Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-20
DEMOCRATS KICK
s. P. HIRELINGS
OUT OF PARTY
MORRIS AND G0INGS ARE
DENOUNCED
STRONG LANGUAGE is USED IN
RESOLUTION
Bells Entire Program Is Carried with
Rush and He Is lndorsed for
Temporary Chairman at
Denver
BY w. r. WILLIAMS


let us get right with ourselves" plead
ed Theodore A. Bell in dramatic
speech to the Democratic state con-
vention today.
That seemed to be the keynote of
the whole assembly, and the response
to Bells appeal was practically
unanimous vote reading r. Frank Co
ings and Eddie Norris out of the DEM
ocratic party. Bells speech was
surprise and was delivered in a tensity
of excitement. A. D. Warner, dele
gate from Los Angeles, precipitated
the fight against Goings and Morris by
proposing an amendment to the Gre
dentials committees report, which de-
MED the contest of their right to be
on the convention floor, expelling them.
Warner was Kissed and hooted,
mostly by clacquers in the rear of the
hall, and he pleaded under constant
insult and interruption. His purpose
was known last night, and early this
morning a spurious telegram from his
family was sent him, calling him away
The fraud was discovered by long dis
tance telephone. Bell in his address,
which was a plea for eliminating all
undesirable men, said:
Shame Of Democracy
"The great issue before the Demo-
cratic party has come before this con-
vention in concrete form. I am de-
lighted that it has come. We can now
say that If the hirelings of the South
ern Pacific want political influence and
honor they must look to the Republican
party. The shame of the Democracy
of this state is that in the large cities
men claiming to be Democrats do the
dirty work of the machine. No man
knowing the situation will say there is
not lots of room for publication in the
ranks of the Democracy. California is
] in the hands. of Burke and Parker and
Herrin because after they have select
ed their legislative candidates they get
bunch of recalcitrant Democrats to
nominate men whom the rest of the
party won't stand for.
"This thing in Los Angeles is in line
with railroad policy. We want to show
where we stand. We want to say that
men who owe allegiance to the railroad
| cannot have a seat in a Democratic
convention. for the purpose of prosti-
tuting this great party.
There Is no mistake where l stand.
| AS long as have voice in the Demo-
cratic party of this state l will use it
| to cleanse the party of men like Go
| ings. California will vote for decency
| If you give 1t a chance. 1t is our OPP
portunity. Can't you see it?
sect Right" Says Bell
1--WE are going to appoint a new
state central committee. L say that If
there is a name on that list of a man
known to be doing railroad politics 1t
| is our duty to see that he does not
remain a member of the committee.
For Gods sake, let us get right with
ourselves, with our conscienceS. / be-
| lieve moral law should govern politics.
Let the Democracy recognize the moral
law. Are you going to stand by and
watch the railroad gloat over the ruin
of California, or are you going to exert
your manhood to save California from
| her degradation and shame?
"Give the honest man chance. Give
| California a chance. This resolution
says that r. F. Goings should not be
allowed to have a seat in this conven-
| tion. Let us pass 1t and show that we
are for honest men,"
Goings was charged in an affidavit of
Warner before the credentials commit
| tee with conspiring at the Sacramento
convention two years ago to nominate
! Goings for railroad commissioner
against Theodore Summerland for the
purpose of insuring Summerland's cleo
ton in the Third district Goings is
saloon keeper Bell in his speech
charged that after Goings resigned from
the ticket he worked against it.
Use Strong Language
The resolution expelling Goings and
Morris ended: "Now. therefore, be it
| resolved, the name of the said r. F.
Goings be stricken from the roll of del
egates of this convention and that the
said Goings and his coconspirator, Ed
die Morris, be, and they, and each of
them are, hereby declared to be unfit
for association with respectable and
honorable men, and are forever de-
barred from the counsels or association
with the Democratic party of the state
of California"
Not delegate from Los Angeles said
word for Goings or Morris except j.
It. Belcher of Los Angeles He said all
the things charged against Goings were
known when the caucus elected him.
and he should be forgiven.
AS he returned to his seat he struck
Walter Simons in the face and called
him a liar. Interference prevented
further trouble. Mattison b. Jones also
demanded that Goings be expelled. He
was elected to the same delegation with
Goings, Mayor Harper and others.
In the election of national delegates
the influence of Bell was for Nathan
Cole and he received almost as large a
vote as Bell. The southern Democracy,
which tried to get Judge John II. West
of Needles elected, could not overcome
the votes and trades of the northern
and San Joaquin valley delegates. and
Judge Conley won.
In voting on delegates at large Los
Angeles cast twenty votes against Cole,
all being for Judge West.
The contest for district delegates to
the Los Angeles convention at noon
was close. The candidates proposed
and the votes they received were: /. B.
Dockweiler, Al; NJ. X. Young. 49, Mat
tison b. Jones. A. The alternates
chosen were II. H. osler Of Pomona and