Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-15
PARKER|TES PLAN
TO TRICK VOTERS
Southern Pacific Machine Push
Democrats Urge Writing of
Republican Names
RULE FOR SAFE BALLoTING
Citizens Advised to Oppose Nc
Donald for Senator and Hid
den for Supervisor
RULE FOR SAFE BALLoTING
BY T. SHELLEY SUTTON

Tomorrow morning at o CLOCK lne
polls will open for the county and
state primary elections, at which the
voters of California Will nominate
Democratic. Republican, Socialist and
Prohibitionist candidates for the tick
cts to be voted at the general election,
November 8.
On the Democratic ticket in Los An
geles county there are two Southern
Pacific candidates, whose petitions
were circulated by the Walter Parker
push and whose names therefore APP
pear in competition with the good gov
eminent Democrats Endorsed at the
Long Beach conference.
1t is extremely important to the tax
payers and decency-loving voters of
Los Angeles that these candidates be
defeated. They are Enoch Hidden,
candidate for supervisor from the
Third district, and Henry M. McDon-
aid, candidate for the state senate
from the Thirty-eisnth district. Vote
AGAINST them by voting FOR the
good government Democratic candi-
dates--J. L. Mansfield for supervisor
from the Third district and Martin
Bekins for the state senate from the
Thirty eighth district. Be sure to place
your cross VA OppOSllS llc udilcS VI
MANSFIELD and BEKINS.
TRICK OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC
The discredited Southern Pacific ma
chine Democrats. who have been weed
ed out of the party for their political
corruption and pernioious activities in
behalf of the Walter Parker S. p.
push, have been passing the word
down the line for the push Demo-
Gratis to write in on the Democratic
primary ballot the names of certain
Republican candidates. Good govern
ment Democrats, who have the inter-
ests of the party and the success of
the good government movement at
heart, and who are loyal to the cause
of the taxpayers iii their great strug-
gle with the Southern Pacific and 9TH
er invested interests, are urged NOT
TO WRITE IN THE NAMES OF
ANY CANDIDATES-Repu or
Democratic-with the exception of
those whose candidacy has been in
dorsed by the good government forces,
and who, having failed to file their
petitions in time to get their names
printed on the primary ballot, are en-
titled to have them written in where
the blanks occur To be sure that you
vote correctly and that your entire
ballot is cast in the interest OF better
government and cleaner politics. vote
ONLY for the men Endorsed at the
Long Beach county conference; vote
against Mcdonald and Hidden, and
WRITE IN ONLY THE FOLLOWING
NAMES:
For State Controller, A. b. Nye.
For Surveyor General. e. w. Nolan.
For Railroad Commissioner, w. @. Wall.
For state Board of Equalization, W. II.
workman.
For County Surveyor, Felix Viole.
FOR County Superintendent of Schools, NJ.
r. Pendleton.
Associate Justice District Court Of APP
penls (second distrlct), Minor Moore.
For Justice of the Peace LOs Angeles
Township, j. B. HoIley.
CARRY LIST FOR REFERENCE
Democratic voters are urged to cut
out the foregoing list and take 1t to
the polls for reference. Any request
that the name of candidate otner
than those included in the foregoing
list be written in should be ignored.
After YOU write in the name of these
candidates it is not necessary to place
YOUR cross after them. The courts de-
cided in the Heney case that the
stamping of the cross or the failure to
stamp the cross after WRITTEN
name on the ballot has no significance.
In all other cases stamp your cross
after each name.
When you go to the primary election
polls to vote you will be asked If you
are registered as a Democrat or as a
Republican. If you reply that you are
registered as a Democrat you will be
given a Democratic primary ballot, on
which will appear the names of the
candidates seeking the Democratic
nomination for the offices to be voted
on at the general election, November
next.
When you step into the booth stamp
your ticket, placing the rubber stamp
cross (X) after the name of each can
didate whom you desire nominated,
being careful not 20 vote for two men
for the same nomination; then write
in the names included in the foregoing
list, making certain THAI you write in
each name in the proper blank (oppo-
site the office de5lgnated) then fold
your ballot carefully and see that it is
placed in the ballot box.
DO NOT WRITE IN THE NAMES
of ANY REPUBLICANS ON THE
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT. excepting
that of A. B. Nye for state controller.
BE SURE TO VOTE AGAINST
HENRY MCDONALD for state SEN
ator and against ENOCH HIDDEN for
supervisor.
VOTE FOR Martin Bekins fer state.
senator and j. l.. Mansfield for SUPER
visor.