Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-21

would not be lack of supply, be throw
7 till the fire was extinguished. The favor
able situation of the town makes such {
plan feasible. No part of the city woult
be so far away as to be at the mercy o
the flames. Salt water is better thai
fresh tor extinguishing fires, and it costs
n thing while the first cost OF such al
apparatus, and its subsequent malnten
ance, would probably be no more, If al
much, as that attending any other as Ell
ficient.
The Republican mass meeting came
off as previously ammo unced on Wednes
day last in Swinford's Hall. A goodly
number we're present. The meeting was
presided over by w. H. Savage, while
Charles Sioberg served as Secretary. The
list Of Vice Presidents it is said included
every know Republican in the town, YET
they all found space on the stage, and
still Necessity" Kelley found am.
pie room to cavort, as is his
style, when he came to address
the meeting as representative Repub-
lican," as he announced himself. Mr..
Savage. the President, introduced the
speakers, after first speaking little
piece" on his own account. He exhaust
ed the list of superlatives in eulogizng
the several candidates. And first came
the great disfranchiser, G. FL. Dunsmoor,
who, after apologizing for being there at
all, remarked that "whosoever tooteth
not his own horn, the same shall not be
footed" This brilliant sally elected the
widest applause. He then devoted Che
rest of his time to an attempt to disprove
the HERALD's charge that he has used
his official position to disfranchise DEM
ocratic voters. The attempt, however,
was not brilliant success, and he evil
IDENTIFY thought SO himself, since he
closed by promising to do some more be-
fore the campaign closes. Mr. Field
then came forward, made bow and re-
tired. Mr.. Platt was next introduced,
and told his auditors that he was conf
dent he was eminently capable for the
office to which he aspired, and retired
entrusted. The President then intro
duced that brilliant, brave and dashing
native son of California, who had
charged the raging torrent Of
the mighty Los Angeles river
when "on tear" Martin Aguir-
re, as the most fit person
in the whole county for the high and re-
sponsible office of Sheriff. Martin came
forward in fine style, remarking that he
was no orator like the great Necessity"
who was to follow him, but he wanted
votes, because he would like to get there.
Then he retreated and was succeeded by
that GREAT man, the original and only
dad" Briefly, who told the audience
that but for him nothing could have
been done by the last Legislature, and if
they would only elect him to succeed
himself the county would be safe. He
repeatedly said he would retire, but kept
right on; having been wound up for a
half hours talk, it was impossible to stop
him. He kept fizzing away like soda
water bottle when the cork is removed,
and like it he gave forth little else but
gas. He finally subsidized, however, with
out injury to himself, and then came the
event of the evening, the heavy weight
orator, the inimitable and only Frank p. 3,
otherwise known as Necessity" Kelley.
He knocked facts and statistics into
smithereens; told his audience that he
was there AS Representative Republi-
can" to tell them all about the tariff
question that when Democratic speak
ers and writer's say anything different
from his statements, they LIE. Oh!
he was brave indeed he was.
He tackled matters of history
with tho same coolness veteran soldier
would charge battery OF popguns, and
shot as wide of the mark as would q
blind man with an old Continental mus
ket. You bet he was here to tell the
people something they never knew be-
fore, and he did. For instance, that
the "grandest and most important
Presidential campaign ever fought in the
history Of the country, when that great
soldier and statesman, General Harri.
son, the grandfather Of the present great
General Harrison, was elected, occurred
in 1891" He gave very graphic CD
account of the tariff legislation of the
last hundred years, in which he showed
just as great familiarity with facts. But
he is an orator, and he is one of the
athletic order, and the crowd of vice.
presidents on the platform had to hustle
themselves out Of his way when he
"took the stage" Well, he tired out
many listener before he stopped his
rawlings, though goodly number sat it
out, hoping that there might be some
thing to come that would pay for the
punishment. When he subsidized, what
was announced as an intelligent mem
ber of Patrick Sars6eld Dorney's Irish
American Club of Los Angeles, one of
the "noble SIX hundred" who are charg-
ing on the treasury of the Republican
Central Committee, was introduced in
the person of one J. C. Wray, but
he was very feeble ray and after strug-
Cling for half an hour in the foggy
atmosphere of the Republican platform
on the labor questions of the day without
emitting the faintest ray to illumine its
starless night, he melted into inky dark
ness without a struggle. What was left
of perhaps, these hundred people present
when the meeting opened stood up while
the v. p's. and candidates gave three
cheers for the Republican ticket and all
retired. To say that the audience, Re-
publicans as well as Democrats, were
disappointed in the speakers of the
evening is to feebly report the general
expression that evening and ever since.
The former are outspoken in their dis
gust, many going so far as to say if that
is sample of the ticket and speakers OF
the G. o. p., the closer they are confined
until after election, the better the
chances for the success of the party at
the polls. Democrats are perfectly con-
tented and are not at all ashamed to
compare their meeting OF the week be-
fore with this one OF their opponents.
The Democratic Campaign Club here
has sent challenge to the Republican
Club to appoint five OF their men to meet
five from the Democrats to discuss the
tariff, Chinese and labor issues involved