Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19

Tus Eldridge waking the courthouse
gang out OF an extended sleep with
the following conversation appended:
GOOD mornin', min" "Good mornin',
boss" ''Will yez put the handcar on
the thrack, an well run up to Mush-
cts sidin'. 'Tis some orders we have
from the brass collars" "Au right,
boss"
Yesterday was the first day, under
the new primary law, for filing petit
tions of candidates for office. A num-
ber of candidates were ready with
their petitions almost as soon as the
city clerks office opened for business
in the morning.
Most of the candidates are showing
unusual consideration and filing only
enough signatures to insure they Will
have the necessary 100 to place their
names on the ballot. The law requires
these petitions must be submitted not
more than eighty days nor less than
sixty days from the date of the cleo
ton. 1t also requires that the city
clerk must check up these petitions
within five days Of their presentation
and as there were such number yes
terday the city clerk ignored the usual
procedure of stopping all business al
noon on Saturday and his office was
filled with a large force of clerks VINO
are employed to compare the sigma
lures with the great register.
Those who filed their petitions yester-
day were George Alexander and George
| A. Smith, candidates for mayor and
the following candidates for councH:
Harry Lyon, John M. GLASS; marx "
Bunce, ]. Scott Allen Milton =. Foru-
| ham John w. Salter, Fred w. Kah-
lert. N. H. Mitchell, L. M. Hughes
frank r. Pitney and William e
Mckee.
DIR. w. ]. Chambers, a member OF
the board of health, has acquired tne
straw vote habit, and his daily dlVer-
sion during the hot weather has peen
TO take straw votes on street cars ano
in other public places. Yesterday COM
ing to business on Ninth street car
he took a straw vote that resulted as
follows: For mayor, Alexander IL
Booth Q, Smith T. Mushet g. Farlsh a.
Numerous "caucuses" of the Repub-
lican machine were held in barns ano
sheds. a number were quietly held al
unknown places other than those an
nounced for the meetings and more
than a few were not held at all, save
in the minds of the precinct commit
teeman, who reported IN uuS LOllh 'iiN
slate previously fixed up.
representative backyard gathering
was that in precinct 80, regardlne
which the following detailed repor'
was furnished The Herald, not now
ever, through Chairman Copp or Secre-
tary Fisher: H., 1o,,,,.
"a meeting OF the old-time Repup
lican party was held in precinct 80 In
Senator Hurds barn. Eleven members
we're present. The meeting was called
to order and Walter Fisher moved thal
! Captain Copp take the chair Captain
! Conn appointed Walter Fisher secre-
tary. After reading the orders sent to
ali precincts by the Hon. McGarYin
Captain Copp drew paper from his
pocket and read the list of delegates
He said the precinct was entitled to
! fourteen and he hoped that If any OF
the delegates did not wish to go to the
convention they would furnish a sub
stitute. Those who promised to &c
were Captain Copp and father, Senator
Hurd and his clerk, Brewer, Fisher
Munston, Major Finney and John
| Shenk. Before adjournment the cap
tain Informed them that McGarVin
would not stand for any expenses and
requested all present to sign the roll
and nut up for the rent of the senator
| harm. The captain then thanked the
crowd and asked them If they would
vote for the Republican party or would
they vote for the Good Government
Marty. and they shouted, we Will! We
wiul' The captain then dismissed the
meeting and reported to his colonel"
One of the "caucuses' where "all