Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-19
STEAM ROLLER
OF REPUBLICAN
PARTY AT WORK
MACHINE STEADILY PL0WS ITS
WAY ALONG
LINcoLN-RooSEVELT LEAGUERS
STRUGGLE VAINLY
Majority Report on Platform Contains
Pledge Binding Candidates to ABB
stain from Making lnde-
pendent Fight
loontlnned from Pare onel

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mating speeches are made candidates
will be presented to the convention, but
there will be no remarks, the COM
mittee directed, except by candidates
for judges of the superior court, who
shall not be presented to the conYen-
ton. There will be no secondlng
speeches.
The chairman was authorized to ap-
point a committee of five to receive,
audit, expend and disburse all moneys
in accordance with the purity of cleo
ton laws.
The sergeant-at-arms was directed to
keep the aisles adjacent to the seats OF
the delegates entirely free during the
sessions, and to keep all persons other
than delegates out of the area included.
He was instructed also to prohlplt
smoking in the convention hall.
If any delegate is absent from the
convention the other delegates from
the same precinct, or, if there be no
other delegate remaining from the
same precinct, then the other dele
gates from the same assembly district
will have the power to determine by
a majority vote which of such dele
gates shall cast the additional vote, and
the delegate so named may cast the
vote.
The nominating speeches were limited
to five minutes and there Will be no
seconding speeches.
Upon request of any candidate the
chairman was instructed to extend the
courtesy of the convention to any
known Republican for the purpose OF
making a nominating. speech.
Rules for BaIIoting
The following voting regulations were
made:
The vote for candidates will be by
secret ballot and majority OF all
votes cast shall nominate. All ballots
will be upon white paper. The chairman
of the convention and of each district
convention shall appoint such tellers,
clerks and inspectors to receive ana
count votes as may be necessary, ana
all votes shall be deposited in ballot
boxes provided for that purpose, and
no other ballot box shall be used. Inc
ballots shall be voted by either mark
ing the ballot with cross opposite
the printed name of the candidate to
be voted for, or by scratching out the
names of the candidates not desired to
be voted for, or by writing In the
names of candidates. No ballot shall
be counted for any candidate for any
office which shall contain more or less
names than there are offices TO be
filed by nominations.
The number of candidates equivalent
to the number of offices to be filled re-
ceiving the highest number. and a ma
iority of the votes cast shall be de-
clared the nominees for such office.
All sub-conventions will report theil
| nominations to this convention Tor rat
ification.
After the various district conven
| tions have reported their several nom
| nations to the general convention, anc
the same have been ratified, the con-
yention will proceed to nominate 1oul
candidates for the Office of judge OF
the superior court.
AS a special order of business couh-
ty central committee will be selected
by the precinct delegates, one lnehpeI
from each precinct.
Salaries to Officers
Salaries will be payable daily during
the convention as follows: To the sec
retary, So; to the assistant secretaries
S5; to the sergeant-at-arms, 80; to the
first assistant sergeant 20; to
the second assistant ergeant-at-arms
81. to other assistant sergeants-at-
arms. S4: to the ushers, So. Night
sessions are to be counted as part OF
the day.
No private establishment for the sale
of refreshments will be allowed in the
convention building.
All resolutions and communications
will be referred to the committee on
resolutions, without reading and with
out debate.
The chairman of the convention was
authorized to appoint a committee OF
five to receive, audit and disburse all
moneys in accordance with the law;
said committee being the auditing ano
disbursing committee to be selected uh-
der the provisions of the purity OF elec-
tions law, and being authorized ana
empowered to perform on behalf OF the
candidates o. the convention the du-
ties prescribed by law for such audit
ing and disbursing committee:
The executive committee or the Re-
publican county central colnmlttee
hereafter to be chosen was authorized
To fill all vacancies which may occur
in the committee of five thereafter ap-
nointed to receive and eXpend moneys
under the law.
The county central committee con-
sists of one member from each pre-
cinct i'm this county to be chosen by
the convention, and such county central
committee, at a meeting thereof, TO
he held at time and place to pc mere
after fixed by the chairman, snail Sc
Iact it's own chairman and executive
committee and other officers. Inc sald
county central committee or the sald
executive committee shall have power
Ia remove any committeeman for neg
lect or omission in the performance OF
his duties and to fill such vacancies