Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-08
THE RECEPTION
To Mr.. Sidney Lacey and
Capt. A, w. Barrett.
A GATHERING OF CITIZENS
At the Hotel oxford in Honor of
the OccasiOn-TOasts and
Responses.


irrespective vf party, who met there
to tender 20 Mr.. Sidney Lacey and
Capt. A. W.. Barrett a reception and
banquet in appreciation of their suc-
cessful efforts to locate the Demo
cratic State Convention of 'SS at Los
Angeles. About forty representative
citizens were present, and the warmth
and enthusiasm of the occasion fully
demonstrated to the gentlemen in
whose honor the reception was held
that the people of Los Angeles duly
appreciated the efforts which located
the great annual gathering of the
State Democracy in this city. ~
Mine host, W. w. Stevenson, of
the popular Oxford Hotel. had spared
no pains to set q table
which would do honor to the
occasion, and he did this all as
- contribution to the cause. An
orchestra, composed of members of
the Seventh Regiment band and other
musicians, discoursed sweet music
during the evening.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock the gentle
men surrounded the festal Board, and
Major w. r. Burke, acting as chief of
ceremonies, announced lin short
speech the object OF the occasion,
which was, as before stated, for the
purpose of expressing to MIR. Lacey
and Captain Barrett the appreciation
and gratefulness Of the. citizens of this
city and county, to the gentlemen in
question for their efficient services in
procuring the convention for Los
Angeles. He concluded his remarks
with the necessary advice that all
present join in doing the proper thing
to the viands spread before them.
Tnere was no hesitation in complying
with the suggestion.
Presently Mr.. Sidney Lacey arose
and said that before proceeding fur
ther with the ceremonies, he desired
with all due respect to the gentlemen
who got up the clay out" to make a
few remarks, which were to the effect
that the State Central Committee
had done we'll by Los Angeles,
and conferred upon the people
here an honor which he
trusted all would properly appreciate.
He said eve want to treat the dele
gates to the convention right when
they come here. There was much
complaint, about the manner in which
the Republican State Convention of
two years4ago had been treated here.
The report had gone out through the
northern part of the State that Los
Angeles was inhospitable, and that it
was a poor place for the accommoda-
ton of conventions. This feeling had
made it difficult to work up senti-
ment in favor of locating the convention
in this part of the State. We must
render the best of treatment to all
that come especially to the represen-
tatives of Santa Clara and San Fran
cisco counties, whose committeeman
gave us every vote. [Applause.l We
must treat, nicely all who come, and
send tlrem back with good opinions.
We must show them we have a coun-
try of boundless resources here, and
that we know how to treat our guests"
Changing the tenor of his remarks,
he said that work had been going
on to secure the convention for
Los Angeles that most of the
gentlemen present knew little of.
Major Moran and others had done q
great deal. of work to accomplish these
ends, and as for himself, he would
claim very little credit. He appreci-
ated what had been said and what
had been done in behalf of himself
and his colleagues, although he would
attribute little ofthe honor to himself,
as it was not due him. 1t was, how
ever, clear by the shouts and the side
remarks at the conclusion of Mr.. La
cey's speech, that the assembly con-
sidered him in very great part respon-
sible for the winning of the conven-
ton.
The first toast of the evening was
"The President OF the United States,'
responded to by Captain d, r. Risley.
The Captain said: Nobody wants to
hear a speech from me. I am no
speechmaker, but can say a few
words for this cause. The record of a
Democratic President is before the
country and it needs no apology. His
name is Grover Cleveland. l have a
dispatch from st. Louis which tells
me his name will head the next tick
ct and Mr.. Gray, of Indiana, will be
his second" The toast was drunk
standing amid great applause.
Maj. j. Downey Harvev arose at the
lower end of the table and presented
minority report. He said he ana
the rest OF his end of the table wanted
Stephen NJ. White, of Los Angeles,
for the Viee-Presidency.
This sally was received with much
hilariousness, and Lieut.. Governor
Whites health was proposed.
Mr.. Write also responded to
the next toast, "11he DEM
.ocratic State Convention of '88-may
it bear good fruit" He said with
reference to the convention that
as it was the first time it was
to meet in Los Angeles or Southern
California, it must afford themembers
of the party in this section great de-
light, qualification and pleasure. He
referred to our accommodations and
facilities for entertaining such q body
as this, and said he believed all the
people and all the journals. irrespec-
tive OF party, would help to make the
visitors feel at home. He believed
that the victory with the State Central
Committee was accomplished by Mr..
Lacey, with Captain Barrett,
Major Moran and others as able
auxiliaries. It must be remembered
though that the work did moi
end with obtaining the convention
There are other battles to be fought.
H. plimented the efficiency Of MIR
/. w. Hellman as chairman of the
County Central committee, and May
or Burke as chairman of the
City Central Committee, and be-
lieved as far as they were concerned
they would leave nothing undone te
make the convention success and tc
gain great victory in the coming
campaign. He called attention to the
mcessity of proper registration and