Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-18
DOOM AND
GLOOM IN
CAUCUSES
Regret Absence of Ear
MuffS and MittenS
PA STANTON SMOKES SIX PIPE
FULS, AWAITING CROWD
"NlNE 'RAHs FOR RosTWIck,"
SAYS RosTWlck
Evidence of "Frame-Up" Shown by
Arrangements, Placing Meeting
Places In Inaccessible
Localities
"NINE 'RAHs FOR 5osTWIcK,"
SAYS RosTWIcK

THF "Rump" convention caucuses
held last night were suspiciously
II like organizing a polar expedition
with a huge frost from the outset. In
an appreciable number of precincts no
one but the track foreman in charge
cut in an appearance, but the list of
delegates was formally ratified in the
regular" style. Lists of the delegates
selected were printed beforehand in a
number of cases, and the slips were
passed around to give clear idea OIL
the orders.
In a considerable number of pre-
cincts the routine of ratifying the llst
of delegates was directed by men Nv
ing outside the precinct boundaries
push" methods were in evidence In
all parts of the city, but in several pre-
cincts Good Government organization
delegates were elected despite the pro-
tests of the leaders" In precinct z
there were two machine Republicans
and eight Good Government men, and
eight Of the twelve delegates chosen
are "known Republicans" who favor
Alexander for mayor.
Strong Inducement offered
The big night was in precinct 81, con-
trolled and managed by Frank Domln-
guez, with Erwin Dingle trailing along.
The word was passed that three kegs
of beer would be among those present:
The precinct is thickly populated, and
at 5:42 o'clock last night Mr. Domin-
guez issued a bulletin predicting that
nearly 100 voters would be on hand.
There were ten voters to each keg,
which is the record attendance of all
precincts where there was any attend
ance at all. Mr.. Dominguez was duly
voted as chairman, and the slate was
In hpnr
was tho ght to be getting warm.
A noticeable feature showing the de-
termination to have everything cut
and dried was shown in the selection of
meeting places in most inaccessible To-
cations. In precinct the meeting was
held down in the lower end of the pre-
clnct, where there are supposed to be
few machinists from the politicians
viewpoint, but seven of the delegates
chosen are workers in the Good Gov
ernment organization. In precinct IA
the meeting was put up on hill, which
required a long walk and which was
long ways from most of the population
of that precinct. The selection of dele
gates, however, was made at another
place from that announced. A similar
situation prevailed in the thirteenth
precinct and in others farther south.
In the precincts where the gang" was
sure of control the usual polling places
were selected.
The regulation that the "rump' sup
parters must pay expenses was vio-
lated in the court house precinct, No.
%, where the county obligingly fur
nished electric light and janitor SER
vice. George Mccullough tended
switches for the machine.
By much hard work Benny Cohn
managed to get eight men to the Tun-
mel stables for a meeting in pre- met
81. He claims second pri: for attend
ance, as all other precincts ranking
between his and tina, of Frank Domin-
guez owe their good showing to The
tendance of Alexander men, and Mr.
Cohn says that only Mushet and Smith
selections count.
John Morton put the unit rule
through in precinct 26, assisted by E..
E. Bostwick and Councilmqn Clam
pitt; time, minutes, seconds. Rev.
VIII A. Knighten's name heads the
ticket of delegates elected" for the
rump convention in that precinct.
Given Absent Treatment
Prior to the meeting Mr.. Knighten
notified McGarvin's lieutenan.s at
he could not be present at the South
ern Pacific gathering. as he would be
in San Diego attending the Methodist
conference The name of the Method
1st. preacher was too prominent to be
lost, however and the heelers e'eet d
Knighten just the same. Outsid4 of
Samuel Monlux, Councilman Clampitt
AMI possibly one other, the remainder
of the delegates on the ticket are
known to comparatively few of the
455 voters of the twenty-sixth precinct
Johnnie Powell, henchman for Tus
Eldridge, steered the five faithful who
chose the sixteen delegates from pre-
cinct 16 1t was found impossible to
fill out the list in precinct 139. as
through some hitch the dictated list
failed to arrive. A. C. Jackson, the
chairman, said that he would fix up
the list today Precinct Captain Joe
Metz did not call the caucus to order
in precinct rs and cut out all the other
unnecessary parliamentary details. He
merely announced the slate, the hands
said aye! Aye!" and drifted out into
the night.
To get a chairman in precinct "a
Bernard Fry, who learned how to make
a quorum in the last legislature, where
he was ergeant-at-arms, bounced out
In the street and impressed a passer-
by The ticket was declared elected
and the meeting" adjourned before
the mar hailed in really knew what
had happened
The printed slips used in precinct 16