The herald., 1898-08-03
CALL FOR
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS
CALL FOR
COUNTY CONVENTION
AND FOR

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The Democratic executive committee Of
the county central committee of the
county of Los Angeles, at a session held
August 2. 1898, and pursuant to the call Of
the Democratic state committee, duly
adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Democratic primary
elections for the county of Los Angeles be
and the same are hereby called In each pre-
cinct In said county (as the same is now es-
tablished) for the Sth day of August. 1888
for the purpose of selecting delegates to a
democratic county convention OF sale
county. which is hereby called to convene
in the city of Los Angeles on the 10th day o.
August, 1898, at 10 o'clock a. M, at place
or hall to be hereafter selected.
| That In the city of Los Angeles the polls
OF said primary elections In each precinct
shall be opened at 1880 and closed at 9 p. m.
and that In all other precincts in said coun-
ty the polls shall be opened at and closed
at p. m.
That the election board In each precinct
shall consist of a Judge, inspector and clerk
and the several persons hereinafter named
for each precinct are hereby appointed to
such offices and are designated as follows
j. for judge, /. for inspector and, c. for
clerk; provided that If, In any of said pre-
cincts, any Of said persons refuse or fail
to act. then the majority of the board pres
ent shall have authority to fill such vacancy
and If said majority refuse or fail to fill
such vacancy then the Democratic electors
of the precinct present shall have
such power; and majority Of
such board in each precinct shall
have full power to decide and deter
mine all questions which may arise during
such primary election, subject to review by
said county convention. If no polling place
| Is designated for particular precinct in the
following notice. then the central commit
tee for such precinct shall provide some
| convenient polling place in his precinct and
give notice thereof to the Democrats of his
precinct.
That each precinct shall be entitled to one
! delegate to the county convention for the
precinct and one additional delegate for
each thirty votes. or a majority fraction
| thereof, cast for the W. ]. Bryan electors,
and the number of delegates to which each
precinct is entitled and Is authorized 20 Sc
| lect Is hereinafter designated in this no.
| tice.
| That the quallfcat lions for each voter at
| said primaries shall be that his name Is
upon the great register of said county and
that he has resided in the precinct in which
he offers his vote for thirty days next pre-
ceding the day Of said primary election; and
the test Of the right of any person to vote
tee, which is that If said person be chal-
lenged he must make the following state
| ment to the board Of primary election:
II am a Democrat, and 7 will support
! the nominees of the Democratic party at
the election to be held on the 9Th day OF
November, 1881
That the delegates to be selected at said
primaries shall have power and authority
pursuant to the call of said state commit
n rnnVfnti0n and
| to select eighty-one delegates to sal state
convention to be held at Sacramento, Au
gust 16. 1893, and the delegates of said state
convention shall have the power and au-
thority to nominate all candidates for ali
the state offices to be voted for at the gen.
eral election to be held on the Sth day of
November, 1898, and TO select new state
committee; and shall be ex-officio delegates
| to the district conventions and as such
| shall have the power and authority to NOM
| mate candidates for railroad commissioner
and members of the board Of equalization
and of congress and to select campaign
committees of said districts.
| That the said county convention of Los
| Angeles county shall have the power and
/ to select eighty-one delegates to said state
committee it will be necessary to select new
central committeeman 70 rthe several pre-
| cincts of said county and a chairman o.
| said central committee; and shall nave
power and authority to determine for Itself
whether or not 1t will nominate candidates
| for the several county, district and town
ship offices of said county to be voted for
at said general election. and to make such
| nomination II 1t decides to do So or to en-
power the proper committee to call new pr
| maries and new convention for said pur-
| pose.
| The clerk Of said primary board Of cleo
| ton shall keep poll list in which he shall
enter the names and residences of all per-
sons voting at said election, and the board
| Of election Of each precinct must certify in
writing, to the chairman or secretary un-
ldersigned, the numbers of votes cast for,
and the names Of all candidates voted for,
| In his precinct. and the names and resi-
licences of those who were elected delegates
and the time of opening and closing the
tpolls, and the said poll list and said certif-
cate shall be signed by the members of said
board and forwarded at once to said chair
| man or secretary by the clerk of said board.
and such certificate shall be the credentials
which shall entitle the persons named there
in to sit in said county convention, subject
to review of said convention. ~e.
That no person shall be eligible to be
voted for as a delegate, or If elected. to sit
In said convention, unless his name shall be
upon the great register of said county and
he shall have been a bona fide resident Of
the precinct in which he is voted for for a
period of thirty days next preceding the
day Of said primary election.
The following Is the list of board of cleo
ton, the voting place, where known, and
the number of delegates to which each pre-
cinct is entitled, to-wt
Acton-No. of delegates, 8; G. Kruger,
Judge; E. F. Nickie, inspector; Paul b.
ebert. clerk: at Kruger's hotel.
Alhambra-No. of delegates 5: Frank
Williams. Judge: c. W. Reed inspector:
William Pollard. clerk; at Reeves barber
shop on Main street
Artesa-No. of delegates 5; G. R. Tramp
ton, Judge; James Carse, inspector; r. T.
Freeman. clerk; at -.
Azusa-No. of delegates, G; Evan Davis,
Judge: e. V. Rice, inspector; c. H. Ed
wards, clerk; at -
Balona-No. of delegates. 5; G. M. HEX
man. Judge; ]. B. b. LeLong. inspector:
George Claybrook. clerk: at -.
Burbank-No. of delegates, a; c. r.
D. II. Dunning, clerk; at Thompson's store
in Burbank.
Cahuenga-No. of delegates, 4; Henry d.
Sackett, Judge; ]. B. Rapp. inspector;
Charles Durham. clerk; at Pass school
house.
Calabasas-No of delegates, A. T. D.
Cheney, Judge; c. A. Bell. Inspector Ed
Stokes. clerk: at Calabasas courthouse.
Catalina-No. of delegates, /; DR.. A. T.
Bishop. Judge: B. H. Schultz, inspector; F.
l.. Beasiey clerk; at DR.. Bishops office in
Avalon.
Chatsworth-No of delegates, 8; ]. o
Judge -. inspector: -,