Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-03
ANGELENOS ARE
MENTIONED FOR
ELECTORSHIPS
BELL WILL CONTROL STATE
CONVENTION
McNA6 WILL NOT CONTEST FOR
SUPREMACY
James D. Phelan Practically Decided
On as One EIector at Large.
Harmony Prevails at
Stockton
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
STOCKTON, Sept. 2.-There is a
proposition on foot to have the county
committees handle all funds, taking
them out of the hands Of the state
| central committee. Bell arrived at
o'clock this evening. He will abso-
| lutely control the convention, McNab
| conceding him four-fifths of all dele
gates.
Eddie Morris, Tom Vacher and Tom
| Savage arrived late this evening, ac-
companied by j. Craig. They occupied
a state room together.
Burke, Dockweiler, Parish, Walter
| S1mons, Betkouski, Cole, Spellacy, Nor
ton, Goech, Washburn, Plant, McDon-
aid, Loucks, Morton, Chase, Stearns,
| Hammack, Ramsaur, johnson, all came
on the Owl. Nathan Cole friendless
and alone, wandered aimlessly through
the cars, unhonored and unsought.
Ona Morton is actively urging that
no action similar to that of the late
county convention be taken against
Savage and Weiss, but the general
| sentiment is overwhelming that the
action of the Los Angeles county con-
vention in cleaning up the party be
ratified in the platform state conven-
ton.
Cole, realizing the sentiment of the
convention as to his handling of the
funds of the national committee is
against him, will try to forestall action
| by apparently accepting the plan of a
committee of three for that purpose
and thus make soft place for him to
fall on.
Dockweier. shaking his raven locks
and assuming a striking Bryan atti-
/ tude, defends McNab against the al
| most unanimous sentiment of his col
leagues. A poll of the delegation on
the train shows fifteen reform Demo-
| or 70 70 o11o,,e .1ffI 10 ,,,esl
Tim Spellacy is still on the "har-
mony" blackboard, but is making little
progress. The country delegates are
solid against the push. Bets are Of
fered that the push will be beaten by
twenty-eight majority in the con-
gressional game.
Senator Cartwright of Fresno is being
put forward by the Los Angeles dele
cation for chairman of the convention.
There will be no opposition.
The San Francisco and northern del
egations congratulate Los Angeles on
her action at the recent county con-
vention. All party leaders here join
| in with them.
Delegates are arriving slowly.
| Southern California delegates organ
lied this evening.
ey Associated Press.
| STOCKTON, Sept. Estate Senator
| dOOlSS w. Cartwright OI rI6SIlo Will
in all probability be elected temporary
chairman of the Democratic state con-
vention which opens here at o'clock
| tomorrow afternoon to nominate ten
presidential electors. No opposition to
his candidacy to preside over the de-
| liberations of the convention has so
far developed, nor are there any rival
candidates for the honor.
| Less than $50 delegates have arrived
| today and tonight and indications are
that the attendance will not be large.
| Theodore A. Bell and State Senator
J. B. Sanford arrived tonight and were
soon in conference with some Of the
southern delegates who reached here
this afternoon.
James d. Phelan, Frank ]. Sullivan.
John F. Murray, Senator Caminetti,
Judge John E. Raker and other lead
ers are expected on the morning train.
Judge Eaker, chairman of the state
central committee will call the con-
vention to order in Masonic hall.
Harmony seems to prevail among
the delegates now here. There appears
to be no disposition on the part of
the organization or Gavin McNab
forces to wrest the control of the con-
vention from Bell.
McNab Will Not Contest
McNab himself has announced that
he will not attend the convention nor
contest with Bell for it's control. James
d. Phelan has been decided upon as
one of the electors -at-large if he will
accept and Thomas E. Gibbon, Judge
d. K. Trask and Eugene Germain. all
three of Los Angeles, are mentioned
for the others. Senator Caminetti is
also talked of for the second elector-
at-large.
w. B. Sherer will probably be the
elector from the First congressional
district. d. w. Carmichael is can
didate in the Second and A. w. Maltby
in the Third. E. E. Bush of Hanford
and Mayor D. c. Clark of Santa Cruz
are mentioned for elector in the Sixth
district and Oscar e. Parish of Los
Angeles is spoken of as candidate
in the Seventh. There is great scar
city Of timber for congressional nomi-
nations in the Democratic ranks and
much difficulty is being experienced in
finding acceptable candidates.
1t was announced tonight that Archi-
bald Yell, former warden of San Quen-
tin, and State Senator Sanford have
both declined to accept the nomination
for congress in the Second district to
run against Duncan e. Mckinley.
State Senator Cartwright of Fresno
and A. L. Cowell of Stockton tonight
refused to be considered for nominal
tion in the Sixth. Considerable bitter
feeling prevails in the Los Angeles
delegation and 1t was stated tonight
by several delegates that an attempt
may be made to introduce resolution
asking Nathan Cole to resign as ma
tional committeeman. Bell, however.
stated that the convention could not
interfere in the dissensions of the
southern delegation.
Several delegations will caucus to-
morrow morning.
Democrats who stayed at home In
Los Angeles yesterday watched eager
ly for news from the delegations that
reached the northern city at all hours
yesterday.
The big business OF the day was
transacted at the evening conference
called at o'clock at Hotel Imperial.
Stockton.
At this gathering the delegates from
six southern counties were assembled
to form Southern California Demo-
mratic association, mainly for the pur-
pose OF centering effective work In Los
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