The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-06
CALL FOR
CALL FOR
DEMOCRATIC primary ELECTIONS
AND FOR
COUNTY CONVENTION

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 Gas the same is now es
tablished) for the Sth day of August, 1898,
for the purpose Of selecting delegates to
Democratic county convention of said
county, which is hereby called to convene
In the city Of Los Angeles on the 10th day 81
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 8
p. m; and that in all other precincts in said
county the polls shall be opened at p. m
and closed at z 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, l. for inspector and c. for
clerk; provided that IT, 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 a 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. J. 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 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
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 L 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 cab of said state commit
tee to organize a county convention and
to select eighty-one delegates to sal state
convention 10 be held at Sacramento. Au
gust 16. 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 a 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 tho said county convention of Los
| Angeles county shall have the power and
! to select eighty-ons delegates to said state
| committee II will be necessary to select new
central committeeman 70 rthe several pre-
cncts of said county and q chairman of
| 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 If it decides to do so, or to en-
power the proper committee to call new pri-
mares 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 I'M
dersigned. the numbers of votes cast for,
a h.. ~ oil tINta tnI g.
In his precinct. and the names and resi-
dences of those who were elected delegates
| and the time Of opening and closing the
polls, and the said poll list and said certifi-
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.
That no person shall be eligible to be
voted for as delegate. or If elected to sit
| In said convention. unless his name shall be
| upon the great register of said county and
the precinct in which he is voted for for 4
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-wit:
Acton-No. of delegates. 8; G. Kruger.
| Judge; f, r Nicke inspectors Paul b.
ebert. clerk; at Kruger's hotel.
Ahambra-No of delegates. 5; Frank
Williams. Judge; C. w. Reed, inspector:
William Pollard, clerk; a Reeves barber
shop on Main street.
Artesia-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: f. V. Rice, inspector; c. II. Ed
| wards, clerk: at
Ballona--No. of delegates, 4; G. M. Hlck-
man, Judge: J. b. b. LeLong, inspector:
George Claybrook. clerk at -.
Burbank--No. of delegates. 4; c. r.
Thompson, Judge; John Downing, inspector;
D. Fl. Dunning, clerk: at Thompsons store
in Burbank.
Cahuenga-No. of delegates. A. Henry D.
Sackett, judge; j. B. Rapp, inspector:
Charles Durham, clerk; at Pass school
| house
Calabasas--No. of delegates, 4; T. d.
| Cheney, Judge; C. A. Bell, inspector; Ed
Stokes clerk: at Calabasas courthouse.
Catalna-No. of delegates, 1; DR.. A. T.
Bishop. Judge; B. II. Schultz, inspector; Z.
l.. Beasley clerk; at DR.. Bishops office in
Avalon.
Chatsworth-No. of delegates, 3; j. o
Bangrooet, Judge; -, Inspector -,
clerk; at Chatswortb hotel
Cerritos-No of delegates 8; j. c. WILL
holt, judge; r. ]. Reeves, inspector; Josiah
Sharp, clerk; at -.
Clearwater-No. of delegates, A; ]. ].
Plaisted Judge: S. NJ. Jennings inspector: