Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-29

Kelso. r. J Mountain, Thomas
Weaver D. Morris, H. Harbett, H. j.
Odeu, w. Cosgrove and II. Flad.
The Los Angeles City Christian En-
deavor union will make efforts to con-
centrate its memberships votes on
certain candidates. The following can
for a meeting Monday evening to Ell
feet this has been issued by Clyde
c. Johnston, chairman of the union
good citizenship committee:
1.-THE primary election for the nom
ination of candidates for city offices,
to be voted on at the regular cry
election. is to be held on November
10, 1909. The result of this election
is of the most vital importance to every
endeaVorer and to all citizens OF TINS
city. This election takes the place OF
the usual corrupt political convention,
where nothing but unmitigated infer
nalism of organized greed and COM
mercial brigandage has reigned in the
past. But under the present arrange
ment each independent voter may go
unhampered and uninhuenced to the
polls and express his choice as to whom
| he wishes to vote for at the nhal elec-
| ton.
ANY one who can secure 100 names
! to a petition Is entitled to have his
name placed on the primary ballot.
/ 1t can be readily seen that under
| law of this character wholesale list
/ of candidates will result and when the
voter comes to mark his ballot at the
primary election he is overwhelmed
| and bewildered at the vast list of
names from which he must make d
selection. There is only one way 20
overcome this difficulty, namelyss by
| fortifying himself before going to the
polls. There must be an investigation
of the fitness of the several candl-
dates and a selection of them and
| then a concentration of votes for
them. Such a procedure will spell sue
cess for the cause of righteousness.
In order to inform ourselves and
aid the Good Government organiza-
ton in this cause 1 hereby issue
call to the Christian EndeaVor voters
of Los Angeles to meet at the First
! Christian church, Eleventh and Hope
streets, on next Monday evening, No
vember l, at o'clock, for the purpose
of making concerted effort as pointed
| out above.
LET every Endeavorer appreciate
that his attendance at this meeting
is the highest bounden Christian duty
and that he should lay aside all pleas
ures and all things else and be pres
ent. This is not a question Of polt-
ical preference but one of morality
Every Christian should be patriot
and every patriot should be a good
citizen, and every good citizen must be
alive and active in the cause of civic
righteousness"
E. E. Bostwick, rump convention
candidate for city auditor, is suffer
ing from a frightful attack of ingrat-
itude on the part of the crowd which
hopes to land a few men in office this
fall. Not only are the conventionites
split into several factions on the audi
torship battle. as in other things, but
the personal following which Bostwick
believed he was building up carefully
has grown cold.
And at present Bostwick is in fourth
place in the race, fighting for that po-
sition with Thomas So discouraged
have Bostwick's hackers become that
they now threaten to knife other rump
factions, thus creating more strife
than effort to get votes in the ranks
of the Southern Pacific crowd.
Because of Bostwick's i'll luck a
certain warrant shaver, George Arnold,
is bewailing his untoward financial
condition, for his bank account is
backing Bostwick in the present cam
paign. The race for auditor has de-
veloped into a sprint with John S.
Meyers, the Good Government candi-
date, we'll in the lead Ethan R. Allen,
who is making an individual campaign
of it, has passed Bostwick. The dope
sters about town are giving the two
nominations for office of auditor to
Meyers and Allen. the latter for a
fair second. There is little doubt that
Meyers will be elected, although Allen
has gained surprising strength during
the past week.
Here is the way in which the shell
game is being worked on innocent
candidates for the minor city Offices
and the council, some of whom are
rather new to the political racket: Two
men, appoint themselves president and
secretary and hire a cheap hail. per-
haps getting one of the liberal can
didates for mayor to put up for it,.
The candidates are invited and called
on for speeches by the chairman. AS
soon as one has made his little speech
and while he is still pluming himself
the secretary sidles up and whispers:
"By order of the club you are assessed
ten dollars" Enough candidates are
hitten to make the scheme remuner-
ative and so far the police have not
interfered.
It's as easy to secure a bargaiIf in a used