Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-16
CORONER OFFICE
PUSH STRONGHOLD
Expose Proves S. P. Bosses Fin
anciaIIy interested in I'm
dertaking Business

One of the most important contests
involved in the Republican primary
election is that for the coroners office.
The Herald has repeatedly exposed the
system of Coroner Calvin Hartwell In
directing the bulk of the business from
the coroners office to the undertaking
firm in which Walter Parker and other
Southern Pacific politicians are finan-
cially Interested. It is to these men
that Hartwell owes his appointment as
coroner, and to these men he Is now
looking for his denomination In return
for what he has done for them as a
coroner by giving the coroners pusl-
ness to the undertaking firm IN Wnich
they are stockholders. These men ara
also looking to Hartwell to defeat Dr.
Shirwin Gibbons, the good government
Republican candidate, Endorsed by tM
Lincoln Roosevelt league, and are aid
ing Hartwell all they can, because they
can rely on Hartwell.
DR. Shirwin Gibbons, HartwelPs OPP
ponent for the Republican nomination,
is one of the best known physicians in
the county-a man who stands ex-
ceptionally high in his profession and
who has had years of experience. 1t
is obviously to the advantage OF the
taxpayers to have physician in the
eoroner's office and much more eff
cient service can be obtained from a
physician than from q layman In the
handling of the fatalities which this
office is called upon to investigate and
determine.
GIBBONS PROMISES REFORMS
DR. Gibbons has made his campaign
for the Republican nomination on
platform that appeals to every falr-
minded citizen and has made him
host of friends among the unoertake rs
who are especially interested In MS
fight because they say Hartwell mas
grossly Disseminated against them In
the disposition of the coroner cases,
which he has given to the Walter
Parker undertaking establishment, and
to one other firm. DR.. Gibbons mas
promised to establish a number or re-
forms in the coroner's ofrice II ne is
nominated, one OF which Will be TO dis
trihute the coroner cases on the rota-
ton basis.
DR.. Gibbons has been practising
physician here for number OF years,
and has been prominently 1dentifed
with the good government crusade IN
the Republican party. vote Tor Or.
Gibbons today will contribute to one
of the strongest blows possible at tho
ceiyes much of It's sustenance from
fhe coroners office. If DR.. Gibbons is
nominated and elected for this office
the present abuses which have charac-
terized the system now in vogue there
will, his friends say, be speedily reme-
died, and Los Angeles county will have
one of the best possible coroners.
Mayor George Alexander yesterday
issued the following statement, urging
the Republicans of Los Angeles county
to nominate him:
"To the voters of Los Angeles: l
heartily indorse the candidacy Of Dr.
Shirwin Gibbons for the Republican
nomination for coroner of this county
DIR. Gibbons is an active, energetic
Republican of the progressive type.
AS a member of the. city board OF
health he has given much Of his time
to the improvement of health condi-
lions in the city. He is an honest, cap
able man, and I believe he Will make
a splendid coroner.
GEORGE ALEX ANDER."