Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-09

county. He was gentleman OF cultl-
waited tastes and intellect, and a conserv-
atiye gentleman. He had had a long
experience in the hall of the legislature
of his native state, Maine. He had made
a great impression here upon the minds
of the commercial men by the manner
in which he took the floor, at a celebrated
convention of the board of trade of the
Pacific slope, after an unfortunate speech
by Capt. Merry, of San Francisco, and
in less than five minutes poured oil upon
the troubled waters and restored peace.
If nominated he will beat Carpenter by
two to one," said the speaker
Col. J. j. Ayers in seconding the NOM
ination of Judge Knight said that he
was man of brains, power and integri-
ty, and worthy of the respect of the con-
vention, and the place on the ticket it
was proposed to give him.
L. T. House, of eRedondo Beach, also
seconded the nomination, which on mo-
ton OF Judge Guthrie, was made by ac-
clamation.
Col. ]. j. Ayers and J. De Barth Shorb
were appointed by the chair as a special
committee to conduct Judge Knight to
the platform, and this pleasant duty
having been performed, Judge Enoch
Knight was formally introduced and ad-
dressed the convention as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: / never was so much sur
prised at myself in my life as l was to
find myself upon this platform, and 1
have had something TO do with crgani-
cations of all sorts at various stages Of
my life. But at present l am at peace
with all of my race, am we'll employed,
and 1 don't want any public Office. am
in doubt as to whether or not to accept
this. do not affect flippancy go now,
gentlemen, ask you to deal fairly with
me as I will with you. If you seriously
and cordially desire and urge that l CO.
operate with you, won't decline this
nomination. cloud and prolonged
cheering). Thank you. 1 feel that
though 1 don't want the posi-
ton, l owe it as duty
to you to do SO. I will take it. (Cheers).
/ will walk along the lines laid down for
me and will use every effort in my
power to further your interests. Ii the
miracle OF election should come to me,
I assure you, as all men who know me
will testify to, that have no individual
interest in any corporation, nor have l
one cent of stock in any, and shall there
fore always endeavor to do my duty to
the public trust.
Three hearty cheers were given for the
speaker as he left the platform.
George S. Patton again resigned the
chair and in brilliant speech placed in
nomination as representative for the 10th
assembly district, the name of A. M.
Bragg OF Compton. He eulogized him as
farmer OF incorruptible honesty, who
had grown gray in the service of the
Democratic party, and moved that he be
nominated by acclamatiOn, which
motion carrie d unanimously.
A. M. Bragg then briefly addressed
the convention, promising to make a
blackboard campaign of his district, and
if elected, to do all in his power to bene-
fit his constituents. His choice for state
senate was "Steve" White, [cheersl.
Col. j. j. Ayers then took the plat
form to place in nomination for repre-
sentative of the 77th assembly district,
Gen. John R. Mathews, OF Los Angeles,
which he did in an eloquent three minute
speech.
On motion of Judge Guthrie, the NOM
ination Of Gen. Mathews was made by
acclamation.
Gen. Mathews then addressed the
convention briefly, and accepted the
nomination from sense of duty he owed
to the people of this city as well as the
party. He was not politician. but a
merchant, and he could only promise
that if elected, his aim should be not
only to act for the Democracy, but for
the people, who, when he returned,
would find his head, heart and hands
clean and unsullied.
On motion of w. F. Heathman the
regular order of business was passed
and the nomination OF supervisors was
reached. In order to allow the respec-
tive districts to make their appoint
ments, however, a recess of Is minutes
was had at this juncture, which an
nouncement was hailed with shouts of
welcome.
At AS O'Clock. the convention was
again called to order, and on motion OF
Col. j. J. Ayers, it was resolved that in
order to expedite the business yet before
the convention, that the delegates from
the outside townships should send in
the names of their respective candidates
for the township offices to the secretary
of the county central committee, so that
after the nomination of supervisors they
could go home, and leave the city dele
cation to nominate its own officers.
The delegates from the first super
visoral district reported that they had
nominated w. T. Martin of Pomona /;
from the third supervisoral district, 7.
E. Rowan and from the fifth supervis-
oral district, S. L. Mayo.
These announcements were received
with loud applause, and on motion
they were unanimously ratified by the
convention.
Geo. S. Patton again resigned the
chair to Vice President John Bryson,
and before adjourning said he had one
very important matter to call to the
attention of the delegates. He strongly
advocated the election of John T..
Gaffey on the board of equalization,
claiming that unless he was elected, the
thirteen counties of Southern California
would be without representation on the
board. This, he said, was not matter
of politics, but of business, and it
touched the pockets of every tax payer
in Southern California.
On motion of John w. Mitchell of
Cahuenga, the thanks Of the convention
were extended to Mr.. George S. Patton
for the manner in which he had pre-
sided over the convention, and "three
cheers for Patton were heartily given.
On motion of Judge Guthrie vote of
thanks was tendarad to tho vica-nroai-