The herald., 1897-11-05
LAMENTATION
The Silver Tongued Ora
tors IAremiad
FITCH TELLS HIS FRIENDS
WHAT he THINKS OF HANNA
AND PLATT
FITCH TELLS HIS FRIENDS
Platt Ought to Have Died and Hanna
Ought to Have Been
Cabinet Minister

IHc HUI. lHOTIldS rltCn the We'i-
known Republican orator, told the Los
Angeles members of his party last night
the cause Of the Republican Waterloo
in the East last Tuesday. 1t was bit
ter dose for some of them to swallow,
but they took the medicine without a
murmur, for the speaker did not mince
words on the matter.
The occasion was a regular meeting
Of the Los Angeles branch of the Re-
publican League of Southern California.
held in their rooms in the I. o. o. f.
building. More than 200 persons, many
of them ladies, attended the meeting.
President Haskell, Of Pomona, was in
the chair. Before the speeches a busi-
ness session was held, the most import
ant portion Of which was the election of
SO new members. One hundred and fifty
two applications for membership were
received and referred to the proper COM
mittee. A motion to make the next
regular meeting Of special interest to
the ladies was referred to the amuse-
ment committee. The executive COM
mittee reported as to the work it has
done toward organizing league branch
es in the other counties in this part OF
the state Several selections were rem
dered by a colored male quartet.
EVERYTHING LOVELY
Henry T. Gage was the first speaker,
politics. He endeavored to explain
away the charge that the Columbia club,
OF which he is president, is not in SYM
pathy or accord with the league. After
explaining the objects Of each organiza-
ton, he assured his hearers that the
Columbia club would assist in any work
for the party. At the conclusion OF his
short speech, President Haskell pre-
sented Mr.. Fitch as 'the greatest iiv-
ing orator"
WANTS TO BE AN ANGEL
Mr.. Fitch spoke in a most happy vein
in his Introductory remarks and kept
his audience laughing most of the time.
He took exception to what had been said
of him in an afternoon paper, where he
was referred to as Mr.. Fitch, late Of
Arizona. late of Nevada. and late of
elsewhere" by explaining that he had
always been a rolling stone, but late in
life he had adopted the text Of the song
81 Want to be an Angel" and had come
to Los Angeles to stay.
TIRED OF BOSS RULE
The most important portion of his ad-
dress was with reference to the recent
elections in the East. "I was asked to-
day." said he, ito what attributed the
political changes in the East, indicated
by the result o. the elections,
"a nl1 in
and New York. did not have
do so now. Every great cause has a
center of zealots and a circumference
of blunderers. At the center will be
found men devoted to the cause and to-
ward the outer rim are men who are in
the party for individualraggrandi
ment only. When party becomes per-
meated with this latter element, or
when that element seems to have Sc
cured control, the party is in danger.
The people soon tire Of boss rule and
boss rule is certain to result in party
defeat
A TRIBUTE TO WHITE
The speaker then cited the instances
when Calvin S. Brice defeated Allen G.
took charge of the party reins there.
This was followed by the overwhelming
defeat of the Democrats at the next
election. Here in California the cleo
ton Of Senator Hearst was cited as Il
similar case which resulted in the same
kind of defeat. incidentally Mr.. Fitch
paid a compliment to Senator White,
referring to him as a man who had at
tanned the high position which he holds
simply through merit and ability and
not through political trickery and the
possession of money.
REPUBLICAN TRADITIONS
Ex-President Harrison came in for
scoring as another example of po-
litical trickster. He referred to Har-
rison's election as the expression of the
wishes of the people, but when Benny
again desired election and to secure it
himself by men of question:
able intentions. if not of questionable
repute, and permitted his friends to
knife James G. Blaine in order to force
his own nomination. the people properly
defeated him for so doing and for no
other reason.
HANNA'S HISTORY
'In Ohio this year we have saved the
governor, and I almost hope that we
have saved a senator; but, If we have
not, it was.because Of the displeasure of
the people at Hanna and his methods,
and because the Republicans knitted the
legislative ticket in order to defeat Han
ma. He is an able man, but he is one
who has made his millions outside Of
politics. After assisting in the election
Of Mr.. Mckinley, instead of taking a
position in the cabinet, which would
have been gladly given him, he insisted
upon seat in the senate. although
wholly unfit for such a position, and to
get which he threw out poor old John
Sherman. The present effort to again
place him there is what has caused the
defeat Of the ticket If 1t is defeated.
PLATT'S ONLY SHOW
1.-THE same is true of New York. The
defeat of the party in that city is di-
rectly due to the bossism of Platt. If
Platt had died six months ago he would
have performed the best service possi-
BILE for his party"
The balance of an eloquent speech re-
ferred to the history of the party and
had no bearing upon present conditions.
A Farm At Your Own Price