Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-29
TO FIX DATE FOR
COUNTY MEETING
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE WILL
CONVENE SATURDAY
Tuesday, August 21, Is Time Favored
for Gathering-County Democratic
Committee Also Meets
on Saturday

| Members of the executive committee
of the Republican county central COM
mittee will hold meeting at head
quarters, 11S1h South Spring street, to-
morrow morning to fix date Tor the
| county convention.
| At the meeting Of the full commit
| tee about week ago this subject was
left in the hands of the executive COM
mittee for the reason that 1t was.
| feared if the date were fixed at that
time and the state convention were in
Los Angeles the two dates possibly
might be found to conflict.
| AS the state convention will not be
held here this point need not be taken
into consideration and consequently the
way is clear for the fixing of the time
for holding the county convention.
Members of the committee said yes
terday is was probable August Il would
be decided upon as the date for holding
the county convention.
Prefer a Tuesday
1t has been understood that August
| 20 would be named as the time but
as that date falls on Monday and there
always is a good deal of preliminary
work to be done the day before the
meeting is held, the suggestion has been
made that the convention be held one
day later.
No decision in regard to this has been
reached as yet, however, and the ques-
tion will come up for discussion at the
meeting of the executive committee to-
morrow.
The Democratic county central COM
mittee will meet in Elks hall tomor-
row afternoon for the purpose of fix
ing the dates for its county and dis
trict conventions, and deciding upon
the apportionment of delegates. 1t is
expected that this convention will be
called for a date soon after that of the
Republican convention.
With the calling of these conven-
tions the contests for the various
county offices is likely to assume more
definite shape and to become more in
teresting.
Present indications are that the
Democrats will not name party
county ticket this fall, but this does
not mean that they will abandon the
field to the Republicans.
AS to Independents
On the contrary, the idea of those
members of the Democratic county
committee who favor the plan of non
participation so far as straight
party ticket is concerned, is that by
falling in line for an independent
ticket the party will stand more show
flee than otherwise would be the case. |
1t is generally admitted that in al
battle fought out on straight party
lines the Democrats would be badly |
defeated in the county.
The Republican leaders evidently real |
ize that this proposed independent |
movement is likely to contain some
possibilities of danger for their ticket, |
for already lines are being laid with |
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Tentative propositions have come to |
influential Democrats in the last few |
days looking TO deal between the two
organizations.
1t has been suggested that the Demo-
cratic convention indorse certain of the
Republican candidates, in return for
which the Republicans will allow the
Democrats to name the next mayor.
This proposition has not met with
much favor on the part of those Demo-
Gratis to whom it has been broached.
They feel that so far as the county
is concerned they would have more to
gain by supporting an independent
than by tie-up OF this kind
with the Republican organization, and
with respect to the city ticket they say
they are willing to take their chances.
Mayoralty Gossip
Although the city election will not
be held until December, a month after
the county election, there already Is
gossip regarding the race
for the mayoralty.
The fact that the mayor elected next
fall Will hold Office three years is
likely to add some interest to this
Just now the men most in the lime
light for this office I'm the Democratic
ranks are Councilman Kern and A. c.
Neither man is as yet AMI
outspoken candidate. and In fact Mr..
Harper has declared that he does not
want the Office, but the friends of both
continue to push their
rspectiVe claims.
Mr.. Harper's candidacy is backed by
members of the Democratic
club, and I'm spite OF his announcement
that he does not want the Office his
hackers say they feel confident he
would accept the nomination II It We're
him.
Mr.. Kern is supposed to stand in
much the same position with respect TO
he acceptance OF a nomination.
In addition TO Messrs. Harper and
Kern there has been some gossip re-