Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-16
ANENT NO
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
DEMOCRATIC TICKET MAY BE
NOMINATED
Pressure May Be Brought to Bear on
Committee to Reconsider Action.
Republicans Meet This
Morning

Local Democrats are not n unit re-
garding the plan suggested by the ex-
ecutlve committee of the county COM
mlttee recently, to the effect that the
party do not put county ticket in the
field next fall There Is a rather wide
difference of opinion among the lead
Ing men of the party regarding the
wisdom of such a course, and some of
them are strongly favoring It, others
are just as strongly opposing it. While
there does not yet appear to be any
organized opposition to the movement
to abandon the field so far as the
county is concerned this year, IL Is pos
sble that pressure will be brought to
bear on the committee with view
to inducing the members to reconsider
their action.
Those who are opposed to the present
plan freely admit that the chances
would be all against the success of the
party at the polls, but they neverthe-
less insist that the campaign should be
made. They say the best interests of
the party demand that ticket be noml-
mated in the regular way and that the
members line up for as strong fight
as 1t is possible to make. Among those
who take this view of the case is John
w. Mitchell Speaking of the recon-
mendation of the county committee
yesterday, Mr.. Mitchell said:
Says II Is Mistake
an my opinion it would be a mistake
not to put county ticket in the field
next fall. There should be a full list
of Democratic candidates, not so much
because there Is any great prospect Of
electlng the ticket, as because any
other course would involve an apparent
abandonment of the organization. OF
course there is no Intention on the part
of anybody to do that; nevertheless. it
would be looked upon in that light by
good many people. Furthermore, to
fail to nominate ticket would mean,
in my opinion, that the party could not
get on the ticket in the next campaign
except by petition. l do not know Just
what will be done, but 1t is possible that
an effort may be made to induce the
county committee to reconsider Its ac-
tion and call for the nomination of q
full ticket at the coming county con-
vention. L think that would be the
only proper course to take.p
Judge Trask takes a somewhat diff
ferent view of the situation. In an
authorized interview yesterday he
said
Says Eliminate National Issues
Il am of the opinion that the reason
for the existence of any political party
under present conditions is to enable
the people to express their views corr
cerning questions of national concern.
For this purpose political parties are
necessary. But as to state, city or
county government the object should
be to select good men, and national
political issues are not properly in
volved in the selection of public officers
for municipalities. The sooner national
political issues are eliminated In the
selection of men for local officers the
better 1t will be for the cause of good
local government. Hence 1 favor the
discontinuance of, the absurd system or
custom of injecting national political
issues into local elections of state, city
or county officers"
The inference to be drawn from this
statement is that Judge Trask is in
cined to favor an Independent move
ment in city and county politics, with
view to securing the best men for the
various offices, irrespective of their
party affiliations on national lines.
Judge Takes Issue
The judge also takes issue with Mr..
Mitchell in respect to the Democratic
party'S position in the next campaign
In the event ticket is not placed In
the field this fall In his opinion the
nomination of a congressman would
cover the point raised and would not
make it necessary for the party to come
in by petition.
Councilman Ed Kern of the Seventh
ward announced himself as strongly in
favor of Democratic county ticket
next fall. 1.-THE party should not run
the risk of even temporarily sinking its
identity" he said. ut should maintain
it's organization at its fullest strength
and go into every campaign with a
straight ticket for all the offices"
Members of the Republican county
will hold a meeting at their
headquarters, 11S1s South Spring street,
at 80 this morning, to issue the call
and make the apportionment for the
county convention. 1t is probable that
August 20 will be the date fixed for the
convention.