The herald., 1896-10-14
SANTA MONICA.
Politics and Baseball About Dividing
the Public Attention.

SANTA MONICA. Oct. 13.-The peo-
pie of the town are earnestly discussing
lpolitics, and baseball with it, a very
| prettey standoff as to which leads, for
about everyone is veritable fan and all
are reading. spouting, aye, I might say
acting politics, with the silverites taking
the advanced positions and fighting with
the consciousness of victory. They are
holding meetings every week and this
week will hold two, the first tomorrow,
wednesday, at the opera house, when
Prof. w. c. Bowman and Hon. j. L. MUIR
ply will be the invincible team of ora
tors. On Saturday Judge E. H. Lamme
ana Hon. III. G. Dillon will entertain all
Santa Monica. Every Santa Monican
has Just cause to at least come out and
hear the eloquent jurists and they will.
In baseball the Santa Monica club,
formerly the Yoakums, by the superb
game that they put up against the Pasa-
dena's completely took the town ~
storm and they own the town more COM
pletely than does even our present effi-
Gent board of trustees. The team work
of knell and Lowman and the baating
or Ewing was up to the high water mark.
The entire team played ball and won in
consequence by score of Is to 9. On
Saturday the same teams will TRY con-
clusions at Pasadena, and on Sunday at
Santa Monica the local team will cross
bats with the militia boys. They intend
to capture both games
Mrs. M. E. Cleveland has returned
from her visit to northern cities.
Mrs. Thomas Brindley, Santa Moni-
can, but again an Angeleno, spent Sun
day here. He has concluded to go again
into business on Grand avenue near
Twenty third street, and that success
may attend him is the wish of a grand
army of friends here
1t Is said that Mr.. H. Roland Lees
collection of cacti takes the palm, that
his yarns about the palms he has for sale
take the cake, and that Moody, the del
icacy store proprietor, says in eating
cake he takes the bakery.
Dr. stevenson Is for gold, Rev. George
H. Dekoy for the free coinage Of pro-
hibition, Rev. 1. M. Merlinjones says
Il am a Democrat" while Father Howe
Is too busy looking after his flock to
talk politics, is the way a citizen of
Santa Monica places our clergy.
Gillis q Boehm will give lot in the
Bandin tract to the person guessing the
number OF votes Mckinley will get in
California; Helm Bros. bottle of Lily
dale, and w. I. Hall a jug of spring wa
ter. l presume Wilson will donate some
hardware, Dexter brick, and the, Lum-
Der company, SO Santa Monica would be
a pretty good place for Yankee guess
er.
Postmaster Steele has made some
unique betting propositions, just to keep
things lively.
The races are drawing many of our
sportsmen to Los Angeles this week.
MI n r. Folsom, master of Santa
Monica lodge, f. and A. M, No, 307. has
left for San Francisco to attend Inc
Forthcoming, session of the firand lodge
The Pasadena and Pacific electric road
has made change in it's train schedule
TO an hourly one, cars leaving Los An
geles at five minutes before the ho,Ir
and santa Monica twenty-five minutes
after the hour.
The chamber of commerce will hold
meeting tomorrow evening.
w. I. Hull has returned from his Wis
1t to Vallejo, where he was ATTENDING Tho
sessions of the grand lodge of Good Tenn
cilor.
Messrs. T. A.Lewis and H. l.. Jones
expect to shortly leave on a prospectinsy
tour. N'"s
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Wykoff of Phil
adelphia spent today at the beach.