The herald., 1896-05-17
The TRINITY Is beaten
First Blood Against the Old
Guard
GEN. LAST SAVED A ROUT
He Executed q Smooth Flank Movement
10 Time
The Democratic County Central Committee
Met and Adjourned-faces Were Made
and Nothing Else Was Done

II the local Democracy will only ex-
pend upon the common enemy during
the coming campaign the energy SAM
pie of which was turned loose by seVera
members of the party upon each other
at Turner hall yesterday afternoon, the
party ticket in Los Angeles county VIII
not only be pulled through the fire I'M
scathed, but it will have one OF
two votes to spare after the result OF
the election shall have been officially
declared.
Those opposing the Old Guard drew
first blood in the preliminary bout yes
terday afternoon. The Old Guard was
in command of Thomas McCaffery, CHER
train dispatcher of the Southern Pacif1c,
and Adolph Ramish, with Gen. {. r. A.
Last and a half dozen notables OF lesser
degree acting as aides de-camp in the
field. McCaffery and Ramish, the Tor.
mer more particularly, lost control or
their forces early during the sanguinary
and bloodlesS engagement, Wnlch
brought on for their forces almost a
complete route Had rot Gen. Last
thrown himself into the breach, the Old
Guard would have met its Waterloo on
the spot. AS it was, Gen. Last proved
himself the right man In the right place,
at the right time. He sounded the bugle
call for an orderly retreat and the Old
Guard fell back considerably disfgured
The Democratic committee was called
to order by Chairman A. NJ. stephens
shortly after o'clock. There were pres
efit out of the 10S members of the COM
mittee. either IN person or by proxy
seventy members, a large number OF
others. prominent in the councils of the
party being also on hand. The issue, it
was universally understood, was to be
precinct or ward primaries so far as the
forthcoming county convention Is con
cerned, the railroad, Buckley and the
10 tNr,
being arrayed against the element In
the party which declines to become the
tail to the political kite represented in
the unholy trinity above mentioned. The
oposition to the program was in the
hands of George S. Patton and Abbot
Kinney, with nearly all of the voting
strength from the country precincts
comprising their fighting strength. With
Patton, Kinney and the subordinates
was also over one-half of the city dele
gates who We're upon the floor, repre-
sented in person.
Secretary Herzog of the committee
had no sooner finished reading so much
of the official matter as had authorized
the meeting, than the melee commenced.
Thomas McCaffery had secured seven
proxies gathered from Antelope valley
to the Huntington harbor down by the
long wharf near Santa Monica canyon,
and Adolph Ramish had apparently
use0 Ine-t curry coiiio ishi.s III
.ne preo.icts lEiiis ~ 'ne uppuiiee ~
being some doubt about a fifth. Other
lieutenants of the Trinity had secured
between six and ten more. The anti
railroad anti Buckley anti-C. S. p. A.
a,,,;,.,,s;.,e; 80 90 .b ,ti ~ 80
s - LIS -,
was only about four minutes off. George
s. Patton took the floor. and. in the cy-
onon toni. 10 offans;ra po+tc,,, ,a,,a -
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na,nocratic affeirs He w.o,,,5 ;r,n,,on
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baa racaivad No rn+ifco tion r. he ,,ras.
ant The location Of tie ran ba,1 haep
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onght 70 he an dio,,rr,nent +al,.n 80.
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once on tbe eoo,. aach shomti,g fo,.
recoonition epd eocb b,,r,ino 5a1ionna
into Tho teeth oP e,,ch &c ,,.ars ,no,, t,e
onnosite side Cbatrn,sn S+anbans heat
a three- minute +atoo y.i+b tba r1,,a,
which he vas ueing as sayo, and LII
the sssistance az ,roo, paIi.nnI, No h.,
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~ ~ .!1 cilirt uiS pa .Cl'ei VI ny southern
acliic az NE; 4lctt ltry Oh me Arcade
w. nc i"tlci IePi9 i1tS III hliiu;
heh ootH slutS Hau dpoui eNpehueu
tneiiiselNes' some one n'aue the dlscoV-
SrS ma. morton TO adjourn was not de-
patdple' ana tlefe was Tor time a lull
IN the storm. 1iostilltles We're, however,
ABOUT TO De renewed when a later dis
coVerE proved mat motion to adjourn
to some particular time was debatablc
linen Patton, with the consent of his
second. Withdrew his motion. motion
10 exclude proxies from participating
in the deliberations of the meeting being
substituted This was put and carried
by vote of "a to is the proxies, having
an interest III the matter. not being by
the chair permitted To vote. The Trinity
had been, in the first skirmsh, dealt q
knock out blow between the eyes
Then General Last moved the Patton