Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-13
THREATEN TO ovERTURN Ex.
PRESSED DECISION OF CALI.
FoRNIA PRIMARIES.
NOW MAD At PRIMARY,
WHICH UPSET THEIR PLANS
Bosses Have Long Considered Sen.
atoriai Jobs Belonged to San Fran
cisco and 10. Anseles-A. 6. spaId-
inc Nominated and Will Insist on
Legislature Fulfilling Instructions.
Especial correspondence


Los Angeles, Dec. S.-For many
years there has been an "unwritten
law that United States senators should
De elected alternately from the north
California, having u coast ilne OF l,Ooo
mics in length, made tnIs very rea-
svuduie custom un,ll the merciiess
pollcian began TO get III MS me
"ork IL 0lunt tane iin long TO ada
d provision TO the ulWTAtlen s,atute 10
t..e eAAe>t li4a, Tie seAasofs shou!o
come a4teIAat.l! from the Day ci.les II.
.44e nogln ana from Los .AnseAes in the
souti.-anu SO the unwrllten Jaw Aids
Aleou, LINE cut o. mind.
AL me Idsl session vi the legislature,
.ne lIeluiers o. the new pGlniar. law,
ueuaAueo uy TIE people t.4at iheS
4l.4enl hereafter nave d voice IA no!nI-
10. l4.s eaAu.ua, eS lor oIllSe-SaW the
l.etess4iy OF proNluiAg remedy Tor
tuls aouse that Aau oten "ofhed 50
.ons III the Interests OF lne ul9 cities.
iney saw mat alt.lo Fresno might nave
d Donlei WEBSTER, San D.eso d henry
( ay, santa Barbara d George Wash
...s .oil, 1ll.erslue a Lincoln, SacrameH-
10 Garfield, anu, tho Statesmen OF
a!SAest ciass ln!S.t aDoGnd IN the mus
aIo valleys 81 California, al these We're
forever made iIlv .isiDie py the unWrit-
zen law that furnished senatorial tim-
Ger exclusively from the consested
eenteTs OF population.
Primary Law Enacted.
.tI-I a
prov iae Tor All ADVISORY vote b. as
t..ietS IN order lnat a true state-Mlue
.epcesel.....io mlgAt De gwen 10 CALI
.aa les from al. sections ot t!le ale.
Otherwise. it was Known that the old
system would continue in vogue. This
city was not too mouest n ner Claims.
she had several candidates Tor all the
n4gn Offices and Two tor the senatorial
toga.
but the live wires a, San Diego saw
that there was a chance Tor some 9TH
er than a Los Angeles man. They Sc
cured the consen, of Albert G. Spalding
10 stand for the office. and set about
securing his election at the primaries.
The result justified their wisdom. Mt.
Spalding carried majority of the leg
isiative districts of the state and un-
legal and logical candidate of the re-
publican party. Later, at the Novem-
Der election, an overwhelming majority
from districts that had been carried by
him.
Furious Over Defeat.
Now the politicians are furious. They
had endorsed the primary law and by
all the holes had demanded before the
August nominating election tina, the
provisions OF the law should be carried
out to the letter. Judge Works.
of this city. Mr. Spaldings strongest
competitor, declared, time after time.
tina, he would not think much of a
legislator who would vote for him il IN
s,ruc,ed for another, and again that
he did not wan, the vote OF any man
whose district had instructed him 10
vote for any one else.
Thus, the new primary law Of Cali
fornia Is on trial Albert c. Spalding.
whose popularity was declared a mir
acle" by the bosses of the opposition, is
on the face Of the returns, entitled TO
the election. Under the law he can not
be defeated. Only by nullifica ton OF
the primary law and it's future undoing
can lie ne IODpcO ~. TIC SSHd lOI 1oi tcS a..
Every day new strength is added to his
candidacy by the accession OF strong
newspaper and individual support. Last
week the Times Of this city, one OF the
albest newspapers Of this or any other
state, came out openly in its endorse
ment, and two or three days ago the
Scripps League, having able papers in
all the larger cities. declared him to be
~. Inv IF ho
party before the legislature. 1t looks
now like landslide for Mr.. Spalding.
Nominee comp!aisant.
Meantime. the man from San Diego
is complainant and happy. He knows
that he has won the senatorship by
every considera ton Of law and clean
politics. II the politicians now in pow
err in this state can afford to kill the