Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-22
AN EXCELLENT TICKET.

Inc DemOcr8tlC county CohSSAhoA
finished its labors yesterday. 1t has
done its work well, and formulated a
ticket which the people can support
with an assurance that the men compos-
ing it will give them an honest and eco
nomical administration. The platform
upon which they stand is clear-cut ex-
position of the extravagant and boodling
way in which our county affairs have
been administered. 1t shows that
the Offices have been distributed
by close political corporation amongst
a set of Unsuitable taxeaters, and that
the true interests of the people have
been a secondary consideration in the
conduct of the government. Expenses
have been piled up under the uncon-
scionable greed of the Republican
regime, until it now costs considerably
over million dollars year to carry on
our county government. The new court
house scandal alone ought to be suffi'
cient to make the hard bested taxpayers
seek relief in a change. The Democratic
party of this county, and its nominees,
are pledged to restore the administra-
ton of affairs to an honest and econom-
ical basis, and as an earnest of reform OF
existing abuses, the standing and char
acter of the personnel OF the ticket is
ample guarantee.
From time to time we shall elaborate
upon the claims OF these nominees to
election. Just now we shall only allude
to three or four of the best known names
on the ticket, and point to their stand
ing in this community as an evidence OF
their fitness for public trust. General
E. E. Hewitt, who has been named for
tax collector, stands second to nobody
here or elsewhere for probity, business
capacity and entire fitness. He has filled
many positions of trust, both public and
private, and acquitted himself always
with the highest credit to his capac-
ity and integrity. Mr.. ]. De Barth
Shorb, for treasurer, has the confidence
OF the community. He is man OF
property, of large business affairs and
ranks amongst our best and most sub.
stantial citizens. Mr.. Marsh, for sher-
iff, has been an active Democrat and a
reliable business man. Mr.. Colver is
held in sterling esteem and will make a
most reliable auditor. The name OF
Gen. John R. Mathews, who will run
for the state senate in the 37th district
needs no eulogy. He served us in the
last assembly, and his labors there have
been fully appreciated and endorsed.
The ticket, it will be seen from the
samples above, is one that every citizer
| can support. 1t means new departure
in county politics, as the candidates il
nearly every instance have been sough
for instead of seeking after.
We shall be very much astonished il
this excellent ticket should fail to be
endorsed by majority of the voters
The people are anxious and ripe for 9
change from the extravagant and cor
rupt administration of our county al
fairs they have suffered under. They
know that the nominees of the Republi
can party cannot, even if they would
get out of the groove in which the rulers
of their organization have set them
They are either the willing or unwilling
victims of policy to loot the taxpayer
through public Office, and that policy
can only be changed by defeat. Th'
time for that defeat has come. Th'
people have it now in their power t.
pronounce sentence upon extravaganza
and corruption, and we are convinced
that they will not be slow to do 30 whei
they come to vote in November.