Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-21

public mass meeting or convention
called by the Republican city commit
tee, has a royal If not certain chance
of capturing one of the coveted places
on the ticket which will be voted in
December"
Figures on "Party Spirit"
The reason advanced by the South
ern Pacific editor for the royal but
not certain chance for Mr.. Smith is
that "the Republican party spirit and
prejudice is so overwhelmingly in the
majority" which is a much better ar
gument than the Republican Organiza-
tion has yet put up for Uncle George
Smith The contention has been made
frequently by his opponents that Re
publican party prejudices' was being
injected into the campaign in oppost-
ton to the wishes of many Republi-
cans and in defiance of the city char
ter
To make his hedging as to the
chances of his candidate more en-
phatic Mr.. Wray asserts that George
A. Smith will walk, not run, into first
place on the ticket" Indirectly, in his
anxiety to follow the Southern Pacific
political bureaus instructions to jump
on the direct primary, Mr.. Wray pays
an indirect compliment to Mayor AL
eXander in a reference to "a tried
leader of known ability"
The significance of the Wray sup
port of the machine ticket is that
Southern Pacific leaders, little and big,
who were arrayed against the harbOr
fight because they put corporation in
terests above those of the people are
now behind the rump convention tick
ct. If the consolidation victory and
the eighteen years of battling which
preceded it are to go for nothing, as
the Southern Pacific hopes, the wiping
out of the harbor efforts will be done
through the straight Republican
ticket" selected and announced
through Southern Pacific influences
and now supported by the anti-con-
sOlidation forces.
The Good Government meeting at
Pages hall, Vernon and Compton ave-
nues tonight, will be addressed by
Clarence Taggart, candidate for tax
and license collector, and Prof. Lorin
A. Handley of the Goood Government
executive committee.
The Seventh Ward Parish club will
hold a public meeting Saturday even
ing at Scott's hall, SCI Central avenue,
at which Mr. Parish will speak.
The Twenty-ffrst Precinct Republi-
can club has arranged a Smith meet
ing at the Methodist church, 1895 Sun
set boulevard, Thursday evening, Oc-
tober 2S Frank Dominguez will pre-
side and will make a speech for Mr.
Smith, who will have seat on the
platform. George N. Black also will
make an address.
DR.. Silas A. Austin, who has the
clubs support for the council has re-
signed as president of the club to give
his time to his personal candidacy,
and he will be succeeded by Carle-
ton H. Merrill.
After much discussion and a con-
ference with Don McGarVin, the Re-
publican city central committee has
decided to remain in the campaign un-
til November 10. Mr.. Smith continues,
however, to do his own campaigning,
and his meetings are arranged by his
friends. All the Smith meet
ings so far have been worked up by
Frank Dominguez, who has personally
secured the halls, speakers and en-
thusiasm. The only open and general
Endorsement of any candidate on the
straight" ticket is that for Barney
Healy, who is becoming the party
standard bearer.
Doc A. D. Houghton has found
politics so chilly that he is arranging
to fit his headquarters up with a gas
heater.
Alfrad Ehrenclou, Socialist candidate
for the council, has one consolation in
his campaign. He finds no confusion
of his name with that of any of the
Lyonses also running for the council.
Israel Finkenstein, head and front
of the "faks school board" ticket, is
putting in a great deal of his time for
w. c. Mushet. There are now only
six candidates on the fake school
board" list to further the educational
side of the Mushet campaign, as Fred
p. Dalton has refused to allow his
name to be used.
c. z. Johnston failed to get his petit
ton through, not having enough bona
fde names on his petition as a can
didate for mayor, which appears to
leave the tail end at the primaries to
be chased for by four candidates.
l. Margolis asserts that he made
foray into the Republican organization
luUOISBIleHl
of George N. Black for his candidacy
for council. Mr. Margolis believes there
is so much dissension over councilmen
in the Republican ranks that he will
get a large number of Republican votes
through the aid of Mr.. Blacks sup
port.
"This is the hardest battle perhaps
that Los Angeles has ever witnessed
because our enemy is in the last ditch.
says Prof. L. A. Handley of the Good
Government organization executive
committee. "They intend making a
tremendous fight not only because of
Dor and the Owens river projects, but
the whole social organism of the city
is at stake It is the independence or
slavery of a city that is involved. What
we face challenges the manhood and
citizenship of every redblooded man.
Our fight is against the Southern Pa
cific political bureau and its allied
interests"
Members of the Iowa society are
indignant at the aspersion of the Times
yesterday of their state as "back-
woods" in an attempt to belittle Mayor
Alexander because he came to Los
Angeles from Iowa. Instead of hurt
ing the mayor the sneer is making
votes for him.
with a fine irony the placard stick.