Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-09-19

swept down all the lines Of the big
crowd. Apologizins for 4 severe cold
which sfeoted his voice badly, Mr..
Lynch gracefully Acknowledged the
horor be had received In being nomi-
nntsd. BE referred TO the good work
do by the State Convention In the
superb ticket given to the voters of Cali
fornis. BsrtIett's course as Mayor was
compared to that Of Cleveland in Buffalo
aud the augury drawn that lie was
10 be, like Cleveland. reward. d WI the
Governorship. The Satisfaction expert
enced by the Convention at the nJniina-
lions OF George A johnson for Attorney
General and Of A. ]. Moulder fir Super.
inteBdeut If Public Instructionas well as
OF others on the ticket was deer. bed.
The candidates on the Republican tick ct
came 10 for due share Of gentlemanly
bera,i g Thar inferiori to tie D, M
ocraic nominees was graphically lor-
trsyed The national administration was
ve'y highly compllmsnted for the reuly
magnificent methods IN which it Is con
duciDg the affairs Of the nation. The
influence Of this successful management
Of national affairs was claimed as a
great element OF success in all the State
campaigns. Lynch glanced at the vast
treasures California had contributed TO
the nation. He said Sputh-rD California
is now producing SO. 600. 600 per annum
OF silver, aud he claimed that this
great enterprise should have protection.
He assured his bearers that if sent to
Congress, II would be his aim to make
the mot OF bis intimate knowledge Of
the re- ources, possibilities and needs OF
his district and Of his ALI moe with
tho dominant party In the lower
house, and OF the administration
to press the claims of Southern Califor-
MIA upon the attention OF Congress. He
said his labors should be for the benefit
Of the whole district and Of all its varied
interests.
During Mr.. Lynch's speech he was in
terruptsd by frequent applause. When
he addressed hls remarks to Republi
cans, Voices called out, "We'll vote for
your' Wen send you there" aud
similar endorsements Of his pledges to
work for the good Of the whole district.
s. N. wHITE, ESQ,
Was then introduced, and as is ever the
case, this distinguished orator and tai
ented lawyer was greeted with stoln,
of applause. He said that his remarks
would be brief, but on such an occ ASTON
he wanted to say word or two. "On
the way from San Francisco heard of II
row In the Republican party. and that
row has assumed such proportions that
we fear that the party will not be found
foeman worthy of our steel. l do not
believe in making assaults upon oppos-
inn d,1afao he ~. a
can be substantiated by facts. If you
are satisfied that one party has put up
good men on ticket, and has enunci-
ated good principles in a platf rm, while
another party has nominated Indifferent
men, and in its Platform has lodged
every vital question, then it becomes
y, u to support the party whose opinions
are consistent with the views of the
people. will, later on in Il eicampaign,
address the people, but now | merely
desire to speak Of the two platforms in
cursory way. la days pact the Repub-
licans ccntended that they were con.
sislent; that they never recedtd but al
ways progressed. Look at the recent
Eslee platform. 1t declared that it was
the duty of corporations to pay their
taxes, and it was the mission of the Re-
publican party to eoerce them and make
Them pay their taxes, Now what do
We ste: The platform as reported by the
Committee on Resolutions, at tue Los
Angeles convention, said that the
Heath amendment was important aud
everybody should think about it.
even this VS. too definite, and thu
Commi tee of the Whole eliminatei it,
md nothing If condemnation of r2or-
ate methods appears in the Republ can
platform; and nothing about making the
railroads pay their taxes. The R pub
licsn party is afraid of the railroads.
Two years after having denounced the
railroads. this party Of great moral ldea-
turned around a. elected stanford, the
president Of the railway system, as
United States Senator. What is the
use of party saying 1t is governed by
platform If the platform is made one
day aud broken the nexif
The Republicans have nominated Mr..
Swift for Governor. Swift says he ia
Republican, and for the purposes Of the
campaign may be one. But he won't
b. one long. He won't vote the Repub-
lican ticket unless lie is on il. He is
very ltdDlc " ntD w utu tIktus was
nominated for Cover or against Swift.
Perkins asked Swift to stump the State,
and the gentleman refused point blank;
he even refused to visit Mr.. Perkins
room. The only good thing he ever did
was to vote for Hager for United States
Senator When there was row with
the water company in San Francisco.
Swift, with the idea Of ru ming for Of
flee, rendered his services free of charge
to the Board of Supervisors. He won
the suit for the city, was elected
to the legislature, and while there a bill
was passed giving him S25, 900 for his
services in this suit, and he took the
money. While in Los Angeles Mr..
Swift put up a couple Of Thousand dol.
lars of this money for incidental ex.
penses. (Referriug to Swift's $4,000
champagne BILL He is not reliable or
CONSISTENT man, and the Republicans
know it. John P. jackson, of the Wasp,
Chairman of the Committee on Cred, n
tials of the late Republican Convention,
is outspoken against HIM. Mayor Bart.
lie t. on tbs other hand, has q record to
be proud Of. When the Spring Valley
Water Company attempted to control
him, and had a clear majority in the
Board of Supervisors, he stood Ike
rock between that Board and the com
pany and made the company pay $500.
GOO which it owed the cry. Bartlett
has always stood up for the weak
against the strong" Mr.. White re.
ferred to the injustice done this sec ion
by the Republicans by refusing to nom.
mate the able and eminent Judge Brun.
son and giving Southern California no
place on theJudieial portion of the ticket.
Mr.. White complmented the whole
ticket very highly and paid particular
at enton to Mes RS johnson, Mould-r
and Herold. OF Mr.. Lynch, candidate
for Congress, he said, "Mr. Lynch is a
journalist, and for years has been-placing
his ideas before the public. He has been
ever loyal to ihis section and to his
party. We all know that he never
shirks his duty. That he will press the
interests of Southern California, and il
committee does not acceed to his de.
mands he will push the committee out
of existe' ce, and he will get tn ough any
mea, ure for Southern California that he
asks tor. We all know who MIR Lynca
is but who is his opponen 2" thought
| knew every distinguished man in this
di-tric but | mu confess my ignorance
of the Republi an candidate Tor Con.
gress l mt know his name. Some
people call him Vandever and others
vandeever. l don't know whether II he
was elected he could lell where the port
of Wilmington is. l don't know ii he
ever saw it. don, know how much Of
the needs of this coun'ry.he is acquaint.
eo with. He may be n good man, but
we know that no man is so thoroughly
conversant with the wants of this coun
try as Mr.. Lynch, and we will trust the
Interests Of this dis riot in
the hands of man who
is familiar with 1t. This is a matter Of
business to the people who live in
southern California aud Mr.. Lynch is
the man we want. We thoroughly un.
derstand him and he thoroughly under.
stands us
Mr.. While spoke feelingly of Mr..
John 7. Gaffey, candidate for member