DIVISION THREE — BRAINS. 269 



"The people of Pasadena are noted for their good order and sobrietj^ 

 and they have got along without drunkenness and disorder. The place is 

 overwhelmingly republican. We do not see why there cannot be nominated 

 and elected a straight party ticket. Certainly our friends have plenty of 

 good men. It seems unwise tor republicans to break ranks for the purpose of 

 giving the saloonists a chance.^'' 



And again at a later date, February 20, the Tribime again said concern- 

 ing this matter : 



■ ' A petition is being circulated requesting voters to bind themselves to 

 stand by the Citizens' ticket, whoever the nominees of the caucus may be. 

 * * When in a strong republican community there is an effort to run 

 a " non-partisan " ticket, it would be well to inquire if there is not a demo- 

 crat at the bottom of it."* 



The liquor interest movement went on, however, with the daily Times 

 [lyos Angeles], daily Star and daily Union, all advocating it. Then about 

 February 24 a call was circulated for a counter convention, reading as 

 follows . 



" We, the undersigned, who are opposed to boss rule, to the return of 

 saloons to Pasadena, and in favor of the maintenance of Ordinance 125, and 

 of an economical administration of the city government, request the people of 

 the city of Pasadena to meet in mass convention at Williams Hall, on Satur- 

 day, the 29th day of March. 1890, at 7.30 p. m., for the purpose of adopt- 

 ing a platform and nominating candidates for the several city offices to be 

 chosen at the next municipal election." 



This was signed by such prominent republicans as Gov. L. A. Sheldon, 

 Hon. Delos Arnold, B. F. Ball, Hon. Alex. M'I.ean, Judge E. J. Millay, 

 Dr. G. Roscoe Thomas, Hon. A. G. Throop, and over two hundred other 

 names. But while waiting for the time to arrive, still another call was issued 

 for a mass meeting of all republicans in Pasadena who were in favor of 

 maintaining ordinance 125 unchanged. This meeting was held in Williams 

 Hall, March 22 ; and from the reports of different papers at the time I here 

 quote a few of the main points most directly bearing upon the history topic 

 of this chapter. From the Standard' s report : 



" Hon. Delos Arnold, who served two terms in the Iowa state senate, 

 was elected chairman, and Major J. D. Gilchrist, secretary. The following 

 vice-presidents were nominated and called to the platform : Gov. L. A. 

 Sheldon, Mayor A. G. Throop, Col. O. S. Picher, Rev. Iv. P. Crawford, Dr. 

 G. Roscoe Thomas, ex-Mayor H. J. Holmes, B. F. Ball and W. T. Knight. 



"A committee of five was then appointed on resolutions, consisting of 

 Hon. Alex. Mcl^ean, formerly member of the legislature from Santa Bar- 

 bara county. Col. O. S. Picher, B. F. Ball, Dr. Thomas, and J. B. Corson, 

 all of them men well known as party republicans." 



Gov. Sheldon was loudly called for, and made a speech of some length. 

 One or two points specially pertinent to this chapter I quote from the 

 Tribune'' s report of his speech : 



*It was an open secret, that W. U. Masters, the keenest democratic politician in the county was 

 "at the bottom" of this whole "non-partisan" scheme for driving "republicans to break ranks.' Of 

 course it was fair game for his party, and great big fun, also. 



