Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
HARMONY MARKS
THE CONVENTION
ATTORNEY NAMED TO OPPOSE
M'LACHLAN
lNcuM1ENT's LONG INACTIVITY
is SCORED
Assemblsae Calls on Voters to Elect
Man TO Congress Who VIII Have
Best Interests of People
at Heart

democrats of the Seventh congress,
stonaI district yesterday nonllna'e 81
Jud r Rush, attorney, for congress W
make the race against Congressii,i ''.I
lanes McLachlan, Republican VINO mas
served several terms. e.,,,,,orv
THE session was held IN SyIhpLoIS
hall in the Blanchard building D. y.
Chase presiding and d. M. HaiilIile'0A
at the secretarial desk. s..,.o.,l
BECAUSE OF Capt Auble's tuneral
some of the delegates were taruy III
reaching the hall, and others sent piON
les for the same reason
Harmony marked the session.
The only debate arose over the point
whether the county executive commit,
zee should act as the congressional
committee, Mr. Rush having alreaoy
exprpssed a wish that this be doHe' Vi
whether he should have free hano
and name an independent coIllIiiltteo
with anti McLachlan Repupncans
thereon. The convention finally decld-
ed to select the county executive com
nittee of thirty-five and confer on MT
push authority to enlarge this COM
mittee as he saw fit.
Judge Trask dominates
Tudee u. K. Trask placed Mr.. Rush
In nomination.
He said the Seventh district Demo-
Gratis would make no mistake in nom
mating Mr. Rush, who stood Wen III
the law. in the community and aomng
his many friends.
He would make a hard campaign
would go in to win, and probably do as
much IL not more than an one avail
able to reduce McLachlan's oft-threat-
ened and fast decreasing political Iol-
lowing. -.,,
In seconding the nomination Joseph
Simons sounded the keynote, ana de-
fined one of the congressional cam
paign issues.
was as large or larger in population
than some of the eastern states, ana
through our board of trade ana cham-
Der of commerce we had induced many
thousands of people to come to our
magnificent country with promise OF
climate, homes and employment.
1.-THE chief resource of our state has
been in the past agriculture" said Mr.
Simons. "and this line at the present
time is practically developed"
Half Million Constituents
In order to support the half million
or more population In our county, no
said 1t would be necessary TO I'M
prove our harbors, encourage new cap
ital I'm the building of transcontinentaI
railroads and induce manufacturers TO
come to our country and make IL pos
sible for them to operate with pront;
that the people of this congressional
district before long must turn to the
Pacilc coast TO find employment for
their people in the carrying on of TRACE
with foreign nations; that our county
should be made a great Storehouse
where the Oriental, Mexican and South
American products will be stored ana
exchanged; that it will be necessary
fs.,. f1aa fsrfFT
man in other branches than that Oh
agricultural pursuits.
Mr.. Simons praised our charmber OF
commerce, waterway boards ana other
public organizations that were in ex-
istence and had existed in the past Tor
the purpose of guarding our free mar
Dor from the greed and encroachmeh'
of the Southern Pacific corporation.
He stated that hundreds of thousands
of dollars had been expended by these
bodies in the last few years, and
great deal of money and thousands OF
days of valuable time of our best cltl-
zens had been given in excess of what
was absolutely necessary TO counteracl
the bad influence of our present con-
gresham.
Watching Msfit
He claimed that it had been necessa-
~ for our best citizens to burn their
midnight oil to labor unnecessarily TO
prod up and keep in line the mist1t that
represented us in congress.
He spoke of knowing Jud r. Rush
when he t0iled with his father on
ranch in this county, afterward as he
drove a wagon and earned his ltveli-
hood from THAT source. Also of the
times when he was struggling for an
education and a study of law that fitted
him for the bar. Mr.. Simons brought
him down to the present time, one of
our highest and most esteemed citizens,
one of the respected and admired at
torneys of the bar of the state of Cali
fornia, and closed with description
of his vigor and ability, and prophesied
his election to congress from this dis
trict: claiming after his election that
the record he would make in congress
would be one OF the chief sources of
pride to our county, and in the future,
when our people sought to boast of the
great and grand products of our coun-
try, we would refer first to Jud r.
Rush, our congressman.
Anti-McLachlan Republicans
Maj. w. R. Burke said that it is not
the organization Democrats alone who
frame the policies of the party locally.
There are other considerations. There
were distinguished voters and men in
the ranks of Republican opponents who
DdQ llIGQ VI AlNl4dCllldIl anu hAlOSO
wishes should be considered in select
ing a suitable Democrat for the nom
ination.
The citrus and harbor interests had
been woefully neglected by McLachlan,
and any one could do as good if not
better If sent to congress.
Mr. Rush had told him that if NOM
mated he would go in to win with all
his heart, and as far as he and Mr..
Rush were concerned they regarded
a nomination as an election if the
voters put forth the right effort.
Pasadena Tired
Walter Simons of Pasadena said Pas
adena had been a banner Republican
city, but she had grown tired of Nc
Lachlanism.
Put up a strong man and they will
willingly fall into the Democratic line
for congressman" said he.
I'm Pasadena we have known for
years how McLachlan gets his liveli-
hood and resources, and it is time to
make a change.
1--WE are tired of Southern Pacific
domination"
Robert G. Loucks also seconded the
nomination. He said when he ran for
congress- he had cut down McI,achlan's