The herald., 1896-05-07
were made to choke off the speaker. but

without success.
. I'VE of Northern California are not in
the habit Of gagging Speech" declared
Cutter. Probably 1t Is because we nave
been longer in the state" he continued
with sarcasm as he glanced toward the
solid south.
One of the big hits Of the morning
hour was when Chairman Taylor OF the
appointed Alameda delegation. In COM
menting upon the credential commit
tees reversible report, shouted as he
held his arms in the air: Consistency,
where is thy jewelry?" The convention
roared at his quotation.
The excitement of the morning hours
the report of the committee on creden-
tials was adopted and the rejected Ala
media and San Francisco delegations
had to leave their seats.
T. j. O'Brien, a prominent Republican
or San Francisco, and one who Is well.
known in political circles. jumped on a
chair at the back of the delegates. With
impassioned gestures, shaking his fist
at the chair and the convention and
schrieked oiut above the din and roar,
he yelled out that the convention was a
disgrace to the party and that 1t was
nothing more than IAN A. P. A. council"
AS he said that those around him gave
out roar Of applauding cheers Some
members hissed, but O'Brien continued
to shrek louder than ever, his words be-
Ing indistinguishable in the uproar As
he and his followers walked out amid
the noise and yelling, the gang Of re-
porters whispered to each other, THAT
fellows about dead right"
Another exciting incident in the big
gathering was when Henry I. Kowals-
ky of San Francisco stated from the
platform that the convention consisted
of lot of carpet baggers who had
placed gag upon free speech. Kowals-
KY was howled from the platform.
There was remarkable lack Of entl1u-
siasm at all times during the sessions
or the convention, even the magical
name Of Mckinley failing to arouse the
lethargic indifference of the assembled
Republican forces. The comment upon
the subject is that the A. P. A. did not
want Mckinley instructions, which they
were compelled to take or retire from
the field, beaten and disgraced.
George A. Knights reference as to
now the California delegation had four
years ago stuck rusty knife into the
PACK OF James G. Blaine brought from
Judge e. V. Spencer Of Lassen a hot re-
Jo1nder. Spencer was one Of those who
at Minneapolis voted for BENJAMIN Har-
rison. The convention, while he was to-
day trying to explain his course, howled
him off the floor
The nominating speech for Sheldon
was made by Representative Simpson of
Pasadena, while Judge Irving B. Dud-
ley performed similar service for U. S.
Grant. Both speeches were entirely too
long which caused F. P. Flint of Los
Angeles to move that all similar efforts
be limited to five minutes each.
The motion was carried without dis
senttng voice. e. M. Preston of San
Mateo nominated John D. Spreckels and
Jones of Sacramento named George A.
Knight. Irving L. Scott was nominated
by Martin I. Stevens young San Fran
cisco lawyer. who is a part of what is
known as the Phil. Crimimns push. The
vote OF Los Angeles was for u. S. Grant,
63; for Lionel A. Sheldon, SO; for John
D. Spreckels. 63; for George A. knight,
81; for Senator Gleaves of Shasta, 9.
The votes for Gleaves in the delegation
, were cast by men who would not swerve
from the orders which they had received
from the state advisory board.
The Bee of this city, Republican, the
| leading daily in this end of the state,
in it's issue this evening under the head
ing And These Be Americans" prints
the following editorial letter: It makes
any true American citizen, one whose
Americanism is not a thin veneer, put
on for political effect disgusted when
he. hears some men stand up in the state
| convention and prate about their Amer
icanism; men who are either so ignorant
that they do not grasp the true meaning
of the Declaration of Independence and
cannot fathOm the glorious essence and
| spirit of the constitution, or else so
densely bigoted and so maliciously pre-
JUDGED that they refuse to see and neg
lect to learn. Such men have been in
evidence during the present Republican
state convention; men whose evident
| idea of liberty is unlimited license for
themselves and those of their beliefs
and practices, and unconstitutional re-
strictions for others who worship God
lnf t1,Ny% pI% - 41>k
are themselves worShipers in any true
| sense of the word. They have merely
! stolen the livery of certain sects in or
! der to serve therein their own unholy
political ambitions and to do the dirty
work of the devil of race prejudice and
creed hatred. They are not Americans,
for their acts demonstrate that they de-
| spise the very foundation principles of
the American government. They are
not true Republicans, for the true Re-
| publican must ever walk firmly in the
| path trod by the Moses of slavery, char
ity to all and malice toward none. They
| are not good citizens, for a good citi-
zen is man who will always grant to
every other citizen the undiminished en-
joyment of every right, prerogative and
| privilege under the constitution mad the
laws which he claims for himself. They
| are Uitlanders in spirit in any good
American community, who are making
|
trines of the American government,
whose touch is contamination and
whose affiliation political death.
And yet these are the men that came
pretty near to manipulating the pres
ent Republican state convention
| of California, and who may have
succeeded by the time this paper
has gone to press in electing
some members of an un-American
and an infamous organization to
represent the great Republican
party in it's national convention at St
| Louis.
The Bee has remarked before and it
repeats again: 'If these bigots are per-
mitted to control the destinies of the
Republican party it will go down to the
deep damnation of deserved defeat
LEAVING FOR HOME
Lionel Sheldon will, it Is announced
be the chairman of the California dele
cation when it organizes for work be-
! fore reaching st. Louis.
| The Los Angeles and most of the other
| delegations from the southern end of the
state left this evening for San Francis
CO, where they will ali see the elephant
before returning home.
Hervey Lindley, his astute hencbman
Walter F. Parker. and Can't H. Y. Os-
borne are still here. They will 20 to the
city tomorrow.
The members of the new state centra-
| committee from Los Angeles and the
assembly districts contiguous are
| SEVENTEEN district, George r. Dexter n,