Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-31
Democratic Aspirant for District
Attorney Regarded with Favor
by Machines Opponents
WILL RECEIVE BIG SUPPORT
L.-R. League Probably Will Not
Name a Candidate to
Oppose Him
BY t. SHELLEY SUTTON

Whether or not the Lincoln R0OSe-
welt league of Los Angeles will indorse,
or fail to oppose the candidacy or
Thomas Lee Woolwine for nomination
as district attorney is question which
seems Just now to be interesting many
members Of the league much more
than 1t is the Democrats, although Mr.
Woolwine Is the Democratic candidate
for the nomination.
Everywhere, among Lincoln -Roose-
welt Republicans, and even among So
called regulars who are not in SYM
pathy with the machine, but who do
not belong to the reform league, as
they term it, there is an unusual inter
est manifest in Mr.. Woolwine's candl'
dacy, and it is common to hear them
saw they will vote for Woolwine, al
though they may not vote for any
other Democrat.
1t has been predicted that the Lin
coin Roosevelt league will place no
candidate in the field against Mr..
Woolwine that the league will leave
this part of the ticket blank. and that
its members will be expected to write
i'm Mr.. Woolwine's name.
If this is done it win have the same
effect as if his name were on the ticket,
for it is safe to predict that practically
every league voter will favor Mr..
Woolwine, and will so vote unless the
league runs Il ttlllUlttlt dSfiiilSt iii'ii
Even If this were done, it is believed
by many that the sentiment in favor of
Mr. Woolwne is so general and so
tremendous. that many would repu-
date the opposing candidate.
DEMOCRATS ARE PLEASED
All of which Is highly pleasing to the
Democrats, who are proud of the fact
that although Mr.. Woolwine has been
absolutely non-partisan in his memo
rable good government work IN bos
Angeles he has consented to go before
the people as a Democratic candidate,
But Mr. Woolwine his friends claim,
Is more than a Democratic candidate.
They have put him into the race on
his record as good government man,
as a citizen. and as an enemy of vice
and corruption. His slogan, they say.
Is Good government first, last and all
the time" His friends in the Good
Government organization, as well as
among the publicans-reGulars and
league members-insist that he is as
much the candidate of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league. inasmuch as he
stands for the principles of reform ad-
vocated by the league. as he is of the
Democracy. In other words regard
less of what ticket Mr.. Woolwine runs
on. he Is the candidate of the people
"Ths Is not a question of politics, p"
| said T0e10DeT
welt league yesterday. at Is n ques-
tion of duty. I don't care whether Mr..
| Woolwine is a Democrat or Repub-
| Iican. or anv other kind Of a partisan n.
! He Is a candidate for the Office of dis
| trict attorney against ]. d. Fredericks,
and he IS known to every citizen OF our
city az a clean. honest conscientious
and courageous enemy Of corruptlon'
gardless of where he finds 1t. He Is
progressive and impelled in his candi-
! dacv by magnanimous desire to rem
| der a great service If possible to the
people 1t is not the office that he is
! seeking so much as 1t is the good which
he hopes to accomplish through being
elected to that office.
NOT MAKING PROMISES
"Mr. Woolwine is not making idle
| promises He is not running for office
on the strength of promises. We have
his record before us. His work in Los
| Angeles is known to us. We know
what he will do if elected it is not
merely a matter of political specula-
| ton. We can judge his future by his
| past We are not building our eXpeC-
| tations on his campaign speeches. He
| has made few Of these speeches, and is
going before the people because he
knows the people want him. We are
| going to vote for him.
| ne question: OF what loi MAJ VI
official recognition the league takes of
the candidacy is utterly immaterial
| The individual members of the league
are, for the greater part at least
anxious to see him elected AS a body
| It will not make much difference
whether the league indorses him or not
THE Lincoln Roosevelt Republicans
about the county seem to be determined
to express their desire for the election
of Mr.. Woolwine at the primaries, how
| ever. in spite of the partisan machine