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GOOD GOVERNMENT TRIUMPHS; WHIFFEN AND STEWART WIN
T.R. DEFEATED IN
FIRST TRIAL IS
HOME STATE BOSS
Republican Organization in New
| |[ork LegislatuiVTurns Down
i" X CoW) treasure
—I
MANY SENA/ORSARE ABSENT
Roosevelt/leclares Statement He
Was/Urging Hughes for a
hird Term Untrue
'"• h ArAHAJJT, Mass., June —A vigorous
I ' declaration that he had not Injected him
n r»tlf Into the New York state political
I /Situation 'to the extent of attempt Inn; to
i /persuade' Governor Hughe* to make a
' third ■ gubernatorial campaign was made
! , today -by ■ Colonel Boonvelt, : following
a his visit to President Tafl at Beverly.
'•'. ? % The attention of Colonel Roosevelt m
called to the statement in a morning
paper that the governor wag the only
man who could save .New . York state
j to the » Republican party. When the
colonel bad; read the clipping he asked
If the publication was Intended as a
■ ' Joke,' and ' .then said, emphatically:
,i. "It: Is wholly : untrue. t Literally pre
> posterous. : I never said any such thing.
I | There Is not a word of truth In It." .'
. \«' Further than making this statement,
I Colonel Roosevelt refused to talk
politics.
*J,; \ *. , [Associated Press] .
■>?ffv.BANY, N. V., June 30.—Theodore
■Roosevelt was beaten decisively today.
I Whatever" may be the final outcome of
i \ his. first venture in politics since his
I retirement | from the White House, he
I met 'iiliHolute defeat at the hands of the
Republlcan\organlzatlon In the assem
bly. \ \ ' -\
The Cobb direct nomination bill was
| killed iin the .ssembly today, after a
"wong, hard tigi'lit. The final ' count stood
.■iui.. 63 in tdvor of accepting the ad
i> 4 !TV '.- repoi^*. of the committee which
lfisl.~- •■■'« in charge,
| The i Republicans in the senate held
B S\ conference today but only twenty
three senators attended. They voted
to make a party measure of tho Cob.b
bill, with the amendments proposed by
fc Lloyd c. Griscom, chairman of the
{[New York county Republican com
mittee, and favored by Col. Roosevelt,
but'-it takes twenty-six votes to pass
lit bill' in the senate.
Pfc Then the senate went in session and
■fter along debate voted, 24 to 23, to
[adjourn«until tomorrow.
||i VmAY* CALI, SI'KCIAI, SESSION
■id jo urn until tomorrow. special ses-
MAI' CAIX SPECIAL SESSION
SThore is talk of another special ses
fi|l>n' The assembly this afternoon
Iked i to. adjourn at 2 p. m. tomorrow,
'vtinj !as ■ the senate concurs Governor
hughes -may 1 call the legislature back
iffnto special session,
(I b Roosevelt. was the potent figure In
oday's contest. Four years ago, and
.gain two years ago, he whipped the
lepublican state convention into line,
forcing to accept Hughes as the
nominee for governor.
If- The supreme question today was
•whether he • would be able again to
compel the Republican organization to
I follow his bidding. It was a clear-cut
* Issue between the former president and
* the organization leaders, and the lead
1' ers won.
>■ From the moment Col. Roosevelt
gent bis telegram to Mr. Griscom urg
« : ing the passage of the bill, things
Hhummed.'- The situation suddenly be
came of national - significance. The
r<*estlon was whether Roosevelt of
I 'Sagamore Hill, was as mighty as
Roosevelt of Washington. Those who
had supported the Cobb measure, in
cluding even Governor Hughes, slipped
into the background.
{governor Hughes returned from Bos
'' |fn tonight and pat late in the ex
ecutive chamber.. He had nothing to
' I say. ■ ' - '. '__
ROOSEVELT REITERATES HE
FAVORS DIRECT PRIMARIES
BEVKRL.Y Mass., June 30.—Whether
!he direct primary fight, waged in New
'r ork by Governor Hughes and Indorsed
iy Col. Roosevelt, entered into the con
•■rsation between the president and
colonel here this afternoon could
,it bo learned.
Mr. Roosevelt said he always favorer!
direct primaries, and while he did not
believe in doing away with the state
conventions, he favored the application
of the direct primary principle to as
many officials as possible.
ELEPHANTS CHASE BAKER;
STREET PAVED WITH PIE
Pachyderms, Angered at Separa
tion from Young, Charge Wagon
*\ GREELEY, Colo.. June 80.— Angered
HI - being ; separated . from ■' two small
■lephants for 4 which they have-a great
' |i ffection, two : big . elephants belonging
■ft« a circus, this morning charged wild-
Rfty down the ma' i ctreet In pursuit of
/a baker's wagon. ' '.
V; The driver of the wagon, after a
•*■ mad gallop which scattered bread and
• i)les'. tor blocks, i escaped.
The elephants, which' were chained
together, crashed. through a fence into
; the front yard of a residence, tearing
„up lawn and-.-shrubbery. They were
'• stopped .by ia stout .maple; tree, on a
, cither,: side, of which they attempted
", to pa so. ■-'--■■■
V During the excitement, a horse
c dropped dead of fright.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
• FORECAST
For Los ' Antrim and ; vicinity—Fair Fri
day light north wind, foe In early morning;.
Maximum temperature yesterday 1:1 decrees;
minimum temperature BO decrees.
LOS ANGELES
Graduates of University of Michigan > hold '
reunion at Cumnock hall. PA OK 9
Personals. PAGE 9
Lighting corporations may take question of •'
lower rate ordinance Into courts. ' PAGE 16
Good Government forces send Whiff en and *•
Stewart to council; lower light rate voted.
, PAGE 1
Child nctor to be headllner at S. P. C. A. -
benefit today. PAGE 8
Attorney P. H. • Thompson arrested In Reno
on charges preferred by Orlando Altorre,
confessed postofTlce robber. ■ PAGE 4
Charles K. Dlxon, accused police captain.
denies he will resign. PAGE} 4
Mrs. Marie Borglum accuses husband from
whom she Is separated of stealing their
son. . ._- PAGE 8
Don McGarvln In fourteen-word will leaves
fortune to wife. ■ PAGE ; 9
Mrs. Anna B. Halllsey begins contest to' •
break husbands will which left 150.000
estate to her 3-year-old daughter. PAGE ■ 9
Young mother ends life with revolver while
h»r babe sleeps peacefully. . PAGE 9
Seventh division of the naval militia' of
California leaves for nineteen-day cruise.
PAGE 11
Votes for Women club Issues declaration of
Independence. .„■ C >'.:••"• PAGE 18
Editorial and Letter Box. PAGE 12
Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PAGE 14
Society and music. ..PAGE 6
Clubs. • PAGE 4
'.'heaters. PAGE 4
News of the courts. ' PAGE 8
Municipal affairs. PAGE 8
Mining and oil fields. PAGE 6
Markets and financial. PAGE 1 7
Sports. "' PAGES 19-11
City brevities. >■"'■ ■!•:_■'..'■. PAGE 13
Politics. PAGES 1 AND 13
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
Citrus fruit report. PAGE «
Shipping. ■ PAGE 7
Building permits. PAGE 6
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Long Beach closes fiscal year with show of
great progress. PAGE 14
Trustees are firm In Ocean Park school
row. :;: PAGE 14
Building records smashed In Pasadena.
PAGE 14
Hindu who deserted ship Iran captured by
Rcdondo marshal. - PAGE 14
Car on Venice miniature railway overturned
by an automobile. PAGE 14
COAST ).'
Alaska's Insurgent '.Republicans renomlnate
Wickershain as territorial delegates. PAGE 1
Noted speakers to debate Socialism at Ore
gon encampment. : PAGE 2
Harry H. Hlnde of Riverside announces
intentions of entering national com
petition for iheavler-than-alr machines.
: * v PAGE 8
Three ■ men killed In explosion at Dupont
powder work." near Tacoma. I PAGE 2
EASTERN
President Taft welcomes Roosevelt to Bev
erly and they hold two-hour chat. PAGE 1
Miss Anna Cockrell, daughter of former
senator, will be married to Greek minister
Wednesday. PAGE 1
Banking interests unmoved by stock de
cline. PAGE 3
Harvard's three crews feat Yale In Inter
collegiate races on Thames. PAGE 10
Premier No. 1 finishes long Glldden tour
. with best total score. PAGE 16
Body .of Asna Welder found In Mis
souri river; Indications point to mur
der. ■,-;■'* PAGE 8
Insurgents of North Dakota split ticket
with stalwart Republicans In nomina
tion primaries. PAGE 8
President signs proclamation opening
nearly half million acres In forest re
serves to settlement. PAGE 3
Steamship Grecian returns to Philadel- •
phia with are in hold and disembarks ,
i j»assengers In safety. PAGE 3
Crash In prices baffles stock market.
PAGE 7
Springfield grand Jury ready with more ' .;
Indictments In Illinois legislative
bribery cases. PAGE 4
Interstate commerce commission announces ,
that It will not suspend official classifica
tion No. 36. PAGE 2
Ear of non-union man sent with threats to
president of steamer company. PAGE 2
FOREIGN
Japan now ready to formnlly annex Korea.
PAGE 3
Unionists will oppose I-loyd Georg-e
budget. -PAGE 4
MINING AND OIL
Deal for control of California Midway la
pending in England. PAGE 8
Deal to buy famous Twenty-five Oil prop
erty falls through. PAGE 6
California oil market tnterentß eastern ln
veHtora, Hays E. L. Dohony. PAGE 6
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
WEDS 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Romance Starts While Children
Are in School
LOTJIgVILXB. 111., June SO.—Frank
X,. Farrls, the 13-year-old son of
Charles, formerly a state representa
tive of this city, eloped with Miss Nell
Krutsniger, 19-year-old daughter of
Sim Krutsinger, a local business man.
They were married on Saturday in
some place outside the state, returning
here the following day. The marriage
was kept secret until yesterday.
The romance began a year ago, when
the two were going to school together.
Owing to the laws in this stato they
had to ko elsewhere to get a license.
Master Farrls is the youngest "married
man"'in the state, perhaps In the. whole
country. He and hla bride will re
side with his parents In this city.
ROUMANIAN QUEEN ILL
. LONDON," June' 80.—Reporti received
here: from Bucharest say. Queen Eliza
beth of Roumanla, known the . world
over as Carmen silva, Is suffering from
appendicitis." ~ ,
FKIDAY MOBNIMi, JULY 1, 1910. p tr t 070
TAFT WITH MERRY
LAUGH WELCOMES
T. R. TO BEVERLY
With Senator Lodge Colonel
Chats with President for
Two Hours
WALK VERANDAS ARM IN ARM
Warm Greetings Show the Two
Men Meet as Old Friends
Should
' , .' ■-:
[Associated Press] ;..;_ i
BEVERLY, Mass.. June 30.—For a
full minute this afternoon Colonel
Roosevelt ' and President - Taft stood
on the broad veranda of the Evans
cottage • with hands on .each other's
shoulders, while delight shone in every
line of their smile-wreathed counten
ances. - . ■ • ' ■
"Mr. President" — was Roosevelt
who spoke, and there was warmth In
his salutation.
"Theodore!" *:
They patted each other affectionately
on the shoulder. They laughed In \ a
way that left not a single lingering
doubt as to the exuberance of their
feelings. They seemed utterly obliv
ious of the fact that others were near.
"It used to be 'Mr. President and
Will,' didn't it," the colonel cried In
his. old familiar, ' high-pitched ' voice,
—but now its 'Mr. President and Theo
dore.'
WARM GREETING
The two friends, meeting after six
teen months separation with all the
warmth that used to characterize their
association in Washington, slapped
each other on the shoulders.
There was a rapid fire of conversa
tion. The meeting was everything that
the friends of President Taft have
claimed it would be, and the persis
tent prophecies of those who have In
sisted all along that a coolness had
developed between the two men proved
false. ' ..'■----■■
; Colonel Roosevelt still was .in the
spirit of the renewed association with
the president, when, after two hours
and twenty minutes passed with Mr.
Taft and members of his ■' family, ;he
started back to Nahant to puss a sec
ond night .with Monitor Lodge. ■,
;. As bo wax leaving „ the "shaded
grounds of the presidents cottage, the
colonel stopped to | speak with several
old newspaper . friends from Washing
ton". .
"I had a most pleasant time with the
president," he said. "There Is nothing
particular to say."
ROOSEVELT LEAVES j >
With a wave of his Panama hat and
a hearty word of good by, he was off.
The president and Col. Roosevelt
walked about the verandas of the cot
tage for some time, arm in arm.
They sat for a while In a secluded
portion of ■ the porch, overlooking the
bay. The afternoon was ideal. Their
heads were close together, but scarcely
a minute passed that their voices were
not ringing with laughter. ' „
No meeting of the old friends could
have been more affectionate, '
Tea was served on the veranda. Mrs.
Taft, Senator '„■ Lodge .* and •.. Secretary
Norton sat about the wicker table, and
a merrier party would be difficult to
imagine. The president. was - plainly
affected; Col. Roosevelt was unfeigned
In ; his ; delight. :■'. Meantime Senator
Lodge, unfailing-friend and intimate
adviser " of' both,' '. looked on with
pleas re. .<-.■••-• ■•■-.• •■•; •
' OTIIKR j FRIENDS "
. The . former president \ met other old
friends •at - Burgess ■ Point. There t was
Rudolph Forster," assistant secretary of
the president,* who served '• in a similar
capacity under the Roosevelt' adminis
tration. "Jimmy" • Sloan 'of ' the' secret
service, who climbed prccipltloua bluffs,
swam icy creeks and ran footraces with
Mr. Roosevelt for; seven . years, " also
came In for a hearty greeting. "Jimmy.
helped the colonel through the crowds
at the Taft gate,' just as he used to do
in the old days, and was the last per
son to get a final handshake and word
of parting.
• Beverly was on the outlook for the
distinguished' visitor all day,, but no
official information as to the call was
to be had at the executive office until
the last minute. .;
ROOSEVELT MAKES TRIP
IN SENATOR LODGE'S AUTO
On Departure Colonel Says He
Will Surely Go Again
BEVERLEY, June 30.—President
Taft was sitting in the library going
over the mail with Assistant Secretary
Forester, when he heard the honk,
hpnk, of Senator H. C. Lodge's auto
mobile out In fronc. He dropped every
thing and hurried to the porch. Col.
Roosevelt ffU out of the machine in a
moment and as th" two men met their
iii ins went toward each other and their
hands rested upon each other's should
ers.
It was some time before the em
brace WU interrupted. Then PrMldsnt
Taft warmly greeted Senator Lodge,
Secretary Norton joined the party and
Assistant Secretary Forester also was
included In the circle. Soon the presi
dent and the former president drew
apart, while the others looked on with
Kmiliiij,' Interest.
What of politics entered into the
conversation, what word of reminis
cence, what exchange of experiences
during the last sixteen months, no one
on the veranda other than the two
friends themselves knosv.
There were so many ■ "als of laugh
ter, so many rclaps upon the back, ho
much of cordiality, It wag apparent
there had been no euggeotlon "*' a con
flict of views.
Col. Roosevelt, when asked if he
would visit Beverly again, replied:
"1 don't know that I shall." j
Washington Belle Who Is Plighted
to Wed Noted Diplomat from Greece
— «-., "■ i;*n s
V
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mtsb avs\ rvrixa ockkkix and i.ambkos a. coromiijAS
INSURGENTS WILL
RUN WICKERSHAM
Alaskan Republicans Renominate
Present Territorial Dele
gate to Congress
JUNEATJ, Alaska, June 30.—James
Wtckersham was nominated to'succeed
himself as territorial delegate to con
gress by the "Insurgent" Republican
convention which met here today, rep
resenting the faction opposed to Na
tional Committeeman L. P. Shackel
ford.
Wlckersham's nomination was made
on the first ballot and was unanimous.
His opponent is E. D. Orr of Valdez,
who was nominated by the regular Re
publican convention yesterday.
The Democrats have not yet named
a candidate, but a committee select
ed at the convention held several weeki
nffo is expected to meet within a leu
days ami pick a man to run against
Wichersham and Orr.
The insurgents adopted resolutions
Indorsing- Wiekersham's acts in con
gr«M; denouncing the Bever.idge bill
for the government of Alaska; pro
testing against the forest reserve policy
in Alaska, and the tying up of coal
lands, and demanding a federal inves
tigation of charges made in Washing
ton concerning the attempt of the Gug
genheim and other corporations to con
trol and corrupt the ballot and the
courts of the territory. National Com
mitteeman L. P. Shac-kelford, leader of.
the regulars, was denounced as a leader
of the interests seeking to control
Alaska, and as a betrayer of the Re
publican party.
A separate resolution wua adopted
rei itinK at length, and In a sensational
manner, the wrongs Alaskans suiter
from corporate influence in Washing
ton.
INDICTED REPRESENTATIVES
GIVE BAIL FOR APPEARANCE
Browne and Wilson Answer San
gamon County Summons
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June SO.—llopre
isntatlvei bee O'Neil Browne and
Robert B. WllSon, Indicted by the
Sangamon county grand Jury for con
spiracy to bribe In the legislature
"Jackpot" investigation, appeared in
court this morning and supplied bonds
in the sum of $10,000 each. William
Kidgeley, president of the Ridgeley Na
tional bank of Springfield, and Frank
Weldlereher, a business man of this
city, were the sureties.
Browne and Wilson were accom
panied by their attorneys, former State
senator Thomas Dawson of Chicago
;[iid former Judge Thomas Ferns of this
They bad n conference with State's
Attorney IJurke after giving bond. The
state's attorney awured them he would
not have the trial of the case in this
county interfere with their case In
Chicago.
MISS COCKRELL TO
MARRY STATESMAN
Wedding of American Beauty
and Greek Minister Will Be
Solemnized Wednesday
(Sppetal to The Herald)
WASHINGTON, June 30.—The state
ly beauty of one American woman
whom he declares Is more beautiful
than the classic statued beauties of his
native land has changed the scheme of
existence of Lambros A. Coromilas,
Greek minister to the United States.
Next Wednesday Mr. Coromilas will
be married at Norwich, Conn., to Miss
Anna Ewing Cockrell, daughter of
former Senator Cockrell of Missouri,
and as soon as possible after the cere
mony will take his bride and depart
for his home in the far away coun
try.
Among his associates—before he met
Miss Cockrell —Mr. Coromilas was
classed as a "woman hater." But the
first time he saw the former senator's
daughter his convictions regarding the
fair sex underwent a change, and the
engagement which will terminate with
the marriage ceremony Wednesday was
the result.
Miss Cockrell is tall, splendidly fig
ured and her future husband when he
tlrst saw her, remarked, "There is a
woman more lovely than any Phidias
ever carved."
BEGINS SUIT TO END
LOS ANGELES MARRIAGE
Mrs. Mary M. Kump Sues Brewer
Husband for Divorce
KANSAS CITY. June 30.—Frank H.
Kump, a retired brewer of this city,
whoso fortune is rated at $500,000, is
defendant in a divorce suit filed here
today by Mary M. Kump, whom he
married at Los Angelos May 24, 1910.
Kump, by a mutuul agreement, di
vorced his second wife about four
months ago. On two previous occa
sions she had divorced him, each di
vorce being followed by a remarriage
through the intercession of their chil
dren.
Kump la 78 years old.
PORT ARTHUR IS REOPENED
TO ALL NATIONS TODAY
TOICIO, June 30. —The announcement
of the opening of Port Arthur to the
shipping of all nations, commencing
July 1, 1b published in the Official
Gazette.
The decision some months ago of the
Japanese government to open Port
Arthur as a free commercial port of
entry caused some surprise, as this
meant its elimination as a point of
strategy for military and naval move
ments, and its development as a com
mercial city.
WTNPT V?- f lflPllT*i« • DAILY Ic. ON TRAINS Be.
I_*JU.CJ \J\JX IIjO . SUNDAYS Be ON TRAINS 10c
VOTERS STRIKE S. P. MACHINE
CRUSHING BLOW BY SENDING
REFORM LEADERS TO COUNCIL
Houghton and Healy Are Entombed Under
Landslide of Ballots After Long Strug
gle Unparalleled in History of City
CITIZENS DECIDE LIGHT RATE CUT
Pass Ordinance for Nine to Seven Cent Elec
tricity by 10,000 Majority—Forces
for Clean Administration Elated
COMPLETE RESULTS OF VOTE CAST YESTERDAY
For George H. Stewart 17,184
For Frederick J. Whiffen 16,834
For Bernard Healy 12,209
For Arthur D. Houghton 11,298
For Against
Lighting rate ordinance 18,389 8,963
Business license ordinance 16,723 8,996
Sale of city hall 16,592 11,867
Number of votes needed to sell city hall 19,000
Estimated total number of votes cast 28,400
George H. Stewart and Frederick J.
Whiiren, Good Government candidates
for the two vacancies in the Los Ange
les city council, were elected yesterday
In one of the most bitterly contested
elections in the history of Los Ange
les.
The Southern Pacific political ma
chine, disrupted at the preceding mu
nicipal election when Its corrupt ad
ministration was completely routed by
the Good Government forces, was re
cuperated for the battle yesterday, and,
aided by the lighting corporations and.
street railway interests, the emissaries
of this combine resorted to threats, in
timidation, promises and misrepresen
tation to place Its two candidates—Doc
Houghton and Barney Healy—in the
city council; but the Good Government
forces of Los Angeles came quickly to
the rescue and elected the Good Gov
ernment candidates, sustained the city
ordinance reducing the electric light
rates from 9 to 7 cents a kilowatt hour
by a vote of 2 to 1; Indorsed the so
called business license ordinance by a
vote of almost 2 to l, and give the city
hall proposition an appreciable major
ity, although the issue was iost because
it required a two-thirds vote to carry.
PEBH MKN HI 1(1 XI)
A trifle less than 60 per cent of the
city's registered vote was cast yester
day. In precincts where Houghton and
Healy were nominated by a majority
discouraging to the Good Government
forces, although due to the apathy of
the voters at the primary election, the
Good Government candidates yesterday
received almost twice their previous,
or primary, vote —in several instam os
completely snowing under their push
opponents.
"Never again will we doubt the ioy
alty or the determination of tho people
of Los Angeles," said several officials
of the pood Government organization
last night. "This is the second great
triumph of the Good Government forces
of Los Angeles over corporation cor
ruption, pernicious politics and South
ern Pacific bossism and intimidation,
and we regard it as even more remark
able than our previous victory, lor the
reason that in this election the South
ern Pacific push was aided by the pow
erful lighting corporations and by sev
eral other public service combines,
which did everything possible to defeat
us. They threatened, intimidated and
cajoled their hundreds of employes
throughout the city, and they were
backed also by the brewery and saloon
men. In the previous fight It was the
booze and S. P. gang which we had to
whip; this time it was the booze and
S. P. In conjunction with a much more
powerful machine.
KKSI 1. IS I'IIAISKHORTMY
"The citizens of Los Angeles are to
be commended for their attitude and
for their patriotism in safeguarding
the best interest of their city, as they
have now done by this election.
"The results are a decided compli
ment to the present administration.
The voters of Los Angeles have placed
their seal of approval, by a large ma
jority, on the progressive work, the
purifying Influences ana the open and
honest methods of the Good Govern
ment officials who for the last six
months have been administering the
affairs of Los Angeles.
•'These men went into office at a time
when the affairs of the city were ser
iously involved, muddled and biased
as a result of long years of push con
trol, pernicious activity m office and
corporation domination. They have
straightened out the affairs of their
various departments, and although
handicapped by having to work in cot-
Junction with a county administra
tion largely controlled by the S. P.
machine, they have done some un
usually effective work, placed the city
on one of the highest moral planes
Whiffen Says Herald's j
Support Was Effective
Statement by Frederick J. Whiffen to The Herald:
To say that I appreciate the very effective work done by The
Herald is but meagerly expressing my feelings at this time.
The very satisfactory vote given me I do not consider due to
my personal efforts but to the support" given to me and the move
ment by the good government forces of the city of Los Angeles.
FREDERICK J. WHIFFEN.
S
occupied by any municipality in tliu
United States, brought it into promin
ence as the foremost Good Government
community of the world, and rid our
city of graft, evil resorts, admini;
trative corruption and other disgrae -
ful conditions that once prevailed hero.
"These officials have worked under
heavy disadvantages, and they 1 ivo
feared, occasionally, that the people
would not understand, that they would
not appreciate the difficulties with
which the administration has been
laboring.
"But the people demonstrated yester
day that they understand, that they
appreciate, and that they will take no
backward step in the great movement
for municipal betterment and develop
ment.
"The Good Government organisation
wishes to thank cv 'rymic .ho trfdbd
us in this great fight."
HARD WOItIC
Never In the history of Los Angrlos
have the booze, gas and railway -irtl
workers waged such a determined bat
tle, as they did yesterday. All da the
emissaries of the corporations were
rushing strenuously about the city,
from one polling place to another, at
tempting to Induce everyone who
looked like a voter to help defea* Stpw
art and Whiffen and the lighli
business ordinances.
Automobiles were everywhere in c
dence, most of them being utilized
the Southern Pacific push and ii* all
of the booze and public utilities corj
rations. The Good Oovelnment lor. *,
had a number of machines in the fii.li
however, and did everything possible*
offset the activities of the push. ?J
corporations spent their surplus c*
with unusual liberality for the hire
every available auto, which they kf
busy bringing voters to and front t
various polling places.
MURK ACTIVITY
Early in the day it looked as if tlr
apathy of the voting public, which ma ;
so apparent by the vote at the prims ]
election, had not been shaken off, a.
that there was-a possibility of the ek
tion going by default to Houghton c.
Healy. Later, however, the Good G<
eminent forces became 30 active tl
by the noon hour they had offset 1
strenuous work of the push, and bj
•o'clock the vote had Vien alnn
doubled in many of the Jarger m
cincts in the southwest ana northea;
A trip to the various polling places In
the machine districts revealed that the
voting in some of the strongholds of
the push was comparatively weak, and
that where the gang had attempted to
make its. best showing it had been able
to get out, but a light vote. It -was
feared, however, that what votes had
been secured in these precincts would
go almost entirely to Healy and Hough
ton and to defeat the ordinance reduc
ing the lighting rates, so the Good
Government forces in other precincts
began actively to hustle out all the
votes possible to make up for the defi
ciencies in other precincts controlled
by the push.
IN THE SIXTH
It was a noteworthy fact yesterda;
that the Southern Pacific machine, or,
rather, what is lfcft of the Southern
Pacific machine, did everything in its
power to save the day for the lighting
companies, and to elect the push candi
dates to the city council. Many old
faces were seen about the polling places
in the old Sixth ward, and investigation
revealed that here and in several other
sections the Southern Pacific gang was )
hard at work, endeavoring to influence
voters and hustling out all its known
sympathizers to vote against the light
ing rate ordinance and the election of ,
Stewart and Whiffen. Voting: iij the
downtown precincts remained behind
that of the primary election, and this
was taken to indicate that the push
(Continued on Pace Thirteen)