Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-05
MARSH FLOPS AND
NORTON FLAYS HIM
Bosom Friend of 'TuSS' EIdridge
in Deal, Says Democratic
County Chairman
sREC0RD BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Withdrawal Four Years Ago Is
Attributed to Plot to Aid
Man Now Supervisor
RECORD BROUGHT TO LIGHT


the charge that Martin Marsh, bosom
friend of "Tuss" Eldridge, has sud
denly flopped back to the Democracy
and changed his registration from Re
publican to Democrat, in order, it is
alleged, to make a more effeCtual fight
against the present Democratic county
central committee and incidentally to
defeat Joseph L. Mansfield, Democratic
candidate for supervisor from the third
district, who is running against Enoch
Hidden, self-styled Democratic candl-
date and S. r. C'Tuss'D Eldridge and
Sidney Butler, Republicans.
Martin Marsh is the man who, it will
be recalled by all active Democrats
who have resided for any length Of
time in Los Angeles, withdrew from
the Democratic ticket four years ago,
after he had been nominated by the
Democratic county convention as a
candidate for supervisor in the third
district. Marsh quit the race without
any obvious reason or excuse, and 1t
was charged at that time by many
Democrats that he dropped off the
ticket in order to allow the vacancy
committee" which consisted of men
like Eddie Morris (afterward ''weeded
out" of the party, Peter Frolich and
A. f. Weiss, to put in the Republican
candidate. This vacancy committee" "
falling in on the scheme, appointed S.
T. CTuss'O Eldridge, the machine Re-
publican nominee, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Martin
Marsh. Eldridge being the candidate
of both the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, was, of course, swept into office
without even a campaign; and shortly
thereafter, it is charged by Albert M.
Norton, chairman of the Los Angeles
county central committee, Marsh reg
istered as a Republican,
Now according to Democratic lead
ers who have been keeping their eyes
on Eldridge and Martin, the latter has
once more entered into scheme with
Eldridge to defeat the regular Demo-
cratic candidate, Joseph Mansfield and
to elect Eldridge.
NORTON DENOUNCEs MARSH
Martin Marsh, since changing his
registration, has stated that he did so
in order to work for EnOCh Hidden, the
so-called Democratic candidate, who
has been denied the support of the
Good Government element of our coun-
ty Democracy" said Mr.. Norton
Yesterday Marsh has also said, as
we can prove, that if both Hidden and
Eldridge are nominated he will work
for Eldridge in preference to Hidden,
which would indicate that he is sim
plv registering as a Democrat to de-
feat the purposes of the Democratic
organization, hoping if he can thus
flop back into our midst he can secure
our confidence, enter our councils and
exert his influence to benefit the Re-
publicans.
1.-THE sudden flop of Mr.. Marsh. or
of other politicians of this type, does
not in the least deceive us, and the
fact that he is now boosting for Hid
den, the discredited Democrat, in pref
erence to Mansfield, and the further
fact that he has had the indiscretlon
TO state that if both Hidden and Ed
ridge are nominated he will flop to
Eldridge, will cause us to regard his
political activities with much suspicion,
But back of all this Hopping and
political legerdemain there is well de-
fined Dlan to undermine the good work
ACCOMPLISHED bv the new Democratic
county central committee in its opposi-
tion to the Southern Pacific bosses ana
the deposed ward healers and con-
spirators who at one time controlled
the county organization. These men
are now holding meetings, presided
over by Henry Mcdonald, the discred-
tied Democrat whose resignation as
secretary has been demanded by the
Jefferson club, and who also was asked
to resign from the Democratic league
whose record in New York, 1t ls
charged, shows him to have been hand
in hand with former BOSS" Tom A'latt
in an attempt to manipulate the Bryan
Silver club there to the advantage Of
the Republicans, and who recently
tried to buy up all the Democratic sig
natures in the thirty-eighth senatorial
district to prevent Martin Bekins, reg
ular Democratic candidate in that dis
trict for the state senate, from secur-
ing enough names to file his nominat-
ing petition
ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORMED
"These men are the kind who are
attempting to organize against the
present county central committee. we
have documentary evidence to snow
that Mcdonald has held several or
these meetings, and have his word in
writing that an organization has been
formed, but we have yet to find
Democrat of any political prestige or
standing who belongs to it or who VIII
in any way countenance his work
Neither will they cOuntenance the po-
litical summersaults of Martin Marsh
or aid in the schemes of such men as
Eldridge and Hidden.
"I understand that, these disgruntled
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