Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-10-03
THE REPu BLIcAN RALLY.

lnE nErO 0biOhN nHIhIs
A Slim Attsndsncs--Th Nsssrs. Thomas B
Bard, jarrett T. Richards and Judgt
Whssler Talk--A Tame Affair.
The blare Of the City Band yes
terday evening, combined with the
simultaneous lighting up of the
stand In front of the auction store
and the transparency over Union
Hall gave warning that the Re.
publicans were to have q campaign
rally last night. Towards eight
o'clock = moderate sized audience
had gathered In front OF the stand,
leaving gaps through which four
horse team might have been driv-
en- at times, while a sagacious few
were seated on the steps Of the
Court House opposite. A conces-
sion was made to proprIety by the
removal Of the pots, kettles and
pans, aud other paraphernalia,
which were so suggestive on the
platform on q previous occasion.
Col. Bsri, Of Ventura, was the
first speaker introduced by Chair
man Whiting. As Col. Bard does
not pretend to be an orator as Bru-
tus was we refrain from criticism.
He 10 q manly and digniHed look
ing gentleman and let his audience
of lightly.
The oratorical feature of the
evening may be described as hip.
pOdrOme performance by two de-
feated candidates for the Supreme
bench Of California, Hon. jarrett
T. Richards and Judge Wheeler.
AS an orator Mr.. Richards is
fearfully and wonderfully made.
His handsome and benevolent face
beamed with such Pickwick.like
geniality that one could hardly re.
alize that, behind that childlike
aud bland exterior, lay such Him.
liable capabilities for soothing an
audience, Five minutes of Mr..
Riohards's oratory has more of the
genuine sOporilic virtue than a
pound of morphine. He is one of
those provoking speakers who
mako point of leaving off, who
back up to the water pitcher, take
q draught of Adams ale. and re-
sumo the weary threads of
their discourse. He fooled
his hearers so often that |
they at last became demonsira.
tive, and yells for Hancock and
Wheeler rent the air. He stuck
to his ground bravely, however,
for full three-quarters of an hour,
making Democratic votes at u
frightful rate. In fact, he Is a
pretty good Democrat, after all.
Orators are born, not made.
Before introducing Judge Wheel
or, Col. Whiting took occasion to
rebuke the crowd for not relishing
Mr.. Richards eloquence. The
Judge began his discourse by say
ing that he could not hope to i'm
prove upon the oratOry Of his pre-
decessors. At this announcement
q great bIankness overspread every
face; and the collective lengthen-
ing of phizes amounted to at least
o mile. He managed, however, to
put In the greater part of two
hours In claiming all the decency,
the respectability and morality for
the Republican party. He is an
Intelligent but very sOphistical
talker, and is tOlerably we'll skilled
In making the worse appear the
better cause. According to him
the Republican party is the true
enemy Of the Chinaman, and Gar
field lodged a vote on the original
passage of the Fifteen Passenger
bill, aud afterwards voted to sus.
tain Hayes's veto, all to show how
great was his desire to keep
the pIg.tails out of the country,
and SO on 0d nduse0m. In the
course OF his remarks, he applied
himself to proving that Garfield
was an angel OF light. He recited
how the Republican candidate had
covered his back pay to the amount
OF $3.50 into the treasury, but ne.
elected to mention that he only did
80 after his constituents had held
an indignation meeting and CO.
creed him into tardy reparation.
He also failed to mention that
Garfield's majority at the next
election ran down from 1000 to
$500, through the sentiment Of bis
at his participation in
the back-pay iniquity, and 30 on
to the end of the chapter. We
merely give few specimen bricks.
At the conclusion Of Judge w heel.
er's remarks, feeble cheer, in
which fully twenty people partici.
pated, was given for Garfield and
Arthur, and the meeting dis.
persed.