Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-22
THE REPUBLICANS.
They Hold their County
Convention.
A WILD, WEIRD SCENE.
The Split in the Party Grows
Wider--List of N0mi-
nations.

1925 o'clock by Sutherland Hutton,
Chairman Of tho Republican County
Central Committee, who stated the OBJ.
ieot Of the meeting. Gov. Mani field
nominated j r. Briefly for temporary
Chairman; Mr.. Z. T. Wright presented
the name of C. Il. Day. A ballot was
taken and General Briefly was elected
by a vote Of 1874 to &C. This was con
sidered as victory by the Times wing
Of the PARTY. but those who are ia a po-
sition to know aro convinced that the
personal popularity of the General ear
ried him triumphantly through. The
General said that the convention had
met to attend 10 business and lie would
not occupy The time by a speech. He
congratulated the convention on the
honor he conferred upon 1t by acting as
Chairman. This brought down the
/ house as the gentleman Intended to say
that the honor was conferred upon him.
Gen. Briefly with d gree OF mendacity
which is foreign to his nature, then said:
81 think this time we will elect our
whole ticket--that every nominee OF
this convention will be elected. / hope
you will conduct the business before
| you in an orderly and business-lke man
ner, and if you have any personal differ
ences don't bring them in here. | hope
we will get along tremendously and ami.
cahly. We will now get to work"
The appointment Of q Committee on
Permanent Organization and Order Of
Business was next declared in order. and
the chairman appointed s. Mckinley, Of
Los Angeles; John Mansfield, of Los
Angeles; Thomas Banbury, Of Pasadena;
Il. I. Wright, Of Los Angeles; W. II.
Wolf, of San Pe1So; j. X. Dobbns, of
San Gahriel; II. ~ Snow, of Tustin.
,Iohn Hall Of Cahuenga, moved that
Committee on Credentials be appoint
| ed. The motion was adopted and the
chair appointed John Hall of Cahuenga,
| G.. Freeman OF Santa Ana, G.. Il. Day Of
Los Angeles, j. NJ. Dunsmoor OF Flor
cree, Con. Howe Of Pomona, and ii. G.
Hubbard of San Fernando.
A Committee on Platform and Resolu-
tions was next named B. w. Lee, L. Il.
Mosber, 3. G. Hubbell, j. G. Sheerer,
| II. Armor and p. II. Downing, being
appointed TO act as that committee.
Col. j. J. Warner moved that all res
olutons submitted TO this committee be
submitted without being read
Judge DougherIy opposed the motion,
and spoke against the action
proposed. 81 think, said he,
"that we who have resolutions to
offer might have the very poor privilege
of having them rcad.' The motion was
| lost.
Mr.. Dougherty, of South Pasadena,
then offered the following resolutions;
Resoiued, That we believe that the
burdens of government should bear
equally upon all, and that taxes should
be assessed, levied and collected without
exception to any class, and are, there
fore, opposed to the adoption of the
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion PECULIARLY designated as the Heath
Amendment" by tho provisions of
which the railroad corporations would
| practically become their own assessors.
And we hereby instruct the Republican
| County Committee to have the tickets
| printed against such amendment.
Mr.. Carr, of FL Monte, for Prof. Peck,
| offered the following resolution:
| Resoteed, That irrigation is and should
be the paramount question, and that our
delegation to Sacramento is requested to
| give it earnest and unremitting atten-
ton at the coming session of the Legis.
lature,
| The resolutions were ordered referred
to the committee.
General Mansfield moved that the
Convention take recess until one
o'clock to permit the variovs
committees lime to report Car.
ried, and the convention adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A little after / o'clock Chairman
Briefly called the Convention TO order.
Major Soares said that he would in-
sist ON the Ssrgeant-at-Arms keeping
perfect order. as something might be
said that would escape him.
The Committee on Credentials was
called upon to report, and was found
missing. The whole district messenger
boy service was put in motion, but there
was no response. This committee asked
| extension of time several times, and it
| was nearly 4 o'clock before it reported.
In the meantime the Convention moved
| uneasily and wanted to know who in
- the Credentials Committee was.
| Every once in q while the chairman
would come in, after being sent for, and
report progress. As matter of fact
the whole trouble, which took up some
two hours of time. was caused by the
fact that lot of credentials had been
placed on the desk of the Secretary OF
the Convention, and had been over.
looked by the Secretary of the Central
Committee, and not given to the Com.
mittee on Credentials. The crowd grew
impatient, and Chairman Briefly an.
nounced that smoking would have to be
stopped, ii not he would clear the
lobby.
There was a motion for a recess of
five minutes, which was voted down,
and it was resolved to devote the time
to saying few words in favor of the
unfortunates who had been nominated
by the Republican State Convention.
Governor John Mansfield took occa.
sion to introduce resolution that all of
the delegates to the County Convention
should pledge themselves to support the
whole ale ticket Including Walter
Moore). This resolution was carried
with one dissenting vote. Walter
Moore was in the back part of the hall
aud it is charged that he cast the dis.
senting vote. This. however, is not
credited, MS Walters face bore too
happy an expression when the resou.
ton was carried. This was an unquali-
fled endorsement of Moore by the Re.
publican County Convention. There is
no sure thing, however, that he will
Get the votes of all of the delegates to
| that convention. Some of them looked
as though they had little regard for the
| truth.
Mr.. b. w. Lee then read the Plat.
| for which was so full of "glittering
generalities" that space would be wasted
in publishing it.
Governor Mansfield said that the plat.
form did not endorse the congressional
| ticket. He said that Nandever was fer
superior to his Democratic opponent.
| The Governor didn't look as If he was
| talking in dead earnest and the delegates
soonl caught on, and Mausield's speech
| fell very fiat, and his references to Van
dever elected not the slightest applause.
The Committee on Credentials made
report and accredited certain gentlemen
with proxies who did not live in the
same district as the gentlemen who had
been duly elected as delegates. After
considerable discussion in which illusions
were thrown at City Attorney Mckinley
and his father, s. Mckinley, by a repre-.
sentative of morning newspaper, who
by some means gained q place in the
Convention, it was decided that no prvx.
les would be received unless held by per
sons resident in the same precinct OF the
person giving the proxies.
The Committee on Permanent 0rgani
cation and Order of Business made the