Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-18

time between ostensible headquarters
at 1929 South Spring street and gem
une headquarters in the Pacific Elec-
trio building but his outlook just now
is for high fog night and morning. If
the Typographical union can be kept
quiet about the lack of the union label
he will be given enough additional
printing orders partially to. compen-
safe. The other candidates VINO have
been marked for ballast in order to
save the machine balloon from drop
ping into the canyon will be told II
they make a fuss that their candida
cies will show up better if they do less
bowling and get out more for votes
with Uncle George" Smith pointed
out as shining but unplesaantly sug-
! gestive example.
That the ghost of oblivion is making
| the machine leaders yell in their sleep
is evident every day. The shreWder
among the Republican politicians real
ize that in predicting the defeat OF
Alexander they are hurting their rep
utations; most of their remarks about
a failure of reelection by Mayor Alex
ander are made to political noVlceS,
| toward whom their feeling is a pleas
ure in seeing them put their feet in
their mouths. Several machine lead
ers have admitted that the success OF
the Good Government organization IS
certain and their hope has dWindled
to a bunch of councilmen without much
enthusiasm about that.
Situation Seems Desperate
This desperate situation-from Re-
publican machinists standpoint-has
caused the weaker candidates to go
scurrying about trading with the
Mushet and Parish supporters, tack
ling DR.. Houghton, Harry Lyons and
| I. Margolis and agreeing to support
| anybody and everybody If only they
can thereby lick up few crumbs. 1t
| is that situation which called for a
new "official Endorsement from the
central committee, which in reality
| does not exist, as the Endorsement was
framed up by an executive commit
| tee "
It is the same sinking ship condition
which made necessary an admission
| from the political watch tower or
the Times that there had been fran
tic lot of trading which amounted to
"knifng" candidates stamped by the
machine. 1t is the same deplorable
! leakage of the Republican craft which
causes Candidate Smiths headquarters
to be deserted, while Chairman Cassel-
man, Secretaries Andrews and Robin
son, Custodian Hughes and Candidate
| Mckee make up the entire represen-
tation of the Republican party at the
ostensible headquarters.
A final and last ditch effort to rem
edy this will be undertaken within the
next ten days. The chances of elect
ing the push" candidates are so slim
that the Southern Pacific political bu-
reau has cut the contribution down so
tar that a treasurer is not deemed
necessary, but Uncle George" Smith
is said to have "coughed" in the hope
of stopping the knife plays.
Money Is at last on hand for some
thing of a splurge and there are rumors
that meeting or so may be held. Mr..
Smith, not wanting to make fool OF
! Himself, refuses to go on exhibition as
the leader of the depleted forces, and
has said absolutely that he will not
make a speech. He can talk to ten
times as many in one forenoon up and
down Broadway as the machine can
gather in, and accordingly takes to
heart the lesson of the rump conven-
| ton. But a few lesser speakers Will
be run in for a feeble effort to prove
that there is at least little life in the
campaign in opposition to the pro-
visions of the city charter Of Los An