The herald., 1898-03-11
6EPuDLlcAN QUALIFICATIONS
xHCuxxAn IDEAS on 11TNzss
yo1 PUBLIC OFFICE
MI. ssymors's Strange Attempt At
Suicide q. ". Witham's Horse
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PAsADnNA, March io.-tonice Of The
Herald, IS East Colorado street.) There
are ali sorts Of comments heard concern.
ing the straight Republican" convention
held yesterday. and many OF those least
complimentary In character come from
among the delegates to that convention
Many are outspoken In their criticisms OF
. convention where the chief qualification
mentioned In the nominating speech for
one Of the candidates was that "he IL a
sich man. and In the case of another,
thet he can boast Of as blue blood as any
IN Pasadena" while the name of black
smith. when placed IN nomination to run
against the aforesaid '.rich'' man, was
greeted with hisses to such an extent that
the chairman raped the convention to or
der and declared that mo more kissing
would be tolerated" Notwithstanding
this order OF the chairman, there was fur
ther kissing when gentleman whose name
had been suggested for city marshal with
drew from the contest. ''in order to pre-
serve harmony" which. In view Of the
program soon after disclosed, meant that
It was IN order to give the convention an
opportunity to show its rare consistency.
FOR as one OF the colored delegates put It,
you are trying to turn down man who
mas always stood by the Republican party,
through thick and thin, to nominate man
VINO deserted us two years ago and now
comes back just IN time TO ask Office OF us. :
And this is Just what this remarkably con-
eistent convention did, when 1t nominated
Lacey. turning down Slater. This il the
same convention wherein certain promi-
nent members before the nominations
were made were loud In declaring that the
convention ought to knife" Heman Dyer
IL ne failed to come up and declare that he
was q Republican, first, last and all the
time. and would stay by them only, and
have nothing to do with the non-partisans,
who had nominated him on their ticket the
night before. Two years ago the Straight
Republicans" refused to nominate Mr..
Dyer because he had been nominated by
the Citixens' party, and with the same
breath they said he was the best city clerk
that Pasadena ever had. Consistency, thy
name s ''the straight Republican party
OF Pasadena! The platform Is a work cf
art. said to be due to the mastery hand of
james McLachlan. AS smooth and artfuI
0odger 1t Is brilliant success Read It
over and see how beautifully 1t lodges
around the electric road issue, without
getting Into too close quarters. The right
Of petition likewise. The only points that
are unequivocal relate to being opposed
90 the saloon in Pasadena" and being in
favorOf good roads and 1.-The bicycle as
mode OF transportation" The first point
y OF course brand new innovation for a
platform In Pasadena. The boom for the
bicycle Is no doubt intended as a death
blow to electric railway monopoly Who
says we are not against monopoly in trans
portation? Haven't we doomed the cycle
way and cracked up the bicycle as means
OF transportation? Doesn't this atone for
the bad break of the electric railway su-
perintendent IN beginning to do politics"
. little too early in the campaign? He
thought 1t good plan ito get in on the
ground floor" that was all. and as a re-
people won't forget It, They know now
better than even where to place the elec-
lric railway In this campaign, since they
have seen the artistic platform construct |
ed by our experienced member of con-
gress.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
An attempt at suicide was madc last
Monday night by Mrs. Seymore, a young
married lady who is at present residing
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Goodrich, at $40 South Raymond ave-
nue. Knowledge of the case was kept quiet |
until today Mrs. Seymore, who is but
81 years OF age. has been living until re-
Gently with her husband on their ranch in |
Fresno county. She brought her two chill |
tren with her to visit her parents. Last |
Monday night the parents heard heavy |
breathing In the young lady's room and |
inspecting that something was wrong they |
to find that their daughter |
had taken laudanum in sufficient quanti-
ties to Kill her. DR.. Rowland was hurriedly |
summoned. A stomach pump was used and |
the lady was brought back to conscious |
ness. She has now fully recovered. She |
gives no reason for her rash act beyond |
that she was tired Of life.
wITHAM'S vAGARIEs
C. w. Witham appeared before Justice |
Merriam today upon the charge Of grarsl |
larceny on account of his having stolen a |
horse from his brother-in-law. A. @. saun-
ders of Cypress avenue On motion of |
Deputy District Attorney Williams the |
case was dismissed. The defendant was |
represented by George L. Sanders Of Los |
Angeles. 1t was shown that Witham suf- ]
Tered an injury to his head some time ago I
Ind this was thought by Mr.. Williams to
have affected his reason. There was there
fore no fclonious intent connected with
the taking of the horse. Mr.. Saunders
swore that Witham threatened his life
and that of his sister, Witham's wife.
Baunders therefore swore out complaint
Witham with threatening to kill,
and asked that he be bound over to keep
the peace. The matter was set for hear
Ing on Monday at lao p. m. 1t is probable
mat the trouble Will be amicably settled |
between the two men.
BREvITIES
The entertainment given In 1. o. o. F..
hall this evening by the Fraternal Brother
hood was largely attended. The program
Included addresses, musical and literary
numbers, banquet, games and dancing.
A large number Of invitations were issued
among outsiders. Judge John G. Rossiter
Rcted as president Of the evening.
The death of Mrs. Albert p Gaylord oc-
curred late this evening at the home on
Herkimer street. Death was caused by
peritonitis. Mrs. Gaylord's death Is par
ticularly sad on account of the fact that |
Bhe was married only a short time ago.
N. W. Cox of Logan street leaves for
Oregon next Sunday, accompanied by his
wife.
Bert Orlando Bruce has returned from
J trip abroad.
North Pasadena lodge, /. o. q. r., gives
, box social tomorrow night.
John Green IL lying dangerously III at
his home on South Marengo avenue
Hoi FOR PANAMINT
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