Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-22
WOOLW|NE MAIN
FIGURE IN FIGHT
Secretary of Good Government
Organization Discusses the
Opening Activities
CAMPAIGN BEGINS WITH ZEST
Deputies to Start Securing Sig
natures to Petitions Re-
quired by Law
CAMPAIGN BEGINS WITH zEST

Campaign activities were begun with
unusual zest at the headquarters of the
Good Government organization, 31S Fay
building, yesterday, the newly elected
secretary, George b. Anderson, and a
corps of assistants taking up the plans
and details of the work which 1t is
hoped will call the attention of the
people to the conditions that now pre-
vail in certain public offices, enlighten
the voters as to the relative merits of
certain nominees for these offices, and
result IN the election by splendid ma
jority of Thomas Lee Woolwine, nom
inee for district attorney; Dr. A. c.
Pratt, nominee for coroner, and others
on the Good Government ticket
Mr. Anderson, discussing the open
ing activities Of the organization, said
yesterday:
pledges of support of the entire tick
ct to be placed in an Independent col
umn under the name of the Good Gov
ernment Organization on the ballot at
the election November s are fairly
swamping good government headquar-
ters. Many voters who heretofore have
not been classified among the support
ers of the policies for which that organ
ization stands are not only volunteer
ing the information that they are sat
isfied that the ticket, so far as pre-
sented, contains the name of no candi-
date not entitled to the support of
every voter who has the best interests
of the city, county and state at heart
but many of these have requested that
their names and addresses be entered
on the books of the organization and
that they be called upon to render act
i've service for the ticket during the
campaign.
"The chief interest in the movement
naturally centers upon the campaign of
Thomas Lee Woolwine for district at
torney and Judge Albert Lee Stephens
for superior judge as against the can
didacy of Gavin w. Craig, long recog-
nized as having affiliated too closely
with the Republican push to be re-
garded as an available candidate for
the post of judge of the superior court
TO SECURE SIGNATURES
"a large number of special verifica-
ton deputies will be sworn in within
a day or two, and these will be set at
work at once to secure the number of
signatures to the petitions required by
law. About 2200 names will be neces-
sary on the petition for the nomination
of county candidates, and a triile more
than 150 on the petition for Edwin c.
Mayham, Good Government candidate
for member of the assembly in the
oNBnly-llllEu dSSGIIlDly ulSlAlSl. "A SPO-
cial Verification deputy will be sta
toned permanently at good government
headquarters, beginning Friday, where
petitions may be signed by those quail
fed to sign.
"These petitions come under section
1888 of the political code, which pro-
vides that each signer' must make oath
that he has not been elected as a dele
gate to any political party convention,
authorized to make nominations for
public office mentioned in the certifi-
cate, that he has not in any political
convention as delegate voted for or
against the nomination of candidate
for any public office mentioned in such
certificate; that he has not voted at
any primary election for delegates to
any political convention having power
to nominate a candidate for any pub
lie office mentioned in the said certifi-
cate; that he has not Joined in any
manner in nominating any other candi-
date or candidates for the same office,
or in nominating the same candidate or
candidates for the same office under
another or different political party
name or designation
Mr. Anderson says that no trouble is
anticipated in speedily securing the
requisite number of signatures to the
various petitions as required by the
law. AS soon as the petitions have
been signed in sufficient number the
active work of the campaign will be
inaugurated. Public meetings are to
be held In Los Angeles and every other
town of Importance in the county, and
some wholesome truths in regard to the
administration of public affairs by some
of the incumbents in the county offices
will be told.