Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05

, fully exonerated the preceding speak
er Of an intentional slight he took oc-
casion in the course of his speech to
commend Mr.. McLachlan in the high
est terms.
Toasts MeLachlan
He spoke of him as being mot only
your Jim, but our Jim. and my jim"
! and declared II was necessary for the
best interests not only of Southern
| California, but of the state at large,
that he be returned to congress.
Don't make the mistake" he con-
tinued, "of thinking that It will make
no difference whether our Jim goes
back to congress or whether some other
man Is sent. We need Jim and you
should see to II that he is reelected"
Aside from the references to Con-
fgressman McIachlan, the governors
address was mostly along general polit-
| cal lines.
He had absolutely nothing to say in
regard to his own candidacy. Indeed,
he did not even mention the governor
ship.
Most of his speech was i'm a humorous
vein and he was frequently applauded.
TT is hardly fair" he began, "to fill
a man UP with steak, beans, chill sauce
and lemonade and then expect him to
make a speech.
Marvels at Los Angeles
"But I will say to you that marvel
at Los Angeles and the southern coun-
try; at the strides that this city is
making and at the many evidences of
magnificent prosperity that are to be
found in the sunny southland.
"I shall never forget the quick re-
sponse that came from your city to
the suffering people of San Francisco
at the time of the great disaster in the
north.
Los Angeles was among the first
to furnish the destitute people of the
stricken city with the means of keeping
themselves alive, and the people Of the
entire state are as a result under a
debt of gratitude to you"
This prosperity which the state is
now enjoying the governor, of course,
attributed to the governmental policy
of the Republican party, and urged
upon his hearers the importance of
electing Republicans to congress.
He declared that the election of a
Republican congressman was the most
important thing involved in the cam4
paign.
That Full Dinner Pail
Even since the Republican party
has been in power" he continued, "the
dinner pail has been full, and 1t will
remain full just so long as you keep
the party IN power.
He declared that as a trust buster,
Bryan could not hope to equal the
achievements in this line that are to be
credited to Mckinley and Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt" he declared,
has shown himself to be the real,
smon-pure, yard-wfde, all-wool trust
buster and there are none to compare
with him"
The next and last speaker to be intro
hxy hot a hal
was Dorsey Patton of Ocean Park.
The announcement of this speaker
caused considerable surprise, as there
were few In the audience who seemed
ever to have heard of him.
Several years ago Patton made siren
uous efforts to achieve a degree of
prominence in Illinois politics, and final
ly succeeded to the extent of having
himself elected to q term in the state
senate.
After that he attached himself to Billy
Mason when that picturesque Chi
cagoan made his campaign for the
United States senate, and later as a
reward for his services secured an ap-
pointment in the postal department of
the government.
He came to Los Angeles little more
than two years ago, and soon after
ward he moved down to Ocean Park,
where he has been ever since.
Patton now evidently is trying to
break into California politics, and his
first effort in that line was long, ram
bling harangue, made UP of equal parts
of bad English and inanlties.
He started out by informing his audi
ence that he was a clean Republican,
and most of those present looked as if
they were exceedingly glad to receive
assurance on that point. Nobody
seemed to ow,-though just why he
had found it necessary to make that
statement.
He also delighted his hearers beyond
measure by informing them that he
was proud of the Republican organi-
zation of Los Angeles county. He even
went so far as to declare impressiVely
that it was the peer of any similar or
ganization in the country, and his
manner indicated that so high a COM
pliment coming from a man like Dor
sey Patton was not to be lightly priced
Uses Up Half Hour
Patton announced that the Demo-
cratic party was merely a party of
isms and was not worth discussing.
and to prove it proceeded to discuss it
for half an hour He said he was glad
to have this opportunity of meeting
with the Rpublicans of Los Angeles
county, and those who knew him best
in the audience SAID they had no doubt
whatever of that
speech that they were fully prepared to
believe.
Patton took up twice as much time
as did Governor Pardee and Congress-
man McLachlan put together, and only
sat down when his breath pave ont