The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-15
NOT A SINGLE HITCH
CONVENTIONS SEES
SION VERY SMOOTH
FREEHOLDERS NOMINATED
And Incidental Business Disposed of
With Dispatch and Without
Friction

Following 10 the citlzens non-partlsdn
ticket for freeholders. as chosen at the city
charter meeting held at the Southern Cali
fornia music hall last evening:
w. c. Patterson, observation-disclosures.
VIM F. Wheeler, Observation-Disclosures.
E. E. Crandall. reehoder-at-large.
Judge variel MISUNDERSTANDING
w. LeMoyne Wills. Merchant and Manu-
|facturers' association.
L. J. Mathews, board of trade.
J. B. Willard, school teachers.
Sam J. Chapel, council of labor.
A. J. Stevens, Social labor.
H. T. Hazard, Silver Republican.
Fred Baker, Populist.
A. M. Stephens, Democrat.
M. j. Newmark, chamber Of commerce.
Rev. B. e. Howard, League B. G. Gov.
Fred Eaton, Republican.
The meeting was called to order at Sis
lby Chairman w. c. Patterson, with large
number of the most prominent citizens pres
lent. The chairman announced that the
Injecting had been called at the earliest pos
lsible date at which 1t could be held, and
every one be notified. He remarked that
lit was now essential that the ticket be COM
lpleted with dispatch, as only two days re-
mained for arrangements to be made for
placing the names on the ballot. The roll
was called by Secretary Petchner, and the
minutes of the former meeting being duly
Tread and approved, the convention pro-
lceeded to business.
Adolpk Ramish suggested that the COM
lmunications In the hands Of the secretary
be read, and the secretary accordingly read
letters from the board of trade and the
chamber of commerce, In which l.. j. Ma
thews and M. j. Newmark were named. re-
lspectivey, as their choice for freeholders.
The names as announced were indorsed by
the convention, on motion Of E. L. Hutch
lison.
A motion was then made by Judge J. N.
Phillips that the choosing of names for the
freeholders' ticket be proceeded with. The
motion carried and Jacob Frankenfield
placed the name of Fred Eaton in nominal
ton as the choice of the Republicans. A.
wv. Fisher made a motion that the name be
Endorsed and the Endorsement was unani-
nous.
Arthur w. Fisher, in a neat speech NOM
mated Rev. Burt Estes Howard as the
League for Better City Governments rep
resentative on the ticket, and the name met
with unanimous and enthusiastic indorse-
ment, an attempt being made through mo-
ton by c. o. Hawley to ignore the league
and make Rev. Howard representative at
| large on the ticket.
This completed the list Of representatives
to be chosen by the various organizations
| of the city and left four freeho1ders at
| large to be selected.
VIM. Mead nominated the chairman, w.
| c. Patterson, and although that gentleman
protested, he was Endorsed and his name
placed on the list. VIM. F. Wheeler, nom
mated by P. X. Wood, E. r. Crandall, NOM
linated by Isidore Dockwe!ler, Judge Variel
nominated by r. l.. Hutchinson. and Milton
Carlson nominated by Henry T. Hazard,
were the candidates for the three places
rema lining on the ticket, but on the With
| 6rawal of Milton Carlson and at his sug-
eeston, the three other gentlemen named
received unanimous Endorsement and COM
| pieted the list.
| On motion of VIM. Mead the convention
| then chose the following gentlemen, one
| from each organization, as an executive
committee to look after the campaign, cir
cuate the necessary petitions, etc.: Re
publicans, Will E. Dunn; Democrats, NJ.
c. Marsh; Populists, S. E. Fulton; Mer-
| chants and Manufacturers, r. II. Heron;
Board of Trade l.. w. Godin; Jeffersonian
| society, Geo. Furtsch; Silver Republicans,
W. c. Petchner; Council Of Labor F. H.
| Gill; Chamber of Commerce, H. w. Frank
| Teachers Alliance, M. c. Bettinger; Social
| lists, Geo. II. Cramer. These eleven mem
| bers are themselves to chose four others to
make the committee fifteen in number, ard
the committee is to meet this morning at 10
o'clock at the board Of education rooms In
the Gardner & Zellner block.
An auditing committee composed Of tho
following gentlemen was also appointed:
| C. o. Hawley, J. F. McElheney, Jacob
Frankenfeld, r. w. Dromgold and A. w.
Fisher.
The convention authorized the executive
committee to fill any vacancy that might
occur on the ticket chosen, with the pro-
viso, however, that the disqualified mem
bsrs should be replaced from the organiza-
lions which they represented.
The convention was remarkable for its
| unaninity OF action, not hitch occurring
| in the entire session. The nominees are to
meet this morning at 10 o'clock in Henry T.
Hazards Office in the Downey block.
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