Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-07
DEMOCRATS PLAN
BIG CELEBRATION
WILL HOLD MEETING INSTEAD
OF BANQUET
Affair viii Take Place simultaneously
With Monster Bryan Gathering
Which viii Be Held In
New York

It is probable now that the w. j.
Bryan celebration to be held in Los
Angeles will take the form of a great
public meeting rather than banquet,
as was originally proposed.
At the meeting OF the Democratic
county central committee a few weeks
ago the suggestion was made that a
big Democratic banquet be given in
this city on the same day that
a similar affair will be given in
New York in honor of Mr.. Bryan. and
a committee of five was named by
Chairman Young for the purpose of
making the necessary arrangements.
This committee is composed of A. d.
Warner, George Cake, T. E. Gibbon,
Nathan Cole jr., and Dan Neuhart.
The committee at once started to work
in accordance with it's Instructions but
in the last few days it has come to the
conclusion that the banquet idea will
be a difficult one to carry out just now,
and that for several reasons a great
public celebration will prove much
more satisfactory to the Democrats of
Southern California.
Campaign Interferes
The recommendation that the plans
in this regard be changed will be made
at a meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the Democratic county central
committee at a meeting to be held this
week. 1t is believed no difficulty will
be experienced in securing consent to
a change of program.
Capt. Cake, a member of the celebra-
ton committee, speaking of the reasons
for the proposed change yesterday,
said:
"Our committee has been working
along the line suggested by the county
central committee, but we find it will
be practically impossible for Us to carry
out the instructions to arrange for
banquet such as would be a credit to
the party in Los Angeles and Southern
California. The task of arranging for
such banquet as was proposed is a
mighty big one, and just now the right
kind of workers are rather scarce. Be
sides, the campaign which is now on
and which will be in full blast August
30. the date of the celebration, will,
we fear, greatly interfere with the
carrying out of the plans suggested.
Excellent Speakers Promised
AFTER a great deal of deliberation we
have come to the conclusion we will
recommend to the executive committee
big public meeting be held instead Of
the proposed banquet. Everybody could
come to such a meeting, whereas only
a limited number of persons could at
tend a banquet. In this way, we be-
lieve, the celebration could be made
much more effective and more salts
ia ctory to the rank and file of the
party in this part of the country.
Some of the best speakers in the state
can be secured to address the meeting,
and an opportunity would be afforded
for showing the strength of the Bryan
sentiment in Southern California.
I'VE do not count on any trouble in
securing the executive committees con-
sent to this change of program after
we have explained all the circum-
stances and the difficulties in the way
of arranging for a banquet. A good
many of the prominent Democrats of
the city have expressed their hearty
APPROVAL of the change, and do not
think there is the slightest doubt that
OH recommendation will be adopted"
Ford Not Withdrawn
With only two more weeks of active
campaigning ahead of them before the
city primaries are held all the candi-
dates for the various county Offices are
making a mighty hustle to secure the
support of delegates to the convention.
Republican headquarters at 11S12 South
Spring street presented a rather de-
serted appearance yesterday. A few
stragglers dropped in occasionally dur
ing the day, but most Of the candidates
apparently were too tusy to put in an
appearance at the rooms.
One of the interesting rumorS set