The herald., 1898-09-14

| At~ AAeo AHStltut.OHS any anu every attempt
to use public authority or public place IN
the manipulating or control Of the voter,
whether acting individually or collectively.
in convention assembled.
| And we deprecate as demoralizing to the
public service and as unjust to the TAX
payers who support the government the
growing tendency of public officials and
their deputies to become active partisans
while in office and to spend their time that
belongs to the public, of all parties, in
political work and political management.
, We therefore declare as the sense of this
lconvention that no public officer, federal,
state, county or city, or his deputy, should
be allowed to sit as delegate or act as an
| officer Of any poNtical convention or serve
| on any political committee, and that any
active participation of any such officer, or
his deputy, in political management should
be treated as violation of his official duty
to serve faithfully the whole public, ire
spective of party.
| That in the progressive forward move
ment of civil service reform In the United
States we recognize renewed strength and
| security for free institutions. And we
strongly recommend that our members Of
the next legislature shall aid in the prepar-
alton and passage of law establishing a
state civil service commission.
That it is the sense of this convention
that the senators and members of the as
sembly from Los Angeles county should so
use their influence and votes as will insure
more economical administration Of our
county affairs. This we believe may to a
certain extent, be secured by reasona BILE
| reduction of many salaries Of officers and
deputies, which are nova out Of all proper
| ton to the service rendered.
| That the salary fixed should serve as
full compensation for all service rendered
and that any law or laws now in force
granting a commission or fees to officers
of this county for personal benefit should
be repealed at the next session of the legis-
lature, especially that portion Of section
215 of the County Government act, which
gives Is per cent OF all poll tax collected to
the assessor.
That all persons nominated by this con-
vention, both for county officers and for the
legislature, shall be understood as accept
| ing their nominations IN the spirit Of these
res olutions.
| We are in favor Of voting in a Republican
convention IN such a way as will insure
free and uninfiuenced vote of every dele
gate. And to that end we are in favor Of
adopting the system known as the Aus
tral.an ballot" and the county central COM
mittee to be selected at this convention Is
hereby instructed to adopt such plan Of
voting by that system as may be found
best suited to an election by delegates, and
that the same be put in force and used at
hAr - ~ -
The future development of this state and
county largely depends on the improve
ment of our highways, and while much has
been done in the past to obtain good roads,
we should move forward, and we there
fore recommend to our members OF the
legislature that they support all necessary
and proper measures to accomplish that
end, and the supervisors Of this county
that they assist in all proper ways to ac-
complish this result.
We congratulate the people Of this county
on the progress that has been made towards
the immediate construction Of the San
Pedro harbor, and, we declare ourselves as
heartily in favor of the expeditions and
continuous prosecution OF that important
public work.
We are proud Of the courage and endur-
ance of the Seventh California regiment
and the patience with which they have
borne the disappointment so discouraging
TO brave soldier of being kept at home
when fighting was going on at the front,
and we trust the people of this city viii
give them the hearty welcome due to brave
soldiers when they return to their homes
The gratitude Of the whole nation Is due
to the heroic and devoted women and men
of the Red Cross society, and we, the Re.
pubicans Of Los Angeles county, here as
sembled, return to the noble women of
this city and county our warmest thanks
for their tfreless devotion to and un-
bounded sympathy for the soldiers of the
late war, that has done SO mucn TO alleviate
their sufferlngs and add 10 their comfort,
whether sick or we'll.
We desire here and now to enter our In.