Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-27
THEIR YEARLY WASH
The Union Leagues Third
Annual AblutiOn.
A Years Accumulation of Filth
Washed Away.
The Frolics of a Set of jolly Good
Fellows at San Juan By-the-Sea.
A Number of Democrats Partake Of the
Republican Clubs Good Cheer.
Two Days of Solid Fun and
One Sad Mishap.
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They were set of jolly good fellows
who congregated at San Juan-by-the-Sea
Saturday and Sunday to celebrate the
Los Angeles Union Leagues third ami
versary. The first OF these events took
place on Catalina island two years ago,
where the boys had sweltering hot
time and considerable hilarity. Last
year they camped at San Juan, and
found the place so much better suited
to their purpose that they concluded to
have their outing there again this year.
To the hospitality of Don Marco Foster,
the celebrated ranchero of San Juan
Capistrano, and Dick Egan, the Demo
cratic governor general Of the independ-
ent state of San Juan, is due the
eague's partiality for camping at
this place. The courtesy of the South
ern California railroad officials also in
granting the use of their pavilion, and
the splendid bathing facilities is a
further reason for the leagues adoption
of San Juan as its permanent camp
ground.
While politics is the Union League g
principal excuse for existing, its success
as social organization has been such
as to deserve recognition. The annual
washes of the club are participated in
by genial set of gentlemen, without
regard of politics, and are each year
growing in interest. The one just closed
at San Juan-by -the-Sea, was the most
successful held yet. To attempt to de-
scribe even half of the incidents that
took place would fill a volume. A
HERALD reporter, who was present, how
ever, took the following notes;
PRESIDENT KELLY's ExERTIoNs.
County Recorder Kelly, the president
of the league, set splendid example
for his retainers, by working harder and
longer to make the blowout success
than any other individual member. In
this he was ably seconded by E. w.
Kinsey, B. M. Marble, s. HI. Hutchison
and others. President Kelly and his
aids went to San Juan on Friday eve
ming with the commissary car and got
everything in readiness for the arrival
of the crowd. Mr.. Kelly exerted him
self SO much that he was overcome by
the heat and had to be placed under the
care of physician, but fortunately he
recovered sufficiently by Saturday eve
ming to take leading part in the subse-
quent festivities.
SATURDAYS DoINGs.
The forenoon train on Saturday
brought large company of leaguers
and their friends, and the fun immedi-
ately began. Neckties, collars and other
articles of civilized apparel were ban
ished, and with as near an approach to
the dress of primitive man as the Gus
toms of public bathing resort allow,
the campers disported themselves on the
beach. .s
The afternoon was given up to sports
of various kinds, but perhaps the most
unique was an exhibition of bull fight
ing by Don Marco Foster and his vague
ros. In small enclosure the toreadors,
on horse and foot, displayed wonderful
agility in lodging the vicious lunges of
the infuriated bovines. Four different ami
mails were baited by Don Marcos and his
men. and in each case the matadors
came out the victors, no one being hurt,
and the bulls not being much the worse
for their tormenting. Don Marco showed
himself to be the most skillful bull
fighter of them all.
LINDLEY AND HAZARD.
The evening brain brought another
large delegation from Los Angeles and
way points. Among them was Mr..
Hervey Lindley Che whose dream of
greatness is to be the congressman from
the Sixth district), arrayed in linen
duster, black silk hat and yellow kid
gloves. That hat had the same effect
on the mob who met the train as the
proverbial red rag has on the bull. The
moment the coming statesman set his
verted into football and the linen
Another distinguished carnival on
this train was his honor, Mayor Haz-
ard. The honorable Harry, with his
wonted love for sport, at once engaged
in football game, but was soon re-
tired with an abrased shin. His
wounded member was swathed in wet
towel and kept on ice the rest of the
evening.
CREMATING DULL CARE.
The principal ceremony Saturday
night was the burial, or rather, crema-
ton of dull care. Hervey Lindley acted
as chief high priest, and conducted the
obsequies. A procession was formed
from the pavilion to the seashore, where
the victim was placed on the funeral
pyre. Then while the band,
played dirge a match was
applied to the pile, and Dull Care was
slowly dovoured by the flames, the body
as it burned emitting showers of pyro-
technics and the leaguers surrounding
it the while, each armed with stick OF
red fire, Roman candles and rockets,
keeping up constant fusilade. The
fire works were great success.
THE MIDNIGHT FEAST.
The rest of the evening was given up
to merrymaking in various ways. At
the midnight luncheon there were many
happy after dinner speeches, Mayor
Hazard acting as toast master. Don
Juan Forster'was applauded to the echo
as he told OF his exploits in the political