The herald., 1896-08-19
Republican Bosses Decide on An
Early Convention
THEY MUST DO SOMETHING
The Growing Strength Of the Silver
Coinage Advocates
llcans From Their TranceIike State and
Inject Energy Into the Campaign

The program has been agreed upon.
The Republican county convention is
to be called for September Sth. The pri-
maries will be held few days before.
The Republican leaders in Los Ange-
les county are becoming seriously
alarmed at the growth of the silver SEN
timent in this vicinity, and also at the
general apathy existing among those
who have heretofore submitted to what
ever the bosses set up for them and vot-
ed the straight ticket without protest.
There is no question but the situation
is decidedly blue. Accessicns to the sill
yer clubs are reported on all Sides Men
who have always been Republicans are
Joining the local Bryan silver organiza-
tions, while many others are contenting
themselves with merely an expression
of sentiment antagonistic to the single
gold standard, and then only when they
are interrogated.
The state central committee is doing
absolutely nothing to help the Repub-
licans out down this way in their pres
ent dilemma. The quarrel in San
Francisco between the Spreckels
and the anti-Spreckels factions of
the G. .. P. seems to be absorbing all of
the time and energy of the state COM
mittee. 1t has overlooked this section
and left it out in the gold, or rather cold.
This condition of affairs has alarmed
those local Mckinley politicians who are
impressed with the opinion that the des-
tiny of the republic rests upon their
powerful shoulders. They came to-
gether on Saturday last as a sort of a
committee of safety, to ascertain if they
could decide upon what must "be did,
ACTED INDEPENDENTLY
The leaders who participated in this
little conclave were acting independ-
entity of Col. Harrison Gray Otis. They
cared neither for his presence nor his
advice, and he was not there.
After reports had been read it was de-
cided that about the only thing to be
done to liven up the sleeping Repub-
lican voters and bring them out of their
trance-like state was to get Repub-
lican county ticket into the field at as
early date as possible.
The object of this move would be to
get the friends of the candidates for
county offices out into the arena work
ing for the full ticket. This, it was
thought, would help out more particu-
larly the Hon. James McLachlan, now
NJ. c. for his last term.
1t was argued that the enthusiasm To-
cal candidat tes and their friends would
arouse would counteract the increase in
the number of white metal supporters.
But over and above all other conSidera-
tions ii was deemed probable that Nc
Lachlan could get SINE advantage by
| having an early ticket put into the
! field.
| COMMITTEE TO BE CONVENED.
| 1t was agreed that the Republican
| county central committee should be
aI at nd "a GA II issued for
/ a county convention to meet September
| sth, to nominate a ticket for such county
| positions as are to be filled.
The primaries are to be set for the first
| week in September.
| This is the program now but 1t may
be changed. The whole matter has been
| kept very quiet and has not been given
out. AS the parties who were present
! control the county committee absolute
| ly the conclusions they arrived al Will
| be adopted unless it is decided to re-
woke the program.
MOSTLY ANTI-COLONELS.
| Most of the Republicans who attended
! this meeting are anti-Otis but it was
| argued that the colonel could not an
| tagonize the move for an early conven-
| tion as he would thereby be jeapordiz-
| ing McKinley's prospects. So the bosses
and the colonel will, for the time being,
I be hand and glove.
! IN \ COLD SWEAT
| The decision of the state supreme
| court on the constitutionality of the
| county government act is daily expected
and it is generally believed and under
| stood that it will be adverse to the four
| year term. 1t is stated by those who
ought to know that the decision was
written by that able jurist, Justice Jack
son Temple.
Since it was semi-officially given out
| that the four-year term for county
officials was a nullity the number OF
| good fellows" holding down official
positions at the court househas been
notably increased. Young men and old
| who a few weeks ago were very stiff
necked being confident that they would
! be assured four years of tenure in fai
places. have noticeably unbent and