Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19

if Mr.. Smith asks, "why did you knife
me again?" the answer is to be, You
got the convention Endorsement, didn't
you? Do you want to hog the whole
thing?" Excellent authority hands 1t
out that the opposite scheme was fixed
up in the beginning, and Mr.. Mushet
was to have the Endorsement in regu-
lar form, with the ceremony of pre-
senting the double cross later through
the voting in of Mr.. Smith. But Mr.
Smith is not a shrewd politician
merely part of the time, and it is
said that he refused to give an imi-
tation of modelling clay. So the patent
reversing lever was pulled on the plan,
and as Mr.. Smith insisted on the in
dorsement, it was arranged that way.
He was told, according to the author
ity, to 'lie low" and take the attitude
of one with an ear far enough outside
the door to hear the voice of the peo-
pie shouting for the leader.
Then there was a conference be-
tween the man who has all along posed
as the main champion and outrider
for Mr. Mushet on one side Of the
table and Walter Parker and two as
sistants. Soon afterward a Mushet
star shone broadly at machine head
quarters, 1921 South Spring street,
another appeared at the court house
and others came out until henchmen
said, "Is the whole town coming out
for Mushet?" Meanwhile there was
"Uncle George Smith, saying nothing,
attending no meetings, but passing
out the cigars, and with his ear
trimmed and burning In advance of
the call of the people.
1t may have no significance that
with the advent Of the Parker-Clot-
worthy conference there was per-
| nicious activity among a number who
wear the collar, but 1t was apparent
before the frosty "caucusC - were held
that Mr.. Smith Is to be indorsed
while evident at the same time that
men who will be instrumental in ar
ranging that Endorsement were string
Ing cables for Mr.. Mushet.
A feature of the political gossip
about all this is the persistent asser-
tion that Mr.. Smith will under no
circumstances allow his political neck
to be severed again Rather than this,
| it is said. If he finds it fact that the
rip tide is for Mr. Mushet he will turn
and show the machine a thing or two
by accepting the challenge and run
ming up a flag for DR.. J. w. Jones.
This Is regarded as possibility only
when Mr. Smith becomes convinced of
treachery, but 1t explains why Mushet
supporters are so eager to see Dr. Jones
out of the way.
Some bitter things are being said
about the Mushet candidacy by the
Smith leaders; on the other hand, the
Mushet men are telling 1t quietly and
onlv where it will do good that al
though it will be a Smith convention,
il is straight goods to look for q new
tariff schedule thirty-six hours before
the primary nominating election. 1t
is being said by them that certain
prominent Smith supporters Will be
found drilling with the Mushet re-
cruits before our heavy rains come this
winter.
"I shall never vote for Mushet," said
M. p. Light, who has an unwayering
faith in "Uncle George" Smith. Il
don't care if he were to be the almost
unanimous choice Of the convention
next week, would not vote for him.
I'd take any other Republcan nrst,
Rather than cast my vote for that
Mushet I'd mark my ballot for George
Alexander, and you can put that In the
Daper If you want to- am not afraid
to tell them where stand"
Meanwhile o. 2. Parish is picking
off an Organization" Republican here
and there Uncle George" Alexander
telling the reporters to come around
when the harbor pledges are attended
to. and DR.. Jones is teaching them how
to say mol"
The following suggestions for polit-
ical cartoons have been sent to The
Herald:
Representation of a lone flower Ia
beled "city council" with the petals
marked "They love me; they love me
not!" and several hundred candidates
falling over each other to get at it.
Two north poles designated as the
primary nominating election and the
municipal election, with chorus or
Southern Pacific machine explorers eX-
| claiming, at is farther below freezing
than we ever dreamed Of"
A. P. Fleming commanding Yep
pelin airship bristling with rapid-f1re
guns and sending a wireless to the
army of candidates below: "Surren-
der to the cause of a free harbor or I'll
NOW you down like barley!"