Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-24
THIRTEEN ASPIRE
To COUNCIL SEAT
Bakers Dozen of Candidates for
the Two Vacancies Are
Now in the Field
G. G. MASS MEETING MAY 26
Machine Is to Trot Out Barney
HeaIy to Test Its Strength.
New Club at Downey
G. G. MASS MEETING MAY 26

An immense rally and mass meeting,
one of the largest and most important
of the present campaign, has been ar
ranged by the Los Angeles Good Gov
ernment organization for Thursday
night, May &C. at o'clock. While COM
plete details for the rally have not
been perfected, it was announced yes
terday that the meeting would include
such program as will prove of spe-
cial interest to all voters and tax
payers, and it is expected the rally will
be the most enthusiastic ever held by
the organization.
The mass meeting will be held in
Normandie hall, Normandie and West
jefferson streets, and all the Good Gov
ernment councilmanic candidates will
litical organizations, If they will con-
sent, also may attend, and joint de-
bates in this event will be arranged.
AS the councilmanic fight this year
promises to be one of the most siren
uous ever known here, for the reason
that the special election has been
called to fill two vacancies in the city
council, under a Good Government adj
ministration, the machine" men are
preparing to make hard fight to test
the strength and popularity of the
present administration. Among the old
time war horses which the machine
has put into the race against the Good
Government candidates is Barney
Healy If it elects one or both of It's
candidates it VIII regard it as an in
dication that its power is returning,
and will make a more strenuous flght
to retain it's power in the county and
to elect a machine ticket at the sue
c&eding city election. The Good Gov
ernment organization, however, is de-
clared to be stronger than 1t has ever
been, and there is no lack of confl-
dence that only Good Government men
will be elected t. fill the two council
manic vacancies. Barney Healy and
other machine men have made no
showing so fr whatever, and their
chances are conceded on all sides TO
be exceedingly, discouraging.
There are thirteen candidates in the
field for the two vacancies in the
council. The primary election for the
nomination will be held Thursday, June
g. two weeks hence. At this election
the first four men receiving the hlgh-
est number of votes will be placed on
the ballot for the election to office four
weeks later, June 30, when the voters
will select two o1 the four men on the
ballot for the two vacancies.
Among the candidates who VIII at
tend the Good Government rally next
Thursday night, who are known as
"Good Government candidates." are s.
d We'll. George Coulson, Frederick j.
Whiffen, George H. Stewart and e. j.
Van Kuren.
Mr.. We'll is comparatively new man
in the race, 1T Is making vigorous
fight and as a member OF the Iooo
Government organization ana young
man we'll acquainted in the city, eX-
meets to hold his own at the primaries,
Messrs, Stewart-and Whiffen have at
tended nearly al the meeting of the
various precinct clubs and have maze
MANY speeches since the campaign
opened. Their friends regard their
nominations as assured, but the ques-
tion of which of these men shall pc
placed on the ticket rests exclusively
with the voters, who Will DO their own
nominating June 2. Therefore the va
rious Good Government candidates are
working diligently to get out as many
votes as they can, each hoping TO pc
one of the four getting the hlgnest
number of votes, as two OF the TOUR
thus nominated will, it seems certain
be elected to the council.
George H. Dunlop. newly eiecteo
president of the Good Government OF.
ganization, will deliver an ADDRESS at
the mass meeting in Normandie nall.
THE secretary of the central organ
ization stated yesterday that all plans
have been concluded for .-le organ
ization of the first new Good Govern
mont club at Downey, which will be
formed at Manning's hall Saturday,
June 4. ]. Fl. Strine, former county
snnerintendent of schools, 1t is be-
Iieyed, will be elected president OF the
Downey club. - bo
thoroughly ripe for d Coed Government
organization" said Secretary Bent
Yesterday, land many of the leaulns
tional interest in the plans for the
club. We predict that it will be one
of the most successful and active or
eanizations in the county"