The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 17, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 1898 t the length a breadth of the State who heard of the prowess of the ( agher? Not to know the Galla s oneself unknown. To the the proud distinction of having membe fatten at the publi rib than any other feudal tribe ro the hills and vales, the forest t is ir prid glades of California. G the pride that is born of unbroken suc- coss in tucking themselves away into of the treasury, waxing all dis- d defying empts at ture a Gallagher without an office or > There are those r, to be sure, along in they were gher would think for a aside from the politi- re him to tread the of commer- momen cal t broad y will fi right ulfill 2 the clan increases faster created for them. It to note, however, that up any, Gallaghers have been own). millennium will come i land is filled by There are g8 to be contem- plated in this connection. For instance, even now become so accustomed we ha to the ghers in the affairs of San Francisco at it is not diffieult —to imagine a allagher Supervi ors, on being d that a new Gall gt had come to town make room for him at the muni box What would San Francisco do without its G: 2 Why, it would simply do nothing; just ong for a time and then begin to enerate—drop backward until tho: towns to which the ( hers had tal their trade had far outstripped it in the race for supremacy, and, instead of being the metropolis of the coast, it would be- come merely a moth-eaten scene of deso- lation, like some back-number mining All progress would stop right Ask any Gallagher and he will trouble with Be- or Milpitas or Petaluma is because places have had a Clan agher; if they had they would not hints of civilization now. On the other hand, while your imagina- tion is_running riof, fa you can, what the Clan Gallagher would be with th sco ury out of busi- n Coxey's army would be a gather- ing of dudes in comparison. Think of the misery it would entail; the degradation of the Gallaghers having to go to work; the trailing in the dust of a proud an haughty name—a family whose mottohas ever been, “A public office s for a G lagher. Those Gallaghers would just naturally disintegrate, crumble away and be swallowed up in the great mass of plebeians. Worst of all there would be nobody to help Judge Maguire along in his gubernatorial canvass. Like & vine that has wrapped itself around a ruin for centuries, never dé'ing, but each year putting forth new tendrils, gending fresh roots deeper ‘into the.soll, and twining yet more closely to the érum- bling pile, s0 do the Gallaghers cling to the treasury, reaching out after: fresh of- fices—and getting them-—never relaxing their grasp on those already within their embrace. ‘Whence came the Gallaghers? Tradi- tion first records them among the early colonis before offices were to be had sking, and consequently the clan was less numerous and thriving than now. The close of the Re ution nd the foun- dation of that greatest institution of the republic—public nds ‘the Galla- ghers speeding Westward Ho! keeping up with the spread of offices and always In the race. The founder of our own branch .of the clan, James L. Gallagher Sr., was born in Detroit, April 10, 1826, when that city was little more than a hamlet. His. father (never, ambitious in the Gallagher sense) was a trader on the Great Lakes, and married a daughter of the old Knicker- bocker Dutch family of Lasher, which name is perpetuated in the clan, being handed down from father to son. Hence the James Lasher llagher of to-di James Lasher Gallagher Sr. struggled along in Michigan until 1858, when, seein the splendid opportunities in the Golden State for himself and family, he crossed the plains and settled in old Tuolumne. There he remained for a decade,‘but as mining was the staple industry there, and the family was growing larger and began to grasp the true meaning of office, he eame to San Francisco and In 157 he joined the police force. That was the real beginning; other Gal- laghers may have held office before— robably did—but if 5o their eminence has heen lost sight of in this newer and great- er distinction. At any rate this Is the first rocor@ed instance of a Gallagher— ene of the elan—tasting the sweets of of- fice in California. Fe is still tasting, and tasting, smacks his lips in keen appreciation, for having performed his duty faithfully and well for more than a score of years, James L. Gal- lagher Sr. was retired from the force three years ago on a pension of $50 per month, which a grateful municipality will ¢ontinue ‘to pay him until he joins the force. But. nobody. begrudges for he rned his pen- - gained capture, ks, of People’'s Bank k streets. After the dericks secreted himself ur where he de- agher his pension, and T [ The act L f Cashier Market officers t t him. d- armed and had proved to be man, but without a momen allagher, at that time well rted alone into the r between himself and the ting to fire open ge and for this a every watch on force by Chief and presented to his a model of bravery. Of n Gaila- gher, ¥ nown to Democratic puris cars of age, w n born in Pittsburg, and no local Po- ink of doing busi 3. agher to help it al 3 boom thrive with- Walter crops up as ce Judge, but up to ple have felt that he rming the local Nor could out him. Perio a candidate for Pol the present the pe had his nds full i Democ y and min justice in the Police Courts. Appoint offices seem to be more in line for the Gallaghers than elective places. Next there is Thomas Jefferson Gal- her, born in Tuclumne County the year ter his parents arrived there, and a source of great pride to his family. Thomas Jefferson has only to see a po- litical office and that office becomes an- nexed to him right there. It is related of him that his first manifestation of hyp- notic ability in the way of office occurred some years ago, when he went to San Diego.” Thomas Jefferson had not been in town twenty minutes when a vacant office Jjust walked right up to him and, of course, it became his on the ' spot. Later, when Cleveland was elected President for the second time and Judge Maguire was filling the halls of Congress (and his colleagues) with dissertations on the single "tax, Thomas_Jefferson became ambitious hold a Federal position. Local offices were good enough in their way, but they were common. Any Gallagher ‘could get a local office, but Thomas Jefferson- was always ambitious, and yearned to out- strip the others. “So while his brothers were content to jog along with municipal billets, he just gave Statesman Maguire a tip, 'and a Deputy United States Mar- shalship under Barry Baldwin came his Way. Just to show how an office will cling to one when it once gets hold of him, it is only necessary to recall Cleve- land’s last civil service order, which in- cludes Thomas Jefferson, among some 40,600 others, and leaves him snugly en- sconced in the big brick building down on Sansome street for life. The mext_lower rung in the Gallagher ladder is Robert F. Gallagher. Now, Robert never was:proud, like the others. No carrying a torchlight and sporting a uniform consisting of green trousers and ink coat through the thoroughfares for im; no gliding over the cobbles behind a [small but select band of emigrants whose ideas of the National Anthem led them naturally into “Die Wacht am Rhine.” Robert F. was of the studious sort, and while the others were out purifying the Demecracy and whooping 'er up general- 1y he stopped at home perfecting himself in his life work. He accomplished his purpose, and now mark the result. Rob- ert F. is official reporter in Judge Wal- lace’s department of the Superior Court, drawing down his 10 per diem and a few side dishes. James Lasher GallaghtriJr., present head and front of the famous clan, poli- tical Purist, with an uppercase “P,” law partner of James G. Maguire and assist- ant City and County Attorney, is next on the proj me, and although fourth in line in point of importance. | - 1 a He, as they, wi . was born among the foothills of pent most of his ¥ al glameour of San ¥ almost born to g mere James G. just budding into his politi- . was a frequent visitor at the « rer homestead. John Ferral, -Judge Robert Ferral, who F jallaghers, w staying at he whom Judge agui The Judge and ) U Walter Gallagher were nearly the age, and they became fast frienc Judge made much of young Jam a lad of hardly more than a dozen The boy marveled at the young le or's greatn and resolved to emulate his example as far ¢ in his power. became his pa . and when he admitted to the bar Judge Maguir with honors (having, among other led the sandlotters against the a term on the Su- Tipe things, Democrats and filled ) perior bench), took him into his own of- fice as junior partner. this, James L. Jr. is b and County Attorns e and is put in charge of Judge Maguire's aspirations. Fred Knowland Gallagher, the fifth of the . is spoken of ' with _some- thing lke sorrow by the others. Fred is 31 years of age and has never held an office. He is a stenographer, and up to the present h into a court reportership, However, brothers do not despair, but are at work on_him, trying to in the proper degree of ambition, with flat- tering prospects of suc With Roy, now, it is different. That boy is all right, and fully competent to land square in the cream every time. Like every true Gallagher, Roy is a Dem- ocrat of the reform stripe, and when he found there were not enough offices in the control of the Democrats to go round, he just reformed himself, and with the In return for all d into the City s not even béen dragged his assistance of Chief Reformer Maguire dropped into a clerkship in the County Clerk’s office, notwithstanding the fact that Curry is a Republican. Far reaching is the pull of the Galla~ ghers. There is one more member of. the clan, John Ferral Gallagher. Like his brother Fred, John has naught to do with poli- tics now, but instead follows the voca- tion of stenographer. But there are some new Judges to be elected this fall, and 4 jpeed official zepy rters, John Ferral is not going to remain out in the cold after the first of the year if the Clan Gallagher pull amounts to anything then. Untortunately, there are no more boys in the family, but as they are all married but John, the youngest, the Clan Galla- gher will ‘continte to grow and spread its benign influence over the Democratic party and the public offices. Incidentally, there is the School Depart- ment always ready to give employment to the female members of the clan. Lest one may be apprehensive that the strain of official life may cut them off in the flower of their life, it is of record that the seven brothers average over six feet In height and 185 pounds in weight; sufficiently robust, all of them, to en- dure the tax for many years to come. As stated before, there are more Gal- laghers in town, but they do not belong to the clan. Ex-Judge Ferral is the only known relative in the State, and he is not sufficiently identified with the clan to secure the coveted nomination for Con- gress in the Fourth District. In fact, the ex-Judge thinks it is because of his accident of birth—his mother being a Gallagher and married to Ferral—and his consequent loss of the name of Galla- gher, that cost him the nomination. This definitely settles the question as to whether Maguire is a Gallagher. He is not, although he has all the outward symptoms of the clan. Neither are Ja- seph Leggett, nor Tim Treacy at all con- nected with the Gallaghers. Leggett's only claim to the distinction is the fact that twenty years ago he belonged to Reformer Buckley’s County Committee, afterward being elected School Director, and has persistently sought office ever since. Treacy’s claim is even less tangi- ble. The only indtcation of Gallagher- ism he can point to’ with pride is that one time he took a $4000 house on a lien for a $300 job of street work, As to the other Gallaghers, there are some who do not appreciate the full glory of belonging to the clan, while there are others who do. Out in the Thirty-first District, for instance, lives Charlie Gallagher, who never missed an oppor- tunity to let people know that he is not of the clan. “‘Of course, he’s no real Gallagher,” re- tort the Simon pure articles. ‘‘He has n;» political job; how could he be one of us?”’ But Charlie Gallagher once held an of- fice, and one that ought to entitle him to the rank of high chieftain in the clan. He was Plumbing Inspector at the City Hall years ago, before there was a pipe laid in the building. Then there is “Chippy” Gallagher, who wishes he were a member of the clan, but knows it Is useless to attempt to pose as one. Just what the status of old original “Let-her-go Gallagher” is among tglem nobody seems to be able to ascer- n. LABOR COUNCIL ACTS. A Labor Paper Which Roasted Barry Barred Out of the Meeting Room. After years of exemption from politics, through the agency of W. J. Macarthur of the Coast Seamen’'s Union, a political measure was last night rallroaded through the San Francisco Labor Council. Two weeks ago & new labor paper, known as the Labor Advocate, made its bow to the public. It is edited by David Cooper, a member of the local Typographical Union, is printed in one of the best union offices in the city and has the union label in a conspicuous place on the title page, but it contains a roast on James H. Barry —not a political roast, but slmpl{ a few telling remarks affecting his friendship toward organized labor. This stuck in the craw of Mr. Macarthur, whose friendship toward Barry is like that of Damon to Pythias. Mr. Macarthur also runs a labor paper, and the time is still fresh in the memory of union men when he discharged the men who did the mechanical work on his sheet that he might have the type set on one of Barry’'s machines. Tt is said that by this transaction he saved tne enormous sum of $10 per month and threw one man out of work. Last night copies of the new labor paper were placed on the chairs of the meeting room of the Labor Council, and Mr. Mac- arthur objected. He made a motion that in the future this paper be excluded from the meeting room. The attendance was very poor; in fact, the most of those resent were but tails to Macarthur's ite, so he had little difficulty in getting his motion passed. S. L. Robbins, presi- dent of the council, expressed his regret at Mr. Macarthur’s action, characterizing it as simply a political move, and.a mat- ter which should never have been brought before the council. —_————— SPELLING IS ELUSIVE. The Iroquois Club Wants to Expel Him, but Cannot Find Him. The Iroquois Club held a T. Carl Spell- ing session last night, but T. Carl did not grace the assemblage with his presence. The club wants to expel him for laying clalm to being the regular Democratic nominee for Congress in the Fourth Dis- trict. At the meeting a week ago a com- mittee was abnointed to officially notify him that charges of un-Democratic con- duct would be preferred against him. The committee reported last night that Spelling had not been found. The com- mittee was discharged, and it then dawned on Colonel H. L. Blenfield, aid- de camp to Maximilian Popper, that charges of some kind should be preferred against Spelling. He accordingly bor- rowed pencil and paper from Secretary Gordon and labored long and hard. A half hour later he presented his charges and read them in tragic tones. He looked around to see the effect of his literary work, and was taken with a severe chill when Judge Lemon remarked that a blind man could drive a four-horse team through the complaint. Attorneys George Cabiness and W. H. Cannon went to the rescue of the colonel and spent another half hour with him in the *“knockery,” a small room off the main assembly hall. The trio turned out a piece of work so bristling with *“aforesaids”. and other le- gal terms that that astute attorney, the . venerable Chief of Palice Lees, could not have found a single udefect in the com- laint had he been present. Cannon and ‘abaniss, in recognition of their services, were placed .on a committee with A. D. Lemon, L. J. Welch and Robert Ferral and delegated with full authority to catch Spelling, serve a copy of the com- plaint on him, try him, return a verdict, and, as very sagely remarked by Chalr- man McMann, “fix the penalty’” for the crime. Spelling will probably at once lead guilty when the committee over- gauls him. - As an attorney he will quick- 1y xl'ecog'nlle the futllity of ‘standing trial.” —_—————— Favor Spelling’s Suspeasion. The campaign committee of the Demo- ' cratic Central Club met last night to con- sider the matter of expelling T. Carl Spelling from the organization because of his claim that he is the regular Demo- cratic nominee for Congress in the Fourth District. Spelling appeared before the | committee and . vigorously objected to |, being tried, clalming that he was only | asserting his right. He said that it would be shown within the next few days that he was the Democratic nominee instead of the Populist-Silver Republican-Democratic nominee, James H. arry. —After a Jengthy discussion it was decided by the committee to report to the club that Spell- ing be suspended pending the establish- men‘t of his claim to the Democratic nomi- nation. i | litical opinion gathered at the Taber- | bayment : the Republican party most truly rerre» 1 | my public utterances, in my public acts, A GAVE MAGUIRE A HEARTY WELCOME A Decidedly Mixed Crowd of Oakland's Citizens Listen to Some of His Stock Campaign Doctrines. Oakland Headquarters S. F. Call, | their debts to the Government or be givent o | an extension of time, variously demanded 908 Broadway, Sept. 16. | a¢ from two to four generations Men and women of all shades of po- | future. We have stood for the of the debts for five i of railway influences of the ~combination of “Union party” candidates tell of the monopol e f""‘,(]f:‘l i;\«s;e“u"g’t?;lg “ o to secure a single advantag at figh same old “issues” that repose in the | ynong'those who stood bravely by us and. Bryan sepulcher and to see James G.| with us in that fight was Samuel G. Hil= | g Maguire. | born, your member from this distric ; | ”T @0’ not commend him now simpl It was not an enthusfastic meeting | cause the Southern Pacific Compan nor was it a dull one. The audience | beaten him for Congress for nomination. nacle to-night to hear some 2 el 3 But you will bear me witness that on seemed « to .resemble the sectarlan | 70 Y04 Jiion ‘upon the close of each preacher’s idea of heaven. It was not| Congress in which we rved- I haver a unit, but composed of sections,|given to Mr. Hilborn and to every Repub- fican. who stood by the right as I unders Judging by the continually changing £ | stood it, full credit ually with the Dem# locality of the cheering all the Populists | gerats who stood for the right in that were In one section, all the Democrats | contest. In 1896, as freely as I do to- in another, and the Bimetallists and Sil- | LSt T gave the facts Conceruing we ver Republicans also had a corner by | representatives, including Mr. Hilborn, who stood with us then and stood with usk themselves. = . the last_fight. in The last appearance of Mr. Magulre | But Mr. Huntington has since declared l;'x Ou.k]gnd was prior to the election of | that it is not ;‘hedir;’tentlog of the com= ovember, 1896. On that mem | pany to pay the debt within ten years. prable | Biiaid o interviews published in The occasion he debated with Colonel John | 1€ sald In int LR R P. Trish on the great superiority of sil- | Gon. 40d Examiner (hat be oD ot that o ver over gold, and so successful was he | great many . things bt en wi d great many things might happen within gll_g;tAslg‘rxr;edda County ng:‘e usluuh e ar; that the company must ?{;’:\'e aty money majority at t | le: thirty years to pay the debt, anc made her famous in the West and re- | they are going to make an effort this stored to her the State Republican ban- | Fiiter to secire an extension of from ner. Mr. Maguire falled to Tefer to | fominy op lEaty yedrs, ace ; ht e temper of the people of California as it | shall be displayed in the present election. Henry C. McPike was placed in the | 1f they are indorsed b? the people in chair, and after stating that the cam- | the present campaign, Mr. Huntington palgn is one of advanced ideas on one | Will Tub his hands and say: ‘‘Gentle= side and of tradition and history on |Men. do you want a-lm'ltmnflflmoy»‘ R pro et the other, he proceeded to claim all | 2 SIL S San S ton I e | kept me on_the gridiron by opposing re- ACnoL aed s :tl&riagzythe late war for | funding, did not represent the people of California?’ And If he shall be in a po= This brought forth applause from the | sition to go back with his Sacramento Democratic section of the audience, | ticket elected, why I would hardly have but the high encomiums showered so | the courage to say that he had not got & grdis < Tauw | DOpular verdict in his favor. %’s’fif{::;l%r%"‘lg‘Sg;fhmrgofiv:gs‘gg‘“o’f i lave not a word to say against tha '3 istinguished gentleman who has een ?’ii)sul?srts!humpmg of canes from the | nominated for Congress In this district g Victor H. Metc He is a frjend o When Chairman McPike referred to | mine, He 3 the great strides taken under the Cleve- | I have contidence. I do not believe that land gold administration a coid chill :“«‘u‘;'“‘s S yaziee because hw‘ 25 2 rail- 3 2 oad tool, but he was supported because m\:n.through the ranks of the silver | ine‘rafirdad people by supporting him Wiwasd L. Eutchinson, candidate for | ;‘6’}‘-]](‘(,"‘1“‘5‘1 Hilborn, and that was their Lieutenant Governor, made an earnest | They could acgomplish in that matter a speech and he evidently believes what | double purpos They could punish Hil- he says. Mr. Hutchinson made a little | Porn and they could hold Hilborn's pun- slip that showed how careful a candi- {shment up as a warning to other Repub~ ¥ o ica epresentatives and office-holders date must be "ho is carrying a load of \\ who might in the future think of having nominations. He evidently forgot that | campaigns of their own or daring to do. Mr. McPike had claimed all the glory | anything that the railroad company did in the subjugation of Spain for the | 1ot want done. Cleveland administration, for he ex- pressed all kinds of regret for the be- trayal of the people’s rights by “the setting up of the golden calf” by that same Cleveland. J. Aubrey Jones, the “Union party’s” nominee for Congress, spoke a few minutes and made quite a hit by his| original remark relating to ‘“equal | rights for all and special privilges for none.” A couple of minutes was given to Thomas Scott of Livermore who said that he was certainly not an office seeker, for he was at his home when he was nominated for the State Board of Equalization, and did not know It' until he read it in the newspapers. Hon. James G. Maguire was next introduced, and his speech proved somewhat of a | disappointment. Not more than half the people that heard his opening para- | graph were present when he reached | the pledges of what he will do pro- vided he is elected Governor.. Mr. Ma- guire spoke substantially as follows: 1f. s a man in whom persondlly Alameda’s Election. ALAMEDA, Sept. 16.—Primaries for tha selection of delegates to the county con- vention will be held in this city to-mor- row, the polls opening at 12 m. and clos- ing at 8 p. m. There will be but ticket in the field, and it bears at its head the designation, .“For James B: ber for T Collector and O for Sheriff.” Those are the offices which Alameda wdn which the delegates to be el row will fight. Besides these two the delegation will support E. K. Taylor for State Senator and J. R. Knowland for Assemblyman. The delegatées who will be voted for to-morrow are as follows: Ralph Hamlin P« 3. TW is B ard Clevelend, = 1d, Lou Pal J. Hammon P. Dillon, C. Ph L. H. Tra Julius Mag T. Cranz, Seebeck, C. M. Day, nz. P. a, This is by far the greatest political | §i o Lamitree. Tt E. Browning, L, A Hagey. meeting that I have witnessed in the city of Oakland. The meetings which I have had the honor of addressing throughout the State in the present campaign have —_————— Picked Their Delegates. The West End Republican Club of the been greater, more earnest, than any that | Phirty-seventh Assembly District met T have met In the previous political his- | .- o > - 3 B tory of California. T This appears to be | last night and selected the following a new era of Democracy, & rew uprising | names to be presented to the County Committee as delezates to the municipal convention: P. O. Burton, Robert P. Luey, Dr. W. L. Williamson, General E. S. Salomon, A. C. Forsyth, D. B. Faktor, Solomon Bloom, George Fiddes, B. Zeis mer, Louis Harker, John Bennett and O. C. Pratt. The following were selected for the legislative convention: A. C. Robin= son, P. A. Danskin, John P. Hayes, C. C. Morris, W. H. Little, Judge Willlam Plerce, John Kline and P. Kincaidy, Speeches were made by Messrs. Van Due zer, Mow: omon and others. against the organized power of privilege, not mere wealth. Wealth honestly ac- quired and not interfering with the equal rights of other men, is not to be opposed, and is not ogfosed by the doctrines of Democracy. What we oppose is special rivilege, under the sanction of the law y which men of wealth may place them- selves in a position to take from others ‘without giving equivalent return, by force of legal power that ought never to be given to speclal classes. (Applause). In the great movement of which this meeting is a part, we have in California to-day a welding of the popular forces in the union movement consummated be- tween the Democratic party, the People’'s party and the Silver Republican party of the State. That union, honorable in its character, patriotic in its purpose, stands at eVell‘_f point of that great principle of equal hts to all, special privileges to none, which was Jéfferson’s summary of the purpose of Democracy. I am proud to be to-day the candidate of the Democratic party of California for Governor; prouder that the People’s Fur(y, to which I do not belong, has seen n mé and my purposes and principles enough of hope for popular right to jus- tify them In naming me for the same of- fice. And I am proud that the element of Independent Democrats. The Independent Democratic Club of the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District was organized last night at 439 O'Farrell street. The following officers were elect= ed: George H. Collin, president; Benja-< min Kiernan, vice president; Steve A, Gfll, treasurer; John Thornton, financial secretary; S. W. Wilson, recording secrew tary; Skip Johnson, sergeant at arm: ecutive committee — George H. Collin, Steve A. Gill, John Thornton; financial committee—Benjamin _ Kiernan, James Ward, Joseph Hyde, Gus Hornbeck; cam- paign’ committee—S. W. Wilson, Steve Ay Gill, Walteg F. Hanly, John Glennong John Koegan. —_—ee———— Young Republicans. The executive committee of the Youngr Men’s Republican League Clubs of San Francisco met last evening at quarters, 242 O'Farrell street. Frank Spencer, president of the league, presided. Over two hundred new names were added ta the general roll from the district rolls. The committee also received from the State Central Committee 500 campaign buttons. A resolution was passed direct= ing the secretary to distribute the but< tons as far as they would 80 among tha district clubs. Other matters of import- ance were laid over until the meeting of the committee next Tuesday evening. senting all the grandeur, all the nobility of purpose, all the high principles of the party of Abraham Lincoln, recognize in a sufficlent adherence to Abraham Lin- coln's declaration of the true purpose of party in this country to honor me with their unanimous nomination. I feel, too, that we enter upon this contest under peculiarly favorable auspices. The union ticket, as has been well said, was put forth by untrammeled conventions; the men who have been named represent no special interests, no individual interest, ng combination of ‘grlvfleges. They represent the confidence and es- eem of the people of their several lo- calities, represented in their State and district conventions. From the Licuten- ant Governor—I might as well call him erel(xl:en%nt Govgn;mi gow—lt was a slip T hn. S o e tongue, bu elieve my matur ius Ka! eaks. Judgment woflld justify me in repeating e = The Forty-second District Republican Club held an enthusiastic meeting at Golden Gate Hall last night. The address of the evening was delivered by Jullus Kann, who was followed by Thomas K¢ Sase. D, M. Sullivan, Judge Severance, S Granam and_many others. The cluty indorsed G. S. Graham for School Direcs tor. it—I think he is already elected—has h: & most honorable career in Southern (‘:l- ifornia, both in private and official life, and has made an enviable record therein fighting for the same Frlncl les to which he has pledged himself in his platform. All alon, from Lieutenant vernor down to the last man on the ticket, 1 feel ‘hat I can say the same. 2 The Republican party is claiming all ‘he credit for the war. Tkis i{s a habit they have. Some men are iming that they are more patriotic than people be- longing to_other parts of the country. 1 deny it. I honor the patriotism of the Republicans of this country. claim that nowhere nor under any condition is there any Jjustification for questioning the patriotism of the Republicans in the late war, The Democrats were just as patriotic. I claim no more. The Populists — Held a Smoker. The members and frieads of the Rall- way Employes’ Political Club No. 1 held a smoker last ‘evening at Crusaders’ Hall, %9 Market street. BRADNER W. LEE TO CONDUCT THE FIGHT Will Manage the Campaign for the Republicans in Los Angeles County. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.—The Repub- lican County Committee was organized to-day. Bradner W. Lee was by unani- mous vote re-elected chairman. Mr. Lees were just as patriotic. I elaim no more. The Silver publicans were just as atriotic. I claim no more. But there ave been in the history of the world. the history of civilization—I think it ecame in with civilization—Pharisees, Pharisees who have always been going about say- ing in one form or another, I am holler than thou.” To say we are more patri- otic than our fellow citizens is just to ut the Pharisee se in other terms. 'his country has been reunited through the patriotic devotion, self-sacrifice,| served in this capacity in the campaign courage and heroism of the people of all | of 1896 and it was owing to his manage- parts and of all sections. It shall mot ment that the county gave McKinley g again be disunited in sentiment or in| yoioney thought or purpose for the advantage of any man or of any party. His re-election as chairman licans. As a mark of confidence the com- Mr. Maguire then reyiewed the al-| o 1000 £0 G T ima "leged neglect of the soldiers while in|hame auxitiary ofcors o8 Son power to camp and abroad and continued as fol- lows: One of the burning questions dealt with in all of the platforms of the union party is that of the Pacific railroafls. For the Jast five years a contest has been roing on | during the past twe years. to determine whether the Pacific railroad | G. . Brown and H. H. Youken were companies should be compelied to Ppay | nominated for Constables. tee and to select an executive committ W. P. James was to-day nominated %e;} the ‘Republicans for Township Justice one of the most important offices, as ovep 5000 cases were disposed of in that court glves general satisfaction among Repub- .