Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-04
MORRIS CAUCUS
WILL NOT STAND
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE REPUDIATES
CALLS ANOTHER AT HOTEL FOR
TONIGHT
Boss OF Sevcnty-flfth "Push" Defends
Himself Before the Committee.
Some of the Regular
Candidates

Eddie" Morris vest-pocket program
for the Seventy-fifth assembly district
as arranged by him at the caucus at
the Nadeau hotel Saturday night met
sudden interruption from the executive
committee of the Democratic county
committee yesterday afternoon.
Chairman Schwamm, as he an
nounced Saturday night, brought the
facts before the committee at its ses-
sion at the Democratic club and his
policy of repudiating the caucus ac-
ton, because 1t had delegated its au-
thority to one man, which was not au-
thority granted In the call, was sus-
tanned by the eight members who at
tended.
The committee voted to authorize
another caucus to be held at the Ma
deau hotel tonight. Chairman
Schwamm announced last night, when
another ticket will be named.
Morris appeared before the executive
committee and defended the action of
the caucus on the ground that 1t was
deemed best not to expose the MEM
bership of the ticket until tomorrow at
the primaries. The committee did
not agree with his theory of running
the caucus and the order for a new
caucus was made.
Morris, however, is not yet removed
from the county committee.
League Candidates for Bryan
One of the stories put in circulation
by the push" Democrats yesterday
was to the effect that all their candi-
dates were pledged to the nomination
of Bryan, while the league candidates
were not. They cited the fact that
the Seventy-third district, where the
caucus indorsed the league ticket
adopted no resolutions, while all the
other caucuses did.
Such story was intended to mis-
lead independent Democrats for those
informed know that every man on the
league tickets is a league member and
that the league has indorsed Bryan for
the presidential nomination more than
once, and that one of the basic pur-
poses of it's organization was to pre-
vent the push" and its corporation
allies from sending an uninstructed
delegation to the Denver convention,
Every candidate of the league is
pledged to vote for delegates who will
support Bryan in the Denver conven-
tion.
Those who examined the caucus
states as named Saturday night are
finding a peculiar mixture of men. For
delegation wit. Mayor Harper and then
included r. Frank Goings as member.
Goings is the man who was named as
n candidate against Theodore Summer
land for state railroad commissioner
from the Third district. He was a sa-
loon keeper and is yet and 1t was openly
charged that he was put on the ticket
so that 1t would not give Independent
Republicans an opportunity to vote
against Summerland. 1t is also stated
that Theodore Bell, candidate for gov
Goings to get off the ticket as he was
hurting 1t. Ernest Mckenzie. one of
the "push," is another member.
seventy-first's Big Four
In the Seventy-flrst. G. B. vacher.
city dog catcher; I. B. Dockweiler, at
torney for the wholesale liquor deal
ers; DOC" Houghton, prominent in the
odors that scaused the Democratic club
to put ban on gambling, and Henry
Kearney, former saloon keeper, are
candidates.
Captain George NJ. Cake, vice chair
man of the county committee. vice
president of the Democratic club, and
ex-manager of the club during the days
when the tigers claws were sharp. is
a member of the Seventy-second's s
ticket for the push"
In the Seventy-fifth Eddie" Morris
has the ticket in his vest pocket. It is
understood that the Margolises. and
part of his retinue of Saturday night
at the Nadeau hotel caucus, are to be
his ticket of STERLING Democrats"
On the whole, Democrats who con-
trasted the tickets of the Democratic
league With those Of the "push" merely
smiled. The ieague tickets are COM
posed of men who have been held high
in the esteem of all citizens for many
years and who have consented to serve
as delegates at personal sacrifice in
order that the party may be freed from
the rule of McCaffery bossism and rail-
road domination.