Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-07
STAMP OF MEN
TELLS THE STORY
TWO HEADQUARTERS PRESENT
INTERESTING STUDY
REEK OF LIQUOR AS AGAINST
AIR OF. DEcENcY
Machine Can BE Expected to Be Up
to Trickery and Earnest
Electors Should Be
Watchful

Two views of campaign headquarters
will suffice to show what sort of men
are behind the so-called Republican
ticket and the good government candi-
dates. 1t also will serve to show the
sort of administration Smith would
give and what sort of a city Los An
geles will be after Mayor Alexander s !
triumphant reelection.
At Republican headquarters the
rooms were filed with workers." men
of the streets, many of them loaded to
the gunwales with free liquor and /
smoking campaign cigars. About the
rooms were card tables and money was /
passing freely. 1t was little better
than the Mushet mass orgy held in old |
Turner hall and exposed by The Herald. |
Some of the men who feasted at the |
Mushet mass meeting were present in !
Smith headquarters last night.
AT Good Government headquarters |
the scene was somewhat different. |
There was no loud and bo.sterous
crowd, although the rooms were filled |
with earnest men and working women |
There was an absence of intoxicants.
There was no profanity. 1t was like a !
busy office of some great institution. !
The men who were there were present
for good purposes, not to get a few
stray dollars in exchange for their
votes.
The Good Government organization
needs more automobiles for use today. !
If fifty auto owners will place their
machines at the disposal of the Good
Government forces it will be possible
to place an auto in every precinct The
$. p. candidates have hired autos in
squads and are using money freely.
Those interested in the welfare of the
city and who have autos should COM
municate at once with L. r. Minor at
Good Government headquarters.
Machine Tactics On
Final instructions were given to the |
precinct workers by Meyer Lissner at |
a meeting held last n,ght in Blanchard |
hall. He said that all the pluguglies |
and thugs for miles around had been |
brought into Los Angeles to beat the
good government advocates. The ma |
chine is attempting all sorts of tactics
in order to beat the Good Government |
candidates, but all the efforts will be in
vain if the people will go to the polls .
and vote
one of the particular warnings CIV
en- watchers was tuat tLey should not .
leave the polls unguarded from the mo-
ment they open until they close. Most |
of the machines dirty work will be
done when the closing hour is fast ap-
preaching and when the voting is more
or less heavy. 1t is at this time OF
the day when the watchers should be
most careful.
One of the tricks attempted by the
machine at the primaries was frus-
trated by Good Government workers
being on hand early. The polls will |
open this morning at o'clock. If by |
any chance the Good Government Off |
cials are not present the moment the |
polls open the machine men will de-
clare the places vacant and will swear
in other machine men to act as officials.
The result of this will be that every
vote against the machine will be
thrown out on some preteXt or other.
In order to Illustrate such a plan it is
necessary for the judges to be at the
places fifteen minutes before o'clock.
Legal Rights Guaranteed
Every man employed in Los Angeles
and who has the legal right to vote
is guaranteed an opportunity to cast
his ballot under state and city laws.
The law holds that an employer must
allow all of his employees a least two
hours during the hours the polls are
open for such employees 10 cast their
ballots.
Most Of the dirty work will he done !
by the machine in the down town room
ing house district. 1t has been learned
that a large number of "foaters" have
been placed in rooming houses by the
machine and an effort Will be made to
vote these. A careful watch will be
kept by the Good Government forces
to prevent this Each precinct com
mitteeman has been furnished with a
complete and correct list OF every per-
son entitled to vote in his precinct. If
any who have not this right to vote
attempts to vote, he will be challenged
and probably will be arrested
Up to the People
1t is up to the people today to prove
that they want decent government ana
that they do not want to wear the
S. 7. collar any longer. The, will be
called upon to decide whether the Ow-
ems river funds aIe TO be guarded and
administered honestly. They will be
asked to make san Pedro harbor free
or turn il over for tie control of the
Southern Pacific.
There is but one way to throw off
the S. p, collar, guard the owens river
funds and make San Pedro harbor
freely voting for the Good Govern
ment candidates for every city office
and by re-electing the present school
board.
Los Angeles is being looked to today
for an answer to that often asked
question, shall the people rule?" and
the world expects but one answer,
"Yes!"