Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-20
ToDAYS DEMOCRATIC DUTY

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party with respect to the non-partisau
movement.
It is believed that by a large major
ity the convention will decide to in
dorse the non-partisan county ticket,
perfected last night by the citizens
committee of one hundred, and which
will be presented to the Democratic
delegates for approval
AT the last meeting of the county
Democratic committee the question was
thoroughly threshed out, and while
there was some small objection to 1t.
the committee voted unanimously to
recommend to the county convention
the Endorsement of a non-partisan
ticket.
Such a ticket is now completed and
ready for consideration. 1t has been
selected with a view to the fitness ana
qualifications of the candidates. The
question of the political afhllation of
those named on the ticket has been
wholly incidental to the greater ques-
tion of the honesty and capacity Of the
nominees. 1t was to be expected that
large ma jority Of the non-partisan
nominees would be Republican. 1t was
also to be expected that the good men
on the machine-made Republican
ticket would be chosen by the
non-partisans. The menace of d
bad ticket lies in the fact that
large proportion of the NOM
inees are good men. This was the case
at Venice, where many eminently re-
spectacle citizens were chosen by the
machine and the Southern Pacific
railroad to cover up the outrageous
nominations which the machine rra-
nipulators desired to put into those
offices which are indispensable to the
machine. The fight against the Venice
ticket is not SO much against the
personnel of the ticket as it
is against the machine that
made it. Hence it is wise to take
such true and tried officials as Ham
mel, Fredericks and Keyes--for in
starce-and by electing them by pop
ular vote instead of by the machine
partisan vote place them in position
where they will be independent of the
adverse influences and be free 70 serve
the whole people, as they can and as
they desire to do.
1t is useless to talk of a straight
Democratic ticket in Los Angeles
county, where the awful majority
against it renders every effort on the
part of Democrats in behalf of the peo-
pie utterly valueless when made from
Gratis have always contended that the
whole purpose of the existence oc this
magnificent party is to protect, de-
fend and advance the common inter
ests of the great mass of humanity.
In the furtherance of that purpose
it is proposed now that the Demo-
ocratic party make a sacrifice that
will be of substantial, potential ad-
vantage to the common people by in
dorsing the non-partisan ticket, and
thus by merging with the people of
all parties help to free Los Angeles
county from the domination of the ma
chine and the Southern Pacific rail-
road.
The Democratic county convention is
today confronted with a great duty.
1t can by meeting the issue like broad
gauged men give splendid aid and en-
couragement to the people in their
struggle against seemingly overwhelm-
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specious plea of small-calibered pol
iticians who have no other interests
than the holding of Office or the con-
tinuance of graft, do inestimable in
jury to the common cause of the peo-
pie and help forward the interests of
the machine.
The issue is plain and we'll defined.
The Democratic party. by indorsing
the non-partisan ticket, will not aban-
don one jot or title of its principles or
of it's organization. On the contrary
by such action it's principles will be all
the more impressed upon the masses
and it's organization will be more ac-
tive and forceful than ever before. since
the non-partsan ticket will be the pop
ular ticket, and when elected it will
represent the principles and purposes
of Democracy