The herald., 1896-09-02
THE M'KINLEYITES
A Pair Attendance at Last Nights Meeting Of
the Club


the Club
There was a fair attendance of gold
| bugs and protectionists at the Mckinley
clubs rally at the old California club
rooms last evening, yet there was room
! to let, the hall being large enough to ac-
commodate nearly twice the audience.
The chill produced by the cold wave
which struck the city last Saturday
when the Oakland Alliance club got
such a frost, still seemed to permeate
the atmosphere, albeit there were &C.
,casional bursts of enthusiasm as the
| speakers revamped certain hackneyed
platitudes about protection, reciprocity
| and sound money.
Assemblyman r. N Bulla, who as
| pires to seat in the state senate, was
| the first speaker of note, and made q
very able address. viewed from a plu =.
| tocratic standpoint.
Colonel De Leur a campaign orator
whose advent in Los Angeles is Of re-
cent date, was the next speaker. The
gentlemans patronymic would imply
| that he is Frenchman and his speech
bears out the implication. He came
prepared to talk and he fortified him.
self with numerous documents where
with to clinch his arguments. His ef-
fort was so much appreciated that it
was Immediately suggested that he be
put on the stump to boost the waning
cause of the Hon. James McLachlan.
which needs boosting very much to pre-
vent it from falling fiat.
Judge w. A. Cheney was asked to
speak, but declined. Gen. A. B. Camp
bell, who was not on the program, push
ed his way toward the speakers stand,
and NEEDED no urging to lift up his voice
in support Of the G. o. P. The general
started out by saying how sorry he was
q cot nI, %<f al 4,
pavilion last Saturday evening. He
would have given $40 gold coin out of
his own pocket for the privilege of stand
ing up before those Bryan shouters for
fifteen minutes. He would have "cru-
Gifted them on cross of gold, pierced
their livers with silver spear and
pressed a crown of thorns upon their
dodrutted heads" The language
quoted is not exactly that used by Gen.
Campbell, but one might infer from his
eagerness to get at the Bryan crowd
that that is what he would have done
with them. Judge Carpenter was the
only speaker at that meeting that cut
down to the red. The orators from San
Francisco were too mild.
Gen. Campbell said he had admired
Mr.. Bryan and believed he was an hon.
orable man until last Saturday, when
he read in the press dispatches that Bry-
an in speech delivered to a crowd of
FARMERS at Hornellsville, N. Y, told
them that they had right to repel the
onslaught Of the goldbugs and money
tyrants. as they would repel foreign
foe who landed on our shores and burned
and pillaged our homes. That utterance
stamped Mr. Bryan as an infamous
monster, and man unworthy Of citi-
zenship IN this great and glorious land.
The general was simply mortified by this
utterance and declared that the author
OF such sentiments could expect the
support only of hoodlums and anarch-
lists.
The speaker gave an imitation of the
style of oratory he claims to hear on the
street corners wherever a crowd collects
to discuss the silver question. These
hoodlum orators are all for free silver.
he said.
After Mr.. Campbell had talked him
self red in the face several times and
the audience was about to stampede,
Chairman Flint read a call for a meet
ing of business men in the Mckinley
clubs hall, Friday evening, to organize
| a non-partisan business mems Sound
| money" league.
| AS the audience was dispensing some
one proposed three cheers for Mckinley,
| and after about half of the crowd had
| departed, A. H. Naftzger mounted a,
chair and proposed three cheers for
James McLachlan, which were given in
a half-hearted manner. James came
very near being entirely overlooked.