Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-29
What They Have to Say
About Primaries.
Suggestions to the County Cen
trail Committee.
The Request of the IrOquOis CluF
Adopted.
A Protest From the Tammany and Second
Ward Clubs Against Holding Pri-
maries Under the State Law.

AT the adjourned meeting OF confer
ence of representatives from the Demo.
cratic Alliance, Iroquois, Jackson, Pond,
Spanish American, Plata Fina, Tam
many, Second Ward, Seventh Ward,
and S. M. White club OF Rosedale, to
take action on the request to the County
Central Democratic committee to call
the primaries under the state law, the
following business was transacted:
The meeting was called sto order by
A. j. King, and the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting were approved. 1t was
then moved by Mr.. Styles, that the
following request to the Democratic
Central County committee be adopted ::
WHEREAS, it is believed by the undersigned
Democratic clubs of Los Angeles county, that
fairness and purity in the coming election, and
harmony in the Democratic party, will be pro-
choose delegates to the approaching Democratic
county convention of Los Angeles county,
under the state primary election law.
THEREFORE,, the said Democratic CLUBS, by
their duly authorized delegates and representa-
tives, earnestly petition your honorable body to
cause said primary election to be called and
held under said state law.
Mr.. Crawford offered as a substitute,
the following:
WHEREAS, Under the ttate law for the
holding of the primary elections,
qualifications for voters at such primary
elections may be required in addition to those
provided by law for voters at general elections,
whereby citizens not members of the Democrat
ic party and not pledged to support its nomi-
nees, may be prevented from voting at such
primary elections; and,
WHEREAS, We believe that holding the COM
ing primary elections of the Democratic party
under said primary elections law would pre-
and cOnfinp representation
the coming Democratic convention exclusively
to Democrats.
accredited representatives for this purpose by
the various Democratic clubs of this vicinity,
earnestly request your honorable body to call
the approaching primary elections under the
state primary election law, and in such call for
said primary election to formulate a quallfca-
ton, in addition to those required by law for
voters at elections, that will prevent citizens
not members of our party and not pledged to
support its nominees from voting at sucn prlm-
ary elections.
A vote was ordered taken by clubs,
giving each club one vote. The substi-
tute was adopted by the following vote:
Democratic Alliance, Iroquois, Jackson,
Pond Spanish American and S. nj.
White clubs.
Opposed to it were the Tammany and
the Second Ward clubs.
The secretary was then dire cted to
send a copy OF this request to the
county central Democratic committee
and each of its members, with the
| names of the clubs and their representa-
tives voting therefor.
Mr.. Mesmer moved that the county
central committee be asked to call the
primaries for some other day than Sat
urday. The motion was carried by a
vote OF six to two, the Iroquois club not
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lost by vote of three to six.
Mr.. Hyatt presented protest from
the Tammany and Second Ward clubs
to the county central committee as
follows:
We the members of conference committee
composed of delegates from the several Dem
ocratic clubs of the city of Los Angeles, ap-
pointed to discuss the advisability of sending
a request to the Democratic County Central
committee OF Los Angeles county, to call the
coming primary election under the state law
as adapted to such primaries do hereby sub
nit to the said county central committee the
following our minority report:
While we are deeply in sympathy with any
movements tending to further advance the
purity of our elections, and protect the sanctity
of the ballot box in all manner and form, and
pledge our aid and support of our respective
clubs to that end,
We protest that we have too much faith in
the Democratic party, and in the good faith and
honor of the Democratic voters OF this city and
impose this unusual and expensive insult upon
such voters, and we are satisfied that such d
procedure is not necessary to further the OBJ
ject which we and all true Democrats have ever
been found to support and maintain.
We further protest that besides the great ad-
ditiOnal expense requisite to carry on the
coming primaries under the state law, We
have no great register, which is indispensable to
such an election. If the old great register were
used many voters entitled to vote would be re-
jected, and the new great register will not be
the primaries. We further protest that
the scheme proposed is with one exception
unprecedented in the history of this state, and
in that one instance it proved to be so unpopu-
lar and SO unsatisfactory that it has not since
been followed
We therefore, withhold our name from such
a recommendation, or request, and leave the
matter of calling the said next primaries to the
wisdom of the said, County Central committee
with no further suggestion from US.
1t was ordered that the secretary for
ward this protest to the County Demo-
cratic Central committee.
A committee was appointed to ask the
supervisors to do their duty under the
law in reprecincting the county, and if
they fail to do so to take the necessary
legal steps by mandamus to compel a
compliance with the law.