The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28

ization districts, shall be the delegates
to the respective conventions to NOM
mate candidates for Railroad Commits
siOneTs and for members of the State
Board of Equalization. And the petit
lions filed by Congressional District
Committees, where there are such com
mittees, shall state whether the dele
gates elected to a State convention
within such Congressional District,
shall be the delegates empowered to
nominate a candidate for Congress in
such district, or whether separate dele
gates shall be selected in such Congress
sional District for that purpose And
petitions filed by Senatorial or Assem-
bly, district committees, from districts
including more than one county, where
there are such district committees. shall
state whether the same delegates to the
State Convention residing within such
district shall nominate the candidate
for Senator or Assemblyman in such
district or whether separate delegates
shall be elected in such district for thar
purpose. And unless there shall he
such district petitions providing for
such separate delegates in the cases
aforesaid, such district candidates for
congress, State Senator or Assem- bIy-
man shall be nominated by the dele
gates to the State Convention who
come from and reside within such re-
spective districts
1t will be seen that an impotent at
tempt is here made to provide for nom
nations to be made by delegates to a
convention representing an entirely diff
ferent party than that for which the
nominee is to become the candidate oil
of which and the effect of which is
clearly seen by comparison with IRE
cedlng parts of the same act and SEQ
ton 1856 of the Political Code &c
amended by Senate bill No 95 at the
same session and taking effect sllbse-
quenty to the primary act. Rv Sofd
section 1856. as amended. a Lawful co.,
vention must be composed of delegat ac
elected by ballot at a primary eIao4ior7
and representing the party of tha NJ
litical division which polled 2 nor go
or the entire vote of the particular no.
!lt il ulFIsloh; Inc primary act con-
tains no provision by which partias
within political divisions which beT.a
no governing committees can psrtici~
pate IN a primary election or hold a
convention representing 1t. and sactiorS
1866 and 1870 of the act as well as said
section LOO negative the power of any
other assemblage of delegates to do so.
and said power is still more cIeariv
negauVed In section 1857 where tha
various conventions and their mowers
are defined and limited. The horizons
of section 1870 preceding the above ono
! tatlon recognize the existence and
A4SAAI " SNpulNlSlOHdI parueS which
| nave no committees, to particulars in
the primary, to have conventions Of
their own and should have provided .
method for such participation, but hav~
ing provided no method by which they
can participate the act may with con.
siderable force of argument be de-
| nounced by the Non Partisans as sna-
cial legislation, partial and discrimin-
ating in application. BY amendments
to section 11SS of the Political Code
made at the same session. such parties
are deprived of any right to go on the
ballot by petition. Senator Stratton.
pointed out to him in time 70 baya
amended Senate bill 80. expressed CON
fidence that the primary act would he
sustained by the courts on account OF
| its general equitableness," which the