Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-27
THE 'PUBLICANS.
They Meet in Their County
Convention.
U kG AIMING FOR WORK
Officers of the Convention, Platform
and Resolutions, the Delegates.
Nominations Begin.
THE 'PUBLICANS.
0 RGANIZING FOR WORK

publican County Committee. delegates o
the party from nearly all the precincts il
the county met at Turner Hall, on Spring
street, yesterday at 10 A. NJ. After {
little preliminary skirmishing, at 10: :2(
O'Clock f. j. Gilmore, Chairman of the
County Committee, called the Conven.
ton to order. Fred, the debonaire, il
suffering from severe attack of rheu
matism, and is obliged to go on crutches
Sorry as one must feel for this misfor
tune of Mr.. Gilmore, the reflection is
forced that bis crutched condition is but
fitting index of the state of his party in
this year of grace-lame as the party is
on the Chinese, on silver, with the labor
ing people, with the farmers and with
American sovereigns in general.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
Judge j. w. MCGEE arose and said
that his town, Pasadena, desired the
| Convention to nominate for temporary
chairman gentleman of ability and in
tegrity, the Hon. w. F. Fitzgerald, of
Los Angeles. The announcement was
received with applause. There was no
other candidate named, and Judge Car
penter and j. H. Book were appointed a
committee to escort Judge Fitzgerald to
the chair. His appearance upon the
platform was the occasion of another
loud outburst of applause.
JUDGE W. F. FITZGERALD SAID:
''Mr Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention: am grateful for the honor
you have conferred upon me to preside
over this Convention. 1t is an honor OF
which any gentleman might be proud.
| cannot find words to express my thanks.
l shall discharge my duties honestly and
to the best of my ability. High and
heavy responsibilities rest upon us. In the
present contest between the two parties
our patriotism is called forth. admon-
ish you, gentlemen, that the present
serene political sky will be disturbed by
one of the most bitter and hard-fought
political campaigns ever recorded in his
tory. And, gentlemen Of the jury
daughter and applause), our very ma
tional existence is imperiled by the un-
holy alliance OF the Democratic party
with England. [Applause.l What Eng
land failed toaccomplsh in the Revolution
she now tries to accomplish through the
Democratic party in its advocacy Of free
trade. hope the ticket selected by this
Convention will be heartily supported by
every one in this hall from top to bottom.
Applause This Convention should
select the members of the different COM
mittees. The different wards and super
visoral delegates should select the names
and will appoint them. Power should
be left with the people. The less a peo-
pie is governed the better off it is. I
now declare the convention open for
business"
In spite OF Judge Fitzgerald's bit of
special pleading in the reference to Eng
land, he came out all right at other
points of his eloquent speech. He is go
accustomed to plead for Republican cul.
prits that he seemed to think the entire
party under indictment, and that he was
before the great tribunal of the American
people begging for mercy for his political
organization. lie is right, and will find
that the gentlemen OF the jury" will do
full justice to his clients next November.
As the Irishman said, that is what the
Republican party is afraid Of. Then how
beautifully Judge Fiizgerald's early
Democratic training came out in the
declaration that the less a people is
governed the better off it is That is
Jeffersonian sense derived from his very
birth by the able Chairman of the Con-
vention.
Judge Carpenter moved that H. W.
Edelman be made temporary secretary.
Mr.. Vail, of Pasadena, moved that the
honor be conferred on Harry Stafford, of
Santa Ana. Governor j. J. Gosper pre-
vented split in the Convention by NOV
ing that both gentlemen be appointed.
The motion prevailed unanimously.
Coloiel Chaplin, OF Santa Monica,
moved that a committee of seven be ap-
pointed by the chair to pass on creden-
tials of delegates.
DIR. Sinsabaugh wanted the members
of the committee named by the several
wards and supervisoral districts.
Judge Carpenter wanted one from each
city ward and one from each district out
side the city. George Rice, of Alham-
bra, objected. as this would give the city
five members and the outside but three
on each committee.
@. E. Day offered a substitute, provid
ing for two for each country district. and
one for each city ward. Colonel
Melvin Nudge, of Compton, waxed
eloquent in his pleadings for the rights
of the country. He wanted nothing but
what belonged to him, but he would
| fight for that much. This question took
up much time, and some half hundred
members spoke. There are two hundred
and sixty-one delegates who have right
to seats in the Convention; of these, one
hundred and fifty seven are from the
bulcolic districts, and only two hundred
and four from the city. 1t was decided
that the country have six members in
each committee and the city four. This
solution Of the difficulty was reached by
adroit parliamentary tactics on the
part OF Gen. H. H. Boyce, who moved
a substitute to this effect for the hundred
and one motions and amendments be-
fore the house.
THE COMMITTEES.
This matter being settled, Judge Johr
Haynes moved that a Committee OF
Permanent Organization and Order o
Business be appointed. Carried.
Councilman J. H. Book moved that
Committee on Platform and Resolution
be appointed. Carried.
]. Frankenfeld moved that Commit
tee on Credentials be appointed. Car
ried.
AT this point a recess of fifteen min
utes was taken in order to allow time 10
selecting these committees.
1t was IL 40 O'Clock when once NOR
Judge Fitzgerald's gavel--a huge cane
again called the body to order He an
nounced the following on the three com