Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-24

That because of the utter inability
of the Republican machine to agree on
any one of the four men now in the
race for the governorship- Phil stan
ton, Nat Ellery Alden Anderson and
Charles Curry-these candidates are to
be thrown down by the machine, and a.
fifth dark horse'-Motley F'lint-in-
dorsed, on whom the warning factions
can unite, was the emphatic statement
which came yesterday from a man
high in the timer councils of the Re
publican machine of Southern Call
fornia.
This statement, coming as it does,
close on the return of Walter Parker
from San Francisco, where he did ms
utmost. it is said, to induce Curry,
Stanton or Ellery to withdraw from
the race in favor of Alden Anderson,
who is known as Parker's personal
choice for the governorship, seems to
be official. 1t would indicate that
Walter Parker, after consulting VIII
Herrin, has decided to sacrifice even
Anderson in order to harmonize the
machine factions, for the Southern Pa
ciflc undoubtedly realizes that it's pres
ent disruption, and internal strife, due
to the personal ambitions of several
of its leaders, means inevitable defeat
and destruction. The interests of the
Southern Pacific railway, as one promi-
nent Republican expressed 1t yester-
day. "are too vast and involved TO
allow any individual or any set or IN
dividuals, as candidates for office, TO
stand in its way"
But more interesting than was the
statement that the machine is to get
together on a fifth candidate, was the
answer to the question, "Who Will this
dark horse be?"
MOTLEY FLINT THE MAN
at looks like Motley Flint" was the
reply. In fact, a long time ago 1t
was intended by the machine to put
Motley Flint up for the governorship,
and for that purpose he resigned as
postmaster of the city of Los Angeles.
There was an understanding then that
Governor Gillett would be nominated
for the United States senate and Mot
ley Flint for the governorshlp. rms
was the result of the machines desire
to place Senator Frank Flint, Motley's S
brother back in charge of the machine
in California, for 1t was realized that
the machine was in it's death throes,
and only the guidance and help of
such a man as Senator Frank Flint
could save the day.
at would not be policy for two
brothers to go up to the front at the
same time-one as governor and one
as SendIOT-SO II wills dSiSCu AeeAAA
would retire from the senate, Motley
would retire from the postmastership;
Gillett would step up into the United
States senate; Motley would succeed
Gillett as governor and Frank Flint
would take charge of the whole politi-
cal arrangement.
"Since that time, however, Gillett
made a compact with stanton, l un-
derstand, which placed him lin bad
with the northern bunch and as
result of this change in machine SEN
timent, there has been change in
machine program.
WON'T SUPPORT GILLETT
"If Gillett goes into the race for the
senate, he will do so without the en-
couragement or support of the machine
in either end of the state. Whatever
II does, you can rely on 1t that the
regular Republican party of California
is going to unite on all its candidates
-one for each office-for that is alb
solutely necessary in view of the Lin
coin Roosevelt league movement.
1.-THE inability of the machine to
unite on a candidate for governor has
brought four good men men into the
race, and that is what we must pre-
vent. These four men have refused
to recede, or lie down, therefore we
must indorse a third candidate. and
that third candidate will be Motley
Flint, former postmaster of Los An
geles. I am sure of this.
"Also. let me say to you that the