Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-02-02

session Of tho Legislature, and
make the battle there.
DIR. Widney's remarks were lis.
tened to throughout with the ut.
most attention and every reference
to the new State Of "Southern CAL
ifornla" was received with enthu.
slastic applause.
At the conclusion OF Dr.. Wild.
ney's remarks the folio wing letter
Was read:
70 the President Of the meeting to
divide the State:
San Fernando endorses DIR. J. p.
Widrey's mastery article on d.
vision Of the State and pledges her
support In bringing about . divis.
ion Of the State 1t once.
[Signed1 G. MACLAY,
H. w. GRIswoLD,
.7s, A. b. MoFFITT,
HI. G. HUBBARD,
9fe f. M. WRIGHT,
M. MURNANE,
And others.
Mr.. o. II. Bliss stated that In
Tulars and Fresno counties, in
which he had resided for nine
years before coming to Los Ange-
les,' the sentiment OF the people
there was largely ia favor Of State
division.
Mayor TobermaD, Mr.. w. H.
Perry and others in response to
calls made short speeches In which
they heartily endorsed the move.
ment for q division of the State.
Judge Hines, Of Ventura, who
was present, was called upon. The
Judge said'he was not authorized
to speak for the people Of his sec.
ton, but would say for himself
that he thought q division Of the
State contamination devoutly to
be wished. - Ea
Mr.. r. q. Glover, in order to
give the movement consistency
and bring the matter into working
shape. moved that Q committee be
appointedto devise means to bring
about the desired result.
Mr.. III. Mcclellan was called upon
for his Views. Whilst favoring
State division, he said, he thought
that the improvement Of Whining.
ton harbor was the all important
subject that should engross the
people Of Los Angeles at the pres
ent time. He thought the difficul-
ty in the way of procuring the de-
sired appropriation might, per.
haps, have arisen from the fact that t
the mattsr had not been properly
presented to Congress-that the
work to be done had not been prop.
erly shown, and he would there
fore suggest that q profile map of
the bottom of the channel, with
the exact number of yards to be
excavatsd, should be prepared and
forwarded to Congress.
Col. ]. J. Warner made short
speech in which he gave a brief
history OF the sentiment of the peo-
ple OF Southern California who
were opposed to union with the
people Of the Northern part Of the
State as early as 1849 and. only
voted for the adoption of the con.
stitutioy of the Monterey Conven-
tiop to escape military govern
msnt. They advocated division
Of the State as early - 1851, nine
years before the proposition re-
ferred to by DR.. Widney was sub
mitted.
Messrs. H. D. BArrows, Z. F.
Spence snd Judge Widney followed
in advocacy Of energetic measures
to bring about q division Of the
State.
Mr.. B. Chandler suggested that
~ tho people of the counties Of the
proposed new, State. had already
voted In favor Of division, the
proper COURSE to pursue would be
to call upon Congress to ratify
their action.
The Chairman stated that the
question before the meeting was
the motion of Mr.. Glover.
Mr.. Barrows moved as substi-
tute that a com mittee be appointed
to confer with the people OF the
counties to be embraced in the pro-
pesed State Of Southern California
as to the best means of accomplish.
ing the object desired. Adopted.
Mr.. George +. Mcclellan moved
that a Committee Of three be ap-
pointed to select a committee of
seven to carry into effect the mo-
ton Of Mr.. Barrows aud. that Mr..
Spence, Chairman of this meeting,
and DR.. Widney he members Of
that Committee. Adopted.
The Chair appointed the follow
ing gentlemen the Committee of
Three: H. ID. Barrows, DR.. j. p.
Widnsy and B. Cohn.
Mr.. Barrows moved that the
mass meeting now assembled are
heartily in favor of the new State
Of Southern California. Adopted.
On motion of M. Bliss, the
meeting gave three hearty cheers
for the State OF Southern California
and adjourned,