The herald., 1896-09-02

earnestly recommended in order that
the total Republican silver strength
may be welded in to one solid aggressive
silver party, and the protest against
the reputation of the platform be made
more effective.
1t is desired that silver Republicans
individually or as silver Republican
clubs Communicate with the central silver
organization in Los Angeles, to the. end
that the utmost harmony of action may
be secured.
We close this address by recommend
ing the club to send kindly greetings
to the Hon. W. w. Bowers, the Repub-
lican candidate for congress for the
Seventh district and congratulate him
for his loyal, steadfast and consistent
course as a silver Republican.
Respectfully submitted,
j. l.. MURPHEY,
PAUL H. BLADES,
EDWIN II. LAMME.
SWITZERLAND HUTTON,
GEO. E. DYE.
Amid great applause the address was
adopted. ordered printed and circulated.
Mr.. Murphy stated that the committee
had not been actuated by any personal
spleen, but only from their conception
of their duty in drawing up the address.
Anybody, he said, could kick over the
platform upon which he was nominated,
but If later the people who made the plat
form kicked him over he could not OBJ
ject.
BOWERS CONGRATULATED.
Col, John r. Berry explained the diff
ficult fight that Congressman w. w.
Bowers was making for silver, and made
some highly eulogistic remarks about
him as man who had the courage of his
convictions, and who could not by any
consideration be sweryed from the path
of duty. He read letter from Congress-
man Bowers, in which that gentleman
said that eastern bankers were trying
to persuade him not to make any cam.
paign for silver as it would hurt Nc
Kinley. To this Mr.. Bowers had re-
piled from the stump that he was for
silver, always had been and he pro-
posed to talk for it first, last and all
the time. He said that five out of every
six voters in San Diego county were for
the white metal.
The secretary was by a unanimous
vote, adopted amid great applause, in
structed to send kindly greeting to Hon.
w. w. Bowers.
GREETING TO BRYAN.
And then the meeting did break out
in applause. 1t went wild with enthus-
iasm. The proposition was made to tel
egraph greeting to William j. Bryan.
The building rang with the shouts of ap-
proval from the throats of over 400 men
who had in the past lived up with the
political party opposing Mr.. Bryan. The
secretary was ordered to send the tele-
gram, and three rousing cheers were
given Mr.. Bryan.
Henry T. Hazard, from the committee
on permanent organization, reported
that of the fifteen members of the COM
mittee fourteen had been present when
the following had been agreed upon:
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
We recommend that the name of this
club be the Silver Republican club of
Los Angeles county, and that the test
of membership be "Those who have
heretofore affiliated with the Republi-
can party"
We recommend that the permanent
officers be a president, one vice presi-
dent for each ward Of the city of Los
Angeles and for each judicial township
of Los Angeles county, a secretary,
corresponding secretary, treasurer, a
general county committee of five mem
bers from each supervisoral district, and
an executive board of seven members;
the above officers to be elected by bal
lot of the club.
We recommend that William Rommel
a member of the committee of Demo-
Gratis. Populsts and Silver Republicans
to provide an open air meeting place.
Said meeting place to be for the joint
use of the Democrats, Populists and Sill
yer Republicans.
Bylaws were also submitted and the
report was adopted as a whole.
The next order of business being the
election of permanent officers. Fl. =
10 or.d N a a1 TI11pa "a II In
whose name was received with round
of applause.
j. l.. Murphey, Mr. Edison of Antelope
valley, Col. I. r. Dunkelberger and S. A.
w. Carver seconded the nomination of
Judge Lamme.
The secretary was instructed to cast
the ballot for Judge Lamme, and he was
declared elected. AS he came forward
to take the chair the meeting broke out
in applause. When quiet had been re-
stored Judge I.amme said:
JUDGE LAMME'S TALK. =
Fellow Republicans: I thank you for
the honor that you have done me to tell
me to come into the ranks and work.
have been a Republican since the early
days of go, when the fledglings who now
talk of reading me out of the party were
yet unborn. The past history of the Re-
pblican party is our pride and our joy.
We are now looking to the present aE0
the future
After referring to the record of the
party in the years agone and showing
how fast principles had been overriden
the Judge opened up on James McLach-
Ian in this way:
II am afraid we have little or no evil
dence that that gentleman is for gold.
We have only his unsupported word for
it, and that, as we know, is not good.
He is man of versatility and diversi
fed opinions. When that vacuum he
calls his mind fills up he may be on the
other side of the fence. When he gets
up in the morning he is not certain
whether he is putting his clothes on a
goldite or silver advocate. Speaking
as Republican, candidly do not think
Mr.. McLachlan is worth wintering."
'"They call us anarchists if they de-
sire. 1t may please them and it does
not harm us. We are for free coinage no
matter what any little relocated king
on the other side Of the Atlantic may say
or do.
"The German reichstag may legislate
for Germany, the national assembly for
France, the house of parliament for
Great Britain, but by the gods the
American congress must and shall leg