Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-12

the HERALD was called upon to publish
| g good deal OF literature of this belliger-
ent order.
Fooled in the newspaper attack Mr..
Jacobs decided to assemble the colored
| people OF the city together and learn Just
| how they stood. He found out; but the
| result OF the experiment could not have
been very satisfactory to him. He pub
lished the call in the daily papers,
and signed it Louis T. Jacobs, Chairman,
Of the Committee" When the crowd
assembled in and about the room, he
looked them ever carefully and made up
his mind that Mr.. Benjamin's friends
were in decided majority. What sup
porters he had-if he had any at ALL
when they took in the situation, thought
best to get out of sight. Louis, of course,
could not go, for the reason that he was
Chairman of the Committee and had
called the eeting. At last in response
to constant urging from the others he
gave the call to order.
81 assembled this meeting" said he,
"to discuss and take action in and upon
certain matters, notice whereof has been
filed with the proper authorities in the
zance of the fact that the party of the
second part has been aided and abetted
in this action by the other parties here
in court, and hereby declare this meet
ing dispersed" Mr.. Jacobs spends a
good deal of his time in the Police Court
room, and he finds the force of habit 80
strong that he is quite unable to speak in
any but the NEST severely legal
phraseology.
AS he spoke he began to draw on his
overcoat and proceed to turn out the gas,
a duty which pertained to his office SO
janitor. Instantly there was aihowl, and
something like thirty-one colored men
and voters were on their feet at once,
calling Mr.. Jacobs to order. He had
ordered the meeting and they proposed
to go on with it, and to take action on
the matter of the appointment of Mr..
Benjamin.
Mr.. George Washington Hawkins, a
colored man of portly figure and dignifed
mien, walked forward and pounded on
the table with big stick. Since the
Chairman had abdicated, he said, it was
necessary to appoint a successor. Major
Twine, of the Bonebrake Invincibles,
moved that Brother Hawkins, act in
this capacity, and the latter gentleman
in the excitement of the moment Sc
Conded the motion.
In the meantime, Jacobs had got to
the rear end of the room, and had begun
to put out the lights there. The room
would have been dark in nom ent more,
had not the others rallied under the
chandelier and driven him back. Then
Louis went out in the hall to think it
over. About twenty of those who were
standing up and yelling "Order!" and
"Mr. Chairman sat down, and COM
parative order was restored. George
Wren was elected Secretary. and the
meeting went on.
Major Tiwne delivered a glowing
eulogy en- his friend r. G. 0. Benjamin,
and the Rev. Anderson followed in a
lively and humorous speech, in which he
told number of good stories atsthe ex
pense of Mr.. Jacobs. TheGeupon the
latter, who had been listening at a crack
| in the door, got Wild, and rushing in
made another abortive attempt to turn off
the gas. He was overpowered by super
ior numbers and flung out of the door.
Somebody proposed that sergeant-at-
arms should be chosen whose especial
especial duty it should be to knock down
and drag out Louis Jacobs as often as he
came in. Everybody declined the Office
and the plan was abandoned.
Major Twine moved that the meeting
endorse the candidacy of Mr.. Benjamin
for the position of "Consul at Amigo"
The Chairman wanted to put it "Minis-
ter" at Antigua, and when headed off on
this, had to content himself with giving
Benjamin the degree of Councilman"
A rising vote was taken end it was
unanimous, Mr.. Fillman 7. Brown tsk-
ing occasion to make very sensible and
straightforward speech, in which he get
before the colored brethren the necessity
of dwelling together in harmony and
standing by one another.
A vote was then taken on question
put by Chairman Hawkins entitled,
"Did we break up Jacobs meeting or
not?" In spite of the ambiguous nature
of the proposition, the vote was unani-
nous, though no one can say which way
it went.
Mr.. Benjamin, who had just entered
the room, was called upon and delivered
few remarks, thanking his friends for
their support, and promising to do his
best for the race.
A gentleman by the name Of Clundy
then broke loose and it was not un il
large part of the audience had adjourned
to the ball outside that bis flow of elo-
quence subsided. He said that Jacobs
was "un condos mentos" (non compos
mentis), and had been "evolutei." The
meeting then adjourned with cheers for
Benjamin, the Chairman of the Republi-
can party, the reporters present and
every body else.