Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-07
turning Boards, will possess spe-
cial interest for the people. 1t was
positively Machiavelian.

have been placed in nomination
by the Los Angeles Democracy for
the Constitutional Convention alb
solutely not one has sought the
nomination by act or word. In
remarkable degree, the office in
this case has sought the man, as in
the better days of our politics.
Gen. Volney E. Howard has been
SO long resident of Los Angeles
county thatperhaps few of our later
citizens are aware that, before
making his home 10 our midst, he
had represented a district of Miss
issippi in the National Congress.
He is native of New England.
He was the opponent Of Senator
Eugene Casserly when that gentle
man was elected to the United
States Senate from California, and
he has held many responsible and
dfgnified positions, amongst them
that Of District Attorney of Los
Ang eles county. Gen. Howard is
conceded to be one of the finest
lawyers in the State, and his grasp
of a Constitutional question is sur
passed by that of no man whom we
can call to mind. Col. VIM. II.
Stephens was formerly distin-
guished citizen of Tennessee. He
has filled many responsible civil
positions, and he was, We believe,
an officer in the Confederate army,
serving with distinction. His pro-
fession was originally that of the
law, in which he is thoroughly
well read. He has an eminently
legal cast of mind, has heretofore
participated in Constitutional
bodies and can contribute largely
to imparting value and thorough
ness to the new Constitution. He
may be fairly accepted as the
farmers candidate; as, almost
ever since his residence in Cali
fornia, he has followed the plough
and welded the hoe on his farm in
the San Gabriel valley. Col. John f.
Godfrey is also New Eng
lander, and served with credit as an
officer of the Union army. BY con-
parison with his colleagues he is
the youth of the trio, although we
should judge that lie had rounded
the thirties by perhaps half de-
cade. He is not only a lawyer
himself, but comes of family of
distinguished jurists. He is ener-
getic and able, and has shown
himself to be a man of unlimited
resources while filling the position
of City Attorney of Los Angeles.
All these gentlemen have given
close study to the peculiar wants
of Los Angeles county. They are
not only versed in law themselves,
both in theory and practice,
and In organic and statute
law, but they all have, in a re-
markable degree, the faculty of i'm
parting their ideas persuasively to
others. They cannot fail to prove
a power in the Constitutional Con-
vention should they be elected.
Collectively, as orators, without
detracting from the claims of other
speakers, we do not believe they
could be surpassed in Southern
California.
While we thus point with pride
to the claims of our own candi-
dates, we shall be careful to throw
no odium on their opponents.
While we have fully expressed our
belief in the advisability of parti.
zan nominations, we think that all
elements of partizan bitterness
should be left out of such a con-
test. We are willing to credit all
the candidates with perfectly pure
motives in allowing themselves to
be advocated for this delicate and
responsible trust, at the same time
that we cannot forbear expressing
the hope that many Republicans
and many members of the Work.
ingmen's party may cast their
vote for ticket so conspicuously
able and admirable as that which
appears at the head of our columns.
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