The herald., 1896-10-10
A HARD FIGHT TO NDORG MKN[EY AND HOBART

the reading of resolution by Delegate
Faber Of the First ward, That we, the
Republicans of the Los Angeles city con-
vention herein assembled, do hereby in
dorse the nomination Of that noble
American, Hon. William Mckinley, Jr.,
of Ohio, for the high Office of president OF
the United States, and we hereby heart
lily indorse the platform adopted at the
national Republican convention in the
city of st. Louis, Mo, as expressive OF
the sentiment of this convention"
No sooner had this been read than the
ed up and his roar was heard through
out the hall. II am just as good Re-
publican as there Is In this convention -
he declared, land I defy any man here
to be better Republican than 1 am
This matter came up before the CON-
mittee, was thoroughly discussed and
we decided 1t would not be good policy
to bring up the issue. We decided that
it was not policy for a city convention
to meddle with national politics. CAP
plause.) Our party is divided into fac.
tions. The silver Republicans have q
word to say in the election of the NUM-
cipal ticket. To us the election of our
municipal ticket is as important as the
election Of the national ticket, and we
came here to nominate ticket that will
win" He ended his emphatic remarks
with motion to lay the resolution on
the table and when put to vote it car
ried with a storm, not over half dozen
noes being audible.
FOR Assessor.
w. j.. Variel in an eloquent speech,
placed In nomination James Meredith
=. T. Johnson nominated George Hull.
George r. Phibbs, in an able speech
placed in nomination James M. Mere-
dith.
Charles e. Day seconded the nomina-
tion OF George Hull
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Niereoith .'"..,.............. .18C
Naoass ..'.',..;..'..'..'... .Sls
necessary to choice .16O
Mr. Meredith was declared the nomi-
nee amid great applause. TIL
THAT MKINLEY ENDORSEMENT
e. A. Meserve then took the MIA atforn
ana IN a speech asked the convention to
reverse itself in the matter of the en-
oofsement of Mckinley and Hobart. HIS
follows: ""e oe
Resolved, That the Republican con-
vention of the city of Los Angeles most
neartly endorse the nomination of that
great, noble American, Hon. Vim. Mo
kinley, jr. of Ohio, for the high office of
president Of the United States, and that
of Hon. Garrett A. Hobart of New Ter
sey Tor the high office of vice-presjdent
OF the United States, and that of Hon
James MacLachlan for congress from
this congressional district and pledge
10 them our confidence and support.
w. L. Williams took the floor and said
tnat ne was by long odds a better Re-
publican than q. A. Meserve, He was
supporting the full Republican ticket
and Meserve was not. He did not see
the necessity of passing any resolution
endorsing Mckinley. 1t was to be sun-
posed that all Republicans were for Nc
kinley, Hobart and MacLachlan. To an
nounce this fact to the world was un-
necessary. Williams was not in favor
OF hampering local candidates by an en-
dorsement of Mckinley and the st..
Louis platform.
Mr.. Meserve took the floor and defend
ed his Republicanism. -.... -. ~
There was great confusion for several
moments at this time COL Freeman
Goldbug Teed then came forward and
appealed to the convention to endorse
Mckinley and Hobart.
w. T. Williams moved that the reso-
luton be laid upon the table. A vote
was taken and the motion was lost
The resolution was then adopted amid
great confusion. t. rr ", ~
FOR TAX. X.COLLECTOR.aas9 =. =
Nomination for tax collector being in
order Mr.. Lefebre of the second ward
named A. w. Seaver.
Judge Louis Gottschalk presented the
name of John H. Gish.
Charles L. Batcheller placed in nomi-
nation Harry Hes. tS
DR. Wicks took the platform and nom
mated H. j. Shoulders.
George P. Phibbs seconded the nomi-
nation of John H. Gish.
The ballot was then taken, resulting as
follows:
Gish ....,.........,,,,,.., 18O
Seaver ....................... II
Shoulders ....................... 66
Total vote, 319; necessary to a, choice,
160.
John Gish was declared the nominee
An adjournment was then taken until
2p. m.