The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-24
RATIFYING AT SAN BERNARDlNO
How the Faithful nade Believe They Were
Glad of the Nomln atoms

Editor Herald: 1t has occurred to
your correspondent that a short, truth
full, Democratic account of the grand
Republican ratification meeting held
Saturday night might be of interest to
your many readers In these parts 1--WE
have no Democratic paper here now.
After the most elaborate preparation,
wherein every detail connected with the
successful launching of the presidential
craft had been seen to, such as securing
free transportation from all surrounding
communities, four brass bands, barrels
on barrels of bran new torches, three
hundred shotguns. all the cowbells this
side of Los Angeles, flags, pictures and
evergreen decorations by the wagon
load, hand bills and posters scattered
all over the valley, long list of orators
whose dulcet tones never failed before
to draw, were some of the things pro-
vided to make ready fer this their first
great demonstration in honor of McKin-
ley and protection of American capital
list.
At the time and place appointed where
this awe-inspiring procession was TO
form, and more, there was blank amaze
ment on the faces of the managers for
10, and behold, after scraping the high
ways and byways they were able to
muster only 108 in line! The ma.rshals
and their aides we're greatly puzzled to
devise ways to put the procession people
with torches so in line between the afore-
said brass bands as not to give the thing
the appearance of being brass band
procession, but it was done by filling in
with boys and dogs, and thus arrayed,
they marched up to the pavilion and or
ganized the love feast meeting About
one hundred vice presidents were on the
program. but after the most Emporium
ate appeals Of the bandmaster less than
a dozen showed up. At last when
each of the four bands had played their
favorite tune, Marching Through Geor-
gia, each vieing with the other how to
dwell on the chorus, and wear out the
patience Of the expectant crowd, MIR.
James Hutchings, esq, the latest con-
vert to McKinleyism, was introduced.
which gave the audience the impression
that it was to be an old-fashioned ex-
perience meeting, because 1t was given
out by one Of the managers ION the
quiet" that Mr.. Hutchings' text had been
selected and was How I Came to Be a.
Republican, as 1t was thought this would
insure a very short talk-but the rev.
erend gentleman fooled 'em, and set
out to explain away what some ugly
Democrats had said about the jewelry
of consistency, wherein it had been dark
ly limited, he said, that because the
grand old party at Sacramento had de-
clared for silver, and that same grand
old party at st. Louis had declared for
gold applause by boys). this he said
was the beginning of Democratic
mud-throwing (applause), and the only
ground these evil-minded Democrats
had for limiting as aforesaid about con-
sistency and jewels. After this partic-
ular feature of the G.. o. P. bill of fare
had been thoroughly explained, the rev.
erend gentleman was about to begin the
lambasting Of his late Democratic
brethren on another feature of the Re-
publican state platform concerning
some little funding bill scheme, when
one of the managers, Captain Gill,
think caught him by the coat-tail and
pulled him down. Thereafter in regular
and rapid order the orators were called,
and they with regular unanimity shed
crocodile tears over the toiling poor.
Then the bands played Marching
Through Georgia again, and with three
cheers and tiger for Mckinley, Hanna
and Carnegie the meeting adjourned
sine die. DEMOCRAT.