Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-07
TUESDAY, OCTOBER =. 1890.
THE CONVENTION TODAY.

The Democratic county convention
will meet today. 1t will be composed of
representative men of the party. They
will come together with a firm determ-
ination to nominate the best
county ticket that has ever yet been
offered to the suffrages of our people.
The time is auspicious for victory, and
the delegates cannot afford to yield to
anv other consideration in making selec-
tions than the good of the party.
Friendships for the time being must be
laid aside, and candidates must be Sc
lie cted on purely the highest grounds of
fitness and availability. The delegates
cannot, in justice to the party, permit
themselves to be influenced by any ex-
traneous or sentimental considerations.
They have stern duty to perform and
they ought to do it.
We are oppressed with the condolences
of Republicans who assure us that they
will vote the Democratic ticket if good
one is presented. The people of this
county, of all parties, are thoroughly
aroused to the extravagant and corrupt
way in which their public affairs have
been managed, and are anxious for a
change. They have lost whatever faith
they previously had in the integrity of
the Republican party, and believe that
it is not wise to again place the
party in power that has SO grievously
outraged them and proven unfaithful to
the public interests. They know that
not single stain rests upon the es-
cutcheon OF the Democratic administra-
tions that ruled the affairs of this county
in the past. They recognize the fact that
all the boodling and all the defaulting
from which the taxpayers have suffered
have come from the Republican officials
have been stolen outright by these de-
faulters, the county has never lost a dol
lar from Democratic officeholder. 1t
is this authentic record of dishonesty on
one side and integrity ON the other
which will count at the polls when the
election takes place.
1t would simply be suicidal on the
part of the convention that meets today
not to put the very best men of the
Democratic party on the ticket. We
know it is difficult matter to find men
who are capable, honest and strong be-
fore the people to accept nominations.
The man who has all the qualifications
required is not always willing to run. 1t
is one thing to find lust the man you
want, and another to induce him to let
his name be used as candidate. Yet
all good citizens should be willing to
make some sacrifices for the good OF the
public and for the benefit of the party
in whose principles he believes. These
men can be had if they are urged to run,
and we have confidence in the ability of
the delegates to find them and to bring
them out at this auspicious conjuncture.
The Republican partyis in sad plight.
Its standard-bearer on the state ticket
is going behind with velocity that
increases with every forcibly-feeble
speech he makes. AS he loses ground
the rest of the Dan Burns ticket goes
with him, so that it has now come to be
only question Of how great the DEM
ocratic majority will be, not as to
whether it will win..
Now what the imperial county of Los
Angeles wants is Democratic local
ticket that will form fitting corrollary
to the magnificent Democratic state
ticket that is sweeping all before it. The
convention that meets today can not
only name che winning county ticket,
but it can, by doing so, give an impetus
to the vote for the state ticket that will
hold down Markbam's majority in the
strong Republican counties this side OF
Tehachepi TO mere bagatelle.