Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
DEMOCRATS MAY
AID INDEPENDENTS
COUNTY LEADERS PREPARE TO
ASSIST RIGHT MEN
Organization ls Being Kept Intact In
Los Angeles and Will BE
Factor In the August
Conventions

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offices are concerned the Democratic
party will decide not to put ticket in
the field to be voted on at the election
next fall.
This matter has been under discus
sion for some time and sentiment
among leading members Of the party
is said to be rapidly crystalllzlng toward
that end.
Several members Of the county CEN
trail committee are strongly favoring
this plan and there is said to be at
least fair prospect at present that it
will be adopted.
Although the party may have no
ticket of it's own in the field, it does
not follow that it Will take no part in
| the election.
On the contrary, it is likely to be a
decidedly active factor and one that
will have considerable to do in shaping
the result.
For several weeks there has been talk
of an Independent county ticket next
fall, and If a satisfactory list of cam
didates can be made UP 1t probably will
receive the active support Of the lead
ing Democrats of this city and county.
HepupllCanS ARE OnaflH9
The attitude of the party will depend
to a great extent on Developments in
| this direction.
| The leaders now seem to be content
| to wait for some decided move on the
part of those who are back of this re-
ported independent movement
They admit that If the Democrats are
given a fair representation on such a
ticket and it is not loaded down with
any Objectionable candidates the party
probably can be lined in its support.
Furthermore, 1t Is understood that a
number of the most influential Repub-
licans in the county also are dissatis-
! fled with their machine and are ready
to back an independent ticket, pro-
vided a list of good clean candidates
| Is made up.
The chances are that some move in
this direction will be made in the near
| future.
| Now that the excitement incident to
the earthquake and fire has died out
and something like normal conditions
again are prevailing political matters
once more are attracting attention, and
interest in the coming campaign is In
creasing..
The convention will be held in August
or September, and meantime there viii
be a good deal of work for the leaders
OF the various parties and factions to
do. For this reason it is quite likely
the necessary machinery will be set
actively in motion within the next week
or two.
Chairman Young Explains
In explaining the reason for consider
| ing a proposition for abandoning the
| field so far as the party organization
is concerned, Milton X. Young. chair
man of the Democratic county central
committee, said yesterday:
LAS everyone at all familiar with the
political situation here knows, Los An
geles county is so strongly Republican
that a straight Democratic ticket is
practically hopeless proposition. There
Is absolutely no use in trying to deny
that.
"Such members of the party as would
make acceptable candidates for the
various county offices, and would be
willing to serve, do not care to go on
the ticket and make the race with the
certainty before them Of being showed
under by majorities ranging all the
way from 10000 to 10000.
"This has been the result here year
after year and members of the county
central committee finally have decided
to suggest to the members of the peyty
the adoption of another plan and Sne
which they believe will enable them to
secure at least a fair proportion of the
offices in the county.
Would Support Independents
"If the men back of the independent
movement will give us fair represen-
tation on their ticket and make up a
slate that otherwise will not prove OBJ
jectionable 1 think the leading Demo-
Gratis of the city and county can be
induced to support it, and this, to-
gether with such support as can be OBJ
tanned from the dissatisfied Republi-
cans, will, am satisfied, make it a
winner
THE Democratic organization does
not propose to start this independent
movement, however. 1t merely stands
in the position of being ready to assist
such a movement on the terms 1 have
outlined.
This does not mean that the Demo-
cratic party will go out of business in
this county. by any means.
1.-THE organization will be kept up
and a regular convention held early in
September. At this convention, how
ever, probably only new central COM
mittee will be elected
This will be done to keep the or
ganization intact, and to keep it in line
for effective work at the polls, whether
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