Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-17
DESMOND MAY RUN
FOR TAX GRABBER
Head of Long Beach Board of
Public Works May Be Given
Place by Democrats
JUDY TO GET TREASURERSHIP
Chairman Norton Asks Men Who
Want Endorsement to
Send in Names

1t was announced by Albert NJ Nor
ton, chairman of the Los Angeles
county Democratic central committee
yesterday that Walter Desmond, chair
man of the board ce public works OF
Long Beach, will be Democratic can
didate for county tax collector and it
is believed, will receive the indorse-
ment of the general committee of
fifteen appointed by the county Demo-
cratic conference last Saturday to Sc
lect one man for each county office,
subject to the approval of the confer
encc when it reconvenes at Long Beach
auditorium, May 2S.
Norton also announced that ]. B.
Brokaw of Hollywood will be the Dem
ocratic candidate for county super
visor from the third district. 1t was
stated at Democratic headquarters that
voters are to be particularly warned
to sign no petitions until after the
conference reconvenes at Long Beach,
when voters will know exactly who
are the regular Democratic candidates..
The reason for this caution was ex-
planned by Chairman Norton in a
speech at the conference last Satur-
day, and it is urged as extremely I'M
portant that voters be careful whose
petitions they sign, for the reason that
the machine" is expected to put up
candidates whom the party would not
be willing officially to indorse.
A DEMOCRATIC YEAR
Clinton Judy of San Fernando, it Is
stated, will probably secure the In
dorsement of the conference for the Of
flee of county treasurer, while II Is
believed the conference also will in
dorse ]. B. Holly and Robert Loucks
as candidates for Los Angeles town
ship justices. Their petitions, however,
will probably not be circulated until
after May 28.
Norton also stated yesterday that
]. H. Clancey will be the Democratic
candidate for the state senate from
the thirty-eighth district Louis
Cruickshank and Haines Reed are
Democratic candidates for the state as
sembly from the seventy-first ana
seyenty-second districts, respectively:
"The committee OF fifteen appointed
at the county conference to decide on
candidates for the various OFFICES
said Norton, will be giau 10 receiSo
applications from all Democrats who
desire to become candidates for any
office. It is desired by this committee
to select the best available man 1or
each office, and the greater the num-
her of applicants the more SATISFACTORY
will be the results. If candldate
fails to meet with the approval OF the
reflection on him, as many reasons ma :
turally must enter into the selection OF
candidates, and good Democrats can
have no reasonable objection TO thls
process of elimination.
"It does not require a mathematician
+o figure that this is Democratic
wear, and no prophet is needed to fore-
cast the results of the present dlsrup- Ir.
tion in the G.. o. P. There is every
indication of a tremendous victory for
Democracy both in the state and c0un-
~ elections and facts and figures show
that we are in no wise hasty or III
II is imnortant that only the very best
men be put into the race and equally
imnortant that every voter know which
Of the many candidates are really
Democratic candidates for Wnon 41, 'ae ne
Democracy of the city and county as
a whole. can stand sponsor. and for
whose acts when elected the Democ-
racy can be held responsible.