Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-08
MAY HAVE No
COUNTY TICKET
DEMOCRATS MAY SUPPORT
INDEPENDENTS
Will Invite State Convention to Los
Angeles-New County Central
Committeeman Will Be
Chosen

Following the suggestion of several
of the leading Democrats of this city
the executive committee of the Demo-
cratic county central committee yes
terday decided not to place a county
ticket in the field this fall. The organ
ization will be kept intact. and con-
vention will be held for the purpose
of eieCting a new county committee but
so far as a county ticket is concerned
the members of the party probably will
be asked to support an independent
movement. AT meeting of the execu-
| tive committee held in Chairman Milton
K. Young's office yesterday afternoon,
the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, Good government has at
all times been the chief aim of the
| Democratic party and the time has
come in county affairs to select men for
office by reason of their high character
and devotion to the interests of the peo-
pie rather than their afiliation with any
party; and
Resolution Adopted
Whereas, The Republican party.
which is in control of this county, is
boss-ruled and corpora tion-ridden, and
has never been charged with desire or
intention to free itself from either; and
Whereas The citizens and indie
pendent voters will have a better oppor-
tunity of effectively expressing them
selves if party lines are not drawn;
be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
executive committee of the Democratic
county central committee of Los An
geles county that the Democratic party
place no ticket in the field at the en-
suing county election, in the hope that
such action will be the means of bring
| ing about an Independent movement
whereby the peoples candidates and not
those of corporations and bosses will
be elected to office; and be it further
Resolved, That this committee will
favor the Endorsement of such indie
pendent candidates as are worthy of
support"
Will Issue Address
Those present at the meeting were
Milton K. Young, Joseph Simons, Albert
NJ. Norton. Edward T. Wehrle Robert
]. Adcock Henry Loewenthal, Emmett
Wilson, Martin F. Betkouski. Thomas
E. Gibbon Nathan Cole and George M.
Cake.
Following the adoption of the resolu-
tions, which were prepared by Mr.
Young. the chairman was instructed to
appoint committee of three to prepare
an address to the public, giving more in
detail the reasons of the committee for
taking this course. This committee is
composed of Thomas f. Gibbon, Nathan
Cole and p. l.. Doheny and it is ex-
pected that it will issue the address
next week.
A resolution also was adopted tender
ing an invitation to the Democratic
state central committee to hold the state
convention in Los Angeles. A commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Simons, Ad-
cock, Cake, Marsh and Betkouski was
appointed to arrange the details and to
guarantee the expenses of the conVen-
tion if it is decided to hold it in this
city. The state central committee will
hold a meeting in San Francisco June
IS, and special committee will be
named to go north for the purpose of
making strong appeal in behalf of Los
Angeles A conference also will be
held with the Republican county COM
mittee with a view to cooperating with
that committee for the purpose of Sc
curing both the Democratic and Re-
publican state conventions.
| The following committee was ap-
pointed to arrange for the county con-
Vention: Edward F. Wehrle l. B.
Dockweiler Albert NJ. Norton and EN-
met Wilson.