Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-03

invalid. II the Heath amendment is
adopted, the railroad corporations will
be their own assessors, and will contrib
ute toward the support Of the govern
ment such sums only as, according to
their own chosen phrase, "they are
minded to pay" An sxa nination into
and comparison Of the official returns
for the year 1885 by the railroad corpo-
rations to the State Board Of Equaliza-
ton demonstrates the fact that under
the operation Of the Heath amendment
the State and counties would lose yearly
the sum of S78,066 80. The County
Committees OF the counties Of this State
are requested to print their tickets
against said amendment.
NATIONAL euARD.
No free people who are unable to de-
fend, can long maintain their freedom.
We, therefore, advocate the proper pro.
lection Of our coast against invasion and
the creation Of navy and forts to re-
place the decaysd aud worthless rem
nants Of forts and ships left to the
country by the Republican administra.
tion We need 4 good national guard
nscessarv to the. safety of our country
aud it, Institutions. We therefore favor
a liberal treatment of our citizen soIss
d;srs and advocate measures to increase
tba ,tficienov Of their organization.
uoxu puyr
We extend our sympathy 70 All peo'
pies Struggling % engrai' upon t1sl! po,
iitioai system tne IIinc'Pies ol in9ivloasi .n
liberty ana seil govornmen., sna wiz
spcc'sa enPnAs's ~ we eA'e,iu sues y NJ
patny 70 sno present hsro'c eHorts oa
tine Irish people.
THE WATER oTzsrroS.
Resolved. That the Democratic partv
recog,,xes the Importance of the water
aue.tion and the abs,Iute necessitv for
its speedv settlement. and the party can
and will settle on 4 basis of equal and
eract iustice 10 all interests involved
Nav;vstion sbaIl not he inpaired under
anv nretext No class Of iudividoals
shall take, injure or destroy the properly
or rights OF any other GLASS, except un-
der the operation OF the law OF eminent
domain. These rights being guarded
and protected, the waters Of the state
are the properly OF the people OF tne
state, TO De used ior irrigaung, mining
Manufacturing ana otner useiui pur-
poses. Appropriation OF water. wnetn.
er heretofore or hereafter made, should
give no right 70 more water tnan Is
absoluteiy used IN An economical man.
ner Tor benenciai purpose. 10 guard
against monopoly OF water TOR irriga-
ton irrigation districts should have the
right TO acquire oy purchase or oonaem
nation the means necessary IN conduct-
Ing water to lands smoraciLg sucn 'rri
CATION distriots. Inc h1ghsn law OF
riparian rights 70 inapplicaDie 70 the
circumstances and conditions OF Caiifor-
MA. Inc state may at any tune assume
control Of the divers on. use ana d'stri-
button OF water under general laws en-
acted tor that purpose. PROVIDED the
state snail IN no sven' oe cailea upon
BY taxation or otherwise to construct
irrlgasion works.
SELECTING DELEGAres.
Relieving in the fullest representation
by the peonle in ali political assembles.
We ask this convention 10 declare for the
nr;marv sv.,em Of selecting delegates TO
Iii cony.,.t;ons of the Democratic partv
IN thi. State and AGAINST the practice Of
C.motv Comm,ttees naming representa-.
t;va. thsreta. end further that il il :he
dutv Of every County Committee 10
carry out the work and policy Of the
convention which creates it; that the
functions Of such committee should,
tn rerore, be limitet to such work, and
that its tenure OF Office should expire at
the moment every new County Conven-
tion assemblies
After the reading sf the Pls'f'rm
resolution was read asking tne consen-
tion tJdeclsre tor the PRIMARY system OF
lect'ng dslegat'nns 10 All conventions
snd against the practice o. conu'y COM
m,t ses naming reprssentsuvss '1sre'o'
The resoisiion was ruied oy sno Oaas.
man to nave oeen saopssa ~ psrs ot 'ne
platform.
The following amendment 70 sne LABOR
pisnk IN the platform was ahopeea; !;
but ~ no way Dali TINS De cons.fu "a q
TO proniDtt the manuiac'ure Oh gram
baga aud Ia'e goods within tne "aiis oi
the State prison.
An attempt TO eliminate ths clause in
the platform asking the ressoration OF
the wool tarin of 1907 was deiested.
The platform as amended was tnen
adopted ana recess saken uhsi wv
o'oVA ms '''e'"ovn'
NOMINATIONS Soh aovkhSoh.
The convention was called to order
again at 2'oo r.M Nominsions ior
o9selno sS'e ,, 'ne. "a ~ aiaonsa. o
NJ p 'so"e, n'
spsson' "S S"n Tss,,. a.
E.mss Dn,s. ssoona.d tbs rou;n..
tiou.
senator johnson. of So oma, nomina-
ted Patrick Reddy, of Mono.
Senator D. Vale, Of Los Angeles
seconded Reddy's nomination.
T. J. Clunis. of San Francisco. then
arose AMI nominated Washington Bart
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