The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-04
POLITICAL OLYMPIAD
STlRS CALIFORMANS
AS ELECTION NEARS
Crowd Gives Curtis Chautau-
qua Cheer as He Pinch
Hits For Hoover
BY GEORGE ID. MANN

Los Angeles, Aug. 4.-Upon tn,
heels Of the Olympic games, Cali
fornia will enter vigorously a politi
cal Olympiad Of considerable signifi
canoe. Nomination Of Unitee
States senator and the selection O
scores Of other officials faces thu
state In August.
Vice President Curtis, representing
President Hoover at the Olympic
games, has been here but he refused
to talk politics. California also failed
to greet him with any more than the
usual formal welcoming. There was
nothing estate in the meeting, nc
cheers and no hats cast into the air
Just a nice refined salute, more like
the kind that used to characterize
ovations to favorites at the village
chautauqua. There is a strong UNI
dercurrent OF disappointment here
because President Hoover did not cast
aside the duties of his office and for
mally open the games which Cali
fornia has been working to secure
for more than IL years Los Angeles
folk wanted no one less than the
president Of the United States to
open their Olympiad. They drew the
rather negative Charles Curtis of
Kansas. Californians always want
their shows to hit on all cylinders and
the committee seems to have missed
fire in failing to have Hoover here
for the festivities.
President Hoover's representative
however, is a most gracious substi-
tute. Perfectly frocked, under sun
that baked and cooked, he omitted
nothing that would reflect the high
office Of the presidency. He rode in a
parade to the dedication of Califor-
Mas new 100000 state building
situated in the heart of Los Angeles
civic center, and pinned upon Amelia
Earhart Putnam the congressional
medal for distinguished feats in avia-
ton. President Hoover sent Mrs.
Putnam special message which was
read by Vice President Curtis. The
mention of Hoover brought hardly
any applause at all. Amelia, how
ever, got a great ovation.
Another administration worker is
here dividing his time between Los
Angeles and San Francisco. He is
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Earn
est Lee Jahncke, member of the In
ternational Olympic committee He
delivered an eulogy upon President
Hoover at the Shriners' convention
but has not been featured as yet at
the games. Sea and air forces of the
navy are here in abundance and CAL
fornia cannot complain but that the
Hoover administration has done
everything in its power to add to the
color Of the Tenth Olympiad.
Los Angeles is always going through
some form OF election, either regular
or recall. Tourists are kept busy ex-
planning to signature hunters that
they can't sign as they have no vote
In the state. A few months ago they
tried to recall Mayor Porter but the
recallists met with defeat. Now they
are after some judges whom they
have dubbed the gift judges" These
jurists are supposed to have run their
offices on the cash-and-carry sys-
tenn, taking favors from litigants and
putting receiverships into favored
hands.
The other day one of the judges
was tried on custer charges and ac-
quilted. It was alleged that he gave
his press agent an appointment as
receiver in return for benefits re-
ceived.
Now the petition circulators are
running hither and yon getting sign
ers. They received so much for each
name, by the committee backing the
recall Of the judges, and beyond that
point seem to have no more interest
In the fracas. After studying Cali
fornia'S use Of the recall, initiative !
and referendum, North Dakota seems
conservative. Twichell and his fol-
lowers can get some new stunts out
here. But the cry of radicalism is
not raised here at all. Californians
take their "isn1s" as calmly as they
do the climate. The climate may ex-
plain some Of the "isms."
n !.
J. F. T. O'Connor, formerly of
Grand Forks, now a prominent Los
Angeles attorney and an ex-law part
ner Of William Gibbs McAdoo, has
Just won a million dollar verdict in |
an important California case. lefty"
Is a leading member of the bar and |
Yields quite political power from a |
very finely appointed legal office |
atop one OF Los Angeles most swanky |
office buildings.
O'Connor handled Roosevelt's cam
paign for southern California and
worked closely with McAdoo during
the Garner swing to the New York
governor. He was very close to Jim
Farley and II Roosevelt wins, O'Con-
nor should be heard from in a ma
tional political way.
He has Just accepted the chairman
hip Of McAdoo's campaign for
United States senator and in his let
Ter Of acceptance he points to the
federal services of McAdoo and es-
3ecially to the fact that both Sena-
;ors johnson and Shortridge come
rom northern California. More than
half or at least half of the California
vote Is in Los Angeles county and
southern California believes that one
United States senator should come
rom lower California. O'Connor
kinks McAdoo's position will be
strong on this point alone. In his
etter Of acceptance O'Connor writes
n part:
THE nation, In the solution of in
ernational and domestic problems, !,
md particularly California, con-
ronted with the immense engineer
ng task Of distributing power and !