Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-10-01
RAFTING MEETING.
The Eighth Ward Club Greatly
Enthused

EutuuSCOs
The members of the Eighth Ward club,
precinct G, met in the parlors of the
Pico house last night. 1t was fine
large meeting, and the personnel of the
club was remarkable for its fine, earnest
and intelligent appearance. Several
well known gentlemen had been invited
to address it, and after the transaction
of some routine business, Col. j. j.
Ayers was announced. He delivered
ten-minutes' speech in which he dwelt
upon the bright outlook for the success
of the Democratic state ticket, and the
splendid prospect the party had in Los
Angeles to carry their county ticket. He
said that all they had to do was to put
up good ticket of representative Demo-
Craftsmen who would stand the Jeffer
sonian test-and they would be elected.
The best old-time Republicans-respect-
able men who had stake in the
county-had become disgusted with the
extravagant and fagitious rule of their
own party, and were ready to vote for
change. The speakers remarks were
we'll received.
Mr.. E. G. Bower followed in an excel
harmony and earnest work. He spoke
of the signs of the times, and the splen-
did way in which Pond and Del Vale
were being received by the people every
where, and pointed with pride to the
very superior character of every nomi-
nee on the state ticket. He hoped that
the wards would send the best men they
had as delegates to the county conven-
ton, 80 that when the local ticket was
presented it would be composed of men
against whom no word of censure could
be urged
Mr.. j. d. Dunlap then delivered a
very interesting and instructive address
on the duty of Democrats to make an
aggressive fght-to call things by their
right names, and to denoupce the party
that had given to our city and county
the most reckless and atrocious govern
ment ever known in Los Angeles before.
He said that the party that had held to-
gether and showed bold and undaunt-
ed front during twenty-five years of de-
feat, was animated by higher principles
than a lust for office, and must be
founded upon basis of everlasting
truth.
Judge A. j. King was then introduced
and made most eloquent and instruct
i've speech. He said that last Saturday
he was out of sorts and thought that he
would have to take course of medicine.
But when, the next day, he saw how the
Republicans had behaved at the pri-
maries-how they had voted their jojos
and their hobos, and were split up into
fighting factions, that he didn't require
any medicine, but that it was needed by
the Republicans. He then adverted in
scathing terms to the Capitalization OF
the Republican party-how it was WHIP,
ing out the rights of the states and cen
tralizing power in Washington how
Reed was the tyrant of the lower house
how force bills were placed on their pas
sage to perpetuate Republican power;
how awar tariff was kept up in time of
peace, to enable Republican monopo-
lists to enrich themselves at the expense
of the people; how we had recently wit
messed federal court take out of the
state jurisdiction red-handed murder
err and set him free. The triumph of
the Democratic party in this state next
November would have it's influence
upon the next presidential election,
when a victory for us would mean
rectifcation of the great wrongs and
abuses that were now being heaped upon
the nation by the party in power. Re-
ferring to local politics. he said he had
no more doubt than he had that he was
then talking to that meeting that Pond
and Del Vale and the whole ticket
would be elected in November. He said
that the Times had gloated over the fact
that Boyce, an anti Markham man, had
been defeated at the primaries by dis
tinguished gentleman who was an ar
dent friend of Markham. This was in
side the party. The vote stood for
Boyce 81 against POP for his adversary.
That vote, according to the logic OF the
Times, would show that about 81 per
cent. of the Republicans themselves
were opposed to Markham. Ii that is
the way the Republicans stand through
out the state, it is only a question of
how large Ponds majority will be. The
judge retired amidst an enthusiastic
round of applause.
1t was one of the most earnest and
spirited club meetings of the campaign,
and adjourned in fine feather, with
thraa chaaro for tho whole ticket