Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-27

The logic Of this started a panic among
t5a lfanor men. and a number trained
their guns on the Republican head
quarters with a demand TO let Wen
enough alone and not stir up lol ol
trouble that it would take years 10 get
over
Faces Desperate Situation
The Republfcan machine leaders face
a., desnar9fa "a situation that they are
WILLING to risk Wrecking the party ana
the rcputation of Los Angeles atlet
election if they can only avoid "a llu'iiI-
iatiue defeat at the December eleelloh'
Rut whom the newly adopted pohoy pGI
can to lose votes faster than II coul1
make them 1he Republican executive
committee was called together by Sec
retal,- Rohinsnu's frantic distress sig
nails. There are not more than three OF
four votes To SPARE from the support OF
the Rcupbliran ticket To keep the party
from political starvation.
Chairman fuSselman and ms colhllli p
tremen had watched Dr. Jones gather
i'm "A respectable quantity of votes Wii9
mo- money and "a corporals guard OIL
managers and pour them into the smith
hammer ON the primary election day.
They reasoned that if Jones couId cap
turr his tens smith should h1 able 4"
oather thousands So they substituted
smith fer Jones and cranEed the ma
chine for a joy ride ON the wide open
issue,
And now they arc i'm the ditch.
"Aint it a pitiful piece of "reokaee
mn there at Republican hcadguarters
said shrewd Republican 'oIganiza-
lon" worker who has carefully Kept
ont of the mess since be ifresaW the
urinary result Il knew II was coming
Int 7 didn't think the bump Was going
to he so fearful hard There's plenty
of reason for it, Lots of Republicans
don't like this idea of being dictated
to, more of them in Los Angeles lAah
anywhere clso i'm California. Ihey nave
"a rcr}ing they were being told 10 tall lh
line to Give away the municipal control
of all these big things the city has ON
hand. like the aqueduct and harbor,
and they don't relish that. Nobody
knows how deep the idea is that the
citys great big enterprises must not be
given away to private interests. There
is more pride in this town than the pol
iticians give us credit Tor
Uneasiness Caused
"That was enough to cause uncasl-
town III not stand for it,. ! tell YOU
tee remember the emergency brake.
But on top of it you've got this new
dicker to catch the Liberal Alliance
people. 1T WASH t necessary 10 get out
and shout about wide open town
the people who don't like Alexander
and We're for AIushct don't come any
faster because of it. Instead, the ef-
rect is what? Why a lot of good busi-
ness men who are not fanatics, but
who take a drink when they want H.,
are going around saying, If the gam
blnrs and the dregs of society are GO
ing to have a say in running this
Gown I'll not stand for it, ltell you
they are getting scared, and they are
the votes that must be had to give the
Republican party even decent snow
i'm" uaEt month.
"You hear it everywhere except at
Republican headquarters, and L have
heard it there. too, that Alexander will
have big majority. They have turned
the headquarters workers into wreck
ing crew TO save few of the pieces
to be patched up for the county cam
pdigu Tho Times is telling of the
grand rush Of Mushct and Parish mon
to get 10 the -Republicm committee,
but you notice they don't run any list
of among those present
In one way the defeat of the
straight Republican ticket December
z viii be a hard blow, but looking at