Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-07

very result all along claimed by the
HERALD-six Republican, one Demo-
cratic and two doubtful wards. He said !:
"That is plain enough. Anyone who
knows how the vote is in these districts
will see at glance that there is the
worst sort of gerrymander in it,"
When will it be voted on?
Rev. John s. Griffin was encountered
by the HERALD reporter. The Doctor is
never uncertain or temporizing in his
utterances, and they were as follows:
DR.. Griffin says II don't propose to
hand over the city government to the
Republicans for good, if can help it,
The apportionment under the proposed
new Charter would assure the city to the
Republicans by majority, and by
a large majority, no matter how the city
should vote. We could carry Los Ange-
les on the general vote and still have a
two-thirds Republican majority in the
Council. There is nothing fair about
that. Even my Republican friends ad-
NIT this. There are features Of the new
Charter that like. If it were relieved
of this partisan districting of the wards
would vote for it, and so would my
friends. Let them give us substantially
this Charter with the apportionment left
out, and the duty of making one COM
mitted to the Council which shall meet
after its adoption and it will be all right.
As it is now, any Democrat or any fair
minded. man who should vote for it
would stultify himself"
AN IReQUoIs BRAVES OPINION.
The last man interviewed for the
HERALD was Sidney Lacey, Grand
Sachem of the Iroquois Club of this city.
Said the reporter: "Mr. Lacey do you
know anything about the political
strength of the various precincts Of this
city,"
The big 'sIngun" looked up with muir.
der in his eye and replied:
eyes, 1 think l do. Don't you? l
have been here for good many years
and I have had something to do in every
campaign since came"
The interlocutor then said:
"All right. Have you seen and
studied out the districting of the city
under the proposed new CHARTER"
eyes," said the Grand sachem, 'I
have studied that matter very thorough
ly. Ihave made it a special study"
"Then," remarked the man of pencils,
"You are the man I want to talk to. Is
the apportionment fair one from a
political standpoint"
Mr.. Lacey rose up as if he meant to go
on the warpath in earnest, and said:
''No. it is not. 1t is about the most
unfair division of the vote on party lines
ever knew Of"
"Whose OK is gored, Mr.. Lacey ?"
said the HERALD man.
"Why, the Democratic OK is gored, OF
course. The wound is deep and incur
able by any process other than such as
must be applied at the polls. A plaster
of votes against the Charter foot deep
and broad enough to cover the whole
city is the only remedy. If the matter is
let pass, then good-by to any possibility
of any Democrat getting any Office in
this city excepting in the case of one
ward, where we shall always get our
man. shall do my level best to get
the Charter defeated, and 20 will every
intelligent, honest and earnest Democrat
in the CITY,"
The question now arises when will the
Charter be voted on? The fullest pos
sible expression of opinion ought to be
know all the facts in the premises, and
then let them express their preferences.
To this end let the Council fix the gen.
eral election day as the one on which
vote will be taken. In that way all vo-
ters will express their views as to what
shall be done with the Charter. By
this way it will be known whether or not
the proposed instrument is in popular
favor or not. The HERALD wishes the
people to have their sav-and their way