Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
FRIDAYSORGY
is LAST ROCK
HIT BY MUSHET
LEADERS 0FLIBERAL ALLIANCE
QUIT IN DISGUST
FERNAND PARMENTlER AND H. H.
KEck HAVE RESIGNED
Declare That Self Respect Demands
Divorce from Methods Used
by Champions of City
Auditor


Mushets principal political strength OfTi-
eialIy represented by the Liberal AL lance,
Is on the rocks and IL fast breaking uD, dis
susted at the revolving methods shown last
week, and not willing to stand sponsor for
the reputation of indOrsing a more "yide-
open town" than that Of the notorious Har-
per administration.
Because of this. the self-respecting men
IN the Liberal Alliance are Withdrawing
from Its membership Among these Is the
treasurer and acting president, and most
prominent member Of the Alliance, Fernand
Parmentier, who has resigned and renOunces
the Mushet movement.
lie refused to 20 TO the Alliance head
quarters, 321 South Main street, in order to
turn over the books of the organization
stating In his letter of resignation that II
the Al lance wants the books and money in
the treasury they may be had by calling at
his Office.
'Tm dlsgusted and I'm done forever with
that bunch" laconieally stated Mr.. Parmen-
tier yesterday.
Outrage to Decency
II. II. Keck, director In the Alliance
and one of the eleven members, also
resigned yesterday. His action was
based on what he saw and heard at
the Mushet mass orgy on South Main
street Friday night
IL was All OultdSe 10 ueCency, SdlU
Mr.. Keck yesterday, "and / want to
get away from it,"
So goes the last principal support of
Mushet He has been depending upon
the liberal vote" and seems to have
construed that to mean those who de-
sire return to the days of Harper
ism and "wide-open-to to
carry him through the primaries. He
yet has a few supporters in the whole
ri nf hut
are deserting him like rats from a
sinking ship. The Republican machine
reached out during the week and
grasped most of the wholesalers by
their throats. fguratively speaking,
demanding that they forsake Mushet
and throw their strength to George
A. Smith, machine candidate for the
mayoralty nomination. So Mushet is
left without the boasted "united whole
salers' board of trade strength and
without the Liberal alliance following.
Although the Liberal alliance has
but eleven members. there is a large
following of the organization, com
monty known as the liberal vote"
This strength will, II is asserted, un-
doubtedly swing into line for DR.
Jones, candidate for the mayoralty
nomination.
Orgy Acted as Bomb
It was The Herald's expose of the
shameful scenes at the orgy Friday
night which has acted as the bursting
bomb in the Mushet camp, and which
has sent most of his supporters sour
rying to cover and brought dire dis
aster to the alliance Light was shed
in a dark place. The people have been
aroused to just what Mushet stands
for in his campaign and just what
sort of an administration Los Angeles
will escape by sending Mushet into
deserved oblivion at the primaries.
That the scenes at the orgy were not
overdrawn. and in fact were not half
stated in their naked shamefulness, is
the statement of H. II. Keck. Others
called at The Herald office to COM
mend the paper for telling the truth,
and warning the public. In all parts
of the city, the principal topic of con-
versation yesterday was about the
"mass orgy" Telephone lines to The
Herald office have been kept busy ask
ing for more information about it. In
fact the account given in The Herald
has been the first story of Mushet's
dismal defeat.
Mr. Keck said yesterday after he
had handed in his resignation"
Forced to Leave Hall
II was present during a portion of
that meeting, and 1 left after one
drunken man was thrown out. In self
respect L had to leave. Never in my
life have 1 witnessed such scenes of
debauchery cloaked under the guise
of political mass meeting. 1t was
enough to turn the stomach of any
man.
Il was one of the eleven members
But thank fortune 1 am not one any
more. l thought the Liberal Alliance
was formed for educational purposes
and not as an excuse for a political
souse party. Had L known what was
going to take place Friday night, I
would never have Joined the Alliance,
and 1 certainly would not have at
tended that meeting. After 1 got there,
1 remained just long enough to con-
firm my eyes. When they threw out
man who was too drunk to know
his own name, l thought it high time
for me to leave. Gesner Williams, who
had been one of the principal speakers,
and who was acting as a f1rst-aid-to-
the-injured- chairman, left long before
the meeting was over He evidently
was sick and disgusted.
Protects His Reputation
"If such men as Saddle and Maier
wish to continue running the Alliance
as a vote-persuader of that kind they
will have to do it without me. l have
tried to be respectable and I do not
care to lose my reputation by being
identified with an organization which
fosters such orgies as that of Friday
night"
Mr.. Keck is connected with the
Kingston Manufacturing company and
occupies a prominent place in the Los
Angeles business world. Formerly he
was for years travelling salesman for
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson.
II resigned as treasurer of the Lib
eral Alliance" said Mr.. Parmentier,
because of the scenes at the Mushet
mass meeting Friday night. The orgy
then was the elimination of series
of acts on the part of some of the
members and officers which 1 have not
countenanced, l do not care to lend
my name to an organization which car
rles an such disgraceful affairs as tina.
of Friday night. 1t is an outrage and
a blot upon the principles the Alliance
! >spoused.
"Originally, the Liberal Alliance was
formed in order to educate foreigners
in Los Angeles as to the duties of
citizenship and to prepare them for
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