Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-21
THE BOOTHS OF NO USE,
Meeting of the Democratic Ex
ecutiye Committee.
Matters of General Interest Which
We're Discussed.
The Purpose OF the New Election Law
frustrated by the Way the Voting
Booths Are Built-The Res
olutiOn Of Mr.. White.

Here's state of things. The booths
to be used by voters according to the
new election law are the finest things
in the world-for illegal voting.
How and why this is so will be
quickly seen by any one who will peruse
the resolution adopted yesterday by the
executive committee of the county CEN
tral Democratic committee, which reso.
luton will be found in the editorial
columns of this issue.
The fact is that these booths aid the
vote buyer, for it prevents the voter
from going back on his bargain. He
only has the ballot, and can get no
other. After it has been prepared it
must be deposited in the ballot box. So
the booth is decided assistance to the
vote buyer, as it insures the delivery OF
the goods he has purchased.
The matter was fully discussed yes
terday at the meeting of the executive
committee after Captain Mackay, who
occupied the chair, had called the gath
ering to order. There were present
Hon. s. M. White, A. McNally, j. H.
Brewer of Vernon, George S. Patton of
San Gabriel and Mr.. M. G. Marsh of this
city, the secretary.
Mr.. White drew attention to the de-
fects in the construction of the booths,
and after lengthy discussion he was
requested to voice the sentiment of the
meeting, which he did in the resolution
referred to above.
The question of the redistricting of
tee county supervisoral districts came
up, and the following, drawn up by Mr..
George S. Patton, was adopted:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Los
Angeles County:
GENTLEMEN 1t having come to the
knowledge of the executive committee
of the Democratic county central COM
mittee that your honorable body has in
process of completion new ordinance
redistricting the supervisorial districts
of this county, and inasmuch as the
Democratic party is temporarily with
out representative in your body, and
the matter of such redistricting is of
great public Importance and interest,
and in order that such redistricting
may, when completrd, command the
public approval and confidence, we re-
spectfully ask that before the order of
redistricting becomes final, your honor
able body permit us to inspect the pro-
pOseu OIuludLCe, anu 10 Do Q0arQ con-
cerning the same by your honorable
body at such time as may be convenient
for you. NJ. G. MARSH,
Sec'y Dem. Co. Central Com.
The matter OF calling meeting OF the
central committee to appoint time for
holding the primaries and the conven-
tion was then discussed, and April 3Oth.
at IL a. M, was selected. The COM
mittee then adjourned.
THE ELECTION BOOTHS.
A HERALD reporter after the meeting
visited the shop on Los Angeles street
where Major Furrey, who has the con-
tract from the supervisors for making
the booths, has his men at work. The
man in charge said that the present job
was to construct 400 of these aids to
dishonest election. They are we'll made
and very ingenious in plan, being 90 ar
ranged that they can be folded into a
very small space and be made conve-
nient for transportation and storage.
The booths are go constructed as to
each accommodate two voters. Each
table is 10 inches front to rear and 81
from side to side. This desk is sur
rounded on three sides by galvanized
iron screens about 20 inches high and
which project in front of the desk, flush
with it about 10 inches. 1t is easy to
be seen that ballots could be passed
back and forth at will under this parti-
tion, and so the very object of the law
defeated.