Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-28
Old Machine Element in Local
Democracy Has Been Com
pIeteIy ENDORSED
COUNTY CONVENTION TODAY
The First Straight Ticket in Two
Decades to Be Put in
Nomination

the number of about 200 which will
bring the total Democratic assemblage
up to at least 800 persons.
A great deal of enthusiasm was man
ifested in Democratic circles yesterday
as a result of the success of the gen.
| eral committee in securing an all
Democratic ticket, the first straight
Democratic ticket placed before the
voters in this county for more than
twenty years.
The fact that good, clean men have
been found who are willing to try for
office, because they believe the old ma
chine influence is no longer to be
feared, has given a decided impetus to
the affairs Of the city and county or
ganization, and the assurance that
Democrats this year can vote an all
Democratic ticket has had a most stim-
ulating effect, noticeable in the extra
number of Democratic registrations re-
corded yesterday.
In past campaigns the Democrats of
Los Angeles county always have had
to indorse several Republicans for Of
fice-a fact which Albert M. Norton,
chairman of the county central COM
mittee, says has caused many loyal
old war horses OF Democracy a great
deal of dissatisfaction, and has pro-
duced a certain political apathy In
some of the elections which has been
a difficult handicap for the party lead
ers to contend with.
This indifference, Mr.. Norton be-
lieves, will disappear when 1t Is learned
that the Democrats are not again to be
called on to indorse a Republican can
didate, and can cast their vote for an
all Democratic ticket The result, he
predicts, will be the largest straight
vote ever cast in the county.
The first important meeting today
at Long Beach will be that of the
general committee. which will finally
go over the list of candidates and Sc
lect a straight ticket to be recon-
mended to the conference. 1t is not
believed the committee will indorse
more than one candidate for each of
flee. The general committee meeting
will be at 403 First National Bank
uilding, Long Beach, at IL o'clock this
morning.
JEFFERSON BANQUET
The next event on the program today
at Long Beach will be the big JEFF
ferson club banquet at the Palace cafe,
where Joseph IL. Call, the well known
attorney who recently conducted the
hearing for the citrus fruit growers of
the famous rate case involving twenty
nine railroads and their refrigeration
and preceding charges, will make an
address.
Mr.. Call recently returned from
Washington, d. c., where he argued the
case before the interstate commerce
commission. During Mr.. Calls alb
sence, and without his consent, an eff
fort was made by the Los Angeles
Hearst organ to drag him out as a
gubernatorial candidate to enter the
race against Theodore A. Bell and thus
to split the party sentiment and di-
vide the vote. the Southern Pacific
hoping to induce Mr.. Call to take this
step in order, of course, to pave the
way for the Republican machine can
didate. Mr. Call openly and flatfooted-
ly refused to be a party to the scheme,
and declined the Hearst offer.
While there has been some gossip
to the effect that Mr.. Calls name
might be brought before the confer
ence at Long Beach today the gossip
is unfounded, and in view of his con-
sistent attitude in the matter appears
to be inspired by the same interests
that launched the original fiasco.
Mr.. Call will speak before the JEFF
ferson club today on Charter Guar
antees Necessary to Prevent the Sale
or Lease Of a City's Water Supply,
Power or Other Public Utilities
other interesting speeches also are
to be made at this banquet, and an
exceptional menu has been prepared.
The Los Angeles county central COM
mittee will hold a meeting after the
banquet at the auditorium at the end
of the Long Beach pier at 1870 o'clock
p. M, at which important business
will be transacted candidates dis
cussed and the work of the campaign
outlined 1t is especially urged by
Chairman Norton that every member
of the committee who can possibly be
present should do so, as matters OF
vital interest to the county's Democ-
racy and to the committee members
will be considered.
The adjourned county conference
will open at 2 o'clock, Immediately
after the meeting of the central COM
mittee. Police Commissioners Charles
Wellborn will preside as chairman,
and the senatorial and assembly dis
trict and general committees Will then
submit their reports as to candidates.
The principal business of the con-
ference will then be considered, which
will. consist probably, in selecting one
candidate for each office. This will
not be difficult, as there are more
than the usual number of candidates
already in the field.
From the number to be reported by
the committee of fifteen. Chairman
Norton says the conference will be
able to put out I1e strongest, CietuSSl
and most commendable ticket ever Of
fered to the voters.
Charles Van Valkenberg. chairman
of the general committee of fifteen, on
which has devolved most of the labor
in securing desirable candidates, also
is highly enthusiastic over the list of
candidates which as chairman of the
committee he will present to the con-
ference.
A CLEAN TICKET
"a glance down the list of names
which we will present for the indorsA-
ment of the county conference" he
said yesterday, sis sufficient to con-
vince anyone who is familiar with
local politics and our party personnel
that we have brought out some of the
ablest and cleanest men in the county.
Every man of them is thoroughly
known to be a good and loyal Demo-
crat, acquainted with municipal and
county conditions, deeply interested in
the good government movement and
clean, honest and conscientious"
While there have been reports of
certain opposition to Endorsements it
is not believed this opposition will de-
velop into anything effectual, although
undoubtedly there will be introduced
today a resolution urging the confer