Year: 1879

age in which there is a public use.
| Eighth-We believe that we
should have in the county of Los
Angeles free High Schools, and a
reasonable tax should be assessed
for the purpose of maintaining
them.


Ninth-That all persons having
charge of public money shall
faithfully provide for its safe keep
Ing, and when money is deposited
In any bank other than as special
deposit, 1t shall be that one which
will pay the highest interest, which
shall be paid into the public treas
ury and not made source OF profit
to the person having charge of 1t.
Tenth-No public officer shall
make profit out of his Office in
any way other than is designated
by law.


Eleventh-Our Legislature shall
pass the proper laws to carry out
the provisions of the new Constitu.
tion relating to gambling in stocks.
Gambling of all kinds tends to
lower the tone of public morals and
destroy habits of industry, and
should be stopped.


Twelfth-The Legislature shall
pass all laws necessary to carry out
all the provisions of the new Con-
stitution relating to railroads and
other transportation companies.
Thirteenth-As the future well
fare of this county, and of this
State, depend upon the proper reg
ulation of freights of railroads; and
the the three men elected to fill the
offices of Commissioners will have
in their keeping the welfare of
thousands of people; and as, in our
opinion, the office Of Railroad Com.
missioner is the most important
office in the gift of the people of
this State, and will, under the new
Constitution, have powers entrust-
ed TO them such as no other officers
have ever had before, we believe
that the Legislature should pass
laws making the offering to or the
taking of bribe by a Railroad
Commissioners capital Otfense by
the one offering it or taking 1t.
The betrayal Of the public interest
for gain, or the promise of gain or
personal advantage of any kind,
should be made one of the highest
crimes known to the law.


Fourteenth-The use of water
for irrigating purposes being pub
lie necessity, we believe that the
necessary laws should be adopted
providing for its development
In this county, and the proper dis
tribution of the same, not, however,
to interfere with the vested rights
of property without proper and just
compensation therefor.


Fifteenth-We believe that the
Legislature should pass laws to
c4rry into effect the rsovisiops of
the new Constitution; and no
person should be elected to
Office who did not vote for
and heartily endorse its adoption
at the election on the 7th of May
last, and will not now pledge him
self to do all in his power to give 1t
full force and effect.


Fifteenth--We believe that the
unlimited immigration of Chinese
into the State eDdangers the prln-
ciples of our government, and that
those now on the shores of the Pa
cific-the Caucasian and the Mon.
golian-have encountered each oth-
er in race-conflict which threat
ems the future of our race, our civil
llzation and government. 1t is a
conflict such as the world has
never known before between free
and generous race and mean and
servile one. We cannot compete
with them. We cannot submit to
them. We must gradually recede
before them.


We believe that Article Xxx. OF
the new Constitution should be en-
forced as in the true interest of re.
publican government, Christianity
and civilization itself.


Sixteenth-Our assessors shall,
without favor, assess property of
all kinds in the manner provided
by law and the new Constitution
of the State, with view of equali.
zing the public burdens.


Seventeenth-We hereby declare
that the object Of this party is
to promote the general welfare of
this county and this State; that we
will strive to maintain the public
credit and the honor of the Ameri-
CAN citizen; that we will strive to
make honesty a mark Of nobility
and labor honorable, and we call
on all good men to assist us in our
! work. We will do what we can,
but we expect the assistance and
cooperation of all good men.


Eighteenth-That the laws now
existing for the punishment OF buy
ing and selling votes are
insufficient, in that both
the buyer and seller, be-
ing equally guilty, neither can
be Obliged to give evidence of the
guilt Of the other. We are there
fore in favor of the enactment of
laws by which the person bribing
or attempting to bribe an elector
shall alone be punished.


Nineteenth-Web believe that the
use of money at elections threatens
not only to bring our form of gov
ernment into discredit, but to sub.
vert republican government entire
ly, and we denounce all attempts
to influence the action of electors
other than by fair and honest argu-
ment, and will do all in our power
to make the crime of bribing odious
and to have those who engage in 1t
brought to speedy justice.


Twentieth-We know that the
State is dependent for its prosperi-
ty upon its industries, and that the
withdrawal of capital will be an
injury to all classes. We are in
favor of the law affording it all and
every protection. We merely wish
to see all men treated fairly and the
capital of the State pay only Its
Legitimate proportion Of the public
burdens, and we shall denounce all
men or associations OF men whose
object may be the withdrawal of
that protection which the law at.
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