Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-20
Plenty of climber"

party, and their strength is not suifl-
cient to accomplish much in the latter
event
Plenty of climber"
few weeks ago, I'm California,
voters were saying to each other sadly:
There is no good available timber.
They believed that the men who were
desirable for the high places could not
be induced TO run.
It has long been known that the
United States senatorship is not a re-
munerative position. Friends of Sena-
tor Flint intimate that he declined to
run again because he could not afford
1t: the cost of living and the social
entertainments made necessary by
conditions at Washington make the
position of a senator something of
sactifice. And, on the other hand, many
good and able men desired for such
positions as that of the governorship
have of recent years declined to seek
office in California because of the
crooked conditions maintained by the
). p. machine; and because to hold
office meant TO invite suspicion and
lay ones self liable to the severest
criticisms, regardless of ones actual
probity or high purposes. Hence the
wall: There is no good timber
But voters are beginning to realize
that the great reforms accomplished
by the good government forces in Cali
fornia, Of which the Lincoln-Roose-
Welt league represents a powerful fac
tion, have changed the old conditions,
and good men are now anxious to take
active part in the reformation of
municipal and state affairs.
With the announcement that Hiram
w. johnson had entered the race for
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor, followed later by the announce
ment in Los Angeles thtt A. ]. Wallace
would seek the nomination for the
lieutenant governorship on the same
ticket, 1t became obvious that good
timber" was being secured and that
the machine, for the first time in the
history OF California politics. was TO
be thwarted in its attempt to dictate
the tickets. Usually the machine has
won, regardless of which party has
been elected, for it has dominated all
the factions and laughed at their con-
tentions with the secret knowledge that
it would triumph regardless of which
faction carried off the honors.
1t will be observed that men whom
the machine has caused to be prom
inently mentioned" for these nomina
tions already are dropping out Of the
race. They realize that the worst Of
defeat is staring them in the face
and they do not propose to let the
machine lead them to the slaughter
Voters, too, know that the conditions
have changed, and at present, although
the campaign has but just begun. the
enthusiasm Is almost as profound as
on the eve of past elections, and i'm Los
Angeles county the registration has
broken all records, it is claimed, for
comparative periods. This indicates
that the people have taken hope, and
knowing that good and competent men
have entered the crusade for better
! government, the people can be relied
upon to support the reform element.
s. P. Is Disheartened
The S. p is disheartened OF course
there will be a few subsidized news
papers. and a few bought-oh interests,
and number Of corrupt politicians,
who will continue to represent the old
machine push so long as there is a cog
| left in its wheels. But they are few
and ineffectuaI
With Hiram johnson and A. J. Wal
| lace in the race for the nomination for
governor and lieutenant governor, and
with John j.. Works stumping the
state with them for the senatorship-
/ all Of them individually and colec-
lively promoting the good government
campaisn-the prospects are conceded
! by political leaders to be the brightest
! in the states history.
An example OF the support given by
! the nOnpartsan press of California to
the candidacy of Judge Works is found
| in an editorial published i'm the Los
! Angeles Record yesterday. The Record
is unstlnted in its praise Of Judge
| Works. 1t says:
In selecting Judge John d. Works
as their candidate for United States
senator, the local leaders of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league have Ger
talnly chosen a very able man,
whom ALL the people could trust to
do what he believed to be right.
Bur by the selection of Judge
Works to make this race, the city of
Los Angeles is going to lose one of
the most efficient officials it has
had in many years.
Although Judge Works has been
in office as president of the council
less than three months, he has done
more TO start action toward pro-
tecting the interests of the people
than has been done in years past.
BY so doing he has impressed the
fact on the people that with him
the reform necessary for good gov
crnmput is more than mere words,
and that it is his intention to see
to it that the corporation receives
council than the private citizen.
He has shown that he is not afraid
TO try and correct abuses that have
long been allowed to go unrebuked,
aud that it is his intention to see
that ALL the citizens get square
deal
Now. while these things are most
pleasing TO the people in general,
they are most displeasing to those
interests that have, to a certain eX-
tent at least, practically dictated
the action of the city council in the
past THESE SAME INTERESTS
WILL CERTAINLY BE MIGHTY
GLAD TO SEE JUDGE WORKS
STEP OUT OF THE COUNCIL, as
he has been the moving spirit in
everything that has been done to
bring the corporations to time and
observe the same laws that have
always been enforced so far as the
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