Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-18
s. P. STRONGHOLD
KEN'--LlSSNER
Good Government Forces Believe
New Election Laws, Gave
Them San Francisco
CLEAN RULE GAINS GROUND
Chairman of Republican State
Central Committee Discusses
the Recent Campaign
CLEAN RULE GAINS GROUND

stronghold OF the enemy IN CallIOrnla-
San Francisco-in the opinion Of Meyer
Lissner, chairman of the Republican
state central committee who returned
from San Francisco yesterday. Mr..
Lissner's homecoming, as he readily ad-
mitted was particularly pleasant, mas
much as he directed the campaign of
his party to a successful conclusion.
Discussing the closing hours 6f the
campaign and the future of the good
government movement in California,
Mr.. Lissner said yesterday:
Notwithstanding the fact that l
thoroughly enjoyed my stay and the
work in San Francisco, 1t feels very
good to be back home
II am thoroughly we'll pleased with
what was accomplished, and especially
pleased with the outlook for the fu-
ture. Within the past few days events
have occurred that seem to augur ex-
ceedingly well for permanent good
government in the state.
"It is generally conceded that when
we have once purified the politics in
our large centers of population the rest
is easy San Francisco is practically
the only large city in the state where
good government does not exist at the
present time but the citizens of San
Francisco last Tuesday took action
which I believe viii result at the next
municipal election in giving San Fran
cisco a good administration. They
adopted the same plan of direct pri-
maries and non partisan elections, with
majority rule, as we have in Los An
geles. These charter amendments were
carried with an overwhelming major
ity They have made the tools for
good government-all they now have to
do is to use them, and 1 feel assured
that they will.
EVENTFUL MEETING HELD
ION the day before left San Fran
cisco to come home the state executive
committee held an eventful meeting
which was participated in by many
prominent state leaders of the Repub-
lican party. There had been much
speculation in the newspapers in and
around San Francisco as to the mat
ters that would be discussed at that
meeting. The general opinion seemed
to be that we would discuss patronage
and cut melons, The meeting was an
open one, which, in itself, was an eye
oDener' for the San Francisco news
papermen and when they heard the
chairman of the state central commit
tee state that what they were there
for was not to talk about patronage at
all-that he personally was not bit
interested in patronage and expected
to have nothing to do with the dlstrl-
button of it, but what he ana the mem
bers of the state central committee
were Vitally interested in was the re-
demption of party pledges, these same
newspapermen sat up and took notice.
1t was a new deal for them, and they
all remarked the difference in methods
in the new regime, and at the absence
of the old familiar reactionary races
that formerly were prominent.
'"The chairman was authorized and
instructed Immediately to appoint COM
mittees of experts including members
of both houses of the legislature, FOR
the purpose of preparing tehtaIVe
drafts of bills for proposed legislation
in line with the platform pledges for
submission to the next legislature.
LEGISLATORS TO MEET
another meeting of the executive
committee to which all of the members
of the next legislature, both Republ-
cans and Democrats, will be invited
will be held in San Francisco in the
latter part of December to hear re-
ports of these special committees. The
nurpose of the state executive commit
tee in the naming of these committees
was to assist the legislature in the
nreparation of we'll considered and
carefully worked out bills, as past ex-
perience has proved that much of the
Hesitation that was presented was
hastily prepared and ill-advised, there
by causing much of the delay and con-
seuuent expense and inetfic1ency that
has existed in the past.
at was felt that the Democratic
members of the legislature, among
whom are some of the best men VINO
will attend the next session, will be
equally interested in the preparation OF
this proposed legislation, because the
Democratic platform touched upon
most of the matters contained in the
Republican platform, and because the
proposed legislation does not deal with
matters having to do with natlonal
narty principles at all but merely with
those principles of good government
that all political parties claim to up
hold.
II predict that the next legislature
will be the best and most efficient in
the history of the state and teel as
sured that Governor Johnson's admin
istration will be a record-breaking one
from the standpoint Of the common
NEWSPAPER FAIRNESS
"While in San Francisco / kept in
pretty close touch with the newspaper
comments in the leading journals or
the state, and 1 desire to say that L
have no criticism whatever to make
concerning The Herald's conduct of the
campaign, considering that The Herald
is a Democratic newspaper and that
we therefore had no right to expect its
support for Republican state candl-
dates / feel that it treated Mr.. john
son, especially in dignified and very
fair manner, as 1 expected 1t would,
because, under it's present manage
ment, The Herald has always shown
disposition to rise above rank partisan
ship in it's treatment of public ques-
tions and of candidates for office
"I am feeling pretty good about the
result of this election because we made
an absolutely clean fight, withcr+ any
sort of pledge or promise other than
those made in the party platform and
because we turned down all Interior
offers of support in exchange for prom
ises of patronage and declined to ac-
cept many thousands of dollars that
we could have had If we had given
delicate assurances of future consider
alton.
"The treasurer of the state central
committee made report showing that
in this campaign, which cost approx
mately $4,000. every bill had been paid
In full and a small balance was left
on hand; and every cent of this money,
except a very small proportion paid by