The herald., 1896-03-22
PROGRAM WENT THROUGH
nERvEY LINDLEy'S FOLLOWING WILL
HAVE THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
Which Means That Lindiey and Governor
Sheldon VIII Be Elected From This Dis.
trict to Assist In Nominating the National
Republican Ticket

the sixth district Republican congressional
committee at the Hollenbeck hotel yester-
day afternoon. Lindley's generalissimo
upon the floor during the committee's de-
program outlined by the workers in ad-
vance was adhered to to the letter.
There were present at the meeting be-
sides DR.. Cochrane, John Burns and Ar
thur W. Kinney of this city, Chairman Lux
ems and Secretary Brown of the committee,
Judge James ]. DAILY and j. r. Willoughby
of Ventura, and Henry G. Trusly of Po-
mona. W. r. Porter of Santa Cruz, sent
his proxy to A. w. Kinney. in caro- of Her.
vey Lindley, and j. W. Hill of Salinas, had
forwarded his to Chairman Lukens. Santa
Barbara ard San Luis Obispo counties were
not represented in the meeting at all. The
following resolutions were adopted amid
silence:
Whereas, By resolution of the Republic
can state central committee the selection
OF delegates to the congressional conven-
tion shall be under the control of the con-
ing it to the discretion of the latter to
appoint the delegates to the state and
district conventions, or call the primary
elections for the selection of the same;
and.
Whereas, The only true Republican
method of obtaining popular expression is
by free and open primaries, honestly con-
Quoted; that in government of the people
the will of the people should be supreme;
and
Whereas. The Republican party, with its
grand record for pure politics. freedom
and enlightenment, has achieved its high
position in the hearts of the people by its
constant championship of free ballot;
be it
Resolved, That the welfare of the Re-
publican party in this district demands
that the selection of delegates to the dis
trict and state conventions be left to popu-
lar preference, and that this congressional
committee now assembled records itself
squarely in favor of and hereby recon-
mends that necessary arrangements he
made for popular primary elections
throughout the Sixth congressional dis
trict.
The official call for the assembly district
conventions primaries reads as follows:
For the purpose of choosing the number
of delegates to the Sixth congressional dis
trict Republican convention, and the Re-
publican state convention. to which each
assembly district is entitled under the pro-
visions of this call, Republican as emily
meet on Saturday, the I'd day of May,
1896, at 10 o'clock a. M, in each of the
assembly districts within the Sixth con-
gressional district. at such place within the
boundaries of each assembly district as
may be hereafter named by the persons
authorized in this call to make such desig-
nations, and to fix the places for holding
primaries within the several assembly dis
tricts and to appoint the officers thereof.
That such primaries shall be held on
Wednesday, the 29th day of April, 1896,
from 2 o'clock noon to p. m.
The basis of representation to the as
sembly disteict convention will be as fol-
lows: One delegate for each election pre-
cinct as the precincts existed at the time OF
the general election in 1894; one delegate
for each twenty five votes cast for the Hon.
M M. Estee, Republican candidate for
governor in 1884, and one delegate for
each fraction of twelve votes or more.
Those who will have charge of the COM
ing primaries as yesterday agreed upon
are as follows:
Sixty-ninth assembly dstrict--J. r. Will
loughby, E. S. Hall, N. Blackstock. Otis
Orr, J. G. DAILY, j. B. Palm and L. M. d.
Todd.
Seventieth assembly district-H. C. Hub
bard. San Fernando; Robert c. Gillis.
Santa Monica; j. Long. Soldiers Home;
j. Clark and l.. G. Brown, Pasadena.
Seventy-first assembly district-W. M.
Monroe. Monrovia; Guy Woodward, Lords
burg; T. B. Chapman.::Rivera; W. M. Hi
Seventy-second assembly District. G.
Rives, Downey; H. Q. Dougherty. Nor
walk; E. e. DEMO. Long Beach; w. B.
Akey, Vernon; Silas Blanchard, Redondo.
Seventy-third assembly district-E. E.
Johnson, first ward; Frederick Sanborn,
ninth ward; William Llewellyn, eighth
ward; r. E. Wirsching. ninth ward.
Seventy-fourth assembly district-Chan.
L. Strange. sixth ward; John A. Vaughn,
fourth ward; F. G. Teed, fifth ward; Harry
Palmer, seventh ward; J. A. Pirtle, fifth
ward.
Seventh-ffth assembly district-Julius
H. Martin, second ward; George Sinsa-
baugh, third ward; Sutherland Hutton,
second ward; w. r. Parker, third ward;
Fred L. Baker, second ward.
The secretary was instructed to notify
the committeeman in the districts not rep
resented to appoint their committees for
man of the congressional committee will
make the appointment.
There was no enthusiasm displayed.
The session was more like a funeral than
anything else. Julius H. Martin came in
at one stage of the proceedings. but he left
quietly as soon as he saw that the program
agreed upon in advance was being carried
out to the letter. The test for voters at
the primary elections shall be that fixed by
the Republican state central committee, as
follows: ~ believe in Republican prin-
ciples and indorse the Republican policy,
and intend to support the nominees of the
Republican party"
Any assembly district neelecting to ap-
point it's primary committee by April 10th
will have the power to fill the same taken
out of it's hands, Chairman Lukens being
authorized to fill any and all such vacancies
then existing.
The congressional convention will meet
at Sacramento on May 9TH, at 10 o'clock in
the morning. After assessing each man
present one silver dollar, the meeting ad-
journed.