Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-24
DEMOCRATS THINK OUT
SCHEME TO CUT EXPENSES
Candidates Petitions to Be Cir
CuIated En- BIoc-Many En-
tries Please Party Leaders

Albert NJ Norton. chairman of the
Los Angeles county Democratic central
committee, announced yesterday that
several highly satisfactory candidates
have Just entered the race who, it Is
expected, will be indorsed by the DEM
ocratic county conference when it re-
convehes at Long Beach auditorium
next Saturday, May 2S. Among these
candidates are the following:
Judge d. NJ. Hammick, candidate for
the state senate from the Thirty-sixth
district pasadena and East Los An
geles). Judge Hammick formerly was
president of the famous "Old Hickory"
club.
John H. Clancy, candidate for the
state senate from the Thirty eighth
district.
T. S. Knowles. candidate for the
state assembly from the Seventy-frst
district.
f.. P. M. Cruetz, candidate for the
assembly from the Seventieth district.
Samuel J. Chappell, candidate for the
assembly from the Seventy-second dis
trict.
w. I. Stafford. candidate for assem-
bly, from the Seventy-fourth district.
Democratic candidates have yet to be
announced for the Sixty seventh,
Sfxty-eighth. Sixty-ninth and Seventy
third assembly districts, and for the
Thirty y-fourth senatorial district. All
of these candidates will be announced
by tomorrow wednesday,.
]. A. Mitchell, a banker of Covina,
is prominently mentioned. 1t is said,
as a Democratic candidate for county
supervisor from the First district.
Mr. Norton stated yesterday that
the Democrats have devised a plan
by which a great saving will be eff
fected, and the candidates will not
have to incur such prohibitive expense
to circulate their petitions. This plan
will be to give all nominating petit
tions to Harry Dean. who had charge
of the petition of Thomas Lee Wool
wine, Democratic candidate for district
attorney, who will employ ten men at
So a day each for ten days to circulate
them.
The plan Is to use the names of the
bona fide voters on the petition of Mr..
Woolwine, selecting 1000 names of vot-
ers therefrom There are forty petit
tions to be circulated in the county.
and 1000 names on each petition VIII
give each candidate the required num-
Der of signatures. These forty petit
tions of the forty different candidates
will be bound together, and each voter
will sign all of the forty at the same
time, as fast as they are laid before
him. This will facilitate the work for
the voter and also aid the candidate,
as all petitions will be gotten out of
the way by the voter at one sitting,
and the candidates can dispose of at
least 100 petitions a day. as it is fig
ured that ten men should be able to
see at least ten voters a day. the
names and addresses of which will be
taken from Mr.. Woolwine's petition,
if the plan Is executed.
Instead of being paid by the name,
the petition bearer will be paid by the
day, and this will reduce the expense
to very little, each of the forty or
more candidates contributing his share
of the total expense incurred. Only
ten days would be required to get the
1000 names on the forty petitions, and
this would be but $500 for the entire
forty petitions, a trihe over 81 for each
candidates petition.