Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
.STIMSON FINDS HOLES
IN M'LACHLAN RECORD
Enthusiastic Meeting of Lincoln
Roosevelt League at First
and Chicago Streets

tending, and the speeches OF candidates
being received with a great deal of in
terest.
Marshall Stimson and Senator Charles
w. Bell were the principal speakers.
Mr.. Stimson devoted a large part of his
speech to the record of Congressman
McLachlan Of California, who, he said,
owes whatever political prestige he
has in congress to his complete sub
serviency to the Cannon machine. Mr.
Stimson showed the absurdity of the
argument made by McLachlans friends
that McLachlan should be returned to
congress on account of his influence.
He quoted from d letter written by Nc
LaChlan in which McLachlan lodged
direct answer to the question as to
whether or not he would vote for Can
non, McLachlan replying that he did
not think Mr. Cannon would again be q
candidate.
"a very weak statement" said Mr..
Stimson. He shows his weakness
when he lodges behind such d state
ment in light of the fact that Cannon
has frequently declared in Kansas that
he would be a candidate"
Senator Charles w. Bell also made
a speech, saying:
81 have been reading with care the
circular which Philip A. Stanton has
issued, containing the statement that
ernor or lose out on the redistricting
of the state. To anyone who is famil-
lar with the situation this is nonsense.
The governor has nothing to do with
redistricting the state beyond being
able to veto the bill 1t is ten times
more important TO Southern California
to elect a man like Wallace as the
lieutenant governor who will have the
appointment of the redistricting COM
mittee. If the people of Southern Cal
ifornia wish to accomplish anything
along that line a vote for Wallace is
worth ten votes for Stanton"
Senator Bell in kindly manner re-
ferred to the speeches which the Rev.
Robert Burdette is making in behalf
of Mr. Stanton. Senator Bell referred
to Rev. Burdette as a joke in politics,
and said that probably without intend
ing it, he had made Stanton the victim
of several political blunders.
Probably DR., Burdettes humorous
tendencies were too strong for him to
take the issues seriously" he said.
Mr.. Bell told of his personal eXpe-
rience in the legislature and of his
knowledge of the fact that Hiram
Johnson and Grove L. Johnson, his
father, were as wide apart as the poles
in their political ideas.
"When DIR. Burdette sought to in
jure Hiram Johnson by referring to
the fact that Grove L. Johnson, the
father, is a machine politician he
said, "he entirely overlooked the fact
that it was his candidate, Phil A.
stanton, who, as speaker Of the as
sembly, appointed Grove Johnson
chairman of the committee on judic-
| larry"
He said he could view in no other
light than that of a humorist the
statement of so intelligent a man as
DR.. Burdette that there was no ma
chine in California politics, and that
all the voter has to do is to pick his
man out in the booths.
Everyone knows that until this
year the machine had largely controlled
the nomination in botheparties and that
the voter simply had choice between
two evils" he said.
He laughingly referred to DR.. Bur-
dette's effort at Santa Ana to prove
that even if the machine had selected
Stanton as the speaker of the assem-
bly. still the machine sometimes does
place good men in office, and cited as
in an instance the nomination Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt as vice present by Tom
Platt and his crowd.
"I wonder if the DOCTOR" said Sena-
tor Bell, "entirely overlooked the fact
that the machine. by nominating Theo-
dore Roosevelt for the unimportant
him on the shelf?"
The stanton boosters campaign re-
ceived a serious setback last night in
Boyle Heights, near the scene OF the
league meeting. Advertised as coun-
ter attraction, handbills were widely
distributed announcing that stanton
would address the voters of Boyle
Heights in Korbell hall at the same
time that the Lincoln Roosevelt Re-
publican league held its meeting. 1t
was hoped to confuse the voters and
to detract from the meeting which had
been arranged by the leaders of the
Lincoln Roosevelt league in Boyle
Heights. It's purpose failed utterly.
Whether Mr.. Stanton set them on f1re
with enthusiasm or gained more
strength and comfort for his own cam
paign could not be ascertained at
late hour.
publicans. Senator Savage had at this
time rSturned from juNketlng trip
and upon ascertaining what Norton
had been doing told Norton that he
must not come on the floor of the sem
ate any more, because if he did he
Savage, would have Norton expelled
from the floor of the senate. But Nor
ton continued his lobbying and in a
few days had the satisfaction of IN
terviewing all the members of the
senate. Upon counting up noses he
found that twenty-five out of the forty
senators had pledged themselves In
favor of the bill--more than enough
to pass it. Senator Campbell was the
only senator who stood by his promise
to Savage, and Campbell did that on
the ground of personal friendship.
HARPER CONsULTs SPEAKER
"Stanton was in favor of the COM
promise which Mayor Harper tried TO
get Savage to consent to at the time
when the then mayor came to Sacra-
mento to find campaign material for
his recall campaign then going on IN
Los Angeles. Upon the arrival IN
Sacramento of Harper a consultation
was held between stanton, Harper,
Savage and one or two others in STAN
toms office, where it was agreed that
Harper should get the credit of haV-
ing Savage consent to a bill providing
for a 60 per cent vote instead of ma
iority vote as provided by the bill, or
a two-third vote as provided by Saw
ages proposed amendment. AS events
will show this compromise would have
defeated the consolidation of Whining
ton and Los Angeles, as 90 per cent
vote was not secured in wilmington
at the consolidation election.
$50 credit must be given to the
Municipal Waterways association OF
Los Angeles, to Joseph Call, T. 10. Glib
hon. John Gaffey, Seward, Norton and
one or two others. Stanton could nave
he aC a