Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-26
Hundreds Unable to Cast Ballots
Unless They Tell Their
Party Affiliations
NEW DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES
Big Significance Seen in 500 G.
0. P. Names on Wool
wines Petition


Democrats as represented in these com
mittees and in the general committee
| Will undoubtedly agree on Thomas
| Gooch of Riparia or Martin Bekins of
| Los Angeles for the office of county
assessor. This news from the general
committee was received with consider
able interest at the Democratic head
quarters yesterday. Albert M. Norton
chairman of the Los Angeles county
Democratic central committee, said:
The selection of either Mr.. Gooch
or Mr.. Bekins will be highly satisfac-
| tory TO the Democratic voters and will
assure us, l believe, the support of
most of the Good Government voters,
for both men are we'll known and liked
and are especially adapted to the Of
flee. If either of these two men agrees
to run-and L have been assured that
the committee has had a very favor
able answer from one of them-it will
practically close up our county ticket
| and means that when the conference
reconVenes at Long Beach next Sat
| urday May 28, we will be able to
place before the people one of the
strongest and cleanest tickets ever put
up by the Democratic party in Los An
geles county.
II learned yesterday that the com
mittee also has induced two other
good candidates to enter the race for
township Justice j. B. Holley and Rob-
| ert Loucks, as you will remember, an
nounced themselves some time ago
Lucius Green and j. A Huntsberger
| entered the race yesterday. All four
are excellent men and we'll known.
BELL SHOWS STRENGTH
THE situation in county, city and
state was never more satisfactory than
at present. From every section of the
state come repeated assurances of q
| Democratic victory. Theodore A. Bell
| our candidate for governor, Is waging
the most admirable battle in his his
tory and he is noted for the fearless
ness and cleanness of his political war
fare. Everywhere he has gone Mr.. Bell
has made hundreds of new friends and
a number of newspapers which refused
to support him when he ran for gov
ernor before have recently come out in
his favor.
I'VE have record of no less than
sixteen newspapers which have just
come out for Mr.. Bell. commencing him
and others of the Democratic ticket as
the strongest candidates in the race.
| Mr.. Bell is making a terrific fight
against the Southern Pacific political
machine and has become known
throughout the state as the most ener
getic and fearless worker in the pres
ent campaign. The state central COM
| mittee, which has kept careful tab on
/ the situation and has canVassed prac-
tically every district in the state, as
sures us that Mr.. Bells nomination and
| election are practically conceded up
| and down the state in the event the
Republicans nominate anyone but Hi
| ram Johnson to oppose him. If Mr..
! Johnson is nominated the campaign
will become more strenuous, but Mr..
Bells chances will be none the less
promising.
REGISTRATION BLUNDERs
"I am anxious at this time to call
attention to the fact that 10 per cent
! of the voters who so far have regis
tered in Los Angeles county will be
disfranchised if they do not reregister
and state clearly their political affilia-
| tions. A great many refuse to regis
ter as Democratic or Republican and
state they are members of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league or of the Good Gov
ernment organization. The law does
not recognize either of these organiza-
tions as political parties. The Lincoln
Roosevelt league is merely faction of
| the Republican party and its members,
in order to vote, must register as Re-
publicans.
"The Good Government organiza-
| ton, on the other hand, is merely a city
and county movement and not regu-
|
partisan and is composed of both DEM
ocrats and Republicans, therefore any
| one who registers as a Good Govern
ment man will be disqualified to vote
| the Democratic, or Republican, or the
| Good Government ticket. The latter
will not be placed in the field until
after the primaries.
at is important that all Democrats
who have failed to state any affiliation,
as 10 per cent of the voters, including
many Democrats, so far have done, re-
register and state in their registration
affidavit that they are Democrats, 9TH
| erWise they will not be allowed to vote
at the election. Others who have reg
istered as Good Government or Lin
coin Roosevelt league men, also should
reregister and state their political af-
fliation In order to vote.
'The general committee of fifteen APP
pointed to consider the candidates for
the various county offices will meet
again tomorrow at noon in room so, at
Levy's cafe and then for the last time
at II o'clock next Saturday morning in
the law office of Frank Long at Long
Beach, where the names of the candi-
dates will be finally passed on.
1.-THE county conference will recon-
vene at the pier auditorium in Long
Beach next Saturday afternoon and in
dorse one man for each county office
1.-THE JenerSOn cluD VIII also nOlu llS
regular weekly luncheon at Long
Beach next Saturday, meeting there
instead of at the Hollenbeck hotel as
usual because of the conference.
WOOLwINEs FINE SHOWING
"The petition of Thomas Lee Wool
wine, Democratic candidate for the Of
fee of district attorney, will be filed
tomorrow. Mr. Woolwine's petition
originally consisted of more than 1000
names, but when these names were
checked up it was found that many of
them were the. names of registered
Lincoln Roosevelt league men and reg
ular Republicans, hence had to be
marked out.
1.-THE fact that Mr. Woolwine's petit
ton contained about 500 signatures of
Republicans, who. under the direct pri-
many law, cannot sign his petition, al
though they may vote for him at the
general election following the primar-
les, indicates Mr.. Woolwine's strength
in Los Angeles county and convinees
his friends that he will, as 1 first pre-
dicted, not only be our next district
attorney but that he viii be elected
bv an overwhelming majority"
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