The herald., 1898-09-19
A CAMPAIGN SPEECH
COLD RECEPTION FOR F. F. DAVIS
IN SAN BERNARDINo
Preparing for the Reception Of Co. K
of the Seventh-Little Boy Who
Played Committing Suicide

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 1s-He did
not set the river afire," as the old saying
goes, but 1t was because the said river was
frozen over by the GOODNESS Of the audience
The Republicans opened their campaign
last night with F. F. Davis of Los Angeles
as the speaker and to say the affair was a
Isuccess was to largely prevaricate. The
audience was cold, very cold, in fact a
freezing frost, and about the only applause
was for the trio by the "Darktown quar-
tet," who tried to sing campaign song
and were called out once to see II they
could do better-they couldn't. The firing
of anvils and the brass band gathere
lqulte a crowd. but the upper portion Of the
hall was closed and the entire crowd cor
raled on the lower floor to make as good
a showing as was possible with the ma
terial at hand. The speech was disap
pointment to the party and they showed
it, and said 1t after the affair was over
The speaker claimed to be a teacher rather
than an orator, and then went on to re
lpeat the various platitudes and so-calle
arguments that every child Is familiar
with, and wound up with eulogizing Gage
as the man who never rode on a pass l l
never took case in court for corpora
ton of any kind, all Of which fell with a
''sickening silence upon the ears Of the
auditors.
The Independent club rooms are being
fitted up for the campaign, located in the
Stewart hotel block on Third street, and
will be dedicated tomorrow night with an
oratorical house-warming. This will be
preliminary to the opening of the cam
paign by a speech from Next Governor Ma
guire at the pavilion next Saturday night.
The latest news from the sensation a:
Highland, the placing of Mrs e. c. Wins
low in a private asylum in Connecticut
seems to give the idea that the majority
of the people there believe her story and
are against the husband, or, rather. tha
friends of the husband, for he is at the
east and has not been heard from, and II
Is not believed he will have anything tr
say or that he will return again to this
state. His friends say that he only came
here for the health of his wife and that all
his interests are in Connecticut. The re-
latlon Of DR.. Wilmot with the case is ex-
planed by the doctor as about the same as
given. but with slight variations. He states
that he was the family physician for sew
eral years, but was superseded by DR.
Browning year ago. While denying thai
he was asked by Mr.. Winslow for a Ger
tifcate of insanity of Mrs. Winslow, hi
admits that he anticipated 1t by insist
ing on the sanity of his patient" The
friends of Mrs. W1nslow are waiting anx-
iously for information from the letters
that have been written to Connecticut In
regard to the case.
The reception committee for Co. K Of the
Seventh have organized with the appoint
ment of the following subcommittee
Committee on banquet-Mrs. N. H. Ball
Mrs. r. F. Garner, Mrs. S. S. Draper, Mrs
M. P. sullenger. Miss Mary Barton
]. D. Fais, ]. c. Dumbreck, w. ]. Curtis
and John Brown, jr.
Committee on finance-James Fleming
D. T. Hayes, James Boyd and A. M. Ham
Committee on speakers, program and re-
ception-Rev. ]. D. H. Browne, F. w. Rich.
ardson and Judge Oster.
Committee on music-Mrs. II. M. Barton
'rs Henry Conner. Messrs. F. M. Towpe
F. G. Erbe and Willis HILL
Committee on escort--Capt. Frank M
Singer, Capt. A. e. AIDE. Messrs. F. H
Baillie, W. D. Humphreys ''.'.'
Subscription lists are out and 1t is the in
tention to have the greatest celebration of
any kind ever held in this city.
Santiago Moreno of Chino stole al horse
while drunk, rolled off the horse in a few
minutes. the animal going back home
again, and Santiago has been languishins