The herald., 1898-08-01

county convention will be one delegate TO
each thirty votes or a majority Fraction
thereof cast for Bryan. This will give tn
convention a membership of about 100, tn
largest convention ever held in this county
The executive committee propose to cal
the county convention in such form as t.
give the convention. when assembled, tn
right to decide whether or not it will max
nominations for the county offices or hol,
new primaries for this purpose. Under tn,
state call for the county convention it will
be necessary to elect new central commit
tee as well as a new chairman of that com
mittee, and the county call will therefor,
embrace these matters.
The apportionment of state delegates t,
the several counties is as follows:
Alameda 43, Alpine l, Amador s, Butte II
Calaveras 8. Colusa 7. Contra Costa s, De
Norte g. El Dorado 8. Fresno 20, Glenn J
Humboldt 13, Inyo 4, Kern 10. Kings 8. LAX,
4, Lassen 4. Los Angeles 81, MADEIRA 8, Marr
), Mariposa 5, Mendocino IL, Merced Z Mo
doc 4, Mono g. Monterey IL. Napa 8, Nevada
10, Orange 10, Placer 10. Plumas 4. River
side g. Sacramento %, San Benito 6, Sar
Bernardino 10, San Diego 81, San Francisco
154, San Joaquin 49, San Luis Obspo II, Sar
Mateo 6, Santa Barbara IL, Santa Clara y
Santa Cruz II, Shasta II, Sierra 4, Siskiyot
10, Solano 10, Sonoma 10, Stanislaus 8, Suttel
5. Tehama Z, Trinity t. Tulare IA, Tuolumn'
8, Ventura s, Yolo 10, Yuba 6.
The Republican state convention will be
held at Sacramento August 3d. The Repub
lcan executive committee of this county
has called the primaries for August 13, ano
recommended caucuses to be held on the
9th.
Under the call for this convention the
delegates are to be elected by each assem-
bly, district Hitherto the Republicans
have followed the Democratic plan of elect
ing state delega tes by county conventions
This departure has caused much grle'
among certain factions of the party ano
has involved the county committees il
much difficulty to find a satisfactory way
of electing delegates without at the same
time permitting certain localities to namt
all of the state delegates. Take the Sew
entieth assembly district, for example
which includes the Antelope valley and the
Eighth ward. If all of the delegates were
to be elected by a general vote, as seems
to be contemplated by the state call, then
Pasadena could nominate and elect all OF
the delegates to the state convention. This
is the joker. The committee of this coun-
ty, however, propose to shut off such per
formances by dividing this and all other
districts into arbitrary precincts and Civ
ing to each precinct it's pro rata Of dele
gates to elect The matter is not yet set
tied. and there Is a possibility of much fun
before this new-fangled primary business
of Major Mclaughlin has run Its course.
1t will be noted that under this plan there
will be no county convention.
For the important office of chairman of
the Democratic county convention a man
should be selected who is truly the repre-
sentative of the Democratic party of this
county The disturbing element of this
party is already at work incubating
schemes for the control of the convention,
and they will have their candcate for
craftsmanship and endeavor to obtain sup
port for him by all manner of means and
all kinds of promises. Besides being a
truly representative man, the chairman OF
the Democratic convention must also be a
man of backbone, who can sit down upon
the push with a cultivated taste, but with
a firmness that will knock the wind out
of their carcasses for future political use
fulness.
The friends of Judge A. NJ. Stephens, ot
this city, have induced him to stand for
this honorable office. Judge Stephens is
we'll known in political circles. He has al
ready been honored with this position, and
demonstrated his fitness to deal with me,
and matters in political conventions.
In the county convention soon to be con-
vened there will be a contest by the push
to get control of the convention. If they
succeed in electing their chairman it viii
simply mean that the Democratic party OF
this county will fall into their hands and
be made the instrument for working ort
their selfish schemes, which will and mus
result in the destruction of the Democratic
party or the alienation from 1t of every re-
spectacle member.
If the county convention be placed in this
hands of Judge Stephens. there need be nc
fear but that the better element In the
party will continue in control of it. There
may be other good men who aspire to thi:
position. and who would preside over the
convention with equal honor to themselves
anu 10 the party, buL IL 10 uouDllul IL any
other man who has been mentioned is sc
we'll known throughout the county as the
stern foe of all that Is debasing and cor
rupt in men and in politics as Judge Ste
phens. Judge Stephens has earned the rep
utation of being the general of the reform
forces which has fought the push of this
city and county for the last dozen years and
laid them low upon every occasion. He
can whip them again a la Dewey and
Schley. Let all honorable Democrats unite
upon Judge Stephens and elect him chair
man.
A meeting of the Third ward Mcguire
club will be held tonight at rooms ia anG
115 Henne block POLITICUS.
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