Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-18
FELTON, AND BOWERS
A Political Social at the
Union League Rooms.
Plenty of Appropriations Prom
ised for Everything.
The Senator Promises Fealty tx
Southern California.
He Will Do All Possible for This Part
of the State-Addresses by Gov
ernor Markham, Congressman
Bowers and others.

FELTON,, Surveyor OF the Port of San
Francisco Paris Kilbourn, General John
son and staff, Mayor Hazard, Captain
A. G. Jones, President Kelly of the
Union League, and what the play
writers call Citizens" took the train to
Santa Monica, and enjoyed the hospi
tality of Camp johnson. The senator
was introduced to the bedecked officers,
and spent pleasant half hour, when a
visit was paid to the Soldiers home.
Governor Treichel did the honors in
pleasant way. On returning to the
camp it was found that General G. G.
Allen, Colonel F. S.Chadbourne, Colonel
Frank Sumner, Colonel w. w. San
born, Colonel r. W. Laidlaw, Colonel
Reed Jones, of the governors staff, and
John S. Young, had arrived from San
Francisco. A detachment of Off
GERS met them at the depot
and escorted them to the camp, where
they met the other notables, and dress
parade was viewed. The party then re-
turned to the city, where good dinner
was discussed at the Westminster.
A reception was offered to the Senator
at 80 at the Union League, but it was
O'Clock when Senator FELTON,, leaning
on the good right arm of President
Kelly, walked up to the rostrum in
storm of cheers. In few moments
Governor Markham's smiling face en-
tered the room, and his hypnotic hand
waved a graceful acknowledgment of the
applause. Senator Bowers came in look
ing weary after his all-day seance with
postoffice candidates. Paris Kilbourn
modestlv refused seat on the platform,
and Mayor Hazard supported President
Kelly's right.
President Kelly opened the meeting
by calling on Judge Thomas to welcome
the visitors. The judge made an old
Roman address and inadvertently spoke
the name of James &. Blaine, which
brought out such storm of
applause that the only way it could be
checked was to divert it by mentioning
Tom Reed and Mr.. Mckinley. "The
people here look to you, gentlemen,
our guests tonight to guard their inter-
este and foster their progress" said the
speaker, and then drew vivid picture
of the resources of the country and it's
development. The need for proper
harbor was dwelt on at length; within
five years the sum of $34 900 only has
been appropriated for the improvement
of harbor for Los Angeles. There is
no city the size of Los Angeles which
has received so little as this. Another
matter that needed great aid was the
Soldiers home. Provision should be
made for 1900 instead of 700 veterans.
The old soldiers should have the lux
uries as well as necessities of life. The
necessity of making Los Angeles port
of entry. of appropriating million dol
lars for the federal building, and of
plenty of money for the harbor, was
strongly urged.
Senator FELTON, was then introduced.
He said II thank you for your kind
today. The object of my visit
is to obtain the knowledge which will
help me to perform the duties before
me. 1 appreciate the great Importance
of the position which has been given to
me. AS you are aware 1 have lived man
and boy in this glorious state, and have
proudly watched its development; the
great question that appears to me to be
before US is the question of transporta-
tion. You have here the place for a
harbor, and all that is needed is just
treatment by the general government,
and an equitable consideration of your
needs in the plans of internal improve
ment. wish you to know that am
Californian and will do all can to ad-
vance your interests. You shall have
my tireless efforts, and if fail it will be
q fault of the head, and not of the
heart"
After three cheers for the senator.
Bowers was introduced.
He said he was caught without a speech,
and could not make one, for he needed
about year and half in which to
write one, but he could talk business.
He found that fifteen ports on the At
lantic coast in their revenues, were not
in one month equal to the returns
from San Pedro in the same time. For
Galveston, $625,000 had been approp-
rated last year. That port is not of as
much importance to the United States
as the port of San Pedro, for in the next
five years there will be $5 collected
where 81 will be collected in Galveston.
for it, and l am going to ask congress
for San Pedro, for just as much money
as Galveston got, and l am going to
llRuJ lOI ~ dHu hlCh lOI IL. Slldll
work as hard as l can to get a proper
for your government
building and the soldiers home,' and
the crowd applauded the speakers gen.
erosity, and gave three cheers for Bow
ers and an appropriation.
Governor H. H. Markham was loudly
called for. He was delighted, he said,
to be present and to hear what he had
heard from the men who were to be the
representatives. of this county in con-
gress. This matter of getting proper
recognition from the general government
is a very serious subject, but he felt in
his bones that Senator FELTON, and Con-
gresham Bowers meant what they had
SAID, and would accomplish a great
amount. Mr.. Bowers, he knew, felt
under obligations to the people here,
and would do all he could. Senator
FELTON,. he knew, was a slayer from
IN the language OF the frontier,
and he was sure that he would work for
the people here as if he was one of
u.s." II told the SENATOR" continued
the governor, "to come down here and
pick out one or two things like San
Pedro, the government building or the
soldiers home and succeed, and the
praise of Southern California would be
heard all over the state.
"About our harbor," said the speaker,
"you should concentrate all your efforts
on the engineer who has charge of that
work. If,you can get him to make a
report that half a million or million of