Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
HEWITT CERTAIN
TO GET BIC VOTE
Mccartney Receives No Aid from
Southern Pacific Machine
and Is Gumshoeing 38th
FIVE CANDIDATES IN FIELD
Sanders Making First Venture
Into Politics; Has Sup
port of Law School
FIVE CANDIDATES IN FIELD

The thirty-eighth senatorial district,
which comprises the southern part OF
the city of Los Angeles, presents to
the political onlooker very peculiar
situation. In that district there are
five senatorial candidates. II. 5. u.
Mccartney represents the push ana
makes no bones about it. Leslie r.
Hewitt is the candidate of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league, and George L. San
ders is a regular Republican who thus
far has not allied himself with any
particular faction.
Then there is the impossible Mug
gins" Mcdonald, whose wild plan 1t
was to get all the Democrats OF the
district on his petition in order to smut
out a good clean Democratic candidate
such as Martin Belkin. Mcdonald even
went so far as to ask the supreme
court to interfere and prevent the
Democrats from putting up any candl-
date to oppose him. The proposition
was so preposterous the court quickly
mt the "kibosh" on it. SO the war
has gone merrily on. The thirty
eighth district, too, is larger than most
congressional districts.
The contest in this district has ex-
cited a great deal of political atten-
tion ON account of its Importance. If
Mccartney secures the Repuollcan
nomination, a thing which his intimate
friends now admit he cannot do, II
will be the worst setback that pro
gressive, clean Republicanism in leg
islatiye elections has had in years. II
Hewitt secures the nomination IL VIII
be a triumph, not so much Tor goou
government alone, but also for the
limited States senatorial candidate,
John d. Works, for it is an open Sc
cret that Mr.. Hewitt. If elected, Is
scheduled to make the fight for works
for United States senator.
Mccartney has never been an ac-
ceptable candidate to the push, pul
thew have tolerated him for the SIM
pIe reason that there were few VINO
cared to go into Southern Pacific con-
vention and try to wrest the honors
from a railroad candidate. So this is
The first time that Mccartney has
faced a real fight, and nobody real
ICES It more than that near-states-
man. who has temporarily laid aside
his duties as deputy in the district at
torney's office, where his services prop
ably are not missed for the reason
that Fredericks has never trusted NC
Cartney to try any important case toi
him.
an the wall and has been able to in
terpret It himself without the help OF
any outsider. The "boys," as Benny
Cohn and his bunch are called, have
not warmed up to Mccartney in this
campaign, as they, too. have received
q, bunch that it will be better to lei
Mac fight his own battle.
Mccartney has looked in vain for
helm from the S. P. machine and now
he realizes. that it is not forthcom-
ing and that there is no sympathy for
him in that quarter So from early
sunrise until long after dark he mas
"e1nshoed" the Thirty-eighth sena-
torial district as no man ever did be-
fore, and according to all reports there
are more who have promised to vote
FOR him in order to get rid of his i'm
portunities than there are who are re-
aliy supporting him. When. the elee-
tion is over the chances are he VIII be
in that contemplative frame OF mino