Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21
WELLBORN FINDS
BELL A FAVORITE
All Parts of Northern California
Show Remarkable Boosting
for Democratic Ticket
NOT A REPUBLICAN YEAR
Energy and Uniformity of Purpose
Strong Among All Demo-
Gratis in the State
NOT A REPUBLICAN YEAR

Northern California is all Bell.
have never seen such a remarkable
revolution in public sentiment as that
which has taken place in San Francisco
and Sacramento during the last three
weeks. The Democratic party is better
organized and on a more thorough
working basis throughout the state
than it has beensin twenty years."
So stated Police Commissioner Chas.
Wellborn. on his return from a visit
to Sacramento and San Francisco late
yesterday. Mr.. Wellborn attended two
political conferences in San Francisco,
and incidentally attended to several
legal matters in connection with his
law business while in the bay cities.
HIS business there, he says, brought
him In contact with a number of the
most prominent lawyers and business
men in the north.
Everywhere 1 went" said Mr.. Well
born, II heard the same thing-Theo-
dore Bell for governor In San Fran
cisco they have organized scores of
Bel1-Spellacy clubs that are marveis of
political activity and enthusiasm. They
are boosting the Democratic standard
bearers on every side, and the most re-
markabIe feature of the Democratic
boom is that hundreds of Republicans
are falling into the band wagon.
THE fact that it is regarded as a
Democratic year, and the further fact
that every indication in the north
points to the inevitable election of Mr..
Bell as the next governor, have had the
usual effect of influencing many per-
sons who at all times want to be with
the majority OF course there are
hundreds of others who are joining the
Democratic ranks merely because they
want to kill off the insurgent move
ment.
SAN FRANCISCO FOR BELL
1.-THE election of Mr.. Bell is conceded
in San Francisco by every politician
who is at all conversant with the situa-
tion, and the Republicans of the old
line element have no hesitancy in ad-
mitting 1t is Democratic year from
top to bottom.
THE northern California Democracy
has but one fear. They are confident
Mr.. Bell will make a clean sweep in
practically every county in the state
! but conditions in Los Angeles county
| have been wrongly reported to the
state central committee, l believe, and
for this reason there are some misgiv-
fngs as to Los Angeles county. When
I informed the northern Democratic
| leaders what we have been doing here,
and the phenomenal change that has
taken place since the direct primary
election, they opened their eyes some
what and shook my hand so vigorously
1 could scarcely use it,
81 have assured all the leaders in
the north that, while we expect to have
to put UP hard fight in this county,
and realize that it is the most doubtful
county in the state, the Democrats here
are receiving such unprecedented sup
port from the dissatisfied Republicans
that the county will poll a far heavier
vote for the head of the ticket than has
ever been given it before. 1 have also
assured them, as conditions here have
led me to believe, that the Democrats
of Los Angeles county will elect large
portion of their county ticket There
can be no question of this.
"The Good Government organization
has indorsed some of our leading DEM
ocratic county candidates, which in
sures their names going on at least two
tickets, with the probability that these
same Democratic candidates will re-
ceive the Endorsement of the Progress
sive league, which will put their names
on three different tickets, and thus en-
able them to draw votes from three
votes in the primary election, will all
count to the total. 1t must be remem-
bered, also, that the Lincoln Roosevelt
Republicans will vote for the Demo-
Gratis who were nominated against the
regular Republicans, and the regular
Republicans are determined to knife
the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republicans who
made overtures for the leagues In
dorsement; hence the regulars will vote
for Democrats in preference to the
league nominees, so the Democratic
ticket, as a whole, will draw votes in
a large measure from both factions of
the Republican party.
SPIRIT Is OPTIMISTIC
"The Democratic central committee
of San Francisco is working energeti-
cally day and night, and has one of the
best and most competent organizations
it has had in years. There is an en-
thusiasm and a spirit of determination
prevailing among the Democratic work.
ers in the bay city that 1 have never
noted before, and | attribute it to the
committeeman and leaders.
"The Democracy of san Francisco, as
it flourishes there today, is not to be
confused with the old-time organiza-
tion. There Is nothing of the S. P. at
mosphere remaining; none of the old
order of things. 1t has the air and ac-
ton Of the Democracy of the south
land-full of vigor, high ideals and sys-
tematic resolutions. With this kind of
Democracy working at both ends of
the state. and the same kind radiating
from the center in all directions, the
Democrats have every reason to predict
that it Is Democratic year.
"In the center OF the state the same
spirit of Democratic determination is
prevalent. The fruit growers of the
San Joaquin valley, and all of their
powerful alliances, are working en-
Enthusiastically for Bell. The oil men,
who are famously friendly to Tim Spell
lacy, our nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor, are working tooth and toenail
to insure the election of Tim, and as
vote for the latter must also mean a
vote for Bell, it looks as if Bell and
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