The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-29
NINTH WARD DELEGATES
A FRANK STATEN ENT AND A
CAUCUS TICKET.
Judge vsriel and Ootavius Morgan
Plainly Express Their Views
in Address to
the Voters.

The undersigned take this means of
proposing an innovation upon the usual
method of selecting ticket at the Ninth
ward caucus, to be held on Tueedsy
evening, tbs Goth inst. This course is
made necessary by the fact that there is
such large number of delegates TO be
selected, to wit, IS, and because the GEN.
trail committee has ordered that ward eau
cuses be held, and has wholly tailed to
provide any means whereby the difficult
ties that usually attend the selection of
a large mum Der OF delegates at one time
may be obviated.
1t is we'll known. that the usual
method OF conducting caucus is for q
few who are interested Casually candi-
dates) to get together and fix up q ticket
that in it's constituent elements ia mu-
tually satisfactory. Tickets are then
written out with great care in different
handwriting, but in considerable num-
bers, and distributed among the actual
workers in its behalf. These workers
then see to it that the names on this
particular ticket are all nominated be-
fore the caucus. OF course number of
others are invariably named as we'll.
and those gentlemen not ON the pre-
pared ticket may even tor time labor
under the delusion that they have q
chance OF election.
But wien the nominations are all
closed the prepared ticket is quietly
produced in various portions OF the
hall, and it generally carries, because
thorough and perfect organization is
matched against individuals acting in
dependently. Whose is not on the fixed
ticket gets left.
The postal primary and other plans 30
recently discussed in the papers were
suggested for the principal purpose of
avoiding these d faculties and compelling
full and fair expression of opinion, but
these plans have all failed thus far OF
adoption, and the undersigned now sub
nit this as being the best and fairest
that they can devise, and believe it is
particularly expedent in view OF the
one issue in the Ninth ward.
So far as now known there are four
candidates in that ward who seek to be
delegates to the state convention, to wit:
George L. Arnold. esq aud Judge S. O.
Hubbell are pitted against r. H. f.
Vsriel and Ootsvius Morgan.
Now we assume that our opponents
have or will have prepared ticket
which they will have nominated at the
caucus in the usual way but we desire
to avoid pursuing that course; and. be-
lisving it will simplify matters and de-
sirous Of convincing the people for
whose suffrages we are contendiLg that
we seek only an open and fair expression
of opinion and that we are willing to
abide the result of an open and direct
issue, we here suggest the names of IS
voters in the ward who are fairly repre-
sentative citizens, to compose ticket
that will be submitted to the caucus on
the evening of the 10Th inst, and there
after to the primaries. 1t is understood
that these gentlemen, provided they are
elected, will vote for the undersigned as
delegates to the state convention;
therefore we publicly name this ticket
that you may know whom it represents
and go that we may be able to avoid the
usual offensive caucus methods and so
that we may not be charged with pack
ing the caucus if we prevail.
The presentation of this ticket does
not of course preclude the preparation
OF any other ticket that the people may
desire to select or support, either at the
caucus or the primaries, nor does it pre-
suppose that you will necessarily sup
port it.
The names of the gentlemen constitut-
ing such proposed ticket are as follows:
r. H. F. Variel, Charles Michigan,
Samuel Rees, j. A. Bernal, Frank Cum
mings, William T. Ward, w. l. Foley,
W. o. Burr, E. FL. Sandsrson. Oetavius
Morgan, j. @. Murray. Peter Mckenzie,
Nj. @. Neuner, George Ferguson, AL
Workman, G. A. Simonton, Frank Nye,
j.. L. Ballard.
Submitting this ticket for your favor
support it, we are, Respectfully yours,
r. FL. F. VA REL
May %, 1894. OCTAvIUs MORGAN.