Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19

known Republicans had it slipped to
them" as one wiseacre predicted Fri
day, by announcing a meeting at one
place and holding it In star chamber
fashion to make sure that there would
be no tampering with the list of free
and independent delegates duly Sc
lected beforehand, was In precinct ~,
where H. e. Bonnell spread 1t about
that the caucus would be at Twenty
seventh and Vermont. Republicans
who were not needed to put the slate
through found the announcement a
pretense and could locate no meeting.
When asked about 1t afterward, Mr..
Bonnell said a meeting was held, but
he did not state where, and he added
that there were but very few pres
ent-which was all that was necessary.
The Good Government organization
club in precinct 1855 has adopted reso-
lutions favoring action to relieve the
strained situation regarding the public
schools. The club indorses the move
ment to buy bonds with the Owens
river funds. The resolutions adopted
make the following statement: 1.-THE
club believes in and hereby recon-
mends practical more than theoretical
education, as 1t tends to make the
pupils more self-reliant and inde-
pendent, two essential qualifications
for success in life"
First premium for having the most
cut and dried Southern Pacific eau
Gus" goes to the henchmen in precinct
153 Here Is the official record: Met
slate out of chairman's pocket read
back again, adjourned to Maple saloon
all in four minutes. Expenses or meet
ing, SO cents; at Maple saloon, $40.
A common motion made at the
Southern Pacific "caucuses," held In
defiance of law and for the purpose
of setting at naught the expressed wish
of the people of Los Angeles as voted
into their freeholders' charter, was
that the chairman should make up the
list of delegates. This resolution was
not only polite, but necessary, as there
were not many "caucuses" at which
there were enough present to fill out
the list, even by accepting Good Gov
ernment Republicans and others who
are not Republicans in any shape, Size
or manner In several precincts rem
utable Democrats were shanghaied to
meet the desperation OF the machine
for making a respectable showing IN
person or by proxy" as 1t is reported
the convention will be seated. An IN
stance of this was in precinct 104,
fourths of the delegation up of Good
Government men, among them Michael
Roeder, a prominent Democrat 1t is
doubtless estimated by the machine
politicians that for the purposes of the
municipal campaign Mr.. Roeder is
Republican because he is supporting
| George Alexander for mayor.
The "cut-and-dried'' smelled to
!, In, tho rnaphiDa'S HpaucuSb in
precinct 139, although it was not held
in a barn, being one of three excep-
tions. The meeting was at the home
of o. J. Dundas, 1922 East Thirty
sixth street, and the most prominent
exhibit was the motion that the chair
man should fill out the list. 1t hap
pened, however, that some foolish per-
sons insisted on offering motions which
were not listed on the headquarters
orders, to none of which was the
slightest attention paid by the chair
man.
Ben Hayes, former city clerk of Will
mington, led the machine interests In
the Southern Pacific caucus at Will
mington. Mr.. Hayes fought consoli1
dation as hard as he knew how and
his present position comments louder
than words.
Messrs. Parish and Mushet will
whoop it up this week, the former with
meetings and the latter by opening
headquarters and getting a new press
agent. "Uncle George" Smith says he
will not crawl into the open until after
the machine conventionT-after that ne