Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-27
DEMOCRATS READY
FOR BIC POW WOW
Candidates to Learn Their Fate
at Long Beach Confer
ence Tomorrow
ENDORSEMENT MAY BE FOUGHT
Names Runiored for the Different
Offices Jefferson Banquet
to Be Feature
ENDORSEMENT MAY BE FOUGHT

Tomorrow will be Democratic day at
Long Beach. About 800 Democrats will
attend the Jefferson banquet, county
conference and two committee meet
ings, and an exceptionally interesting
program has been arranged for the
occasion.
All of the various Democratic candi-
dates now in the race for county Of
fees will know their fate tomorrow
night. 1t is understood, however, that
before the county conference indorses
candidates, If it does, there is likely to
be contest, although no serious oppo-
sition is anticipated.
Albert M. Norton, chairman of the
Los Angeles county Democratic CEN
trail committee, and Charles Wellborn,
police commissioner and chairman of
the conference, stated yesterday that
resolutions had been prepared by one
of the members of the conference
which will be introduced early in the
session, opposing the Endorsement of
candidates. 1t is not believed, however,
that these resolutions will be adopted.
The general committee, which was
appointed two weeks ago to select and
weed out, or draft candidates for the
various county offices whose names
should be submitted to the general
committee by the senatorial and as
sembly district committee will hold an
important meeting the first of the day
at 403 First National Bank building.
Long Beach. at which the names will
be finally gone over, ana ticket
named to be presented to the confer
ence for Endorsement.
CALL WILL MAKE SPEECH
AT 12 o'clock noon the Democratic
members of the Jefferson club will
meet at banquet arranged by the
club at the Palace cafe, Long Beach.
The principal speaker at this banquet
will be Joseph H. Call, recently mem
toned S the Democratic candidate
for railroad commissioner.
Mr. Call will address the club on
Charter Guarantees Necessary to
Prevent the Sale or Lease of City's
Water Supply, Power or Other Public
Utilities"
There will be other brief speeches, a
fine menu. and the club will then ad-
journ to attend the meeting of the Los
Angeles county central committee,
which will convene at the auditorium
at the end of the pier at 1:3O p. m.
sharp.
At 2 o'clock the adjourned county
conference will meet. Following the
session of the conference. 1.-The great
unwashed,' as their friends the enemy
insist on calling them, will battle in the
sad sea waves Special arrangements
have been made for candidates, and
Albert Norton, secretary of the central
committee, promises some novel effects
in bathing suits. Even Charles Well
born, the chairman of the conference,
has agreed to tempt the r;ermaids, and
will appear in new costume.
w. T. Harris, candidate for sheriff,
has agreed not to go in bathing If the
others will let him look on, and Prof.
Lorin Handley, candidate for congress.
is seriously considering the invitation
to emulate the Hero and Leander stunt
if sufficiently encouraged.
"As chairman of the central commit
tee," said Mr.. Norton yesterday, 81
want to congratulate the general COM
mittee of fifteen on its excellent work
in behalf of our Democracy. For the
first time in twenty years the voters OF
Los Angeles county are to be presented
with an all-Democratic county ticket.
"The general committee has put into
the race the best and cleanest candi-
dates I have ever known, and we will
not be called on to indorse members of
any other affiliation. This is the first
time the Democrats of Los Angeles
county have been able to put ticket
into the field which did not contain
the names of Republicans or others.
DEMOCRATS ARE ENTHUsED ..
"From all over the county the CEN
trail committee is receiving scores of
letterseof comment and congratulation.
Old-time Democrats who have deplored
the fact that in the past they have had
to vote for men belonging to other
political organizations, write to the
committee enthusiastically approving
our success in selecting an all-Demo-
cratic ticket
= 1.-THE credit for this good work is
due entirely to the senatorial and as
sembly district committees, which
worked diligently to bring out clean
and commendable candidates, and to
the general committee, which by the