Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
BRYAN CLUB FOR
ALL DEMOCRATS
ORGANIZED YESTERDAY AFTER
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS
w. oNA MORTON Is NAMED AS
PRESIDENT
Will Have Membership Of Live Work.
ers In Every Precinct Of the
county-"sllver Dicks"
Democracy

With enthusiasm and singleness of
| purpose and defiance for the S. p. ma
chine the Democrats of Los Angeles
county organized a Bryan club at the
Elks' hall yesterday afternoon. The
organization meeting was called for this
place and time by Alfred Moore, chair
man of the committee named at the
| last meeting of the county central com =
mittee in order to acquaint the dele
| gates from the country districts with
the plan. AS a result the bulk of the
membership yesterday was of country
voters who had attended the district
conventions which preceded the organ
| ization OF the club.
| Mr. Moore stated the purpose of the
club which is to be without charge to
its members, and the name of Bryan
received great cheering.
| The club organized by electing the
| following officers:
| President-W. Ona Morton Of Los
Angeles.
| Vice Decentralization B. Jones
and Alfred Moore.
Secretary-Robert G. Loucks.
| Treasurer-Stephen G. Long of Long
| Beach.
| The president and vice presidents
were authorized to name the necessary
committees, including one on constitu..
ton. The next meeting will be at the
call of the president The club is to
have an active membership in every
precinct.
Mr.. Morton, in accepting the presi-
| dency, said the time was ripe for such
an organization and that it's usefulness
would be great in the campaign to
come.
| Resolutions Adopted
! E. B. Drake presented the only reso-
lutions adopted by the club. They are
as follows:
| Resolved, That the Democrats in
the Bryan club hereby reaffirm their
| allegiance to and confidence in the
| national leadership of that most es-
| timable Democrat and splendid citi-
| zen, William Jennings Bryan.
| That we hereby condemn all in
| fluence Of corporations or predatory
| wealth in their desire, disposition
| and acts In attempting to control or
| become officious in the party man
| agement of any party in the state of
California, and particularly do we
| condemn the overt acts in the past
| of what is known as the Southern
| Pacific machine in controlling or at
tempting to control the candidates
| or policy of the Democratic party.
Marion Brooks attempted to have an
other resolution expressing respect for
the presidential aspirations of Governor
Johnson of Minnesota, Lieutenant
Governor Chanler of New York and
| Tom l.. johnson, mayor of Cleveland,
but this was held to be out of order.
In the contest for offices the name of
A. d. Warner was proposed for vice
president. This brought doc" Hough-
| ton to his feet
I'VE are to vote for sterling, consis-
tent Democrats" said Doc" ST want
to give notice that one Adam Dixon
Warner is not and has not been con-
sistent Democrat"
| Warmers Democracy
Instantly Warner was on his feet
II have never been required to defend
my Democracy, even by a character
like Doc Houghton," he declared.
| when Mr.. Bryan was making his
| fights I was with him, as everyone
knows. I was a Democrat, as I have
| been for twenty years, but I was not
being arrested for patronizing the
gambling hells as was Doc Houghton.
Whenever work was needed at Santa
| Monica, at Redondo or at any other
place Silver Dick was there with his
coat off instead of lying around the
gambling joints bringing reproach on
Democratic organizations"
| He was continuing rapidly and ex-
citedly when Big Doyle rose and
shouted:
1--WE seen many fights, but I can't
stand to see fight go on after one of
the men is licked
| He tried to take Warner to his seat,
but Silver Dick" continued a fiery de-
Tense of his Democracy.
| Houghton waived the right to reply"
he said.
| Madison B. Jones defended Warmers
Democracy. He said he did not know
about Houghton's.