Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-09
THEIR TICKET COMPLETE,
Republican District COnven-
tiOn for Today.
Treasurer Banbury to Try for a
Third Term.
Proxies Not Allowed on the County
Committee.
No q. A. r. Men Need Apply to the
G. o. P.-Kelsey for Public Ad-
ministrator and Ensign FOR
County Surveyor.

hup COiupiotcu Atn Aauoi5, hhu h0o hoW
passed into history. The ticket it has
made for the suffrages of the voters OF
this county is most anomalous one.
Every nominee, with but few excep-
tions, stands for the ring, and for the
ring methods in politics. The cities Of
Los Angeles and Pasadena have gobbled
up every Office, with the exception OF
the petty little post OF coroner, which
was given to Santa Monica.
The candidate for sheriff lives in the
Eighth ward, the candidate for clerk in
the Ninth ward, the candidate for audi
tor in the Ninth ward, the candidate for
tax collector in the Seventh ward, the
candidate for recorder in the Second
ward of this city, the candidate for
treasurer in Pasadena, the candidate
| for district attorney in Pasadena, the
candidate for public administrator in
the Fifth ward of this city. the candi-
date for coroner in Santa Monica.
In point OF geographical location, the
ticket is certainly and confessedly a
weak one. There are other points about
it which will be assailed later, in detail.
Pomona had two candidates, and the
convention sat upon them. Garvanza
had a candidate, and he was beaten, for
the reason that the ring wanted another
man. San Pedro had two candidates,
and they were both defeated. Santa
Monica presented candidate, and he
was left, and go it went.
The old soldier element certainly did
receive cruel treatment at the hands of
the convention. General Rollins and T.
A. Lewis were defeated by young Mr..
Lopez. A. B. Whitney was defeated by
young Mr.. Walker. Major Donnell was
defeated by young Mr.. McLachlan. Geo.
H. Kimball and G. F. Kellogg were de-
feated by young Mr.. Kelsey.
The German Republican voters pre-
sented candidate for coroner, and the
convention completely showed him un-
der. Both the Germans and the Grand
Army elementof the party were snubbed.
The first thing that the convention did
yesterday morning was to sit down upon
the aspirations of Major j. A. Donnel,
and the sitting down process was done
with great vigor. At the behest OF the
court house ring and the Seventh and
Eighth wards of this city, James Nc
Lachlan was renominated for district
attorney.
Col. Banbury, of Pasadena, was given
the nomination for treasurer for third
time. The ring wanted him, and the
convention had to have him. There is
about $40, 900 per year in the treasurer's
office. Mr.. Banbury has had it four
years, and he does not propose to let go
If he can help it. The combination of
banks that NJ. Banbury favors with the
county deposits, was too strong for Mr..
Weldon.
Young Mr.. Kelsey captured the nomi-
nation for public administrator. There
is about $4,000 per year in this little
snap. This does not include the fees
that the courts allow attorneys for
strengthening out estates. The public
administrator selects his own lawyer,
and there is a big thing in the attor.
ney's fees. As Mr.. Kelsey was the
leading candidate from the start, the
attorneys in the convention came to his
rescue on the second ballot and nomi-
mated him. They all want to be attor-
ney for the public administrator.
A combination was made in the fight
for coroner to down DR.. Weldon. ALI
the undertakers in the city were
in it, except one firm. The
combination was aided by a rather un-
fair attempt on the part of few Santa
Monies delegates to defeat DR.. Gates.
These two forces made him the nomi-
nee.
/ The ticket is admitted by many Re-
| publicanH to be the weakest that has
been put up in this county in many
years.
The sentiment and universal opinion
is that in the interests of good and econ
| rIx I~fo tod
from top to bottom. The friends of
General Rollins feel sore because after
short term of Office he was refused a
nomination, yet Colonel Banbury was
given, for third time, the nomination
friends of Mr.. Kelly do not like to face
tached to his administration of the af-
fused denomination, while 7. H. Ward,
who has discharged the duties of county
clerk in such q way that scandal at
taches to his regime, was renominated.
Then the country delegates are vigor-
with which the city gathered in every
thing in sight.
| There are many good and true Repub-
licans who think that it would be good
idea to defeat the Republican county
ticket once, and have general clean
ing out of the old and young political
hacks who have dug the grave for the
organization that now certainly controls
things. The feeling is strong to beat the
whole ticket this fall, and to do it with
out any flourish of trumpets and blow
ing of horns-just quietly with the little
| rubber stamp. It is contamination de-
voutly to be wished for, and most GER
tain to occur.
Morning Session.
After two days. and two nights
siege of "conventioning," the delegates,
when they assembled yesterday morn
ing, were tired and weary. Still, con-
sidering this fact, they were on hand
early. The combinations on that part
of the ticket that remained to be nom
mated had all been made.
The convention was called to order at
1910 a. m. Chairman Murphey an
nounced that the first order of business
| would be nominations for district attor.
ney.
MIR. M'LACHLAN's ABILITY.
| Judge III. r. F. Variel, of the Ninth
ward, took the platform and placed in
nomination James McLachlan, the in
cumbent. The Judge said that he nom
mated him on his record. He was al
hne 8 district attorney a. Los Angeles