The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
The Campaign


Los Angeles. cal, Nov. 30 Driven to|
desperation by the irresistible onslaught
OF the socialists, the Gold guard" isl
standing in the trench fighting despcr
atcly for life.
Nothing short Of miracle can save
ms from the impending political cota-
| clysm the socialists are about 10 over
whem the combined strength of our
party" said good government off
eial at the Union League club last night.
| "Los Angeles is in terrible predica
ment with woman's suffrage and social
ism
The Otis papers bitterly fought woman
suffrage until the last hour and now
/ they are pathetically pleading with the
women to Save the city from the awful
calamity of socialism" by voting for tha
gang of grafters that are in power at
the present time. What the Times really
fears is that the socialists will win and
with them the workers will be able to
repeal the anti-picket law and take the
police department out of the hands Of
The M. and NJ.
Tn addition to this Otis is interested in
certain land and water grabs that will
be stopped if Hartman and the social
lists are elected.
One of the features that complexities
the campaign is the fact that a prohibi-
ton referendum is to be voted on at the
election on December 5. This referen-
dun has not become an issue in the
campaign but it bids fair to do so be
cause the liquor interests have been so
| i'll advised as to crowd the affair for
ward in full page advertisements in the
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churches into action and prohibition may
be taken up by the good government
people as last resort.
Since the old guard has taken hold of
the management of the campaign the
saloons have poured money into the cot
fers of the good government" organi-
cation. As opposed to this the bartend-
ers union stands solidly for the socialist
ticket. The bartenders have more
friends than their employers. The dan
ger to the liquor interests is that the
workers may resent the action of the
big brewers and distillers in donating
immense sums to the campaign fund OF
the exploiters.
A feature of the campaign that has
been a power is the socialist theater
The show house is situated on Fifth
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this place and the latest sensation is
series of pictures showing scenes along
Owens river aqueduct depicting the i'm
mense dam in course of construction in
the lands owned by Otis, Earl and others
of the plunderbund. The picture shows
private aqueduct to carry the water
to Chatsworth park, where it will be
impounded in another reservoir on priv
ate land.
In half dozen places stereopticans
are working several hours each night
flashing on screens news that is sup
pressed in the daily newspapers.
On half a dozen news wagons" on
the streets, socialists are selling litera-
ture in quantities hitherto undreamed of
81 am selling one-dollar books faster
now that | could give them away a year
ago. said literature agent who has
disposed of 1900 copies of a book
against war.
Senator Winfield Galord of Milwaukee.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman of New York
and J. Stitt Wilson, mayor of Berkeley.
are among the latest speakers added to
the list.
Lincoln Steffens, who is in Los Ange-
les for the Mcnamara trial, declares
there was never a political campaign
conducted with the completeness, vigor
and enthusiasm as the one now carried
on by the socialists.
| At meetings unadvertised, where sim
pie announcements have been made, 15,-
600 persons turned out. At the first
meeting scheduled for Charlotte Per
kins Gilman at Temple auditorium for
O'Clock, a remarkable scene was enacted.
Doors were opened at $3.50 p. m. and
twelve minutes later $500 persons were
seated in the auditorium. Six thousands
stood in the streets. That same night
twenty meetings were held in outlying
halls and at nearly every one of them
overflow meetings were held in the
streets.
Good government" meetings are poor
| ly attended despite the flaring adver-
tisements and wild appeals for attend
ance.
Of course this proves nothing con-
clusively and it is admitted socialists
are universally given to attendance at
meetings. They will vote but will they
have enough to carry the election?
Never have daily papers gone to such
extremes in lies and villfication. With
the exception of the Scripps paper every
newspaper in Los Angeles is sending up
a prolonged wall to Save the city" from
the socialists.
The eight-page full newspaper size of
the Coming Victory" will be off the
press for distribution by the Flying
squadron" next Saturday. The edition
will be number IS and 10000 will be
run and distributed to the homes of the
people before 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
An analysis of the new registration
shows some startling and encouraging
| figures. In the Hartman precincts there
is a vast increase over the Alexander
precincts. Out of the mass of dupica-
tions in the registration the totals will
settle down to about 100000 in the
city.
There will be about 10000 votes
cast at the election. Harriman's fol
lowers claim at least 10000 voters
1t is known that a conspiracy is on
| foot to throw out thousands of socialist
registrations 1t is openly stated that
! ALEXANDER MUST WIN. This is be-
ing re-echoed by the operatives. thugs