The herald., 1894-04-22
FLAN3 FOR PURE PRIMARIES.
Suggestions Made to the Citi-
zens' Committee.
A Diversity of Opinions Upon the
Subject.
A synopsis of some Of the Meth DDS
Submitted - The Committee Has
Not Ys5 Agreed Upon Amy
OF the suggestiOns.

The subcommittee of eleven from the
citizens committee of one hundred was
in session for more than two hours yes
terday afternoon, considering different
plans which have been submitted to it
whereby primary elections may be CON
Quoted with some possibility OF fair
vote and an honest count.
From among the many plans submit
ted the following are given. The first is
from ex- Mayor Hazard, and is az fol-
lows:
EX.MAYoR HAZARDS PLAN.
Whereas, This committee has been
created and called together in the inter
est OF pure politics by the citizens Of
Los Angeles county in macs meeting
assembled, regardless of political afilia-
tions, and has had assigned to it by its
creators the duty of evolving plan by
which primary elections may be con-
Quoted fairly and equitably, and to re-
quest the city and county central com
mittees of all political parties of this
county to adopt the same and adhere to
it in their primary elections; therefore
be it
hOhOlN0ut 1hhb WO AuAly hElCC WAbh
the sentiment of the resolutions adopted
at the mass meeting on March oath, and
that in our opinion party politics may
best be purified by the adoption OF the
following plan; and that we hereby re-
Quest the Republican, Democratic, Pop
ulist ana Prohibition and all other po-
litieal parties of Los Angeles county 30
conduct their primary elections next
fall, both city and county, on the plan
as hereinafter set forth.
The plan in detail is az follows:
Section l. Each and every political
party shall use list of its mem bers for
all voting purposes, and no person shall
be allowed TO take part in or vote at any
eau as or primary election unless his
name appears upon the list OF nom bers
OF the political party holding the caucus
| of primary, and he is shown Dy the
Great Register of this county to be en-
| titled to vote in the precinct where
the caucus or primary is held.
Section 2. The county clerk OF Los
| Angeles county shall be requested by
the county central committees OF the
different political parties to prepare q
| lst OF the voters of the county, by par
ties, in the manner hereinafter provided,
all expense OF preparing such list to be
paid by the different county central
committees, pro rata.
section 3. To obtain this list of party
members the county central committee
OF each politicAl party. shall cerEily TO
not so reported may be placed on said
list on application to the county clerk.
The county clerk shall aee that all per-
sons whose names are placed ON this list
are bona 6ds electors of the county and
on the q treat Register. Should any
PERSONS name be reported as belonging
to more than one political party. the
county clerk shall notify him of such
fact and erase his name from all rolls
where it may appear until he signifies
which party he desires to affiliate with,
when his name shall be placed upon
the list OF such party. Should any
voters name be placed upon the list OF
any party with which he does not wish
to affiliate. he is at liberty to change the
same within a certain period of time,
set forth hereinafter with other limita-
tions of time.
! Sec. 4. The different county central
committees shall appoint such days for
holding their primary elections as they
see fit, but each central committee shall
notify the county clerk as to what day it
has selected for its primaries at least go
days prior to the date selected.
Sec. 5. Within 10 days after receiving
the first of such notifications the county
clerk shall begin to prepare the list of
membe bership, as provided for in sections
2 and 3, and shall notify all central com.
mittees that such list is open and that b o
ia ready to receive the names which they
wish to place thereon.
Sec. 8. This list shall be kept open by
the county clerk 80 days, during which
time he shall enter thereon the names of
all such bona fide voters of the county ss
be shall be requested to, designating
such party affiliations as are requested,
at the expiration of which period such
list shall be closed, and no names shall
thereafter be added.
Sec. 7. Immediately after the expira-
ton of the 30 days period for keeping
the list opsn the county clerk shall notify
those electors whose names appear on
the list as belonging to more than one
political party, as provided for in section
3, and shall carry out the other provi-
sions of section which provide for cor
recting this list, and all changes and
corrections must be made within 10 days
alter the closing OF the list.
Sec. 8. At the expiration of 10 days
afIer the closing of the list the county
clerk snail satisfy himself that the list
contains the names of all voters who
have been reported to him as wishing to
affiliate with any political party, and no
other names. and that no voters name
is duplicated on such roll. He shall i'm
mediately certify thereto and forward
copies of such list to the county CEN
trai committees of all political parties,
Sec. 8. This list shall constitute the
"list OF embers," as provided for in
section l, and no person shall be allowed
to take part in or vote at any primary
election or caucus unless his name ap.
pears upon this list as belonging to the
party holding the caucus or primary
eleGtion.
Sec. 10. Insofar as the duties of this
committee of one hundred pertain to
city central committees, they are hereby
requested to adopt this plan, reading
'city central committee" wherever
county central committee" appears
herein.
ONE BY A. j, BRADISH.
The plan submitted by Mr.. A. ].
Bradish is substantially as follows:
The primary elections of all parties
shall be held at the same time and at
the same places. by agreement as to
time, bet ween the different central COM
mittees. At each precinct polling place
in the county, On the date on which th g
different central comm ttesa may aRre
upon, an election shall be held for dele
gates to county convention for each