Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-18
MAYOR POND ARRIVES,
Met by the Reception Committee and
Escorted to the Hotel.

ESCOIItu 10 the f1OIels
Mayor E. B. Pond, of San Francisco
the next governor of California, and
Reginald +. Del Vale, the next lieu
tenant-governor, arrived in this city
yesterday afternoon from San Francisco,
and received warm reception on all
sides. The Los Angeles reception COM
mittee boarded the incoming train at
Pacoima.
The gentlemen who went up from this
city were Stephen NJ White, Joseph ID.
Lynch, w. II. Workman, Colonel j. j.
Ayers, John Bryson, John Moran, Syl-
vanus White, A. j. King, D. Rotiller,
Colonel M E. G. Munday, T. E. Gibbon,
G. f. A. Last, Emanuel Ordoqui, j. II.
Dockweiler, Dr. Joseph Kurtz, Joseph
Messmer, A. w. Barrett, Refugio Bill
derain, Frank Fitzgerald, of 1nyo coun-
ty, W. R. Burke, 2. Ballade, G. A. Bell,
J. Shirley Ward, Or. Graves, Capt. A.
reception took place in the Pullman
and Mrs. Del Vale. The favorite son of
Southern California did not need any in
PRODUCTION to the visitors, and for that
matter, Mayor Pond did not either. He
was not "a stranger in strange coun-
try" by any means, Judging by the re-
marks heard as each gentleman grasped
the hand OF the next governor of Cali
fornia. "Never felt better in my life, !"
said Senator Del Vale in response to
the reporters query. 81 have had little
or no rest for thirty-two days. The
matrimonial, political and Native Sons
celebrations all came together. Why
over twenty thousand people visited the
Ramona Parlor at the Baldwin hotel.
During my visit in San Francisco l had
good opportunity of feeling the politi
cal pulse. Mayor Pond will go out of
San Francisco with a majority of seven
thousand. The merchants are solid for
the head of the Democratic ticket. He
has been tried and not found wanting,
and the confidence reposed in him by
the solid men of the Bay City is some
thing astonishing. Mr.. Pond is favor
ably known in every section of Califor-
mia, having resided in this state for
thirty years.
Mayor Pond talked pleasantly with
the delegates from the angel city. He
is a very affable gentlemen and has the
happy faculty of making friends. This
is not Mayor Ponds first visit to South
ern California. He has visited this
section quite frequently and has many
personal friends in Los Angeles.
There was another visitor on the train
that the Los Angeles delegates were
anxious to congratulate. 1t was Mrs.
Reginald Del Vale. She received the
friends of her husband in a most
gracious manner in the drawing room.
Mrs. Del Vale, who is anative daughter,
is stately demi-brunette of charming
personality, and returns home after an
absence of eight months in the northern
part of the state.
There was large gathering at the
depot to meet the next governor and
lieutenant-governor and the enthusiasm
displayed points clearly to brilliant
victory next month. Messrs. w. III.
Workman, j. D. Lynch and Joseph
Messmer, escorted Mayor Pond to the
Nadeau hotel, and Colonel j. J. Ayers
and T. E. Gibbon rode up to the hotel
with Mr.. and Mrs. Del Valle. An
informal reception took place in the
parlors and many prominent residents
were introduced to the Democratic stand
ard bearers. The number of pioneers
that came up and shook hands with
Mayor Pond must have astonished the
Republicans who happened in. 81 met
you twenty years ago" 81 voted for
you for mayor" and such expressions
were constantly heard. Senator Del
Vale was heartily received and is en-
thulastic on the coming success of the
Democratic ticket from top to bottom.