The herald., 1898-08-06
TRYING TO SPLIT THE PARTY

A small and discredited faction of the
Democracy. which is most accurately
designated as "the railroad push" is en-
gagged in a scheme to disrupt the Demo-
cratic party of Los Angeles county. The
plot was developed yesterday. when GER
tain postal cards came into evidence,
with the following notice.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 4, 1898.
Whereas, More than twenty-five men,
bers of the Democratic county central
committee have requested call for a
meeting of the county central com.
mittee, for the purpose of carrying out
the directions of the state central COM
mi. mlttes relative to t The DISCRIMINATION Of
the state convention shall be selected
and, whereas, the chairms of the coun-
~ central committee refuses to call said
committee together.
Now, therefore, meeting of the Dem
ocratic county central committee is
hereby called to meet at New Turn
August 6, 1898, at o'clock p. m, for
the purpose of determining the manner
of selecting delegates to tho state con-
vention and to call a county conven-
ton and for the transa elton of such
further business as may come before the
committee. l.. HERZOG,
secretary
Committee.
l.. Herzog, who are instigating this act
ION, are Tom McCaffery, train dispatcher
of the Southern Pacific; H. Patton, po-
litical manipulation for profit; M. w
Conkling, and two or three others of the
railroad company's political handy men
in this section. They are working in the
interest of the Southern Pacific politi-
cal bureau, and probably under instruc.
lions issued direct from San Francisco
There is no grievance that these mer
are seeking to adjust; there is no party
integrity or point Of principle that the!
are seeking to vindicate. They are sim
ply undertaking a desperate game t.
bring dissension into the ranks of {
hitherto united Democracy, defeat flu
sion and prevent the nomination of Ma
guire for governor No honest purpose
is back of this call. for any reasonable
man would know the utter folly of try
ing to bring together on one days notice
a fair representation of the Democratic
county central committee-a body com
posed of about 10 members, scattered
all over this county of magnificent di
mansions. The object is, rather, to as
= Tor nj ,ad fo
the affair, to call another Democratic
convention and send contesting dele
shrewd and shameless attempt to dis
rupt the party by gang of marplot
who are thoroughly discredited and VIII
are taking this last desperate chance t.
destroy what they cannot control.
Were it possible to secure full AM
representative meeting Of the count.
central committee, we would have NJ
fears of the result; but the men VIII
have issued this irregular call hav
taken care that such an attendance shall
be out of the question. We can onl.
hope that enough members who are il
favor of holding the Democratic part.
together, will attend the meeting at
o'clock this afternoon and defeat tn
scheme of the wreckers. This can bes
be done by adopting resolution con
firrning the action of the executive com
mittee in calling the primaries for tn
Sthsnnd the convention for the 10th inst
The woud-be disorganizers will n
doubt go before the meeting today wit
the most plausible sort of a claim fo
fair play and the profourdest air of in
jursd Innocence. They will assert tn
sacreiness of Democratic preceder