Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-28
LYNCH SPEAKS.


Last night welltilled house greeted
Mr.. j. d. Lynch at the Opera House.
The band gave notice of the eloquent
event. Great enthusiasm prevailed even
previous to the meeting. At o'clock,
Judge Willis, with few wildly glowing
and felieitousiy forcble sentences, intro.
duced the orator Of the evening, Mr..
Lynch, who was received with an ova-
ton. Mr.. Lynch began by alluding to
bis introduction to San Bernardino, thir-
teen years ago; and to the possibilities
possessed by this county for phenome-
nal development. He gave brilliantly
eloquent tribute to the imperial resources
of this county. Turning to politics, he
electrified the house with brilliant por.
traiture of the course of Grover Cleve.
land; showed the honesty, the efficiency
and the firmness of the Administration.
On the subject of State politics he COM
menced with fine tribute to the integ.
rity and executive ability OF Washington
Bartlett. Turning to Mr.. Swift he was
merciless in eloquent analysis of his van.
ity, his egotism, lis instability and his
political venality. The $4,000 fee was
scorched with rhetorical lightning and
his general weakness, unfailhfulness and
selfshness laid bare as if with scalpel
His delineation of Swift's shifting, sohem.
ing character was the most masterly we
have yet heard. Adverting to his own
candidacy, Mr.. Lynch plunged at once
into declaration of his views on the is.
sues OF the moment. He pronounced
himself squarely in favor of repeal of
the Riparian law which threatens 10 re-
tard the advancement OF the State. This
can only be done by the election of
Democratic Legislature. 1t need hardly
be said that the man who has made
Southern California famous throughout
two continents, was both pointed and
practical in his views. He avowed HIM
self an ardent supporter of the public
school system OF California and the Unit.
ed States. He even favored its great ex-
tension regardless of expense. He com
mented with whitening sarcasm on Gen.
Vandever's Misrepresentation of his po.
sition on this question, surmising that
the General took his slander at second.
hand from Pixly and the Argonaut. He
disdained to discuss his religion with
Pixley and Vandever, but he was proud
of his Irish blood and proud of theiact
that both his grandfathers voted for
Thomas Jefferson for President, proud of
the historical fact that his gallant father
was an officer of the war Of 1912, and
paid for his devotion to his country by
a years imprisonment in Canada. On
the silver question he was more lumi.
nous in his presentation of the situation
than any man we yet heard on the stump.
He promised unreservedly IL elected to
Congress to fight to the last to make the
silver dollar of the poor man equal to
the gold dollar of the rich man. His ar.
guments in favor of silver were support
ed by economic facts, and irrefutable
statistics. In short, he showed thor
ough acquaintance with this great
question. He closed with demolishing
arraignment of Gen. Vandever for his at.
tempt to hoist the bloody shirt and re-
vive sectional hatred. He sat down amid
applause.
After music, Mr.. Jacobs was intro
duced by Judge Willis. who, in one of
the most eloquent short speeches we
have ever heard, felicitous in outlining
Of the ordeal which young speaker en-