Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-20
Friends Now Believe Local Demo-
Crat Will Be Candidate
for Commissioner
POLITICAL POT IS sEETHING
Chairman Norton Calls Confer
enCe to Canvass Makeup
of Party Ticket

VlSement the formal request made by
committee of prominent local DEM
ocrats that he become an avowed can
didate for railroad commissioner.
Mr.. Call, when first urged to an
nounce his candidacy, replied that he
felt rather reluctant to enter the race.
He finally agreed to reserve his de-
4 cision, however, and it is the hope
and the expectation Of his thousands
of friends in the Democratic party and
out of 1t that he will accept.
Democrats believe that with Joseph
II. Call as the candidate nomination
is equivalent to an election. They
| point out the Importance to the state
| of redeeming the railroad commission
from Southern Pacific domination and
they argue that this can only be done
| If men like Mr.. Call will come into the
| fight and thus make 1t possible for
| local shippers to wrest from a hostile
railroad corporation equitable rates,
rates among other things that will per-
NIT them to compete on equal terms
| with San Francisco.
1t is the hope Of those Democrats
who first proposed the Call candidacy
that Mr.. Calls friends will see him,
or call him up on the phone and urge
| him to stand for the nomination. This
| should be done at once, and 1t is prac-
tically certain that If enough men
| snow InelT interest III lIlS HldllSI anu
make 1t plain to Joseph H. Call that his
party needs him, he will not refuse.
Mr.. Call yesterday again declared
emphatically that he would not be
candidate for the gubernatorial NOM
| nation. He assured Albert NJ. Norton
| that he realized his candidacy would
result in dividing the vote of the Good
| Government forces within the Demo-
| cratic party and that nothing was fur
ther from his intention than to endan-
ger the success Of the Good Govern
ment movement within Democratic
| ranks.
Judge Ling and ]. F. Paulding were
| speakers at the weekly meeting of the
stanton Boosters club held in the
Hollenbeck cafe yesterday noon. John
T. Pope, the clubs executive, presided.
City Attorney Leslie Hewitt, who
had been announced to speak in behalf
| of Mr. Stanton, was not present.
Before adjourning the meeting Pres
idept Pope appointed Messrs. Harmon
| and Leeds a committee to secure the
presence of Assemblyman Cogswell at
next Tuesdays meeting of the club
| and to invite him to make an address.
Mayor Alexander is not Stanton
man and he doesn't hesitate to say SO.
| No one vet has ever accused the mayor
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a coneiliatory mood yesterday after
noon when he met Charlie Fleming on
Broadway in front of the city hall and
stopped to speak with him.
''What are you doing now, Char
lie?" his honor asked.
"I'm boosting for Stanton" Fleming
replied ''You ought to come in ith
US"
The mayor didn't hesitate an In
sfant
'Tm tired Of having people talk to
me about Stanton for governor" he
retorted. 81, personally, would rather
vote for Walter Parker"
Certainly he couldn't have put 1t
stronger. for the mayors liking for
Parker probably is just as fervent as
the liking of the Southern Pacific boss
for the mayor.
w. T. Harris was yesterday named
as secretary of the Democratic county
central committee, vice Irving Walker,
resigned. Mr.. Harris entered upon his
duties Immediately and from now on
the committee will undertake strong
campaign to secure the best possible
list of candidates with which to go
before the people at the coming pri-
mary election.
Harris is a hard worker and man
who always has been prominent In
the Democratic ranks. Up to the time
| of his appointment as secretary he had
been chairman of the campaign COM
mittee and he was largely responsible
for the thorough campaign conducted
bV Los Angeles county Democrats at
| the last presidential election. More re-
Gently he was chairman of the commit
| tee on credentials at the state confer
ence held here few days ago.
Mr.. Harris came to Los Angeles
| m nV.rl nT--
dino, where he had been secretary of
| the local Democratic central commit
| tee. He is in the real estate busi-
ness.
| Albert NJ, Norton, chairman of the
Democratic county central committee,
Yesterday sent out circular letter to
every precinct committeeman in Los
| Angeles county, announcing the call
| ing of a county conference to be held
Nav IA, at which each committeeman
| will be entitled to name two delegates.
At this conference the makeup of the
Democratic county ticket will be can
vassed. The letter follows:
Dear Sir: 1 desire to have the
Los Angeles county central committee
composed of men who will take an
active part in the coming campaign.
Our county central committee is well
organized in this county, but desire
to have it in still better condition.
eff you care to continue to act as
| committeeman in your precinct, and
will take an active part in the cam
paign about to come, will you kindly
| fill out the enclosed card and mail to
me Immediately? If do not get re-
sponse from you by April 2S ! will take
| it that you do not care to act as
committeeman; so If you care to act be
sure to answer by that time. If you
| cannot act as committeeman kindly
send me on the same card the name
of some active Democrat In your pre-
cinct who will act.
"A conference of Los Angeles county
Democrats will be held In Blanchard
hall, 23S South Broadway, on May IA,
1910. By a resolution adopted at the
last meeting of the county central
committee, each committeeman is en-
titled to select two delegates to the
conference, to be selected in any way
the committeeman may desire. Will
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