Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-16
THE CONVENTION.
The First Session Concluded
Satisfactorily.
HON. R. F. DEL VALE CHAIRMAN.
Committees Appointed - Excursion
to Santa Monica Other
Notes.

NOUeSs
Tuesday morning early many Of the
Delegates were on the streets getting
ready for the meeting Of the convention
which was announced to meet at one
o'clock in the afternoon. There was con-
siderable business to transact in the way
Of discussing the situation and the course
events were to take place during the day,
and while there we're few formal meetings
yet the different delegations managed to
join in discussions as to the stands they
were to take and the candidates they in
tended to favor. In nearly every hotel
small groups of men were seen on all
sides, where they had gathered for
this purpose, but no names other than
those mentioned in the HERALD yester-
day morning we're heard in connection
with the nominations and elections to be
made by this Convention. Many of
these meetings took place before break
fast was served and afterwards there was
as much and more activity and hustle on
the streets and at the various headquar-
ters as there had been on the day pre-
NxOuSs 4utI0 vas q OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VI
spirit observable even at this preliminary
stage of the proceedings which indicated
that the Convention to be held under
the sunny skies of Southern California
would be one of the most If not the
There appeared to be no ill-feeling on the
part Of anyone, for all seemed to feel
that the best men for the interests of the
party would be selected by the Conven-
tion and by the District Delegations.
The Committee of Arrangements found
itself busily occupied, for upon it's mem
bers in great degree depended in q
great measure the success Of the Conyen-
ton and the impression Los Angeles was
to make upon the minds Of the hundreds
Of visitors it had attracted here. Sidney
Lacey and Captain Barrett, upon whom
most Of the work had fallen and
who felt that the success or non-success
fell upon them we're everywhere present
when most needed, to see~that matters
we're progressing satisfactorily. The ele-
vation of the Pavilion had been com
pleted ,sbut there was demand for tick
cts of admission to it and for tickets to
the excursion to Santa Monica, which
had to be attended to. Delegates lately
arrived had to be furnished with badges
and assigned to their hotels, and strangers
had to be given directions about the stu
alton of the Pavilion, and these commit
teemen felt almost as If they had not arms
enough and tongues enough to do all these
things, yet SO we'll did they succeed that
there was not mistake made, and there
was not one among the many visitors but
had the warmest words of praise for the
way in which matters had been arranged.
Those who had been delegates to former
State Conventions and had found the ar
rangements in q chaotic state said that
they we're surprised to find the people of
Los Angeles SO alive to the necessities of
the situation that the arrangements had
all been completed before the Conven-
ton met. At the last State Convention
there was large amount of confusion
consequent upon incomplete arrange
ments and it was expected that this
would be the case here. That it was not
was gratifying as we'll as surprising, and
the visitors were not slow in saying what
they felt.
Most Of the morning was spent by the
visitors in inspecting the city and in
visiting with old friends, and the ex-
pressions heard on the previous day were
repeated, and more emphatically. 1t
seemed to many who, had seen Los
Angeles when it was nothing but an easy
going Southern town that it was impos-
sible that it should have blossomed
out into the most active city on
the coast, for all, whether from
San Francisco or other places admitted
that while there was an air of prosperity
about all California cities, there was
never, even in San Francisco, so much
activity either in building or in business.
The immense amount of bull ding going on
as well rs the number of improvements,
was indicative to them, SO they said,
that in the course of couple OF years
Los Angeles will be as much transformed
as it appears now to eyes which saw it
as it was two or more years ago. That
this should be the dull time OF the year,
and that matters should be SO active here,
was also considered wonderful and more
than one was heard to ask ''if this is
your dull time, what is your busy time
like? ?' Explanations given were scarcely
believed, but the visitors admitted that
they could readily believe it was that
which they had witnessed themselves.
At about II O'Clock the delegations be-
gan to reassemble at their hotels and
headquarters and to get ready for the
first session OF the Convention. There
was little discussion, however, as to can
didates for any particular positions, for
it had been decided to meet in caucusses
to be announced at the Convention, or al
a future time. The main topic was
whether or not to go to Santa
Monica, some OF the delegates
from the north, holding that to spend
time in excursions was keeping them
away too long from business. 1t was ex-
planned that Santa Monica was but a
short distance away, and that after hav-
ing come SO far everybody should see a
small part Of the country, but the dis.
cussion on this point had not ended
when the bow of departure for the Pavil.
ion arrived. This was announced by the
Seventh Infantry band as it marched in
tull uniform through the streets, and
from half-past twelve o'clock until after
one o'clock the street cars and other
vehicles were kept busy in carving dele.
gates and others to the Pavilion.
At the Pavilion.
Everything was in readiness for the
Convention long before the hour was
reached, and at this time it presented 8
more handsome appearance than it evel
has before. The gentlemen who carried
out the instructions of the committee
paused in the building after their work
had been completed and surveyed the
scene with feeling that the delegates
isdst indeed be hard to satisfy II
they did not appreciate the work
that had been done and the manner