Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-07

ing county ticket to be voted for at tn,
approaching Republican county elec
tion." In the past the county election
have been essentially Republican, bu
the result is that the Republican ma
chine has arrived at che conclusion tina
elections are only held in this county tt
put number OF the members Of thu
Union League in office. Under these
circumstances, it is not to be wondered
at that the chairman fell into the errol
of terming the fall election as a IRE
publican county election"
THE LIST OF DELEGATES READ.
The secretary read the list OF the dele
gates elected to the convention. Thil
consumed about half an hour. Wher
the reading OF the roll was completed
the chairman announced that nomina
tions for temporary chairman were iI
order.
| "MURPHEY, OF THE SIXTH"
Judge W. A. Cheney arose and made
a ringing speech, placing in nomination
for the honor man whom, he said, had
no axes to grind, ard who was not con.
trolled or dictated to by ring. He
said that the Republican party OF Los
Angeles county would have to depose
the bosses and the ring, and stand fol
an honest count at the ballot box.
Judge Cheney nominated ]. L. Muir.
phey. His name was received with
great applause.
G. w. Hawkins, Of the Sixth, and s.
@. Hubbell, OF the Ninth, seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Murphey.
w. I. Williams made brief speech
in seconding the nomination of Mr..
Murphey. He said that he was compe-
tent ia every way for the position and
that, above all, he was an honest and a
clean man.
JUDGE r. H. F. vARIEL
Arose and said that the fate of the
Republican party did not depend upon
j. L. Murphey, or any other one man.
He had nothing to say against him, but
he desired to present to the convention
the name of E. A. Meserve, of the
Third ward.
Mr.. Gum of Los Nietos made
speech seconding the nomination of Mr..
Murphey.
Mr.. Platt Of the Third ward seconded
the nomination of E. A. Meserve.
COL. NJ. NUDGE NOMINATED.
John T. Brooker of Artesis, the orig
inal pumpkin roller" of two years ago,
said that he did not think that all of
the purity in the Republican party of
Los Angeles county was confined to the
Sixth ward of the city. On behalf of
the country delegates, he nominated for
chairman Col. Melvin Nudge OF Gar
vanZa.
w. S. Mellick of Lancaster seconded
the nomination of Colonel Nudge.
John Roberts of Long Beach seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Murphy. In
brief speech he eulogized the stand that
Mr.. Murphy had taken for purity in
Republican politics.
A. T. Currier of Spadra seconded the
the nomination of Colonel Nudge.
r. f. Horton of the Fifth seconded
the nomination of J. L. Murphey.
Mr.. Williams of Pasadena, in order to
expedite matters, seconded the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Murphey.
Santa Monica and Compton seconded
the nomination OF Colonel Nudge.
S. A. Garrett, of the Fourth ward,
seconded the nomination of j. l.. MUIR
phey.
Judge Hubbell moved that nomina-
tions now close, and the motion pre-
vailed.
THE SECRET BALLOT.
The question then came up as to how
the ballot should be taken. w. T. Will
liams suggested the secret ballot.
w. A. Spalding registered strong
protest against secret ballot. He did
not think it was an attribute OF true
Republicanism, but the weapon of a
coward. 1t was only conceived to de-
ceive.
Gov. l.. A. Sheldon, of Pasadena, also
spoke against thesecret ballot, to which
he said he was unalterably opposed.
The power Of the ring and the boss was
in the secret ballot, he said. His con-
stituents, he thought, should know how
he voted, and he was willing they
should.
s. A. Garrett made a speech in favor
of the secret ballot, which he said had
already been endorsed by the Republi-
can convention two years ago. He was
not in favor of going back on the secret
ballot now.
The question was then put to vote,
and the secret ballot was adopted. This
was the first triumph of the ring, and if
it is any indication to 60 by, the ring
will control every move made by the
delegates from now on until a motion is
made to adjourn sine die.
TELLERs APPOINTED.
Four tellers were then appointed by
the chair, and as the roll was called the
delegates came forward and placed their
ballots i'll the hat. The result of the
vote was as follows:
j. L. Murphey. -.......................16
NJ A. MeSerVe. .......-......-.... 5Z
Nj. Nudge. ......................11 116
Total vote. .................. 313
Necessary to choice, 157.
The vote was counted by w. A. Spald-
ing and S. A. Garrett, tellers appointed
by the chair.
MADE UNANIMOUS.
As soon as the result had been an
nounced, it was received with great ap-
pIause. The convention arose and went
wild over the elevation of Mr.. Murphy
to the craftsmanship.
Colonel Nudge moved that the nom-
ination of Mr.. Murphy be made unani-
nous. E. A. Meserve and Judge Variel
seconded the motion, and it prevailed.
When quiet was restored, Mr.. Northam
performed his last official act as chair
man Of the Republican county central
committee. He appointed Judge Cheney
and Judge Variel as committee to es-
cort Mr.. Murphey to the platform. As
the committee approached the stage,
convention again broke out in applause.
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