The herald., 1898-09-16

characterized the convention as unique
the only one Of its kind ever held in Cali
fornia."
That he was correct in his summing up
will not be disputed by those who wasted
weary hours in the sweat box at the pavil-
ion nominating the ticket the convention
presented to the voters
1.-THE cry Of turn the rascals OUT as ap-
piled to the court house officials and en-
ployes, came from Republican sources"
said Democrat last night, land since that
building has been peopled with Republicans
for four years we certainly can have no
objection to the Republicans calling their
own men rascals if they so desire. Just
what they are going to say about the new
crew they hope to install, in view Of what
they said about the lot they now call ras-
Gals when they went into office. will be
worth listening 10, but the new turned
down-and-out hardly appreciate the man
ner in which their defeat was accom-
plished."
T. And the statement is true, Tn no r
\ convention ever held by the Republic 4.
r an party in this county was there ever r
4. SO much rancor hatred ard desire for r
+ revenge engerdered as in the conven- 4.
r ton just closed. r
Not only are the men and the friends of
the men who are termed members Of the
"court house ring" and accordingly turned
out of office, .nsulted and angry, but. in
sud- Iant!ng the ":urned-out rascals," the
convention has aroused the enmity OF the
country and the old soldiers by Ignoring
them, and already the Republican voters
are giving tongue 10 the cry OF boss
ridden convention and damntng the ticket
as being constructed In the interest Of the
railroad.
Hinton and oliver
The true inwardness Of the defeat Of
Byron l.. Oliver leaked out yesterday, and
helped to strengthen the belief that the
convention was dominated by railroad con-
troll The story of the Oliver defeat comes
from one of his ieutenants, man who
has helped to program more than one con-
ven.1on, and knows whereof he speaks.
Before the adjournment Wednesday aft
ernoon Byron Oliver had the strength Of
the convention" he said. "He had It
through no trades, for the defeat Of Barnes
Of Pomona for recorder rendered the max
Ing Of trades difficult. Pomona wanted
Oliver; so did Pasadena, and so did the
Second, Third. Fifth. Sixth and Seventh
wards of this city. Suddenly Billy Dunn
sent word to Meserve that he wanted an
adjournment.
"You know how 1t has been worked all
a1ong Meserve has said. Now, GENTLE
men, don't want TO program this conven-
ton. but I advise etc, etc. and then
Judge Mckinley bobbed up and moved that
Meserve's suggestion be carried out. The
ayes and noes were put. and the chairman
was never in doubt as TO the result. The
convention adjourned. 1t was the old
scheme OF Meserve pushing the button and
Mckinley doing the rest.
r "Well, in divers fight, after Dunn +
r had sent down word to adjourn, we 1.
+ fellows Went after the man in the r.
+ woodpile' We found him. r
Wanted the Assessor
1.-THE S. P. wanted the assessor. Oliver
had no trades to make. Rives had. Hin
ton was to so in and as T.ves could lend
him strength the order was issued to
slaughter Oliver and supper; Rives for
the votes he could give Hinton. Oliver was
making his own fight, and hence was not
available Hinton promised patronage
galore ard so did Rves. What the S. P.
demanded was the district attorney and
assessor in a bunch. the ore to assess and
the other TO give the law upholding the
assessments.
'Oliver was traded, traded and traded
until after the adjournment we knew he
was gone
1.-The Southern Pacific downed Oliver and
divers friends downed Hinton and Incl
lentally settled DR.. Campbell in his race
for the work that he did In a figh; he should
have kept out Of
But how does that help the Southern
Pacific If they wanted Hlnton?" was asked.
"How does it help them? Well, when
Dunn and Mckinley found out what OIL
ver's friends were doing they dropped Mr..
Hinton and combined with another man.
II you can't get a rocking chair, take a
bench. Gray they could do nothing with.
Hinton was slaughtered by divers men
and s. another adjournment was necessary
IN order to arrange things. Orce more the
modes; Meserve announced that he didn't
want a program, etc. and once more Nc
Kinley bobbed up and moved to adjourn.
Before Dunn and Parker closed their eyes
Wednesday night the assessorship was
fxed.
"Al we got GU tof il for the way
they knitted Gray was the satisfac-
ton Of making them rub 1t INTO
the country and the soldiers by
defeating Gray and putting the railroad
push 10 the trouble of making new com
bination instead Of Hinton"
Gage Makes His Speech
There had been so much talk of railroad
control, so much talk of the county conven-
ton being little wheel within the big one,
J. e., the state convention; so much talk
about Gage being backed by the railroad,
tina. when the Republican candidate for
governor appeared everybo expected ,ha,