Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
NJ MACHINE
POLICY IS
DOWNED
Non-Pa1tiSanship in
All Local Affairs
Victorious
Democratic Convention
Names Independent
Nominees
Action lnsures Election of Entire
State Ticket, Headed by Theo-
dore A. Bell, Is Confident
Belief

Democrats in favor of non-partisan
action in local affairs as means OF
breaking the Republican machine rule
and Southern Pacific influence and Sc
curing a strictly business administra-
ton won their fight in the Democratic
county convention yesterday.
BY a vote Of 331 to 141 the convention
defeated a resolution favoring the ad-
journment of the convention to another
date and nominating a straight Demo-
cratic ticket, and then unanimously
adopted the report of the committee on
organization of business pledging the
conventions Endorsement of the nomi-
nees of the Citizens county committee.
"Push" Secures Revenge
Defeated In an open fight in the con-
vention, "the push" which includes
men who are known as the tools ofTthe
Southern Pacific, bided it's time, and.
aided by machine Republicans in sew
eral of the ub-conventions defeated
the nominees of the citizens committee
and nominated weak men, with the
hope of causing the election of the Re
publican machine nominees.
The third supervisoral convention
was a veritable farce. Ben Cohn, the
trusted lieutenant of Walter Parker,
Phil Stanton and other Republicans
packed the convention in opposition to
DIR. w. A. Lamb, the independent can
didate, and secured the nomination of
Martin G. Marsh.
The first supervisoral convention was
dominated by A. o. Bailey Of Whittier,
1.-The push" candidate for chairman of
the convention, and M. L. Sparks was
nominated instead of c. D. Manning,
the Citizens nominee.
One of the senatorial conventions and
four of the nine assembly districts
were dominated by the push" which
succeeded, as in the supervisoral con-
ventions. in nominating men known to
be weak, in an effort to secure the
election of all the Republican machine
supervisoral and Legislative nominees.
Many of the Democrats who conscien-
tiously opposed the independent move
ment and were in favor of the nominal
ton of a straight Democratic ticket
refused to engage in the cutthroat pro-
gram and declared their intention of
abiding by the rule of the majority and
supporting the ticket nominated by the
citizens committee.
Enthusiasm for Bryan and Bell
While considerable bitterness was
displayed by the small minority which
was in favor of nominating a straight
ticket, the entire convention was as
one man, and a very enthusiastic man
at that, when 1t came to a question of
national and state tickets, and again
and again the very rafters of the hall
we're shaken Ly the enthusiastic shouts
of the delegates at the mention of the
names of William Jennings Bryan and
Theodore A. Bell.
When the small but persistent minor
ity opposed to non-partisan action was
most tumultuous it required only the
mention of the name of either the
leader of national Democracy or that of
the standard bearer of the state De-
mocracy to sweep away for the moment
all semblance of differences.
1t was declared many times during
the sessions OF the convention that the
Endorsement of the independent move
ment would insure the election of Theo-
dore A. Bell as governor and the cleo
tion of the entire state Democratic
ticket.
The convention was treated to very
pleasant surprise by the appearance of
Thomas A. Toland of Ventura. Demo-
cratic nominee for Lieutenant governor
who aroused great enthusiasm by a
brief speech
While the convention was inharmo-
nious at times. leaders of the inde-
pendent movement declared after the
convention that the small minority
which appeared to oppose Independent
action insures practically the united
support OF the Democracy of Los An
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