The herald., 1898-08-05
CALL FOR
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS
AND FOR
COUNTY CONVENTION
CALL FOR

The Democratic executive committee oil
| the county central committee of the
county of Los Angeles, at a session held
August 2, 1898. and pursuant to the call OF
| he 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 Gas The same Is now es-
| tablshed) for the 9Th day of August, 1898
| 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 poll:
| of said primary elections in each precinc
| shall be opened at 1880 p. m. and closed at
| p. M; and that in all other precincts In said
county the polls shall be opened at p. m
| and closed at D. 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. I. for inspector and c. 70.
clerk; provided that If, in any of said pre-
cincts, any of said persons refuse or fall
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 I'll
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 i'm this no
tice.
That the qualifications for each voter a.
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 votN
shall be that adopted by the state commit
tee, which is that if said person be chal-
lenged he must make the following state
ment to the board of primary election
81 am Democrat, and I will support
the nominees of the Democratic party at
the election to be held on the Sth day OF
November 1881
That the delegates 10 ne selected at SAID
primaries shall have power and authority
pursuant to the cali of said state commit
teo to organize county convention and
to select eighty-one delegates to sal state
convention to be held at Sacramento. Au'
gust 49, 1898, 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-onicio delegates
to the district conventions ana as such
shall have the power and authority to nom