Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-04
NORTON EXPLAINS
THE PRIMARY LAW
Issues Letter to the Democratic
Committeeman Giving
Date of Convention
TELLS METHOD OF VOTING
Urges Effort to Bring Out Heavy
Jeffersonian Ballot on
August Is

Albert M. Norton, chairman of the
Los Angeles county Democratic cen
trail committee, has issued letter TO
the county committeeman calling their
attention to the county convention,
which, under the new direct primary
law, must be held after instead OF be
fore the primaries, and this year mas
been set for Saturday, August "a IN
Blanchard hall, Los Angeles, at lO
o'clock a. m.
The delegates to the county conven-
tion under the new system are chosen
and elected by the voters instead OF
being selected by a handful of poll
ticians in precinct cauCuSes, as under
the old system.
The Democrats being able to name
and elect their own delegates Mr.. Nor
ton has had printed several thousand
"stickers," or gummed sheets OF paper,
on which are the words Delegates TO
Los Angeles County Democratic Con-
vention =. Vote for -" The num-
ber allowed to the precinct in which
the vote will be cast is to be written
in and the names of the delegates sup
piled by the voter and then stuck on
the ballot.
This way, as readily will be seen,
each and every Democratic voter can
select the men whom he wishes to rep
resent him at the county convention
from that precinct, and having select
ed these men affixes their names to
his ballot, the men in each precinct
receiving the highest number of votes
or, in other words, the candidates
whose names ARE affixed to the ballots
by the greatest number of voters
being elected to attend the convention.
Under the old system two or more
politicians held a secret caucus in each
Hot fCaG
whom the voters elected at the pri-
mary election. This they had to do,
or write in the names of Democrats
whom they preferred.
MIR. Norton's letter to the various
committeeman is as follows.
THE LETTER
Dear Sir: The Democratic county
convention will be held on Satur-
day, August 27, 1910, at 10 o'clock
a. M in symphony hall, Blanchard
building, 232 South Hip street, in
this city.
This convention is held for the
purpose of:
(a) The adoption of a county
platform;
b) The selection of 10 delegates
to the state convention to be held
in Stockton September 5;
Co The election of the county
central committee;
Cd Such other business as may
properly come before it.
We desire to have every precinct
in the county represented by dele
gates, and in order for one TO be-
come a delegate it is necessary that
he be elected at the primary cleo
ton on August Is. The Democrats
in your precinct should decide on
the delegates to be elected.
inclose forty-five stickers.
Kindly cut them apart, write the
names of the delegates selected on
the stickers and see that every
Democrat voting at the primary
election uses one of them on his
ballot.
1t is up to you to get out as large
a Democratic vote as possible at
the primaries on August Is. Show
that the Democrats in your pre-
cinct are alive.
This notification entities you to
act as committeeman, if you have
not heretofore been selected by
your precinct or appointed by me
as committeeman for your precinct.
Yours truly,
ALBERT M. NORTON,
Chairman Democratic county cen
trail committee.