Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-15
THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
The Candidates Hold n Big Meeting
at DOwneY City.

EDITORS HERALD After a pleasant
afternoon at the Fair Grounds, where we
took good look at the fine display oi
fruit, grapes, and many OF the produc,
tions of Los Angeles county which were
displayed at the Pavilion; witnessing
the grand parade of the fine cattle and
horses, and witnessing the races Of the
boys and lads, and seeing two fine races,
both running and trotting, which were
well contested by the fine horses entered
for that purpose, we walked over to
the stand prepared for the orator of the
evening, Col. W. S. Herndon, who was
to address the audience last evening.
The stand was handsomely decorated
with the red, white and blue, with fine
portraits of Cleveland and Thurman sus-
pended commediately over the front of
it. Soon after dark large torch-light
procession, led by a fine brass band,
paraded the streets of the city and to
the stand, adding quite number to the
large audience already assembled. At
half past seven Mr.. Burch called the
meeting to order, and proclaimed Mr.. A.
Sidney Gray as President OF the evening
Mr.. Gray, in few remarks, stated the
object of the meeting and requested the
meeting to be orderly, stating that he
believed if they listened attentively
to the eloquent speaker, who was to ad-
dress the meeting, he had no doubt many
Republican would be convinced of his
errors, and join the old ship of Demo-
cracy, and assist in elevating Grover
Cleveland to the Presidency, and
fb n poh1o old Dovoor A1Io,, q Ul,,,r,>,o,,
to the second place in our nation. He
j. J. Mcclellan, F. w. Gouthry, John
Dollan, A. j. Anderson, of Norwalk, R.
II. Levering of Artesia, w. H. Newmark,
Of Compton, l. n. Chockson, Col.
O'Brien, VIM. Caruthers, George Skid
more, w. L. Price, and w. w. Barnes,
of Los Angeles, and as Secretaries w.
Steele and S. Greening.
The President introduced Judge V.
Montgomery as candidate for Senator of
this district. The Judge said he would
not touch on the issues of the two parties
as they would be handled by Col. Hern
don, but would use his endeavors to
serve the country to the best of his abil-
ity if elected. He said Mr.. McComas
was telling his party that they were
dHedu, uuo Iucy hlSIiI PoiHdPo CuduSc
his mind after the 9th day of November.
of our Ticket, Cleveland and Thurman,
his attention to local affairs, and hoped
he would be able to accomplish some
thing, as but little had been done for the
country south of Puente Hills. He was
here not to speak but to show himself.
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duced, and stated that he was candidate
for Recorder, and if elected would do his
utmost to please the friends who elected
him.
Mr.. White was presented as candi-
date for County Auditor, and expressed
his gratitude to his friends for the nom
ination they had given him, and would
be still more grateful if elected to the
Office he was seeking.
Colonel Hewitt, candidate for Treas
urer, said he was no speaker, as he in
variably took the chuck ague" when
presented to an audience. However, the
Colonel soon got over his nervousness,
and made quite a spicy address. He
read the letter he had received and the
answer written, which have both ap-
peared in the HERALD. He said that if
please those who elected him. He had
had a great deal OF money placed in his
hands, and none had ever been used but
from the amounts he had handled not
one cent had ever been lost.
The orator of the evening, Colonel w.
S. Herndon, was then presented to the
audience. The stand was so situated
hot ho Nn10 o1 Wiz fIr, H.
of the audience (it was brilliantly lit up
Weiss, who is attending the County
them from all sides. In opening his
him of an old negro who had fish
when asked how in the world he used it,
he said: .Why, I just catch 'em gwine
ends" He said he had to ad-
dress his audience on all sides.
The Republicans can find no weak place
in them. They can all stand up before
the people and regarded in every way fit
for which they have been nominated.
tuOu pICbCAtCu Iu0 Cldlu6 VI tu0
Democratic party. He descanted up
on the messages of President Cleveland,
and the independent manner in which
he had issued them. The Democratic
party went into power with pledges to
relieve the burden of taxation, reduce
the surplus and not further increase it.
Has it been redeemed. If not, whose
fault is it. In 1885 the Morrison bill was
presented to correct these abuses, and
was defeated by the Republican party.
Last December the President issued a
message recommending the reduction of
taxation and to tighten the burden rest
ing upon the shoulders of the working
class, which was taken up by Congress,
the result of which was the Mills bill,
which proposes a moderate reduction,
and to reduce this burden that rests up
on the shoulders of the people, make
taxes lighter, and run the Government
in more economical manner. This bill
has passed the House and gone to the
Senate, and still lies there, and, if not
acted upon, whose fault is it. The Re-
publican party has there majority, and
this session of Congress has been one of
the longest ever known, and is still in
session, so that Mr.. Allision shall pre-
sent bill; if he fails to make it protec-
tive, he is where? What have the Re-
publican party done? They have done
nothing more than present their
platform. They are all torn IN