Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-05


the Advice which had been Solicited and
Givon-A Democratic County Convention
to DO Called.
A meeting of the Democratic
County Central Committee of Los
Angeles County was held yesterday
at the County Court room in this
city.
The following members respond
ed to the roll call, viz: M. J. New
mark, Chairman, Stephen M.
White, Secretary, James c. Rays,
Treasurer, George Hews, J. G..
Morgan, J. de Barth Shorb, Thorn
as McLain, r. M Barham, Moye
Wicks, II. J. Kerns.
There was present also large
number of prominent and repre-
sentative Democrats from various
portions of the county who were
requested to give their views as to
the proper course to be taken by
the Committee, with reference to
the selection of delegates to the ap.
preaching Constitutional Conven-
ton.
On motion of Col. Godfrey it
was
Resolved, That the meeting rec
ommend to the Democratic County
Committee TO order a primary
election 10 elect delegates to a
County Convention, for the pur-
pose of nominating three Demo-
cratic candidates as delegates to
the Convention to revise the Con-
This motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously, the MEM
bers of the Central Committee not
voting. This action evidenced
very clearly the general feeling of
the Democracy of the county re-
garding the propriety of party
nominations, particularly so as the
Democrats who voted for the reso-
luton were from different sections
and had no previous interchange of
views on the subject, besides there
were among them men of positive
ideas, such as Senator Smith, Hon.
Asa Ellis, Hon. j. B. Holloway,
Gen. J. r. Mcconnell, Gen. Stone
man, Capt. Thorn, Col. Hewitt, J.
d. Young, Supervisors Harmon
and Prayer, Wallace Woodwork,
Capt. Bean, DR.. Edwards, A. b.
Caldwell, Maj. Ross, G. M. Ben
brook, Judge King, Sheriff Mitch
ell, Col. Godfrey and many others
equally as influential and well
known.
Upon the passage of the above
resolution, ii was resolved, on mo.
ton of Judge Holloway, and after
amendment made on motion of
Judge King, that the meeting re.
commend that the Democratic
County Convention to be called in
accordance with the resolution last
adopted, elect the number of dele.
gates to which Los Angeles county
may be entitled in any Democratic
State or District convention which
may be held for the purpose of
delegates at large to
the Constitutional Convention.
Carried. After this the general
meeting adjourned and the Com
mittee went into executive session,
to act upon the recommendations
of the meeting.
At this adjourned meeting there
were present the members of the
Central Committee, whose names
have been already given.
We have been furnished q synop-
sis of the proceedings of the Com
which is as follows: The
first business to which atten-
ton was directed was the r..
made by the
previous meeting; full discussion
of the matter was had. Mr.. Shorb
thought that it would be better not
to make any party nominations,
and that the whole question should
be left to the people at large. Mr..
Shorb gave many reasons in sup
port of his theory. Mr.. Newmark
likewise considered 1t best not to
put party candidates in the field,
for the reason that there were no
political results to follow the &C.
ton of the Constitutional Conven
ton as far as known, and that the
sole aim of the people should be to
elect the best men without regard
to their political proclivities, from
a purely partisan standpoint.
Mr.. White, while doubling the
policy of the conclusion arrived at
by the general meeting, stated that
he considered it his duty as q MEM
Der of the Committee to yield to the
wishes of the majority Of the Dem.
OcratIc party, which the Central
Committee is supposed to repre-
sent. That he considered that the
gentlemen who had just given
formal expression to their views,
fairly represented the prevailing
sentiment of the Democracy of Los
Angeles county; that those gentle
men without dissent had made
their recommendations as to the
true policy of the Committee, aud
that as far as he was concerned he
proposed to be guided by their
opinion and hence offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
WHEREAS, large number of
representative Democrats of this
county, who had been requested to
give their views upon the subject,
have so recommended, and where
as such appears to be the sentiment
of the Democracy, therefore be 1t
RESOLVED, That 1t Is the sense of
the Democratic Central Commit
tee of Los Angeles county, that the
Democratic party make partisan
nominations in said county, for
delegates to the Convention to re-
wise the Constitution of California.