Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-08
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
A Full County Ticket Placed
in the Field.
NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES.
Opera Hall Crowded with Delegate.
From the City and County-The
Work of a Day.

Luz IrOnlDltlOn county COnvenClO1
met yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock il
Opera House Hail., which at that hou
was crowded with delegates who hailet
from all over the county.
| @. A. Abbott, of Pasadena, called the
Convention to order and Rev. w. B
Stradly offered up an invocation for tn,
success of the cause.
Chairman Abbott then stated the rea
son for the call and read list of ths
officers to be nominated by the delegate.
present. He called for nominations fol
temporary officers, and nominated Mr.
@. M. Parker for Temporary Chairman
MIR. Parker was unanimously elected.
| F. M. Porter was then elected as Tenn
porary Secretary.
Mr.. Ellsworth offered a resolution t.
the effect that all visitors be permitted
to take part in the deliberations of tn,
day except when a division was askec
by regularly elected delegate.
| An amendment was offered that sucf
visitors who wish to take part must taxi
the party pledge first. Accepted by Mr.
Ellsworth.
Mr.. Gould thought that all Prohibi.
tionists should be allowed TO take part il
the deliberations. He would move as
substitute that all Prohibitionists presen
be allowed to vote on all questions Of
fered.
The matter was finally referred to the
Committee on Rules, when such com
mittee shall be constituted.
Mr.. Abbott moved that q committee
of five be appointed on credentials
Carried.
The committee was then appointed al
follows: G. w. Abbott, Pasadena; G. w.
Brown, Pomona; J. r. Townsend, Los
Angeles; Chauncey Rush, Santa Monica,
and DR.. Cook, of Long Beach.
Rev. Mr.. Stuntz proposed that the
chairman appoint committee of five on
permanent organization.
A recess for fifteen minutes was taken
at this point in order that the delegates
might get acquainted.
The Committee on Permanent Organi-
zation was appointed as follows: John H.
Stuntz, G. E. Maharry, H. H. Matlock,
G. r. Dougherty and w. R. Goodman.
After recess the chairman reported
that the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization would not be ready to report
for some time, so he would appoint a
committee OF five on platform and resolu.
tions, and one delegate present asked
that lady be appointed on that COM
mitteea
The Committee on Permanent Organi-
zation reported as follows: Chairman, T..
E. Keich, of Santa Ana; vice president,
Rev. S. A. Thompson, of Pomona secre-
tary, F. NJ. Porter, Los Angeles assist
ant secretary, Mrs. Mary E. Garbutt, Los
Angeles. Report adopted.
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
lutions was then appointed as follows
W. d. Gould, Mrs. Keyes, Mrs. DIR.
Mills, G. A. Gibbs and DR.. Dunn.
Chairman Keich said he had often been
annoyed by long speeches, and would
therefore call for the regular order of
business with speech.
Jesse Yarnel asked that as the Com
mittee on Credentials was not yet ready
to report DIR. w. R. Goodwin, should give
his impression of the National Conven-
ton.
Mr.. Gould moved that first be it de-
cided to nominate the officers in accord
ance with the printed list in the hands OF
the delegates, when the nominations
were in order. Carried.
DIR. Goodwin then took the platform
and occupied the attention of the Con.
vention for twenty minntes.
The proceedings after the noon recess
were opened by a prayer from Dr. Miller
after which Miss Hutchinson, sang 9
prohibition song.
The Committee on credentials reported
as follows:
With regard to the sixth and Tenth
precincts of Los Angeles, your committee
finds:
1. That these two precincts were form
erly combined and known as the Sixth
precinct.
2. Two calls for primaries were made
by. citizens of these precincts in the alb
sence of timely notice from the County
Secretary, who lives in the Tenth pre-
cinct.
8. Under these calls two full delega
tions were appointed. Credentials from
the Sixth precinct contain names of resi-
dents of both Sixth and Tenth precincts
4. The old Sixth, comprising the new
Sixth and Tenth, is a large district, ane
is stronghold of Prohibition, and YOU
committee believe it is duly entitled te
twenty delegates. Hence we recommend
that the following named persons be ac'
cepted as delegates to this Convention
without discussion, viz J. r. Toberman
H. G. Wilmer, Mrs. Lucy More, Jesse
Yarnell, DR.. ]. Mills Boal, R. r. Haines
Mrs. S. A. Keyes, w. B. Stradley, Mrs
Mary E. Garbutt, A. H. Longley, James
R Townsend, Capt. A. D. Wood Rev. W
r. Goodwin, E. K. Green, Will D. Gould
Mary L. Gould, J. III. Blanchard, Lucy
| s. Blanchard, M. A. Blanchard, Rev. J
w. Ellis.
Also recommended that 1877 delegates
were entitled to seats.
The report was adopted as read.
DR.. Goodwin moved that mass con
vention be declared. Carried.
1t was moved that for the future the
conventions shall be only delegate con
ventions. Carried after some discus
sion.
Nominations were then declared il
order and the following were nominated
without opposition: For Treasurer, H
G. Wilmer; County Clerk, J. E. Keich
of Santa Ana; Auditor, H. Emo, o
Pomona; Sheriff, Fl. H. Matlock, of Lo
Angeles; Tax Collector, Joseph Glass, o
Pasadena; Recorder, Henry Rankin, o
Vernondale; Surveyor, r. M. Jessup, o
Pasadena; Coroner, DR.. w. H, Ross, 0
Compton Public Administrator. DR.: J
Pirtle, Of Duarte; Senator 39th District
@. w. Abbott; Assemblyman from 76tl
District, Rev. J. w. Baumgardner, Q
The Palms; 18th District, Rev. W. B