Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
PREPARE To WEED
OUT CANDIDATES
Democratic Committees Selected
to Pass on DeSirabiIity of
Men for Office
THREE CHECKS ON NAMES
Careful Process of Elimination In
Sures Endorsement of a
Strong Ticket
THREE CHECKS ON NAMES

committee appointed by the Demo-
cratic county conference to select COM
mittees from the assembly and sena-
torial districts and a general commit
Tee OF firteen from the county at large,
which committees in turn will decide
on the desirability of the various can
didates in the field for county offices,
yesterday announced the personnel of
these committees
The work of the senatorial and as
semDiy district committees will be to
ascertain and report to the general
committee the names of all candidates
for nominations at the pending pri-
mary election, and the general COM
mittee will then go over the list care
fully and indorse one of more of the
best men available for the various Of
fices.
The general committee will endeavor
to get the best possible man for each
office, such as will meet with the
approval of the good government
forces of the county and will eliminate
any candidate who has been identified
with the machine" or who, for other
good reasons, Is not deemed a desir-
able candidate.
This process of elimination, II Is ex-
pected, will result in the formation of
the strongest and best ticket ever put
up by the Los Angeles county Democ-
racy and while there may be a num-
ber of candidates, known as good Dem
ocrats, who will be disappointed at their
failure to receive the Endorsement of
the general committee, 1t is believed
by the members of the Democratic
county central committee that none can
reasonably object to the process and
will abide by the decision of the COM
mittee and of the conference in the
Endorsement of the candidates and
unite in a solid support of the men
indorsed.
CONFERENCE FINAL JUDGE
Following the report of the general
committee, which will be made to the
county conference when 1t reconvenes
at Long Beach auditorium. May 2S
the conference will go over the list of
candidates submitted by the general
committee, and others will be further
eliminated so that the conference will
finally indorse one man for each Of
flee. This done, the county central
committee will probably open head
quarters downtown and take charge of
the petitions of the various candidates,
relieving them of the responsibility and
arduous work of circulating these Pc
titions All Democratic registered vot-
ers can then call at the new head
quarters and sign petitions.
Until the conference has passed on
the candidates and the seal of approval
has been placed on them, 1t Is urged
that voters refrain from signing any
petition, so that no mistakes will be
made as a voter can sign a petition
for but one man for each office.
The committees appointed yesterday
are as follows:
Assembly district No. 67-Ed Goode,
Glendale; D. F. Byron, Ivanhoe; Dr.
r. r. Malaby, Pasadena.
Assembly district No. &C. E.
Glover. chairman, Azusa; Walter
Wood. whittier; ]. A. Montgomery
Rivera.
Assembly district No. 69-R. M. Lusl,
chairman, Los Angeles: David Full
wider, Los Angeles; G. M. Spicer, Long
Beach.
Assembly district No. 70-W. e. Cole,
chairman, Los Angeles; Ed Thomas,
Redondo; James Dismukes, Los An
geles.
Assembly district No. 1T. S.
Knowles, chairman. Los Angeles; w.
e. Sloan, Los Angeles; r. F. Del Vale,
Los Angeles.
Assembly district No. 72-Lloyd Nc
Atee, chairman, Los Angeles; A. S.
Koyer, Los Angeles; Nathan Newby,
"A Assembly district No. 73-W. w.
Phelps. chairman, Los Angeles; Mel
VILE Dozier, Los Angeles; Henry Mat
son, Los Angeles.
Assembly district No. 74-Thomas
Barlow, chairman. Los Angeles; James
Hanley. Los Angeles; w. T. Craig Los
Angeles.
Assembly district No. 75-H. Cass
Caldwell chairman, Los Angeles; A. N.
Gordon, Los Angeles; Isaac Norton,
Los Angeles.
Committees from sentorial districts:
Senatorial district No. 34-J. P. Ty-
rec, chairman; Milton X. Young, James
Fades, w. w. Wheatley, Oscar E.
Parish, all of Los Angeles.
Senatorial district No. S6-Dr. S. Y.
Van Meter, chairman; r. T. Blow,
Alfred Moore. all of Los Angeles;
Walter Simons, Pasadena; George
Overmeyer South Pasadena.
Senatorial district No. SD. X.
Trask. chairman John Topham, S. M.
smyser, George c. Martin, c. Wilbur
Gates, all of Los Angeles.
General committee = Charles Van
Valkenburg, chairman; Harrington
T.. Moore. Jeff Chandler, M. S. Jones,
Fred Dwyer, w. H. Porterfield. all OF
Los Angeles; Alexander Mitchell Bur
bank: F. P. frey, Pomona; Edgar L.
Davis, Long Beach; F. e. Strader, San
Fernando; John T.. Gaffey, Lomita.
HOW CANDIDATES ENTER
Persons desiring to become candi-
dates for any county office are re-
ouested to make their application or
turn their names in to any one of the
members of the committee in their dis
trict. or to any member of the general
committee, preferably to the chairman
of the committee, whether 1t be the
assembly, senatorial or general COM
nnittee: but If the candidate cannot
find the chairman of the committee his
annlication can be taken by any other
member. and will be referred by him
70 the general committee, and by the
general committee to the county con-
ference. which will reconvene in the
auditorium at Long Beach May 20.
So far there are very few offices Tor
which there is more than one candi-
date. and where more than one can
didate IS in the field for the same Of
flee. the general committee will en-
deavor to affect an amicable adjust
ment and indorse but one candidate.
If. however, the committee fails to
n gree on a candidate, and two or more
candidates are deemed equally desir-
able for the same office, the committee
will so report, and the conference VIII
be called on to decide which Of the
candidates shall be singled out for the
race.
Chairman Norton of the Los Angeles
county central committee stated yes
terday that the county organization Is
IN the best shape it has ever been, and
Khat the Democrats OF tho north are