Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-05
SANTA ANA HAPPENINGS,
JOHN r.. BERRY AND r.. A. LrNn
MAKE DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
A Lively Fight at the Democratic Pri-
maries-Sporting Matters-Talk or
an Electric Road
and Squirrels.

SANTA ANA, Sept. 4.-The bottle Of
Republican enthusiasm has been un.
corked in Santa Ana, and it is not de-
fiecting from the truth to say that the
contents of their bottle were devoid OF
snap. To "ratterfy" the ticket nomi-
mated yesterday, and to open the cam
paign here, Judge R. A. Ling, of Los
Angeles, and John r. Berry, of San
Diego, were imported to address the
citizens on the issues OF the day, after a
torchlight procession, ,contsining exactly
81 men and % boys and the brass band
had paraded up and down Main street
to the amusement of the crowd. The
procession carried one transparency, on
which was inscribed:
garden Grove is In IT,
Caiame1y jim AiNt in it,"
About 500 citizens of all political com
plexions assembled at the hall to hear
the speaking and see the candidates for
county patronage, arranged IN line on
the platform. Judge Ling was the first
to speak, aud managed to keep the au-
dience together until he began to dis
cues the slavery question, when about
seventy-fve left the hall. Mr.. Ling
abused the Democrats as bitterly as
though he had never been one himself,
and talked of protection and reciprocity
as if he almost believed in these great
Republican inconsistencies.
Collector Berry, who followed Ling,
almost created stampede. His speech
fell on the audience like wet blanket,
and when he finished talking there were
about 200 people in the hall. He heaped
a storm of abuse upon the Peoples
party. and members of that faith left
the hall in body, while his bloody
shirt chestnuts succeeded in clearing
the hall of Democrats and conservative
Republicans, and it is; conceded here
that the speakers who held forth last
night made votes-for the opposite par
ties. e.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.
Primaries were held yesterday
throughout the county to elect delegates
to the Democratic county convention,
which meets here next Saturday. There
was hard fight in nearly every pre-
cinct over the shrievalty. The candi-
dates for sheriff are Theo. Lacy and
Geo. Bessonett. The former is the
present incumbent, and is an efficient
officer. His friends urge that he should
receive the nomination because he is
popular, and is the only man who can
poll Republican votes. They say that
at the previous election Bessonett was
defeated for supervisor by large ma
jority, while Lacy was elected sheriff by
nearly 800 votes. 1t appears, however.
that Bessonett captured most of the del
egates at yesterdays primaries, and
will probably be the nominee. He
would no doubt make a good officer, but
is not as strong as hie competitor with
the voters.
INTEREST IN THE BOXERS.
Local sports have raised fund to
pay for full press report of the coming
boxing tournament in New Orleans.
Interest is of course centered on the
Sullivan. Corbett mill, and betting
places the latter in the short end. pe
Speaking of sports, heard of a bet
| yesterday which was made between an
| Orange county man and an Angeleflo of
5000 even that Silkwood would come off
winner in the match with Mckinney,
which takes place on the 30th inst
Orange county will either be several
thousand dollars in pocket on this
match or 60 pretty near broke.
NOTES.
B. F. Wolff of this city is going to at
tempt the impossible feat of running a
newspaper in the quiet little hamlet of
! Beaumont, which is part of Harry Pat
toms little territory. Harry will be
glad to be relieved of such of the pat
ronage that he receives from Beaumont.
There is some talk of company form
| ing to transform the street-car line of
this city into an electric system, and it
is to be hoped that it will meet with
success.
In trip to the great San Joaquin
ranch, near this city, one sees thousands
of buzzards feeding on dead squirrels,
which are everywhere found. A man
has been at work for several weeks
poisoning squirrels on the ranch and has
been meeting with good success He
uses poisoned wheat and receives for his
pay the sum of 20 cents per acre. There
are about 10000 acres on which he will
| operate.