Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12


The serious and repeated efforts OF
the executive committee OF the LIN
coln-Roosevelt league to reach de-
cision as to-what attitude it should as
sumo toward Thomas Lee WoolWlhe,
the Democratic and Good Government
candidate for nomination as district at
torney, continue to be futile, notWlth-
standing the fact that the great ma
jority of the league members appear 10
be united in their desire to see the
league leave the way open so the Gooa
Government forces of Los Angeles
county can elect Mr.. WoOlWine.
This the league could do, 1t has been
frequently pointed out, by simply re
fusing TO indorse any man VINO might
be dragged out to oppose Mr. WoolWlhe
on the league ticket
IT was common rumor on the street
yesterday that the committee last Fri
day afternoon had indorsed report
faVoring Mr.. Woolwine, and that after
several members of the committee, be-
lieving the fight was ended, had gone
home some member made motion TO
reconsider the committees action,
whereupon another vote was taken and
a reconsideration ordered, which prob
ably will take place Monday
Many members of the league fear
that District Attorney F'redericks, the
incumbent, whom the Good Government
forces are most anxious to see defeated
because of his machine affiliations, Will
benefit by these questionable delays.
Members of this committee, who are
decidedly opposed to an Endorsement,
have let 1t be known that similar delays
have been brought about on number
of occasions in the last two weeks,
when a majority of the committee stood
ready and anxious to unite the Hoou
Government forces by declaring for Mr..
Woolwine.
ARE REFORMERS
These men, 1t is said, are members OF
the. Good Government organization, and
ns such regard Mr. Woolwine as the
Good Government candidate. The fact
thht he has been indorsed by the Demo-
Gratis does not enter into the question.
They maintain that the Good Govern
meht forces win be divided II Mr.. WOOL
wine is not indorsed.
'Ishe Good Government organization,
they claim, cannot afford to indorse two
candidates for district attorney, for If
it does so Mr. Fredericks, they believe,
will be re- elected. 1t is only by uniting
now and for all time and by waglng a
determined and uncompromising Dattle
that the Good Government forces can
elect a successor to Mr.. Fredericks, and
thev believe. as do the Democrats, that
there is no other man in Los Angeles
county who can win the fight against
him.
Even Woolwine, they say, cannot be
elected unless the Democrats and the
Lincoln Roosevelt league members
unite to help him. They believe that II
the league indorses a candidate to op-
pose Mr.. Woolwine 1t will so split the
Good Government vote that Fredericks
win virtually walk away with the cleo
tion They believe also that If the
league indorses an opponent to Mr.
Woolwine that opponent Will neces-
sarily have to be a Good Government
man and that this will prevent the
Good Government organization, when 1t
makes up it's ticket after the primaries
for the final battle, from indorsing Mr..
Woolwine, for at best 1t can only rec
omrnend both Of the candidates TO the
voters. 1t cannot overlook Mr.. Wool
wines opponent, because as Hooa
Government man his friends will insist
on. the same recognition it gives to Mr..
Woolwine. Therefore, they argue to
remain loyal to Good Government prin-
ciples the league will have to recognize
the logical Good Government candidate,
who, although a Democrat, helped to
elect the present Good Government ad-
ministration composed largely of Re-
publicans, and who proved himself de-
serving of the honor by the able man
ner in which he discharged his duties as
city prosecutor, and by his fearless and
energetic work to rid the city of cor
ruption in the recent municipal cam
paign.
LEAVE A BLANK?
1.-THE question agitated among Good
Government men yesterday was: Will
the efforts of the members Of the Good
Government organization and Of a ma
jority of the Lincoln Roosevelt league,
succeed in leaving a blank on the
leagues ticket for Mr.. Woolwine or
will the cotore opposed to him control
the committee?
Answering this question, which, at
present, seems to be the most import
ant topic in political circles, and which
undoubtedly has caused more comment
and criticisms than any question of
the local campaign, a prominent MEM
ber of the Lincoln Roosevelt league.
and a member of the executive COM
niittee, said yesterday:
pThere can be no honest argument
relative to our duty to Mr. Woolwine.
The plain and unmistakable fact stares
us in the face that he is the Good
Government and Democratic candidate
for district attorney; he has proved
himself a man, and If the league is to
be a power in Good Government and
reform politics, it cannot help to elect
Fredericks, which is what would re-
suit if it indorsed an opponent to Mr..
Woolwine."
A member of the executive commit
tee of the Good Government organiza-
ton, also a Republican, said last
night:
i'There is one thing to be borne In
mind by the people OF Los Angeles.
That is that the Lincoln-RooseVelt
league is not the Good Government
organization. I have been surprised
TO find so many voters who labor un-
der the impression that the Lincoln
Roosevelt league and the Good Gov
0rnment organization are one and the