Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-24
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MoJAvE, May 23d.-L Flood, S I
belong, wife and four children
VIM Simpson, J w Slaven, l. Ger
Der, II Bateman, G j Dryden, wifi,
and child, J f Ward, Ii + Hazard
G Z Marsh, e J. Mayberry, G {
Mason, b COIN, Geo Greenzweig
sa" Ernneisco-Tha Po,itIcnI Par
ties as WOrk-Oihrr Hlen-.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9Th,
First Congressional District Con
vention of tho National Labor
Party of the United States assem-
bled last evening to make nomina
tions for the Constitutional Conven
ton. A number of names were
placed in nomination 10 be voteC
for at the Convention to be held or
the 30th instant. The nominee.
represent all classes of society
capitalists, politicians, lawyers
business men and workiDgmen,
A resolution was adopted asking
the Workingmen's party of Cali
fornia as represented by Franl,
Rooney, President,a and the National
Union party, to affiliate with the
National Labor party in the com.
ing contest. The National Union
party is an organization which is
reported to be 5000 or 4,000 strong
in this city. 1t has thus far held
its meetings with closed doors, but
proposes at all early day to make
its proceedings public. But little is
known of it other than that it is
opposed to monopoly and in favor
of measures tending to the eleva-
tion of the working classes.
The Republicans of the 1lth Sem
atorial District met last evening
and appointed u Committee to
confer with other district commit
tees with a view to putting a
stlaight Republican ticket in the
field.
The Non-partisan Convention of
25 met last evening with closed
doors and only portion of their
proceedings can be obtained. The
committee appOinteds to make up
a list of names of Workingmen
from which to select delegates for
the city and county TO the Consti-
tutionul Convention, reported q
list from which eight were chosen.
Seven of them are as follows: A..
II. Thompson. VIM. O'Connor, F..
j. Sullivan, McGinnis, Polk Pend
ergast and Maynard. These are
not selected as representatives of
either wing of the Workingmen's
party Of California, but are
merely prominent workingmen
chosen by the Convention
from various manufactures
of this city to represent the labor
element S. Is. Thompson was
chosen delegate-at-large, vice w.
III. l.. Barnes, withdrawn. a com.
municalion from co!ored citizens,
representation, was laid on
the table. Adjourned till Friday,
when the Convention will meet in
joint session with the San Mateo
delegation to choose a joint dele
gate.
Kearney's Congressional District
Convention met last evening and
placed number Of candidates in
nomination for the Constitutional
Convention. This evening they
will take final action on the names
now before them.
Kearney's organ, the Open Let.
ter, says to-day that J. G. Flood
has answered the committee ap-
pointed by Kearney at the Sand
Lot, TO inquire ii that firm would
not use 500, 900 in the establishment
of luundries in San Francisco,
where Idle men and women could
work, aud which would be a sweep.
ing blow at the Chinese. The an
swer is practical evasion Of the
proposition. 1t says; ~ will loan
the city $4,000, without interest,
for two years to carry out your pc
lition." Kearney's organ is dis
posed to kick against any such
proposition, and don't want any
such amount of money to get into
the hands of Mayor Bryant.
Miss II. A. Shaw, teacher in the
Tehama street primary school, fell
down the elevator in the Brunswick
House, Howard and Sixth streets,
last evening, receiving probably
fatal injuries.
Andrew Spuhr, residing on Stock
ton street, near Broadway, shot his
wife last evening, inflicting II
wound in the neck, the result OF
which Is doubtful. Cause, too
much mother-in-law.
sentrncrd f.r Abuss Of Beameu.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-Cap.
tain Knowles, of the ship South
has been convicted of
abuse of seamen and sentenced to
three months imprison meht and a
fine of 500, or, in default, one
months additional i'm prisonment.
I.nm~r speaks for the Texas Pacific.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-SENATE
Lamar in arguing in favor of the
Texas Pacific bill said that the
whole amount of bonds would not
exceed $32 1000, ZOO and the whole
amount of interest to be guaran-
teed by the United States would
not exceed $2,000,000 annually and
the Government would have n
mortgage on the entire road as Sc
curity; have all the earnings and
all dues for transportation of mails,
troops, etc. The amount asked
for this Invaluable road was not
half that annually appropri.
ated for rivers and harbors.
1t was not as much as
the Government, before the war,
paid for mail transportation alone
to the Pacific Coast aud that at a
time when we had but $4,000, 600
people and the postal demands OF
the country were not what they
are now. 1t wos not q fair state
ment of this case to say that the
passage of this bill commit d the
Government to great debt. Take
the appropriations for the army fol
the next fifty years: Were they re-
garded now as debt? They
brought no remuneration, bul
in case of railroad the Govern,
ment became the creditor of the
road. The people of the South hat