Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
RUMP NOMINATIONS
CONVENTION to Hndor

"a which is another way OF saying
"A ominate"-candidates for the
primaries is an un-American and trail
torous plot to outwit the laws of the
country, which have given the power of
direct primary nomination to the peo-
pie without the Intervention or dicta-
ton of political bosses, rings, kings or
machinists. Nothing in American
modern history has been recorded that
is more coolly, contemptuously and de-
! family insulting to common decency.
and more disregardful of political pro-
priety than the extraordinary resolu-
lutions adopted by McGarvin's rump
committee which called the S. P. rump
| convention.
This impudent resolution runs as fol-
lows: "Be 1t resolved that the executive
committee of the Republican centra!
committee of Los Angeles city do here
by declare in favor of calling a Repub-
lican convention for the purpose of in
dorsing candidates to be supported at
the primary election, and to that end
the chairman is hereby directed to call
a meeting of the city central committee,
the time and place to be by him fixed,
for the purpose of submitting this ques-
ton to them for approval or rejection"
The chairman, not being in the least
thick-headed or stupid of course real
ICES the unparalleled brassiness Of the
machines action, so he is out with this
apology:
TT has been said that we would be
flying In the faces of the people who
had voted TO give the city a nom
partisan primary, but our course will
be exactly the opposite. We are simply
acting as party in INDORSING THE
MEN WE EXPECT TO SUPPORT AT
THIS PRIMARY, and this seems clearly
within the spirit Of the law"
Fortunately for Mr.. McGarvin, who
otherwise might be presumed to stand
in need Of a commission, he knows bet
ter than that. He is a sharp, shrewd,
intelligent, enterprising, faithful obe-
dient and loyal politician. and he
knows as well as he knows his front
names Don that he is a consider
able part of an undertaking which has
for its object the evasion Of the pri-
maries law.
At the close OF the session Of the Re-
publican rump the chairman" thanked
the committee for its unanimous sup
port. and said he could congratulate
himself that months of study of the
situation had brought a result that was
so well thought Of.
Hows that for frank admission? It'll
ing before they finally evolved a plan
Of action with which they thought they
could sneak past the barring hand of
an intervening, enjoining court.
He added triumphantly:
This shows that we know how to
act together, AND THE CONvEN-
TION OF A. D. 1000 WILL SHOW THE
SAME THING"
Not so swiftly, Donnie. Moderate
your transports.
By the time mankind reaches A. D.
1000 machine politics will be as obso-
lete as the pterodactyl and the South
ern Pacific steam railroad.
The free and independent voters of
Los Angeles will know how to deal
with the rump Republicans. and with
the pseudo-Democrats who are also
planning an S. P. convention. The
people of Los Angeles will not allow
the S. P. bosses to name the candidates
to be nominated at the primaries On
the contrary, we believe the machine
named candidates will not have the !
ghost of a show. The citizens Of Los
Angeles, having the power of direct
nomination, will nominate directly, and
will choose the candidates acceptable
to them.
And It is very, very far from likely
the candidates selected by the people |
VIII be those of the rump Republicans
and the machine Democrats" falsely |
so-called.