Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
A Disgrace to the Democratic Party

I7HE Evening Express day before yesterday published
fac smile of letter addressed to the Democrats who had
the be held Novem
Der 8, and signed by Albert M Norton chairman OF the
Democratic county central committee
The upon this letter in its issue
hoping that Mr. Norton would be able to deny or dis
avowa must accepted letter genuine 1t
lis safe say perusa brought the blush of shame to
how any man in Senses any who thinks along decent
lines written such letter and sent out with his name
signed it.
The letter opens by saying:
in the has been for the Democratic election
receive for services as election officers"
the past has ever been recognized attempted be enforced The
closing paragraphs of the letter. emanang does from the man
this county declaration against which all honest Demo
You must realize that there is great possibility
this city and and such the the men who
remittance by return mail will greatly appreciated
language anything these paragraphs OF the letter appear
offer for sale who will contribute the miserable p?nce
half days pay as Judges Of election the subordinate positions
electing on day of November.
is safe say that outrageous proposition was ever
The Herald has made some investigation of this matter
that one candidate on the Democratic ticket who saw the
before protested against and insisted that
assured that the LETTER DOES NOT MEET WITH THE
TICKET AND THAT EVERY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
once and the columns of The Herald are open
reputation shameless and digacefu proposition
eyer produced by politics since the beginning OF the world
The letter. informed solely the work OF Chairman
of his While this lack knowledge
of the its being will absOve the members
of the committee from responsibility for its being
yet the members Of the executive committee under
the removing, the have meeting
from its head who capable OF nfctng such disgrace
his and its candidates And this has
Herald will what had intended saying until the
campaign over and that is that for certain which
appeared those controlling The Herald justify such
The Herald shortly after the beginning of the campaign refused
to have anything do with Mr. Norton during the progress of the
campaign 1t is of unfortunate that condition should have
which prevents the who has been selected the head
party organization campaign and journal devoted
to the welfare of that party acting That these conditions
did which made impossible for The Herald
with Mr. Norton recognize him fault of The Herald
The action of The Herald refusing cooperate with him
conducting based upon entirely sufficient
in the view of The Herald and which has proposed
submit the Democratic county central committee after
the campaign ended meeting of that body could be held
We think that the action of the chairman sending the
in question will in the mind every right thinking Democrat
justification of the which The
to found adopt in the early days of the
campaign in refusing with Chairman Norton the
conduct of the campaign.
1t is the members of the executive committee
that the party put in the proper attitude before the public and
the candidates by removing head organza
tion the who has disgraced it.