Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-18
sTuLrIFIcATIoN

u The Herald goes out to its Repub-
lican morning contemporary perplexed
almost to distraction by the maze in
which it is wandering, almost agitated
to the verge of Mysteries by the various
contradictory positions it has wiggled
into and wriggled out of. Such a wig
Cling and wriggling! Such a business!
The Herald offers condolences to it's
contemporary. 1t must be dreadful
mot to know where you are at"
'oh. it's whin We are up ye are up, my boys,
An whin ye down ye are down,
An whin ye in the middle
Ye are nayther UP nor down.
We don't know exactly where" our
contemporary is, but, wherever it Is,
it makes the lump Of genuine sorrow
rise in our throat as it wanders along
Remote. unfriended solitary, slow.
Quo Vadis? whittier drifting? I don't know
BY trying to raise a howl for a
straight Republican candidate for may
or the Republican morning paper is
engaged in an obvious attempt to add
complexity to the very simplest and
most easily understood of situations
that of Right versus Wrong.
1t is urging the Republicans Of this
city to adopt a course which will stuI-
tify them, place respectable members
Of the party in that ridiculous position
known proverbially as being between
two stools. and will help the candida
ture of A. c, Harper, which, after all,
is the ulterior object and true motive
of the opposition press in its agitation
for third candidate. 3
1t is difficult to see how the proposi-
ton that a so-called straight Repub-
lican candidate should be nominated to
represent the Republican party
ALONE can be seriously made or en-
tertained at this crisis in the affairs
of Los Angeles. This is the time for
good citizenship, not for party poll
tics, and to play party politics would
be to play into the hands of the ma
chine, or to lend aid, comfort and sup
port to the public enemy, and thereby
commit treason
Moreover, the morning Republican
paper, in attempting to procure the
nomination Of a Straight" or ma
chine, Republican, who would "run"
against the peoples candidate who
happens to be a Republican, stultifies
itself in a manner that would be in
credible if it were not in evidence.
George Alexander. a good citizen,
with valuable experience as a staunch
and true public official, is nomin-
ated to represent the anti-vice ele-
nleht Of the city of Los Ange-
les, and his nomination has been
made without regard to his politics.
If the Democrats, Independents and
Prohibitionists had drawn a line ana
demanded a partisan election, Mr..
Alexander would not have received a
unanimous and united nomination. But
he received a united nomination, and
in this nomination our worthy anti
machine. Republican fellow-ciitzens
concurred. They took part in all the
proceedings in connection with the Sc
lection of a candidate. There was not
body dreamed of saying eve want an
independent Democrat to run on an
Independent Democratic ticket" or
1--WE must have a machine Republican
to run on a Republican ticket" and
now, at the eleventh hour, after a Re
publican who is acceptable to all good
| citizens of every political belief has
been put in the field to represent re-
form, good government and good citi-
zenship and not party politics, a Re
publican organ suddenly says, "Oh,
horrors! We are missing a trick. Let
US get a real Republican. An inde-
pendent Republican and civil war
veteran is not good enough for US.
Therefore let us get a different kind
Of Republican-one who will represent
US, one who will be satisfactory to
| U.s." Apparently written in ignorance
of the fact that the words constitute
a proclamation of qualification, tho
| Times begins an editorial with the as
sertion:
"THE TIMES WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
| SUPPORT A STRAIGHT REPUB-
LICAN CANDIDATE"
Now, Mr.. Alexander is as straight
a Republican candidate as can be
found. There is not a crooked line in
him. He is the very personification of
honesty and integrity. To try to de-
feat him by putting ANOTHER Re
publican candidate in the field would
be to run with the machine The at
titude Of our neighbor reveals either
devotion to machine politics and an
earnest desire to support Mr.. Harper,
or it is bad case of DISQUALIFICATION.
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