The herald., 1898-08-07
CALL FOR
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS
AND FOR
COUNTY CONVENTION
CALL FOR

The Democratic executive committee of
the county central committee Of the
county Of Los Angeles, at a session held
August 2. 1888. 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. 1898,
for the purpose Of selecting delegates to a
Democratic county convention of said
county. which Is hereby called to convene
In the city Of Los Angeles on the 10th day Of
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 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 7p. 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
]. for judge. l. 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 II said majority refuse or fail to fill
such vacancy, then the Democratic electors
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
ls designated for particular precinct in the
following notice. then the central commit
tAN fov, rI.-
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. J. Bryan electors.
and the number of delegates to which each
precinct is entitled and is authorized TO Sc
lect Is hereinafter designated I'M this no.
tice.
That the qualifica tions for each voter at
said prima ries 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
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:
II am a Democrat. and 7 will support
the nominees of the Democratic party at
the election to be held on the Sth day Of
November. 1885,"
That the delegates to be selected at said
primaries shall have power and authority
pursuant to the call of said state commit
tee to organize a county convention and
to select eighty-one delegates to sal state
convention to be held at Sacramento, Au
convention shall have the power and au-
thority to nominate all candidates for ali
the state offices to be voted for at the gem
eral election to be held on the Sth day of
November, 1898. and to select new state
committee; and shall be ex-offlcio 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 1t will be necessary to select new
central committeeman TO rthe several pre-
cincts of said county and a chairman of
said central committee; and shall have
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 If it decides to do so, or to en-
power the proper committee to call new pri-
maries and new convention for said pur-
pose.
The clerk of said primary board of cleo
tion 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-
dersigned. the numbers of votes cast for
and the names of all candidates voted for
in his precinct, and the names and resi-
Idences of those who were elected delegates
and the time Of opening and closing the
polls, and the said poll list and said certif-
cate shall be signed by the members Of said