Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-05
do justice to the able speeches of
Messrs. White and Gahahl, both
hai nn rh al orinaI aud not auananti

being rhetorical, and not suscepti-
BILE of abbreviation without greatly
marring their beauty and force.
Mr.. White briefly reviewed the
course of the Republican party
since 1t came into pewer,and said, we
come now to times of peace, and we
have to ask into whose hands it is
best to entrust the government of
the country. Republican rule has
been followed by financial distress
all over the land-banks have
failed, business men have become
bankrupt, industries are crushed,
and all this has not been without
cause. For nearly twenty years
the country has been under the
domination of one political party
a party that became so corrupt that
in order to retain its power, it
turnod over it's ballot boxes to Re-
turning Boards, on whose false
statements Republican President
was fraudulently placed in power.
Ii the man who was justly elected,
the man who took the canal
thieves Of New York by the throat
and who strangled Tweed, had
been put in the place to which lie
was lawfully chosen, he would not
have vetoed the anti.Chinese bill.
The Democratic party has always
been opposed to Chinese immigra-
ton. The first political speech he
(Mr. White) had ever listened to
was an anti.Chinese speech by a
Democrat, and at the time George
q. Gorham was advocating his doc
trine of the universal fatherhood
OF God, and the universal brother.
hood of man, the Democracy were
taking substantially the same
ground the Workingmen now
claim for themselves. One year
from now we shall be called
upon TO decide into whose
hands the government for
the ensuing four years is to be
placed, and the only choice will be
between the Democratic and Re-
publican parties. He called upon
the Workingmen to take their
places with the party which has
always advocated the principles
they profess, and through whose
organization alone success can be
attained.
The Workingmen's party, lie
said, was taken mainly from the
Democratic party. A voice-"You
are right."ll He asked them to 90
back where they can accomplish all
they desire. Congress is quite
evenly divided between the two old
parties. Unless the Republicans
carry California they Will be in O
decided minority, but they will
carry it if the Democrats and
Workingmen run separate tickets.
In conclusion he advised the
Young Democrats to perfect their
organization, to stick together, to
stand for the right, to take the
Democratic platform of '76 as their
guide, and to set an example all
good citizens might follow; so that
the party may be triumphant-that
there may be Democratic House
as well as a Democratic Senate, and
thus prepare the way for Demo-
cratic President and an honest gov.
ernment.
AT the cioee of Mr.. Whites able
speech he was very warmly ap-
plauded, and the President intro.
duced
MAJOR FRANK GANAHL,
Who began with q reference to the
time, almost generation, that has
passed since the Democracy was the
ruling party in the United States
Senate and the country. He COM
pared The lead ers of the Senate then
with those that have been promi.
nent since, and congratulated the
Democracy and the country on the
dawning of the brighter day which
is now ushered in. After four years
of fratricidal strife and fifteen wears
of misrule that has followed, the
people are left poverty. stricken and
burdened with debt, while the cur
rent expenses ofthe governm ent are
enormous, business is depressed
and tramps, before unknown in
this country, are swarming over
the land. Somebody is RESPONSE
BILE for these evils-but the fault
does not lie at the door OF the De.
mocracy. They have not had the
power until now to check the ex.
travagance and injustice of the
| Government.
Mr.. Ganahl read from a pamph-
let written by q Rev. DR.. Townsend
of Boston, on the Chinese question,
with q running commentary on its
absurd statements. Among other
things, the writer admitted that
| fhn nf thn (thi hoe l,s, a
the effect Of cheapening white la
Dor, but he claimed that that
is not sufficient reason for excl u
ding them from the country. Mr..
Ganahl expressed the opinion that
labor is never too dear.
Jesse II. Butler, who was in the
hall, remarked, "Beck says labor
is never too cheap"
"Who's Beck ?" inquired Mr.
Ganahl.
Butler-"President of the Ci ]
Council"
Ganahl-"He's a Workingman
isn't he ?"
No reply.
After reading number of choice
extracts, which Mr.. Gauahl saiC
fairly presented the sentiments o
the Republican party of the Eas
} on the Chinese question, the speak
! er concluded with a few words o
cheer and encouragement for th
. Democracy, which, he predicted, /
l on the road to a glorious success il
the Congressional election, to b
f followed by a still more gloriou
: triumph in 1880.