Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-24
THEODORE BELL
STIRS AUDIENCE
TO ENTHUSIASM
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IS
SEVERELY ROASTED
PROVES POPULAR WITH ALL FAC.
TIoNs OF DEMOCRACY
Denounces Herrln Machine Rule.
cItes Sins Of Omission and COM
mission In Taft Platform.
Given Many Cheers


Angeles united yesterday in paying re-
spect to Theodore A. Bell. leader of the
state Democracy. During the day he
made two notable speeches, pleading
for party uniflcation on national issues
and on the great state issue of reclaim
ing the government from the hands of
the Herrin Republican machine.
| That he Is popular with all elements
of the local Democracy--even those an
| tagonistic to each other-was shown by
| the congenial manner in which they as
sisted him during the day.
| In the morning he met with Mayor
| Harper and Chairman Schwamm of
| the county committee and in the after
noon met the officials Of the Demo-
cratic club.
| At noon the Democratic league enter
| tained him at luncheon at the West
minister, and men of all the Democratic
organizations were present.
| At dinner he was the guest of num-
| ber representing both the Democratic
club and the Democratic league at
| Levy's.
| In the evening he addressed mass
| meeting at Turner hall, which lis
| tened intently to his plea for political
cleanliness and to his discussion of the
Republican platform.
Meets Many Democrats
| During the day he met scores Of DEM
ocrats and to all of them he sought to
minimize the local differences and to
| unite them on the state and national is
sues-particularly the state issue OF a
| free legislature, which, ir measure,
| will be a key to greater Democratic
successes.
This zeal will not abate today. as he
will remain and spend most of his time
attempting to eliminate the discord
over trivialities.
In this he had made distinct progress
last night. finding that the differences
were not SO great as they seemed, es-
pecially when he pointed out the ten
dency Of the people and the Democratic
opportunity
At the dinner at Levy's. besides Mr.
Bell there were present O. Il. Farisn,
J. A. Harris. Richmond Plant ana Jo-
seph Simons of the Democratic league
and p. A. Blake. Anthony Schwamm'
Timothy SpeIlacy and Mattison b
Jones Of the Democratic club and
In his speech at Turner hall last
night, where about 400 assembled
many of them women-Mr. Bell again
made plea for clean party. Inc Inc
SneIlacy. former chairman of the state
committee.
pleads for Registration
Mr.. Bell made an urgent plea for
registration. This. he declared, was
the basis of good results. Every Dem
ocrat must register before tne pT,marses 1, cea
so that the party can express Its choice
as TO nominations for the legislature
and insure the selection of men free
from Southern Pacific control. he
said the complaint of voters is tnere
is no choice between the bad men put.
UP by both parties: ~ ,ar
all nominations and for the election OF
United States senators and with sucn
laws in existe nee he said the power OF
nolitical bosslsm would be shattered.
He cited the Oregon election. Wnere
fifty-one Republicans are pleoged 10
elect a Demo, ratio senator, and fwnere
onIv perfidy ,ouid prevent this result.
and perfldy he declared would make
Washington, Oregon and CaliIornia
eternally Democratic IL practiced.
If Walter Parker is to name the can
tiidates Of the Republican machine IL
means !. he will defeat the Lincoln-
Roosevelt league and then the only
hone OF the people will be through the
Democratic candidates.. For that rea-
son they must be irreproachable. In
such a situation the party Will be
safest with the public conscience.
Trimming to get the disaffected Re-
nublican vote he branded as dishon-
orable.
Must Fight for p, inclple
at saw MOI" he shouted above the
applause. "It. is not the right kind OF
politics. The Democracy must fight
for principle or it might as well dis
band tomorrow"
One of his most telling points was In
describing the predicament of the Lin
coin Roosevelt league. With Tart NOM
mated the league must consider George
Al knight. Southern Pacific attorney
ana politician, as national committee
man. Knight will control the distribu-
ton of state patronage and will control
It SO that every appointment will be
weapon to fight the league two years
from now.
Just how the league can get victory
in California out of Taft's election he
could not see.
In discussing the Republican plat
form he said the delegates had all re-
turned with the "squint-eye." This
came. he said, from each one keeping
one eve on the White House and the
other on Nebraska. AS consequence
the delegates can now look no one
straight in the eye. The fear of Bryan
was a pail on the convention.
The platform contained nine sins OF
commission and seven OF omission.
During the past twelve years the Re-
publicans had absolute power to enact
the nine measures which they advo-
Gated in the platform. but which Re-
publican congress. just adjourned, had
failed to enact.
What They Did 20
They had treated the message Of the
president with contempt, had denied
postal savings banks. denied statehood
separately to Arizona and New Mexico,
denied tariff revision, denied criminal
trust laws, denied merchant marine
and denied anti-injunction, all of which
were promised in the platform. The
tariff reform promised after the cleo
ton by its friends was meaningless
and the seven things recommended by
the president, and of which Bryan re-
minded the convention before 1t met.
were not mentioned in the platform.
There were nine important policies
they wouldn't do when they could and
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