Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-15
RUSH PETITIONS
To SACRAMENTO
Court Ruling Causes ConSterna-
ton in the Camps of
Both Parties
MUST BE FILED ON SATURDAY
Democrats May File Republicans
Demands for Places on
the Ballot
MUST BE FILED ON SATURDAY

The order of the third district court
of appeals, issued at Sacramento We'd
nesday, that all candidates for nom
ination to the state senate and assem-
bly, must file their petitions with the
secretary of state, instead of with the
clerk of the county in which they re-
side, caused a veritable panic of pc
titioners in Los Angeles yesterday, and
so upset the plans and calculations OF
the Lincoln Roosevelt league and Dem
ocratic organization that special
hurry-up meetings were held and pc
titions checked up with a grand rush.
Two special messengers" or ENJOYS
were appointed and deputized by the
county clerk to make the trip post
haste to Sacramento, where, accord
ing to a telegram from the secretary
of state, all legislative petitions must
be on file by midnight next Saturday,
or the candidates will be disqualified.
Just what pandemonium would re-
suit from the disqualification of the
many legislative candidates in this
county. whose name is legion, would
be difficult to foretell, and politicians
stated yesterday they couldn't muster
up courage enough to estimate the pos
sibilities.
HURRY CALL
The Democrats called a hurried
meeting and it was decided to send
Albert M. Norton, chairman of the
Los Angeles county central committee,
to Sacramento Immediately, and he
will probably leave with all of the
Democratic petitions on the owl
train at o'clock tonight, which VIII
place him in Sacramento within about
five hours of the time limit. If Nor
ton should fail to make connections
or should not be able to leave on the
5 o'clock train this evening, 1t will be
necessary, it was said, for the Demo-
Gratis to charter a special engine to
carry him there, in which event 1t IS
probable some railway speed records
will have to be broken.
Norton stated. however, that the pc
titions were nearly all checked up and
he hopes that all of the tangles will
be straightened out so that he may go
north on the "OwT' this evening.
BADLY SHAKEN
Like the Democrats, the Lincoln
Roosevelt league also was badly stirred
up by the unexpected order from the
appellate court, and unusual excite
ment prevailed at headquarters yester-
day, where the change in plans was
the principal topic of discussion.
H Stanley Benedict, league candl-
date for the assembly, was agreed up
on and deputized by the county clerk
to carry the leagues petitions to Sac
ramento and to see that they reach
there and are filed within the time set
by the appellate court.
Some of the machine candidates, In
desperation, pleaded with both the
Democrats and the Lincoln-Roosevelt
Republicans to have mercy on them
and take their petitions to Sacramento,
which finally 1t was agreed TO 90 late
10 hal
differences, the league envoy and the
Democratic petition carrier Will per
form a unique service and show the
machine candidates the novel courtesy
of filing their opposition petitions.
REPUBLICAN PETITIONS
Henry Lyons. ]. P. Transue and H.
S. G. Mccartney, it is said, were
among the regulars" whose petitions
will be taken to Sacramento either by
Mr.. Norton or by Mr. Benedict
Charles f. Curry, secretary of state,
Yesterday sent the following telegram
to Albert NJ Norton, chairman of the
Los Angeles Democratic county CEN
trail committee:
Sacramento, Cal, July IA.
"Albert M. Norton, Los Angeles, Cal.
"This office will be open for receiv-
ing nomination papers until midnight
of the sixteenth.
&C. F. CURRY, Secretary of State "
"Under the law" said Norton,
Curry can close his office at l O'Clock
Saturday afternoon, and had he de-
cided to do so we would have been
confronted with a peculiar dilemma.
The situation in Los Angeles county,
however. is the same as in every other
county. and we are not the only ones
upset by the appellate court decision
"Unless the other counties in the ex-
treme ends of the state, such as san
Diego and Siskiyou counties, have com
pleted their petition work and their
ENJOYS manage to make close con-
nections in the stampede for Sacra-
mento. il seems probable they may be
too late to file them in accordance
with the law. in which event there will
arise a novel problem, as it is hardly
probable the secretary of state can re-
fuse to accept their petitions"