Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
POLITICIANS HEAR
Of ELECTION PACT
Reports of League-GoOd Govern
ment Agreement StirS
County Leaders
WOULD ELECT COUNTY TICKET
Those Who Are Members of Both
Organizations Are Called
Responsible
WOULD ELECT COUNTY TICKET

Reports in political circles that GER
| tain members of the Los Angeles Linz
| coin Roosevelt league, as active MEM
| bers of the Good Government (non-
partisan) organization, are promoting
| a plan to subvert the purposes OF
the Good Government body In order
| to insure the election of the Lincoln
| Roosevelt county ticket, caused
genuine furore in Democratic circles
| yesterday, especially among the Demo-
| cratic leaders who are actively IN
terested in preserving a non-partisan
| Good Government organization, along
the lines and principles laid down at
| it's inception.
| Democratic candidates for county Of
| fees. who freely discussed the reports
| that were circulated yesterday also
were considerably perturbed. One or
| these candidates, in an interVieW last
| night. stated that he would not have
consented to go on the Democratic
ticket had he not expected, because
| of his we'll known work in behalf or
the Good Government movement, TO
get the Endorsement of that organiZa-
| tion in preference to his opponent on
the Lincoln-Roosevelt league ticket,
| whom, he said, he believed to be
| machine man.
The plan, as stated yesterday, is for
| the Lincoln Roosevelt league to cause
| the (IOOu dONeTnllltIlL VI 61hAHt''AC CAb
through it's control Of that body, to In
dorse a Democratic and Republican
ticket before the primaries.
BARS THIRD TICKET
"If the Good Government organiza-
ton indorses a Democratic and Re-
publican ticket before the primaries,
said one of the Good Government
workers yesterday, at means that the
| Good Government organization Will
close the only avenue to a third ticket
after the primaries, which 1t is the
logical function of the organization
to place in the field, as non-partisan
watch-dog for political purity ana ell
ficiency in office.
Having endorsed the two tickets be-
fore the primaries, the Good Govern
ment organization will have nothlng
to do with the Democratic ticket 1or
the reason that there is no hght on
in the Democratic party, and the
Democrats will nominate their unde-
sirable contestants, without the aid
of the Good Government organization.
This. then, leads the Good Govern
ment organization 20 the door OF the
| Lincoln Roosevelt league, and, enter
ing into the campaign for the league,
It will help to nominate the league
ticket. The league candidates with
| their Good Government Endorsement,
| publican candidates, but as GOOD
Government candidates, and will be-
| come so known and accepted. OI
hcourse they will be nominated-with-
out exception, 1 believe.
NO COMEBACK
what will follow? After the pri-
| mary election these men who are now
trying to bring this about, will say
well, we indorsed the Democratic
ticket before the primaries; there Is
no reason for us to indorse 1t again:
And the third ticket will die a-bornin'.
The same two tickets will go to the
polls at the general election, Novem-
ber S--the Democratic and the Lin
| coin Roosevelt league tickets-except
that the league ticket will in reality
be the so-called Good Government
ticket, boosted and indorsed by the
Good Government organization, backed
with it's funds and prestige, and ac-
cordingly, elected, leaving the Demo-
Gratis in the background. This, not
withstanding that the Democrats, who
| form a large part of the Good Gov
ernment organization, have cQntribut-
ed their time and money, and worked
tirelessly and loyalty, for the success
of the Good Government movement.
Now, unless some of these loyal Demo-
Gratis get on the third ticket, they won't
even have a look in for their work
in the Good Government movement.
"It is obviously the duty of the Good
Government organization, as a non
| partisan political watchdog, to with
hold Endorsements until after the pri-
maries Let the Republicans adjust
their. own differences and wage their
OWN battles, inside their party, just
as the Democrats have done When
the smoke has cleared away, let the
Good Government organization step
to the fore and make up a third ticket,
composed of the best, cleanest and
most competent men, representing
good government, from the list of sue
cessful candidates nominated by each
party.
is MISTAKE
personally, as \ Democrat, I think
the league has made number of mis-
takes and that it has indorsed can
didates who should not receive the
support of the Good Government or
ganization, If, indeed, they are entitled
to the support of the Lincoln -Roose-
Welt league. 1t is none of my busi-
ness whom the league nominates, but
it is some of my business whom the
Good Government organization in
dorses, after the nominations have
been made. That Is where the Good
Government organization asserts it.
self"
President George H. Dunlop of the
Good Government central body yes
terday issued a statement relative to
the reported plan to indorse tickets
before the primary election. His state
ment is as follows:
The statement that a program has
been arranged for the Good Gov
ernment organization to indorse
before the August primaries is
based on misinformation. Prior to
the last city election the Good Gov
ernment organization held several
meetings before filally determining
it's attitude in the matter of pri-
mary Endorsements, with the result
that some Endorsements were made
before the primary and some after
the primary. What action should
be taken at the August primary has
not yet been considered by the cen
tral committee. but will be taken
UP for consideration July 81 at
meeting called for that purpose.
What the action of the committee
will be | do not know; but of this
l am sure, that it will be the volun-
tary action of the committee and
not a forced acquiescence in any
prearranged program.
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