OF COMMITTEE
Visit to Captain Fredericks' Office to
Convince Him of Error Fails.
Bradner Lee Has No
Answer

Because the popular demand for the
nomination of Captain John d. Fred
ericks, district attorney, for congress
tc succeed James McLachlan. was in
creasing and becoming dangerous.
Walter F. Parker. Southern Pacific
boss, (who says he has retired from
poltics) called on Mr.. F'redericks yes
terday and insisted that Mr.. Fredericks
get out of the game. The order, so far
as learned, has not been obeyed.
It is Understood that Mr., Parker finds
more reasons for Captain Fredericks
not running than he does for his can
didacy. But one reason is sufficient
for Parker. That is that at present
McLachlan is ranking member on the
river and harbor committee of the
house. In fact he is third in line on
this committee. Any new representa-
tive from this district, being a Junior
amongst the solons, would have to step
to the foot of the class.
Mr.. Parker, of course, sees that In
such q case one of McLachlan would
be worth several of Fredericks. Hence,
McLachlan must be renominated and
elected because the railroad boss sees
things that way.
But the Fredericks boom, according
to those who were discussing Parker S
visit to Fredericks' office yesterday.
has become too tangible for Mr.. Par
ker to puncture it in minute Friends
have slept with the district attorney
and insisted that he make the race for
the nomination, and they assure him
that he has passed the point of re-
fusal. That he can. defeat McLachlan
they really believe, and insist that
Fredericks make the race.
Politicians also jocosely spoke of the
zeal that Justice Jack Summerfield and
Assemblyman H. s. G. Mccartney will
show in putting the nomination into
the district attorneys hands. Fred
er!cks, of course, would resign from his
office, and this would make vacancy
that either one would like to fill.
Serious talk yesterday was that Mr..
Captain Fredericks is destined by cir
cumstances in the Republican party to
be before the convention against NC
Iachlan, or else to receive the nomlna-
ton without serious opposition. That
Parker does not want him to make the
race is evidence that the machine does
not intend to let even little fish get
through the net, much less a big one
like Fredericks.
Republicans are interested in the an
swer that Bradner w. Lee, chairman OF
the county committee, may make to
the open letter of Sidney Butler, chair
man of the Lincoln Roosevelt Republl-
can committee, asking that the reg
u'ar" chairman join in seeking the re-
vocation of orders for the unofficial pri-
mary of May on the presidential
choice. Mr. Lee had no answer
ready yesterday because he had not re-
ceived Mr.. Buffers letter. but he init
mated that there was no answer 10
make. The county organization, he sald'
had no business telling the state CEN
trail committee what to do.
The Republican committee will meet
within the next ten days to make pro-
vision for the fifty new precincts in Los
Angeles city and the thirty-five new
ones in the county. New men VIII nave
to be appointed in many precincts pc
cause of the changes in the boundaries