Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-16
STANTON BREAKS
HERR|N'S SLATE
MeServe Expected to Draw His
Strength from Imperial VAL
ley Land Companies
ToGA TO GO TO PUSH LEADER
Candidate for Governor to Switch
to Fight for Frank FIint'S
Position
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was not put forward Immediately. It
is also believed by some that MeserVe
announcement. regarded by many as
premature, has been forced by the tear
that Stanton will step forward as the
machine candidate and thus confuse
the rank and file of regulars, whose
leaders nowadays are unable to IA
miliarize them through the machine"
newspapers, with the party program,
because of popular sentiment. The fact
that the push must "send out the
word" transact its business and circu-
late its so-called propaganda by in
ference and code has placed it under a
serious handicap, and it has become
easy, with these conditions stimulated
by the weakness of the present direct
primary law, for a candidate to get
into the arena as "the" candidate OF
such-and-such an interest and to Sc
cure the Endorsement of that interest
because of this machine handicap.
BACKED BY PUSH
Meserve however, will get the back
ing of the "push" throughout the state
Herrin and Parker and other allies OF
the gang" will work tooth and toe to
elect him. The outlook for Stanton, II
he again disregards the wishes or the
leaders and enters the race against
and some of his close friends predict
he will not dare to try for Flint's toga
Others, however, point to the fact that
but little has been done so far toward
securing signatures to his petition as a
gubernatorial candidate, and that the
fact that he has not filed his petition
indicates an intention to give up the
battle before the primaries.
In indorsing Meserve the machine
I. Of erRGt =
bers. For over fifteen years Meservt
has been recognized as one of the
shreWdest corporation lawyers In Los
Angeles He has been an attorney FOL
powerful combinations of capital, the
legal adviser of many of the great I'M
perial valley land companies, and
prominently identified with the South,
ern Pacific machine push in state ano
local politics. He is known far ano
wide as the floor leader of Republican
conventions, the man who has helped
shape the destiny of scores of politica
aspirants in the ranks of the Repuoll-
cans. He has cut and dried dozens ol
caucuses and conventions, prepared
more states, it is said, than any mar
in Republican politics, and with Judge
Mckinley of Los Angeles has serVeo
the machine faithfully and consistent
ly. His Endorsement for the Unltec
reward for his services on the floor o.
the various conventions.
Indirectly, it is said by some, MeserV'
should get much of the credit for tn'
present direct primary fiasco. IL Is sai.
that Meserve and Stanton ADVISED VIII
the legislators who drafted the 1reaf
measure now known as the direct prl
mary law in california. This law wa
adopted to prevent the enactment o.
the real measure, which it was realized
would spell immediate death for th'
Southern Pacific push, and was adopted
for the further purpose, 1t is clalmeo
of disgusting the voters of the stat'
with the popular direct primary ldea
because believing the present fiasco u
be the real direct primary law they ar
expected to become so discouraged Una
at the next Legislature the machlhe cal
safely repeal the law, and the voter
will not again for many years agltat'
the direct primary reform, as the mem
orv of the present law will have placed
it in i'll repute.
MACHINE MAN
But the charge that Meserve had
hand in the framing of this law ha'
never been proved, and therefore ma!
he unjust. 1t cannot be denied, how
| ever. that he is a machine man IN ever.
sense. that he has been the floor man
ager for push conventions, and thal n
has been a leader in push polltlcS
Los Angeles. =
The fact that Meserve is suspected
being a close adviser of Parker ana o
| Herrin. and the fact that he is know
as a CORPORATION attorney, it is believed
will arouse for him no inconsiderabl
onnosition among the citrus fruit inter
| ests, which just now are having des
nerate battle with the Southern Paclln
| and similar corporations.
| stanton, his friends say, will max
material of this fact in behalf OF nj
own candidacy, and friends OF MeserV
are reported to be much concerned ret
ative to this phase of the predicament
In fact, 1t is reported that MeserVe l
| to concentrate his campaign, in tn
southern half of the state, toward lin
ing up the cirtrus fruit growers, as nj
friends claim this is the only elemen
in his party that he fears. He expect
to have the Imperial valley voters llne'
up for him by reason Of the tact ina
he is an attorney for SO many Iafg
land companies there and' haVlilg tn
| railroads on his side, he contldentl
homes to carry the southern counties
outside of Los Angeles city and Sal
| Diego. if he can convince the citru
fruit growers he is friendly to them.
Meserve will have considerable oppo
sition here, however. The word ha
gone out, and it has been virtual
1 conceded, that the next house OF con
gress is to be Democratic, and alread
reports indicate that the fruit grower
are lining up to nominate Lorlh a a
HandIev. the Democratic candidate 70
congress-. because a Republican in tn
next house can do them no good. Thi
being true, the citrus men cannot affor
to hack Meserve on the other hand, TO
United States senator, and will have t
support the Democratic candidate, a
vet not announced.