Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-17
The Local Democracy.

An interesting Presidential cam
paig n is before us; tits almost upon
us. We go before the country with
the record of an able, honest, clean,
manly Democratic Administration OF
National affairs at our back. More
than this, Mr.. Cleveland has lifted
our own party and that Of our political
opponents out OF Serbonian bog of
hesitating halting between conflicting
opinions on to a solid plane of real
craftsmanship; and he has instilled
into the National politics spirit OF
living issues such as we have not felt
for many years-not since the
period Immediately after the close
of tie war. Cory garments
will not be faunted in the sweet air of
the present, but the grass OF tender
memories will be allowed to clothe
the graves OF the past, and the flowers
of affection to bloom without rude
molestation over the sacred spots
where our friends sleep. The cam
paign will have to be conducted on a
high plane of material interests, and
the general good of the whole Union.
We profess to be an intelligent people
the claim is well founded. and the
appeal will be to the brains rather
than to the passions of the voter.
In preparing for the campaign, the
first duty of the local Democracy will
be to select delegates to the County
Convention which is to meet in this
city, May 5th. The primaries will be
held on the 2Sth OF April. Full
details were published in the Herald
of last Sunday. When these dele
gates meet, their duty will be to
select delegates to the State Conven-
tion which meets in Los Angeles, May
18th. This County is entitled to
TWEEN ty y-eight delegates to the State
Convention. There are five districts
in the county, each Of which is repre-
sented by a Supervisor. The repre-
sentation to the State Convention
will be on the basis of these districts.
The full details will have to be settled
at the meeting Of The county conven-
tion. 1t may be four from each dis
trict, and eight at large, or it may be
five for each district with three at
large.
The State Convention will choose
delegates to the National Convention,
which will. assemble at the City
Of st. Louis on June 11th. We
are entitled to sixteen delegates
for this State, being two each for Con-
gressional District in the State and
four at-large. This section is entitled
to one of the delegates at-large, and
to one Of the two from this district.
There are many noble Romans in the
party who would worthily bear the
hon ors of representing the Golden
st ate in general and the city of Los
Angeles in particular in that august
assembly at st. Louis. There are a
host OF local leaders who have earned
the right to aspire to this distinction.
Our genial Committeeman in the
State Central Committee might well
be pardoned if he ielt disposed to
claim such need Of merit; but this
good natured gentleman, whose busi-
ness is really engrossing, and who
will have much to do to provide for
the meeting Of the State Convention,
which he did go much to bring to our
fair, city, prefers to remain here to
look after his own interests. There
has developed among many Of
Che lights of the Iarty hereabouts
: somewhat general consent that
our representatives, to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention shall
be in two personales, whose
services to the party are not
confined to q day or year, nor to any
limited number Of occasions. The
Hon. Stephen M. White, our Lieuten-
ant- Governor, and Mr.. I. W. He'll
man, The Chairman Of our County