The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-02
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Today the Democrats of Los Angeles
county will elect delegates to the county
convention, which will have the selec-
| ton of delegates to the state and the
sixth congressional district conventions
1t Is probable that in nearly every pre-
cinct in the county there will be two
| tickets in the field. In practically each
instance one of these tickets will be the
product of the machine moved by the
power of the Buckley Southern Pacific
trust. The other ticket will represent
the choice of the honest and independ-
ent element of the party. The latter is,
of course, overwhelmingly in the major
ity, as far as the aggregate membership
of the party is concerned, but unfortun-
ateiy it is not always in the majority at
the primary polling place. 1t will be
the duty of that element to come out
today and assume the control to which
it is entitled.
The source of the political stream In
American politics is at the primary
election. The men who control the pri-
maries are really the men who make
the laws and the officials from con-
stable to president. The public cleo
ton is but after all the ratification of
the result of the primary elections of
some party. The candidates of party's
convention will be as representative Of
the party as the vote at that party's
primary which named the delegates
composing the convention, no more, no
less. The stream is never higher than
it's source No Democrat can do this
whole duty without an active and intel
ligent participation in his party's pri-
mary elections. The only way to avoid
having to support party nominees that
are obnoxious is to make such nomi-
ness impossible by going to the primar-
les and voting for delegates who will Sc
lect men not obnoxious.
A full and active participation In the
primary proceedings of today is of vital
Importance to the Democrats of Los An
geles. There is an issue presented them.
| Not the Issue of a monetary standard as
has been falsely represented in an effort
| to mislead, but the issue Of the partys
salvation from the control Of the Buck
ley-Southern Pacific partnership. The
cause to be tried at the precinct primary
;s not tbot ne ciIyer yerS1Is gold hut that
of free, untrammeled Democracy YER
sus Buckley and the Southern Pacific,
and the men who are sincerely solicit
tous for the welfare and the honor of
their party should not suffer themselves
| to be deceived by the fabrication that
| the contest which had its first stage in
| the conflict in the county central COM
mittee and which will reach its second
stage today, is one between administra
ton and administration factions
| The fact that men prominent for their
advocacy of free silver coinage have
| Joined hands with men equally promi-
nent for their opposition to free silver,
|
cavil, that the financial question has
nothing whatever to do with the fight
that is being waged on the local ennis
saries of the ex-god of Bush street and
the railroad monopoly. And the attempt
of these emissaries to cloak their de-
signs under a principle will avail moth
! he Of tho ilrn9d thew
cannot rid themselves of, and the image
of Buckley is indelibly and prominent
ly affixed to them. Wherever a Demo-
crat has today ticket offered him in
the name of silver he may know that an
effort is being made to cheat him. The
interest which these promoters of the
aspirations of Buckley and the plans of
the Huntington corporation have in the
white metal has nothing to do with the
matter of it's free coinage.
Upon the delegation from the country
Buckley and his partner and employer,
the Southern Pacific, are banking
their prospects of controlling the De-
/ nlOcfdCy OIL the Sldle, anu lile SlAlH COii-
| gressional district. With the delegation
| the twin evils will stand an excellent
chance of winning the game they have
been fixing the cards for these many
months: without the delegation from
this county they will be unable to turn
trick in the conventions named. The
decent Democrats of Los Angeles coun-
ty will probably never have a better
chance to perform inestimabe services
for the Democratic party and the peo-
pie of the entire state than that offered
at the primary election today. They
can perform that service by scratching
from their ballots every name which, as
The Herald said yesterday, they have
"any good reason to believe is tainted
with Buckleyism or Swallowed with tbs
influence of the Southern Pacific"
|
In another part of The Herald will b.
found the advertisement of the call fol
the Democratic primary election for Lo.
Angeles county, to occur today. The
hours for holding the election in boil
city and country precincts, the location