Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-16

long desired 0lIn TO seek.
our candidate receive large number of
Republican votes. 1 do not believe that
there is a man in the state, except Theodore
Bell, who can get the requisite number of
Republican votes"
Further, Mr.. Harris continues in his
letter to the Hearst organ:
IF it were only a matter of differ
ence in language or expression should
not deem it necessary for me to make
any criticism of your purported inter-
view with me, but as you credit me
with thoughts which are not and mover
were mine, l demand that you do pub
lish the interview with me as it was
given to your reporter. I shall look
for this correction in the Saturday issue
of your paper. When 1 was inter-
viewed Timothy Spellacy, H. H. Cotton,
| A. NJ. Norton and others were present
and know what 1 said.
Yours very truly, w. T. HARRIS,
1907 Severance building"
Mr. Norton, whose hearty indorse-
ment of Theodore A. Bell was published
in The Herald yesterday, belying the
ridiculous statement in the Hearst or
gan that he favored Joseph H. Call for
governor as against Theodore A. Bell,
also was much exercised yesterday.
AS a result of the misstatements in
the Hearst paper there was called
special meeting of the steering commit
tee OF the Los Angeles Democratic
county central committee, which issued
the following statement
NORTON's STAND UPHELD
"At the regular meeting of the steer
ing committee of the Los Angeles Dem
ocratic county committee, held yester-
day, is was unanimously resolved that
the action of the chairman of the coun-
ty central committee (Albert M. New
tom, as outlined in the communication
on behalf of the Los Angeles county
Democrats, addressed to The Herald
yesterday, be unanimously approved.
(Signed) Steering Committee, Los
Angeles County Democratic Central
Committee"
The communication referred to en-
Enthusiastically indorsed Theodore A Bell
as the nominee for governor, and sets
forth the attitude of the Los Angeles
and California Democracy-that if Mr..
Call should be dragged into the race by
Hearst at this late date, following the
state conference, it would split the
party vote and spell defeat for Democ-
racy and victory for the S. p. machine
combine.
Louis w Guernsey, who also declared
he had been grossly misquoted, said:
II told the Examiner reporter that L
had a very high regard for Mr.. Call,
but 1 also told him that 1 favored the
nomination of Theodore Bell, first, last
and all the time"
1t was cited by Los Angeles Demo-
Gratis yesterday that Hearst's opposi-
tion to Mr.. Bell is due to the fact that
it was Mr.. Bell who at the last state
convention led the movement which re-
suited in Hearst being read out of the
Democratic party. Since Mr.. Bell
caused Hearst to be read out of the
party, and thus ostracized and virtually
branded as traitor and an impostor
Hearst has nursed a bitter enmity for
Mr.. Bell and has taken this, his first,
opportunity to knife him.
Another of the prominent Los Ange-
les Democrats of Los Angeles who
stated that he had been entirely mis-
quoted by the Hearst organ yesterday
was DIR. A. g. Pratt. He said:
'T did not give the interview to the
Examiner reporter in any respect as
that paper published it. l was mis-
quoted. 1 am not in favor of any
gubernatorial candidate who may han
dicap Mr.. Bell. 1 said 1 believed Mr..
Call would make a good governor. l
still maintain that. l said also
thought he would make a strong run
in Southern California, and probably
would poll we'll in the north, but I am
not in favor of him entering the race
against Mr.. Bell if it will work to the
disadvantage of the Democratic party.
1 think Mr.. Bell is perhaps the best
man the party could nominate for gov
ernor, and if Mr.. Call consents to run
for railroad commissioner l feel certain
he will be elected, and that he will
prove the best man in that office that
we could possibly elect"
PARISH is FOR BELL
oscar e. Parish, still another of the
Democrats who were made to say ri
diculous things in the Hearst paper
Yesterday, said concerning it:
81 do not think there is the slightest
possibility of Mr. Call entering the
contest I talked to him previous to
the conference and he assured me in
the most positive way that he had
no thought of becoming a candidate
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