The morning call., 1890-10-13
CHIMES OPPONENT.
Z. 7, LIQUIDS "Reminiscences Pr edicted
ny His SupDnrteTs.

Z. 7. LIQUIDS "Reminiscences Pr edicted
by HIS supporters.
Eugene f. Loud will be our next Con-
gresham from the Fifth District, or my
HOee has lost its sweetness" said C. A.
: Douglass yesterday afternoon in the Repub-
Ii an County Committee rooms. There are
5000 mechanics and labOrers in the Eleventh
Ward who have votes and will give them,
with few exceptions, to Loud. l ought TO
know. for l am President of No 2 club in
the Fortieth District, and ! was one of the
delegates ho helped tonominate him at the
convention.
"CarFick and Hale and Mcpherson, who
were the other candidates Tor nomination,
are working hard for Loud AM are alre dy
claiming a majority IF over 1000 for their
faVuri'e. W. know Cluuie TOO well to
give him chance for success. Everyone re-
CARDS Inn a. >chrlner, and the CIunle
Guards Of Hayes Valley are hugging pain
ful remembrance Of the fact that he prom
ised to pay for their uniforms and Then
backed out his bargain"
L. I. Loud. tie Congressional candidate
for the Fifth District on the Republican
ticket. though comparatively a Young man,
Is yet an old Californian. He comes of
good New England stock, dating back t.
1890 and was bonn in the little town of
Abingdon, Mass, March i, 1S47. In 1860 lie
came 10 California, and engaged in mining
pursuits in TGOiumne and CalayeraS. He
abandoned this business on the breaking out
Of the civil war, and though little over u
years old enlisted in the California Hun
died. was sent East and attached TO Troop
L, Second Massachusetts Cavalry. During
the winter and summer Of 1868 his troop
protected the line OF supplies tor the Army
Of tile Potomac. Later on lie participated
IN the battle of Gettysburg, followed Sherl-
dams fortunes through Winchester, Cedar
Creek, Fisher Hill and Toms Brook, and
carried away proud m0mentoes OF these
battiehelds in many q Painful scar. In 1865
he lei med the Army of the Potomac and
participated IN most OF the closing contests
OF tEe Rebellion, from the battle of Five
Forks to tie surrender of AppOmattoX
Courthouse. In all, his regiment took part
in 1orty-thTee engagements dunng the CIVIL
strife.
After the war G1r. Loud returned to the
Golden State and Tor fifteen years was fore
man in enc OF the leading factories of this
city. Later on he served two years clerk
ship in the County Treasurer's Office, and
In 1855 he was elected 20 the Legislature by
the largest majority ever given a candidate
in tie Forty-thiTd Assembly District. He
Is a member OF King S0lom0n's Lodge, No.
go, T. and a. NJ, and George II, Thomas
Post, No. 2 q. A. Il. He was one Of the
charter members of Valley Lodge, No. 50,
a. 0. L. W, San Francisco. organized in
April, 1873; was elected its first OYeTseer.
then Foreman and then Master. He served
the order as Deputy Grand Master for four
years and took an active part in shaping and
developing the order on this Coast In 1885
he was elected Grand 0verseer and Grand
Foreman the following year. He organized
the FTateTnal Institute. now called the School
of instruction, and was its first President,
and on December 10, 1888, was made the re-
.cipient OF an elegant gold watch as a recog-
milton of his services. He is an unostenta-
= iOus citizen, ever ready to 60 where duty
calls him, as his war and tra!ernal record
shows.