anaheim-gazette 1908-08-20

WHAT'S DOING IN POLITICS League Was Right After the Machine In Last Week's Primaries—Another Such A Victory and Herrin Is Undone Republicans of the State were right after Herrin in the primaries which shook the State from end to end last week and well might that chief of the railroads' political bureau exclaim, with Pyrrhus, "Another such a victory and I am done." While the machine was victorious, it realized it had been in a political fight, and it was compelled to marshal its every clansmen from one end of the State to the other to save itself from destruction. In San Francisco the machine won by barely 1300 votes in a poll of 22,000. In Los Angeles the contest was close enough to fill the railroad cohorts with greatest alarm during the voting as well as the subsequent counting of ballots. In the county the league polled 13,-000 votes to 14,700 for the railroad. Right after them, were they not? Money was spent freely. The machine, whose very life was menaced while the clean men of the party, fighting without organization and without a campaign fund, against great odds all but put the railroad baron who has dominated the party for thirty years, completely out of business at the first blow. He now remains on his political throne, but its foundation is shattered and another assault will crumble it to a fall! Defeated, but not disheartened! say these clean Republicans of the State. They are ready for the meda county convention and the district congressional convention, there will be no opposition to gressman Knowland. The league will organize the lako county convention and will nominate Frank R. Devlin, state president of the league, for judge of superior court in the hottest hour of machine control. Thirty-three legislative nominations by the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League and thirty-three by the organization" was the net result of the State of the primary election Tuesday. About 45,000 republicans of California cast their ballots against road domination in party affair. The even division held approximately as it did in the matter of the delegations to the legislative convention. Alameda county, the banner of publican county of Northern California, was swept into the Lincoln Roosevelt Republican league fold a decisive vote. The county rallied and the Herrin gang were smashed splinters: The league will control the new county convention in Alameda, having elected 135 delegates to the machine's ninety, including seven pointed delegates. It won outright four of the assembly districts, a smashed into the fifty-first, county ring's stronghold, by taking seventeen delegates out of 183 County Clerk Cook's Seventh ward where one of the stiffest fights of day occurred. John W. Stetson, league candidate for the Senate, swamped Senators Russ Lukins in the fifteenth senatorial district. Lukins lost his own cinct by twenty-three votes. Stetson's victory is especially s without a campaign fund, against great odds, all but put the railroad baron who has dominated the party for thirty years, completely out of business at the first blow. He now remains on his political throne, but its foundation is shattered and another assault will crumble it to a fall! Defeated, but not disheartened! say these clean Republicans of the State. They are ready for the fight to come in 1910 with a more perfect organization with clubs formed in every precinct in the State, they hope again to move forward to the fray. What the railroad accomplished by dirty political skullduggery and gum-shoe tactics in Orange county, under the leadership of the Fat Fryers and collar men will never be repeated. This foul pack of political curs will never again fasten Mr. Herrin's collar about the neck of the people of Orange county. Decent men will be given an opportunity of exercising the electoral franchise, and of selecting their own delegates to State and congressional conventions, instead of having this work done for them in machine headquarters in Los Angeles. Indeed this rape of the party could not have been done in daylight. It was hatched in darkest infamy and pulled off by gum-shoeing and deception. Nor was it permitted to go on record without protest. A thousand Republicans assembled to voice their earnest protest to this political outrage. In this county, Riverside and San Bernardino Herrin had 40 delegates to start with. Two years hence clea party men will give him battle in each of these three counties, as well as elsewhere throughout the State. Tuesday's primaries decided the nomination of 16 senators and 50 assemblymen. Including Strobridge of Alameda, whom the machine attempted to throw down and later supported because he had been taken up by the league, and Walker of Santa Clara, who, while not a leaguer, is anti-Hayes and has always been a straight senator, the league landed nine senatorial districts and twenty-four assembly districts. County ring's stronghold, by taking seventeen delegates out of 183 County Clerk Cook's Seventh ward where one of the stiffest fights of the day occurred. John W. Stetson, league candidate for the Senate, swamped Senators Russ Lukins in the fifteenth senatorial district. Lukins lost his own pincinct by twenty-three votes. Stetson's victory is especially significant, inasmuch as Senator Luki had behind him all the federal support of United States Senator Pinkins and Congressman Knowland, addition to the Herrin influence. Stetson's majority is in excess of 1000. Frank R. Devlin, president of the State League of Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican Clubs, swept everything before him in Solano county. Devlin was the candidate for Superior Judge, and won the nomination despite of desperate and vicious attacks made on him because of his affiliation with the reform movement. He won the county by a vote of 1. In his splendid fight Devlin carried with him delegates who nominate an anti-machine candidate for the Legislature. Another gratifying victory was that of Charles P. Cutten in Humboldt county, the home of Governor Gillett. Working against tremendous odds, the League forces swept the county, Cutten winning over Senator Rolley by upwards of 230 votes in the second and 100 in the third. William Kehoe, candidate for an assembly from the second district, won by a safe majority as did Henry Harrison in the third. The result is a straight out victory for the anti-machine element over the Herrin machine controlled locally by Sterling and Campbell. The defeat administered to the league in Sacramento county was expected, inasmuch as the organization board of supervisors gerrymandering and the county committee so exerted its powers that the reform force were shut out of any chance to win. The county committee prescribed a test of all voters in the nineteenth senate district, requiring them swear that they had voted for Gillett. Tuesday's primaries decided the nomination of 16 senators and 50 assemblymen. Including Strobridge of Alameda, whom the machine attempted to throw down and later supported because he had been taken up by the league, and Walker of Santa Clara, who, while not a leaguer, is anti-Hayes and has always been a straight senator, the league landed nine senatorial districts and twenty four assembly districts. The machine won seven senatorial districts and in twenty-six assembly districts. The anti-machine forces won a senatorial nomination in Humboldt county, one in Solano county, two in Alameda, one in San Luis Obispo and San Benito counties, one in Los Angeles, one in Placer and one in Santa Clara county. Strobridge and Walker, while not leaguers, may be counted as free from the worst form of machine affiliations. The machine won four senators and thirteen assemblymen in San Francisco, two assemblymen in Alameda, one senator and three assemblymen in Sacramento, one senator and six assemblymen in Los Angeles, one senator and one assemblyman in San Joaquin and one assemblyman in San Diego—a total of seven senators and 26 assemblymen. The machine will organize the State convention and all the congressional conventions except that in the third district. It will organize the San Francisco county convention and probably the Los Angeles county convention. The league will control the Ala- Campbell. The defeat administered to the league in Sacramento county was expected, inasmuch as the organization board of supervisors gerrymandering and the county committee so exerted its powers that the reform force were shut out of any chance to win. The county committee prescribed a test of all voters in the nineteenth assembly district, requiring them to swear that they had voted for Gillett for governor in 1906. No Republican who could not qualify to this outrageous test was permitted to vote. Roosevelt carried Sacramento county in 1904 by more than 600 votes, while Gillett lost the county two years later by more than 3000. The cause of this remarkable slump was, of course, the resentment around by the Santa Cruz convention. The machine saved itself from certain defeat yesterday by disfranchising every Roosevelt Republican who could not prove his allegiance to Herrin. Fresno county, the home of Chester H. Rowell, state organizer of the league, was won by the league without opposition. The two assemblymen from Fresno will therefore be league men. From figures received here today it is estimated that more than forty of the one hundred nominees the Republican party will make in California for the legislature will be members of the Lincoln-Roosevelt league or strongly opposed to the "organization." In many districts where the league has not attempted to effect an organization candidacies of men host- convention and the third professional convention, but no opposition to Concord. It will organize the Sovention and will nomtate Devlin, state pressage, for judge of the win the hottest hotbed control. Legislative nominations Roosevelt Republican party-three by the "orsis the net result for the primary election republicans of Californ ballots against railin party affairs. On held approximately the matter of the delelegislative conventions. County, the banner Reof Northern Californt into the Lincolnublican league fold by The county ring gang were smashed to will control the next ton in Alameda, havdelegates to the maincluding seven aps. It won outright in assembly districts, and the fifty-first, the stronghold, by taking rates out of 183 in Book's Seventh ward, the stiffest fights of the son, league candidate e, swamped Senator the fifteenth senatorkins lost his own prethree votes. ory is especially sigtile to the machine have been promoted and prospects are bright for a strong representation of independent law-makers at the session next winter to effect an organization. The Lincoln-Roosevelt League in the recent primaries earned its right to long life and enlarged usefulness. Considering its age, the perfect organization that it had to combat, and the means used to defeat its candidates and principles, the showing is just cause for pride. Purging of California politics of "machine" methods and machine domination was the prime purpose, in the opinion of the Riverside Press, for which the League was brought into being. It aimed to bring about a condition of affairs that when a decent man runs for office that he would stand a fighting chance to win. It worked to eliminate W. F. Herrin from Republican politics in California and to prevent the repetition of the Santa Cruz convention. It sought to interest in politics the men who have refused to participate in politics because of machine control; to name men for office who were known to be free from corporation or railroad control and to defeat Democratic candidates by the nomination of fit and able men for office. The League taught that the primary instead of being a negligible preliminary contest is the main event on the political calendar. Heretofore primaries have been allowed to conduct themselves, or rather to be conducted by the professional politician who alone had due appreciation of their importance. Republicans in California last week voted at the primaries as never before in the history of the State. Machine organs have used every tion for superior judge, and surthe independent candidate before Republican convention. In therere were over 400 Republicans cast—as a result of a trade—Populist candidate for congress,the independent candidate for by these "regulars," and thus defeated the Republican candidate Congress, who was, and is yet, ident of this city. And even San Diego has been crying for Diego man for congress. Not by any means the comvictory that was hoped for but a remarkable show of strength scored in California at the primaries by the Lincoln-Roosevelt League. The liberty-seekingicans will have nearly half the hundred legislative nominations, will go to Sacramneto in such as to secure the legislation that make them free of the Southern Pacific yoke. Foremost among these features of political relief is, of course, the direct primary. Once an active direct primary law is omitted books the people, and not the Western Pacific, will decide who will for office. The most signal victory of League was won in Alameda co-fer so many years a Southern Pacific stronghold. Now it is a stronghold and most of its legislative delegation will be unbossable Policians, who don't know and don't where Herrin's office is. San Francisco, according to Call, was -the battleground o most desperate fighting and scene of the league's worst day Here the Republicans who are volt against the brutal dominance the Southern Pacific were upon to face the massed force stronghold, by taking states out of 183 in Cook's Seventh ward, the stiffest fights of the nation, league candidate, swamped Senator the fifteenth senator-Kinns lost his own pre-three votes. Story is especially significant as Senator Lukins all the federal supra-States Senator Perkissman Knowland, in Herrin influences. Story is in excess of Stein, president of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League, swept everything Volano county. Devlin update for Superior the nomination in state and vicious at him because of his reform movement. Story by a vote of 3 polled fight Devlin delegates who will anti-machine candidate were. Story victory was that Cutten in Humboldt县 of Governor Gil against tremendous forces swept the winning over Senator Kinns of 230 votes in 100 in the third. Story, candidate for as-second district, won by as did Henry Hanley. The result is a victory for the anti-mach-the Herrin machine, by Sterling and administered to the Volano county was exasperated the organization sensors gerrymandered committee so exerted the reform forces any chance to win. Committee prescribed a rule the nineteenth as requiring them to read voted for Gillett preliminary contest is the main event on the political calendar. Heretofore primaries have been allowed to conduct themselves, or rather to be conducted by the professional politician who alone had due appreciation of their importance. Republicans in California last week voted at the primaries as never before in the history of the State. Machine organs have used every argument at their disposal to mislead the voters as to the purpose of the League. They have maligned its candidates and sought to discredit the reform movement by every sort of sophisticated argument and trumped up calumny. No more effective answer can be given these than the publication of the platform of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League, which follows: 1. The emancipation of the Republican party in California from domination by the Political Bureau of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and allied interests, and the reorganization of the state committee to that end. 2. The selection of delegates to the next Republican National convention pledged to vote and to work for the nomination of a candidate for president known to be truly committed to and identified with President Roosevelt's policies and to oppose the nomination of any reactionary candidate styled "safe and sane" by the great corporate interests. 3. The election of a free, honest and capable legislature, truly representative of the common interests of the people of California. 4. The pledging of all delegates to conventions against the iniquitous practice of "trading" whereby political bosses effect nominations by bargain and sale, and the enactment of legislation penalizing such practices. 5. The enactment by the next legislature of such laws as will give voters an advisory voice in the election of United States senators until such time as an amendment to the national constitution shall make that voice direct and absolute, which amendment we favor. 6. The pledging of candidates for legislature to the enactment of such a primary election law as shall delegation will be unbossable by citizens, who don't know and don't where Herrin's office is. San Francisco, according to Call, was the battleground of most desperate fighting and scene of the league's worst day. Here the Republicans who are not volt against the brutal dominance the Southern Pacific were upon to face the massed force-bossism. Without a war chest had to meet not only the unlimited resources of the railroad, but huge fund of the graft defense its army of mercenaries; the influences of the public service porations that are gougging seeking to gouge the public; their nants of the Ruef-Schmitz which still controls some of the municipal commissions most useful political purposes; the full strength of the federal brigade—all sinister and potent influences—a press the majority of which poisoned and poisonous. And yet, in the face of these decent Republicans could controlled the local convention for the lack of a few score of in a single assembly district. A disappointing outcome, but not any view disheartening. If the publicans of San Francisco realized how good a chance they to make themselves free, if some them had not been misled by purchased lies of a purchased price and if some others had not been usual, so apathetic as to stay from the polls and let the loss have portions of the field to take selves, there would have been good news from San Francisco from Alameda. In Sacramento and Stockton of the same powerful influences operated here achieved much of same kind of victory over the foe of decency. In Los Angeles, after point of concentration for Southern Pacific, and its allied terests, the league materially proved its showing over that resulted in the last struggle and did against the unlimited resources: the veteran primary campaigner administered to the Penteto county was expired as the organization sors gerrymandered committee so exerted in the reform forces any chance to win. Committee prescribed a nineteenth asrequiring them to read voted for Gillett 1906. No Repubnot qualify to this was permitted to carried Sacramento by more than 6000 lett lost the county by more than 3000. A remarkable slump the resentment arousa Cruz convention. Ed itself from cerderay by disfranRoosevelt Republican love his allegiance to the home of Chestate organizer of the by the league withThe two assemblywill therefore be received here today it more than forty o f nominees the Repubmake in California we will be members Roosevelt league or to the "organizadistricts where the emptied to effect an adacies of men hos- 5. The enactment by the next legislature of such laws as will give voters an advisory voice in the election of United States senators until such time as an amendment to the national constitution shall make that voice direct and absolute, which amendment we favor. 6. The pledging of candidates for legislature to the enactment of such a primary election law as shall afford the party voter a direct voice in the selection of party candidates. Congressman Bowers writing to the San Diego Sun pays his respects to the alleged "regulars" in the following fashion: The members of the Union Republican League are referred to in the newspapers as "regular Republicans" and so call thmeselves but they are not entitled to that designation in its best sense while they are certainly regular in some respects. They are regular and devoted supporters of machine politics. They are regular and dependable as servants of Wm. F. Herrin, the political chief of the Southern Pacific Company, as their public record shows for the past ten years, and are and have been the past ten years, bolters of the tickets nominated by the several Republican county conventions. In all of these respects they are very regular. They support no Republican for any office who is not absolutely truculent to Mr Herrin's local representative. Twelve years ago the men who are now the leading lights in the Union Republican League in this city, bolted the regular nominee of the Republican conven- of the same powerful influences operated here achieved much of same kind of victory over the feud of decency. In Los Angeles, an er point of concentration for Southern Pacific, and its allied terests, the league materially proved its showing over that reed in the last struggle and did against the unlimited resources of the veteran primary campaigner the "organization." The league is young yet. It got steadily. It will keep on grow. The Republicans of California want to be free will be free. They will not quit their aggressive paign until they have free men make their laws, free men to pret them and free men to adminithem. The great and general movement toward decency in politics in public affairs which has crystallized in the Lincoln-Roosevelt League can not be stopped. What it did yesterday in Alameda and in other cities of the state that are now from bondage it will do eventually in every county. The San Bernardino Sun, which fered no word of protest to returning over of the county's gates to Herrin, says: "But three was and there is the mand for some reforms. and what meant to intimate above is that overwhelming victory for the organization dos enot mean the stiffling these demands. The man does yet seem to be in sight, and we quite sure he was not among superior judge, and supported ident candidate before the convention. In this city over 400 Republican votes result of a trade—for the candidate for congress and ident candidate for Judge regulars," and thus they deRepublican candidate for who was, and is yet, a rescity. And ever since has been crying for a San or congress. Any means the complete was hoped for but still the show of strength was california at the August by the Lincoln-Roosevelt the liberty-seeking Repubhave nearly half the one relative nominations, and acramneto in such force of the legislation that will free of the Southern Papremost among the measuical relief is, of course, primary. Once an effectprimary law is on the people, and not the Southwill decide who will run signal victory of the won in Alameda county, years a Southern Paciold. Now it is a league and most of its legislative will be unbossable Repubn't know and don't care 's office is. Misco, according to the the battleground of the state fighting and the league's worst defeat. publicans who are in rethe brutal domination of Pacific were called the massed forces of leaders in the League movement, but when he does arrive on the scene in California and is recognized by the voters he will lead a movement which will smash—not of necessity the machine, for he will have one of his own, but will crush corporate and railroad power in California politics, and restore to the people of the state the control on a safe and sane basis. Such movements require a leader to be successful. It was Gov-ernor Hogg who brought the railroad to book in Texas, ten years or more ago, and inaugurated a policy that makes the Lone Star State one of the best governed in the Union. In Iowa the movement centers about Governo Cummins. In Wisconsin, it was La Follette; in Missouri, Folk; in New York it was Hughes. In the country over all, it has been Roosevelt. If these reforms should be refused a voice in the next Legislature, which the organization will control as the will result in redoubling the demand and may develop the leader that will force their acceptance and wreck the political organization that opposes them. The people of the state want some things changed, and will find a way to accomplish them. They want a direct primary law that will be an honest means of making it possible for the candidate who is the popular choice in a political party. to be the party's nominee. They want th esame control of railroad rates and service within the state that the Interstate Commerce law now gives in interstate traffic, and they want a railroad commission that will give an honest enforcement of such a law. They want race track and prize fight gambling put under the ban, California being one of the very few that still premits the former and will be unbossable Republon't know and don't care its office is. Misco, according to the battleground of the state fighting and the league's worst defeat, publicans who are in rehearsal brutal domination of San Pacific were called by the massed forces without a war chest they not only the unlimited in the railroad, but the graft defense and mercenaries; the allied public service corps are gouging anduge the public; the remaine Ruef-Schmitz gang, controls some of the missions most useful foroses; the full strength of brigade—all these potent influences plus majority of which is poisonous. In the face of these odds Republicans could have local convention but of a few score of votes assembly district. It is big outcome, but not in heartening. If the Re- San Francisco had good a chance they had themselves free, if some of been mislead by the sale of a purchased press, others had not been ashetic as to stay away and let the looters of the field to them would have been as from San Francisco as into and Stockton some powerful influences that achieved much the victory over the forces in Los Angeles, anoth-concentration for thefic, and its allied in-league materially im-wing over that record-struggle and did it limited resources and primary campaigners of be the party's nominee. They want esame control of railroad rates and service within the state that the Interstate Commerce law now gives in interstate traffic, and they want a railroad commission that will give an honest enforcement of such a law. They want race track and prize fight gambling put under the ban, California being one of the very few that still premits the former and one of the few that gives such latitude to the latter." This is very fine, but what about San Bernardino's sixteen delegates to the Oakland convention supporting the very antithesis of all this politiacl doctrine. There was but one issue in the recent primaries: No it was not a battle of one set of bosses against another set, as glibley stated by the Sun, but purely and simply, should the people or the Southern Pacific railroad rule the politics of the state? While the "organization" won in the contest, it did so by such slight majority as practically to mean a victory for the people. But the people can never win against the railroad bureau by such politics as is being practiced in San Bernardino county, and with the apparent approval of the Sun. Its exprsesion of post-primary principles is excellent, but the San Bernardino delegates to the Oakland ocnvention, wearing the Herrin collar as they do, will vote in direct antagonism to each and every one of them. Here are the complete figures of the vote in San Francisco, showing how the clean party men were right after Herrin in his own home town. In a total poll of 22,000, the machine's majority is something over 1,300—about 70 to a district. When it is known that the machine had the assistance of thousands of Democrats and union labor men registered as Republicans, the machine's "victory" seems to resolve into a very hollow one. Here are the figures. Cut them out and study them: District—Herrin. League Twenty-eighth ... 342 231 Twenty-ninth... 244 127 Thirtieth... 232 71 Thirty-first ... 438 326 powerful influences that achieved much the victory over the forces in Los Angeles, anoth- concentration for the traffic, and its allied in-league materially im- growing over that record- struggle and did it unlimited resources and primary campaigners of Union." Is young yet. It grows will keep on growing, sons of California who free will be free. They their aggressive cam-ey have free men to news, free men to inter-free men to administer great and general move-ecency in politics and which has crystalliz- coln-Roosevelt League hoped. What it did yes-eda and in other sec-ate that are now free it will do eventually say. Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat- ment by the agreeable, aromatic Ely's Cream Balm. It is received through the nostrils and cleanses and heals the whole surface over which it diffuses itself. Druggists sell the 50c. size. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment till relieved. Announcement. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the medicinal properties of the solid preparation.