Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-22
ESTUDlLL0 NOT ASKED
TO ADDRESS CONVENTION
Riverside Democrats Take Note of
Disturbing Conditions at Santa
Ana and Enthusiasm
Grows

r. M. Irving, secretary and manag-
ing director of the Hawarden Citrus
association at Riverside, yesterday dis
cussed the political situation in Rlv-
erside county for The Herald. lie
said:
"Inasmuch as the Democrats of Riv-
erside county have no official organ
through which political news OF IN
terest to that party can be dlsselnl-
mated, 1 want The Herald to dis
cuss the mass meeting at Santa Ana
last Saturday.
my talk has been largely inspired
LJ the publication of some news items
In Sunday mornings Riverside Enter
prise, from which one might be led TO
believe that there was whole-hearted
Endorsement of the candidacy OF Miguel
Estudillo for state senator. This l
cannot believe is justified by the action
taken by the Republicans there as
sembled.
ION Saturday morning a party of
Riversiders, of which L was MEM
Der, went down to Santa Ana to look
over the possibilities of the Demo-
cratic nominee for state senator, and
incidentally to attend the mass meet
ing.
I'm regard to the first object of our
visit I may say that the prospects OF
the Democratic nominee are particu-
larly bright, and Mr.. Gill is perfectly
| satisfied with the results of his Visit,
the Enterprise to the contrary notwith-
| standing.
with reference to the second object:
One of the most striking signs to be
seen on the principal streets in Santa
Ana was the one in front of the City
opera house reading Republican Mass
Meeting-Down with the Machine!
I Eat 8 o'clock this opera house, which
can seat possibly 100 more than ou1
own on the main floor. was packed
when Judge Stutsman called the meet
| ing to order, while such men as keech
| Chapman, Stewart, Counter and 9TH
ers occupied platform seats.
| Judge StutSman opened the conVen-
ton with a speech similar to the one
| he delivered at the senatorial conven-
| ton at Riverside when he protested
against the secret ballot and against
the breaking of the pledge of the
Orange county delegates as urged by
Rumsey and North.
ITO formally open the discussion
| Baumgartner offered from the floor 9
resolution condemning the senatorial
delegate and also the Orange county
central committee for its action In the
matter of congressional delegates.
This resolution was in no uncertain
| terms, and In response to its reading
representatives from almost every pre-
cinct in Orange county rose and Sec
| onded it in such a clean, vigorous way
| that one could not but help congratu-
late the antis,' as the Enterprise called
| them, on the character of It's members
and especially in listening to one sec
onder assert that at one time Ameri-
cans had sacrificed their lives for theil
liberties and were prepared to do sc
again If necessary.
From the platform c. c. Chapman
| Keech, Stewart, Coulter and others adj
dressed the meeting in a manner that
left no doubt as to their condemnation
of the methods employed by the county
central committee and the action or the
| delegates at Riverside.
chapman urged that the centra
| committee rescind it's action on the
appointment of congressional delegates
and harmonic the party and save thu
state for Taft. This was more serious
than even we Democrats could hav'
hoped for.
'Keech denounced the secret ballo
at Riverside and was overwhelme
with applause when he ended with tn
words: God pity me when canno
be counted go
i Coulter pledged the county centra
committee to rescind its action, but 1
It would not 1t must suffer the con
| sequences.
1.-THE speakers called particular at
tention to the fact that this meeting
was aimed at no particular nominee
of the Republican party and that Els
tudillos name. was mentioned in the
resolution simply because it could moi
be worded otherwise and not censure
the delegates.
1--WE spectators, however, noticed
that Estudillo, who was present, was
not recognized in any manner. He
was not asked to speak and his name
was received in dead silence by the
vast crowd there, with possibly the ex-
ception of two dozen persons. In fact
the mover of an amendment to the reso.
luton that Estudillo's name be eX.
plunged from it could find no seconder
while the resolution itself was passed
without a dissenting vote"