Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-18
BIG FROST IN
RUMP CAUCUSES
PREARRANGED STATES FAIL TO
STIR INTEREST
GOOD GOVERNMENT MEN INVADE
THREE PRECINCTS
Printed Slips Give lndisputable sVi-
dence of Cut and Dried Agree
ment of Machine Leaders
on Delegates
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of organization. At headquarters
later in the evening 1t was discovered
that five of the eighteen selected ana
printed are for DR.. j. w. Jones for
mayor, and there may be revision
| downward.
AS weary a story might be told from
precinct to precinct. In very teW were
! there as many men present as there
we're delegates to be selected. At the
Headquarters several declinations came
in over the telephone by men who
learned that they had been slated to 60
to the convention, and a host of others
is expected this morning. In several
instances vigorous expressions OF opln-
ion on the violation of the law EN-
bodied In the trump" convention ldea
laccompanied the telephone messages.
Most of the meetings occupied less
than ten minutes in time. Attendance
et the convention will mainly be by
Droxy. and there was a rumor winch
gathered force at ''rump' headquarters
! last night that dummy suit would
be started to enjoin the holding OF the
convention under pretense OF testing
the direct primary provision.
Southern Pacific politicians were
elum last night, for all representations
point to a terrific frost along tnelr
route, perhaps several killing ones be-
fore the end of the year.
It took just six pipefuls of tobacco
to wind up the Southern Pacltlc-Mc-
Garyin caucus in Phil Stanton's pre-
cinct last evening.
The genial Philip was not there hlm-
self, but he donated his residence at
42O West Thirty-frst street to the cause
of Southern Pacific righteousness.
Pa stanton, in the sons absence. did
the honors. That is, he organized hlm-
self as the reception committee upon
the front porch and lighted the outside
incandescent and his pipe.
Then he settled himself to welcome
the guests due to flock to the mansion.
At sos the committee, having nothing
else to do, filled his pipe a second time
and again applied lucifer.
He smoked up and again settled back
in his comfortable chair to enjoy the
cool evening breezes. 1t was fine
night.
At Sis the third wad of Sailors De
light was necessary to soothe and sus-
tain the committee, which was growing
impatient He knew that the grand
Republican party" could not be dece-
dent before the caucuses, although the
latter were as popular to the masses
as dessert la prune.
Time waited by. SO did three more
pipes of tobacco not provided by
Southern Pacific" McGarvin.
Then the committees pipe went out
and Stanton senior went in and retired
to his downy couch.
That is why the delegates who agreed
between themselves to represent them
selves at the konvenshun must watt
hither without the high honor of having
elected themselves at caucus,
E. E. Bostwick will vote the entire
af q
Twenty sixth precinct at the Southern
Pacific rump convention, to all intents
and purposes.
Bostwick, who wants to be city au-
ditor, hired the hall and paid for it in
that precinct last evening. He also
made a speech wherein he tossed Can
didate Bostwick a bouquet for hiring
the hall His unit-vote resolution, pre-
pared by his guardian, John Morton;
his ticket Of fourteen candidates, in
Guiding Rev. Will A Knighten, pastor
of the Union Avenue Methodist church;
Councilman Ed Clampitt, r.. F. Bost
wick Ga sony. John Morton and four
colored voters and his speech declar-
ing for "impartiality" went through
with a whoop in just six minutes, every
man on the ticket being pledged pre-
viously for Bostwick for auditor.
Samuel MonluX, for years a faithful
ticket distributor for Walter Parker
at the Twenty-sixth polls, was made
chairman, but Morton stated all the
motions and declared them carried
with such speed that the dazed Monlux
had much difficulty in following them
with the customary smash of the
gavel.
Authority to Vote
Then Monlux was made chairman of
. -l11, xryffl ft,1l ifNy tn
vote the fourteen helpless delegates
at the convention" upon instructions
from Bostwick. He will listen for his
masters voice when Espee McGarvin's
famous collection of instructed ward
sters huddle in jumpers hall
And throughout the Second ward, of
which the twenty-siXth precinct is a
part. similar Bostwick programs were
carried out last evening. The man
who is endeavoring to nominate him
self candidate for auditor claims that
he has the Third ward under the gun
also.
This was a typical example of the
alleged precinct meetings last evening
special interests in absolute COM
mand, with their printed tickets and
unit resolutions carefully prepared in
advance.
So far as Bostwick is concerned, the
'ILtpuDllCduS now playing III is
hands will awaken later to chew the
cud of bitterness, for the self-men-
toned candidate already has a record
in the city auditors office, where he
once was chief deputy under a dummy
official. When that record is rudely
yanked into the daylight the Bostwick
bubble is going to burst with such
earnestness as to injure the ears Of
those who made possible even the
feeble run in the preliminary.
The true inwardness of the Clotwor-
thy incident will be exposed in all its
horrid details in tomorrow's Herald.
Ona Morton will speak at the weekly
luncheon of the Jefferson club at noon
today at the Hollenbeck hotel. His
subject is "The Duty of Democrats in
the Coming Municipal Election"
Fraternal note: Frank Dominguez
and Mr.. Clotworthy rode up in the
elevator together in the Equitable Bank
building yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Clotworthy stepped off at the sixth
floor to see w. T. Craig on the Mushet
campaign but Mr. Dominguez careful
ly explained that he had other plans
in fact, he was on his way to the nine
teenth story to see. Erwin Dingie.
Henry Lyon, councilman. stopped DR.,
]. w. Jones on Spring street Yesterday
and told him what n fine thing it would
be to see the old-timer running down
the street after the coUncilmanic bug
Instead of the wayoralty bee. "You
are number siv with that. for the sivth