The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-11-07
A MESSAGE TO w. j. BRYAN
The Convention Sends Greeting to the
Great Man
Tellipg Hin Of the Victory Won In Los
Angeles
Chairman Creighton Announces the APP
pointment of the Executive Com
mittee of the Democratic
City Committee.

The Democratic city convention was
reconvened yesterday in Turnvereln
hall.
The necessity for again calling the
general convention together was not alb
solute, still it was considered to be the
wise and proper policy.
The facts are that there were vacan-
cies on the ticket to fill owing to the fact
that several nominees for the council
and board of education had declined.
The city committee was fully author
tied to fill those vacancies, but it was
deemed wise to have the duly author
ized delegates representing the whole
people make the nominations.
Then there could be no doubt that the
nominations made would be satisfactory
to the people, for they would be made
by their duly authorized representatives
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning Chair"
man Dockweiler called the convention TO
order. There was large attendance Of
delegates.
Mr.. Dockweiler announced that the
purpose of the convention was to make
nominations for the council and the
hoard of education in the Third and
Fifth wards and for the council in the
Second and Seventh wards.
The delegates from the wards affected
then resolved into ward conventions ana
later reported the following nominal
lions.
Second Ward-For councilman, James
A. Craig.
Third ward-For councilman, Nicolas
p Wynne.
For member of the board of education,
George F. Herr.
TCtoy, III
Sabichi.
Fer member of the board of educa-
ton, j. II. Brady.
Seventh Ward-For councilman, James
Ashman
These nominations were all ratified.
j. X. Urmston was the opposing can
didate in the Seventh ward. He claimed
that he was nominated and protested
against the ratification of Mr.. Ashman'S
nomination. In this ward there will be
a suuabble. sH7,
In the second ward C. Severance. the
Populist nominee for the council with
drew voluntarily. He found that he
would be unable to make the fight. The
nominee is a business man. and he Will
be elected. 1t is James A. Craig.
Before the convention adjourned II.
j. Colver secured the floor and said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen-Here
in the city of Los Angeles ii notable
y
whelming odds. For the first time III
sixteen years-since 18S0-the city Of
Los Angeles has cast a majority of its
vote for the Democratic nominee Tor
president of the United States This is a
great satisfaction to us who have labor
ed SO earnestly to bring the result about.
However, our fellow citizens elsewhere
in the nation have failed to agree with
us. With them we have no fault to find.
We take II that they have done their
duty as God gave them the power to see
it, and we feel that we have done what
we conceived to be for the good of our
country and it's people. In the general
result we acquiesce as loyal citizens of
the republic. but at the same time it
is a source of satisfaction to us to know
that here at home a majority of our
friends and neighbors thought as we
thought and did as we did.
Therefore, Mr. Chairman. 1 move you
that the chairman of this convention be
directed to forward the following mess
age to William j. Bryan:
William j. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.; The
Democracy of Los Angeles city in con-
Vention assembled sends greeting. For
the first time in sixteen years a ajori-
ty of the voters of Los Angeles city have
cast their ballots for the Democratic
nominee for president Of the United
States. We were with you in the start
and remained with you to the end"
The proposition met with unanimous
approval and great applause. 1t was
enthusiastically adopted and later in the
day the message was wired to Mr.. Bryan.