Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-05

ne5e by the state or by any corpOr-
alton existing, or to exist, within
its jurisdiction, shall be inhibited.
Bonded Indebtedness shall only
be incurred by municipal corpora
tions when q definite proposition to
incur the same shall have been
previously submitted to the people
of the district to be affected there
by, and accepted by two-thirds
vote of the qualified electors
thereof.
The public school fund shall for
ever remain iuviolate aud intact,
and shall never be used for any
purpose save for the maintenance
of such public schools.
The Judicial system of the State
must be so revised and slmplified
that the rights of litigants, wheth-
er rich or poor, may be speedily,
cheaply and justly determined.
The Grand Jury system should
be abolished as being a Star
Chamber proceeding, Inconsistent
with the practical demands of the
times and productive of enormous
and ever continuing expense. The
prosecuting officers of the various
counties should be given power,
under due restrictions, to file infOr-
nations against persons accused of
crime, which iaf0rmations should
have the same legal effect as the
present indictment.
Neither the term of any public
officer nor his salary or emolu-
ments should be increased or di-
minished after his election or ap.
pointment.
Power should be given the Gov
ernor to disapprove or veto any
item or items of any bill making
appropriation of money.
Special legislation must be dis
couraged.
The State shall be redistricted
for legislative purposes once in
every five years.
We require that each candidate
nominated by this Convention
shall solemnly pledge himself that
in the event of his election he will
endeavor to frame the organic law
of the land in conformity with the
iolcSolHS ueCldTdllOu.
Mr.. Cohn moved to proceed to
the nomination OF candidates for
delegates.
Mr.. Morgan moved that the vote
be viva voce and that a majority
of the whole vote of the Conven.
ton be necessary to a choice.
Mr.. Caldwell moved to amend
by voting by ballot. Carried.
Mr.. Cohn again moved that the
Convention proceed to nominate
candidates. Carried.
Mr.. Cohn nominated Gen. Vol
ney +. Howard.
Mr.. Settle. DIR. rhomas w. Daw-
son.
Judge Gibbs. Col. VIM. H.
Stephens.
VIM. M. Cargill, Col. John Z.
Godfrey.
Mr.. Heath man, j. II. Egan.
Mr.. Bentley, John c. Morgan.
Judge Morgan thanked his spon-
sor for the honor intended but de-
clined to be candidate.
J. G. Morgan, A. j. King.
II. A. Saxon, DR.. Bush.
p. e. Benedict, Charles Lindley.
On motion of Il. l.. Baker the
nominations closed.
The following letter was rea |
from Judge Charles Lindley:
Stephen NJ. White, Esq. member
Democratic County Convention:
nrAp Grp. Gi,o..ti .>-y ~
used as candidate in your Con.
ventiou, it will be without my
special knowledge or direction.
My association with the farming
interests, my efforts in calling a
Farmers Council and trying to se-
cure full representation with a
view of enabling them to exercise
an Influence on the nominating
Convention, the IN ore or less use of
my name by the fragmentary
council, from which it was with
drawn, and by the joint Conven.
ton without my knowledge, make
it of doubtful propriety for me to
be a candidate before Dem ocratic
Convention. Atall events, if mad G
candidate at all, it must be by
the voluntary action of the Con-
vention rather than from any
agency of my own. 1t must also
be with the understanding that /
have the largest freedom Of
thought and action in advocating
those reforms that have long con-
tended for on behalf of the farming
and other industrial classes. The
newspaper reports that the
Farmers Council repudlated my
platform and in consequence there
of repudiated them were purely
speculative.
May 1 ask you to read this note
to the Convention If my name is
presented, and oblige
Yours truly,
G. LINDLEY.
Mr.. Scott moved that the three
candidates be voted for at one time.
Carried.
Major Ross moved to reconsider
the motion to vote for three caudi-
dates at onetime, which was carried.
He then moved that one candidate
be voted for at a time. Adopted.
On motion of Col. Smith the can.
didates were invited to address the
Convention in speeches of three
minutes duration.
Mr.. Dawson was the first to re-
spond. His remarks were necessa-
rily brief but to the point and were
we'll received by the Convention.
He WIS followed by Col. God.
frey, who endorsed the platform
anu said the time allowed was too
brief to make any further rema arks.
On motion of DR.. Richardson,
the Convention proceeded to bal
lot.
Messrs. Ross and Saxon were ap.
pointed tellers.
First Ballot Stephens 20;
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