Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-28
|NDORSE TICKET
AFTER PRIMARIES
Good Government CommendS the
County Conference and
League Candidates
INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT NAMED
ORGANIZATION Says Men on Both
Lists Favor Non-PartiSan
Primary Law
INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT NAMED

The county central committee of the
Los Angeles Good Government organ
ization, at it's meeting in Blanchard
hall last night, adopted the recon-
mendatibns of the executive commit
tee, commencing "to the discrimination
and careful consideration of the vot-
ers" the candidates indorsed by the
Lincoln Roosevelt league and by the
Democratic county conference.
| The recommendations of the execu-
| tive committee were not adopted
without some opposition, most of
which, however, yielded to the argu-
ments of the various speakers.
The report adopted last night does
not indorse any individual candidates
on either ticket, but states that the
| Good Government organization finds
that, in general, the best candidates
are on the Lincoln Roosevelt ticket
and on the ticket indorsed by the DEM
ocratic conference at Long Beach
May 2S last"
BY this report the Good Government
organization reserves the right to in
dorse a third ticket after the pri-
mary election of August 16-or, in
other words, to recommend certain
nominees for the general election.
The report adopted last night is in
the nature of a statement to the vot-
ers of Los Angeles city and county,
and reads as follows
To the Voters of Los Angeles
County:
1. AS to the relative merits of
the candidates on the Republican
and Democratic tickets as COM
pared with each other, we make
no recommendations at the pres
ent time, but expect to do so after
the primary election, and hereby
reserve that right For the pres
ent we urge all citizens to work
for the nomination of the best men
available within their respective
parties, that good material may
be had from which to select at the
November election. In particular
do we urge the voters to work for
the nomination of candidates for
the legislature who will help enact
the much desired non-partisan
county primary law.
2. AS to the relative merits of
the candidates in each of the two
parties compared with rival candi-
dates in the same party, we find
that, in general, the best candi-
dates on the Republican primary
ticket are foun-- upon the list in
dorsed by the Lincoln Roosevelt
Republican league; and the best
candidates on the Democratic pri-
mary ticket are found upon the
list indorsed by the Democratic
conference of May % at Long
Beach. We commend each of these
lists to the discrimination and
careful consideration of the voters
of their respective parties.
g. We are pleased to announce
nat all IF the candidates for the
legislature upon each of these lists
has declared himself in favor of
the enactment by the legislature of
a non-partisan county primary
law, and that each of the candi-
dates each of the county admin
istrative offices has declared that
If elected to office he will insist
that his various deputies and other -
subordinates shall confine their
political activities within those
proper bounds set by the standard
civil service rules. thereby not
constituting themselves q part of
any political machine.
4. The Good Government organ
ization refrains from making any
recommendation at the present
time for the various local justices
and constables throughout the
county.