Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-27
EXPOSES BUGS IN
STANTON CAMPAI
"PeopIe'S Lobby" in Circular
Letter, Says Boosters Are
''In Wrong"
LEGISLATIVE RECORD BAD
Charge GubernatoriaI Candidate
with Voting for the Gag
Rules
LEGISLATIVE RECORD BAD


effective work at the last state legls-
lature in keeping tab of the Varl-
ous lawmakers, and calling the atten-
tion of the public to the undeslraple
features of the various measures Wnlcl
the machine" sought to have enacted
has come out in a circular letter eX-
posing some of the bugs" in the cam
paign waged by Phil Stanton Tor the
goVernOrShip.
The Peoples Lobby detected NUM-
Der of these bugs" and "sleepers IN
bills introduced at the last legislature
and undoubtedly prevented the enact
ment of many measures which other-
wise would have found their way into
| the statute books
The Peoples Lobby says OF the Stan
| ton campaign:
The members of the stanton
| "boost' committee are beginning 10
realize that they are "in wrong. The
first break made by them was author
izing the publication of list Of names
| of signers of the petition asking stan
! ton to enter the race. On this llst
were the names Of some men VINO actu-
| ally did not sign the petition and dld
| nor know their names were connected
with the movement until their atten-
! ton was called to the fact by disinter-
| ested persons. Among them We're the
| names of one or more ministers IN Los
| Angeles who have since said that tney
| have no use for Stanton. They ooh
| like his opposition to the Sunday rest
bill and his fight against the local op-
ton bill at the session of 1909. And the
more familiar with his record some OF
! the men who were led into indorsing
his candidacy become, the more en-
phatic they grow in their opposition
| to the man who permitted his manag-
ers to fool them into believing that
he is a paragon of political virtue.
POPULARITY WAVES
AS Stantons record on the proposal
to establish federal line OF steam
| ships on the Pacific coast in eompeti-
| tion with the trust controlled lines be-
comes better known, his popularity
| Wanes in proportion. This resolution,
memorial to congress, was adopted by
the senate. From the assembly the
resolution went to conference commit
| tee where it's enemies made sue
cessful fight, with Stanton's help, to
| strike from the resolution the request
| for the establishment of the federal
line, as recommended by Joseph /.
Bristow the man appointed by Presl-
dent Roosevelt to investigate the pro-
ject and substituting therefor words of
commendation for United States Sena-
| tor Flint. The paragraphs criticlslng
| combinations entered into between the
several transportation companies doing
| business on this coast were also strlck-
en- out. Stanton voted for the emas-
| culating amendments
Stantons legislative record in other
particulars was bad. For instance, the
| committee on rules named by him,
| composed of Grove /. Johnson5 bob
| Beardslee, now an aspirant for noml-
! nation as lieutenant governor; Ton"
| Johnson, Grove Johnson's right hand
| man; Jake" Transue, the brains of
the Los Angeles machine delegation,
and the speaker himself, submitted for
adoption by the assembly code of
rules plainly intended to hamper the
efforts of the reform element to secure
the enactment of desirable legislation.
When the fight against these gag rules
was made Stanton lined up against the
progressives, voting for the gag rules.
INCONSISTENT POSITION
Although he had introduced in the
assembly the direct primary bill fa-
thered by Wright i'll the senate, he
soon found himself placed in the posi-
tion of antagoniZing one of the most
essential features Of his own measure
a statewide vote for United States sem
ator. 1t was largely through his infiu-
ence that this feature was eliminated
and the present provision for an 'ad-
visory" vote by legislative districts
adopted. He also voted fCr the reac-
| tionary Leeds amendment providing for
the pledging of candidates ito abide
| by and carry into effect in spirit as
we'll as letter the platform to be adopt
ed by the state ana county conven-
tions' of the party nominating them
Practically all the leading lawyers
of the state and most of ghe judges as
| we'll highly commended The bill pro-
viding for a nonpartisan Judiciary
Stanton does not believe in keeping
the judiciary out of partisan politics.
evidently, for he opposed this progress
siVe measure.
At the session of 1909 Senator Cur
tin, commonly regarded as a machine
man of the most pronounced type, in
troduced a constitutional amendment
comforting upon the state board Of
equalization power to raise or lower
county assessments by classification Of
business or industry-for example, low
| ering the assessment on railroad prop
erty or the property of other corpora
| tions and raising assessments on agri-
cultural or fruit lands. Stanton voted
for this amendment, one of the most
vicious introduced at the last session.
The record of p. A. Stanton In pre-
ceding sessions OF the Legislature was
| worse, If anything, than his record in
the session during which he served as
speaker of the lower house. This will
be touched upon later on. Inasmuch
as he has coluntarily gone before the
people on his record, to which he
thoughtlessly pointed with pride. it is
only fair to the voters of the state
that they be acquainted with that rec
ord.
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