Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-21
MASS MEETING ADDRESS BY SENATOR
c. C. coNGER OF SAN FRANCISCO.

A mass meeting was held last evening OF
Second street, under direction of the Repub
lican County Central Committee, to listen t.
an address by State Senator G. G. Conger
San Francisco, who was elected to the Senate
by the Workiugmen's party, but who has de
clared for Garfield and Arthur. Bontire'
blazed on the intersections Of the street witt
! and K. and brass band discussed music
from tie balcony of the Orleans building
There was very good attendance, but not {
crush. The attention given was excellent
Jerome c. Davis, Chairman of the commit
tee. called the meeting to order and announced
the officers of the evening as follows
President, William Il. Csntwell; Vice-Pres
ideuts. w. A. Anderson, G. n. Post. M. M
Drew. George w. Gilbert, Mike Bryte, Z. A
| Houghtou Secretaries, j. a. Woodson, VIII
j. Davis.
Judge Cantwell made a brief and spirited
speech on taking the chair, and then intro
duced Senator Corger. He began by stating
that he had come out fer Garfield and Arshur,
because he saw in the attitude OF the south
and the Democratic leaders a menace to the
liberties of the people and the principles on
which the Republic is based. His own party
is but local, and has no national ticket; some
of its members have gone, for this election,
to the Republicans, some to the GreenDack-
ers. some to the Democrats. For himself ne
chose to support the party that assured the
| liberties of the country and the safety OF the
republic Democratic newspapers hadcnarged
that he had met General Miller. lie had
met him often in San Francisco on the street.
If those papers meant to imply that he had
met him corruptly, they were guilty OF cruel
falsehood, which he flung back IN Their
teeth. He referred at length to his flatt 5
| Hall speech, and to the efforts OF Democrats
to induce their papers to take no notice OF
his canvass for the Republican Electoral
| ticket He then took up the record OF Judge
! Wallace and his statements that the Repub-
! lican party did not put down the rebellion,
and pointed out how shallow was
such a plea. He then warned his
hearers of the dangers TO be incurred
in supporting Hancock and English.
If we desire to see the Supreme Court recon-
structed so as to effect the setting aside OF the
thirteenth and fourteenth amendments, we
should vote the Democratic ticket. As to
| financial questions, he did not propose to en-
ter upon discussion in the time allotted, but
it was singular that if the management OF the
| Republican partyis so bad as is stated by its
opponents, that the country is so prosperous
under it and its financial condition SO good.
The money of the world is the best money.
The question of the Southern claims Is one OF
much interest. General Hancock is not in
harmony with his party ON that subject. The
Democratic party refused to meet the
issue III this question fairly and square
ly in Congress, and Democratic members
lodged voting upon it. The tariff question
producers alike. On this subject General
Hancock says his election coul1 not affect the
question, that so much money has to be raised
through the tariff, and that OF necessity pro-
tects manufacturing, and that the tariff ques..
ton is local question, one that the General
Government seldom attempts to Interfere
with. That statement is the most marvellous
ever made by Presidential candidate.
Purely a local matter, says General Han
cock don't interest the people much he says
indeed The speaker here read from Dem
ocratic and other documents to show thatthat
party has constantly occupied position in
opposition to the interests of the laboring
man and the manufacturer, always opposing
a protective tariff, which always causes
the payment of better wages. He claimed
that the Democratic policy would open
the door to the products Of Chinese
cheap labor, to the exclusion of the products
of the work of American mechanics and
laborers and their necessary degradation to
wage paralleled with that Of the coolie. The
Workingmen's party pronounced against land
monopoly. The great land grants were made
in frenzy of railroad building, and both
the Republican and Democratic parties voted
the grants. But that era has passed, and all
parties have agreed on a halt. The Republi-
cans originated and passed the great home
stead law. 1t made effective the declaration,
once citizen always citizen, and made the
American citizen respected in all parts of the
world. The Republican party is the party of
progress, the party of the nation, and notof any
section it struck off the shackles of slavery
and wrenched from the hand of the negro
driver the bloody whip. Il is the party that
built up and made this great. free nation,
breaking down the attempt of the Southern
chiyalry to disrupt the Union and break up
the Republic The Democratic party had in
its eagerness for restoration became smell
ing party. 1t did smell cut BelkEap, but at
the same time unearthed Pendleton and his
shortcomings, and since then neither Pendle-
ton nor the smelling committee has been
heard from. As to the Chinese question, he
compared the Republican and Democratic
platforms. The Courts have all held that
the power to regulate Chinese immigration
rests with Congress and the treaty-makiDg
power. The Republican platform calls for the
exercise of that power SO as TO effect the end
uESltCu ny TIC pDti1lC vi OdiiltIHid IIUV blO
Democratic platform only calls fer an amend
ment to the Burlingame treaty and restrictive
laws. 1t puts on pretense Of opposition to
Chinese immigration, for its plank lets in
ali Chinese who wish to come. They all come
either for purposes of commerce, travel or
education. The Democrats for years en-
Outraged or permitted the immigration of
Chinese, and treated relative to it. and never
have done anything to check it. The Demo
cratic plank was drawn by WattersoD,
former slave-owner, who hasn't yet got over
cursing because slavery was abolished. The
slave lords Of the South find the negro emf
grating they want cheap. servile, nom
voting class, and the Chinaman just fills the
bill. General Hancock Is silent ON the ques-
ton. He dares not speak, for there stands
the New York Board of Trade, the influence
of which he fears. He might go on, he said,
for hours and show that the Democratic party
has always been the workingmans worstenem
has always deceived him. has always held to
doctrines tending to his degradation. But
these facts are well known to the people.
He was a workiDgman, ana had fought on
this Chinese question from the beginning,
and had voted for bills which he knew were
unconstitutional on this question. He did so
to keep the question before the people of
the East and secure attention, as was done at
last, to the claims and interests of the work
ing classes. Though he had this record, he
declared the President did right to veto the
Fifteen Passenger bill. He could not do
otherwise under the code Of international
law. The Democrats knew that, and only
forced the veto upon him by passing the bill
in the shape it was, to gain supposed cam.
paign advantage. With stirring appeal for
the support of Garfield ard Arthur by all
thinking men, all laboring men, all men OPP
posed to secession and Southern domina-
ton, be concluded.
After the adjournment of the meeting, the
Sailor Boy Club, in full force, arrived and
greeted Senator CoDger, and he responded
with neat speech. The club had been de-
tanned by barbecue business.
DRcoRATISG.-Large numbers of citizens
are preparing to decorate their houses to-day
or tonight. Among others decorated, or iIlu-
minated, or both, will be the grocery house
of Erskine Greer e. Co, Western Hotel,
State House. State Printing Office, residences
of Governor Stanford, Senator Booth, George
Cadwalader, Charles Cummings, Edward
Cadwalader, Frank Miller, J. II. Carroll and
many Others. those named having come to the
knowledge of the reporters incidentally yes
terday.
GREENBAcK MEETISG.-An open air Green
back meeting was held last evening on Fourth
street, J. d. Jost presiding. Benjamin Todd.
Greenback candidate for Congress in the Sec
ond District, who was announced to speak,
was absent on account of sickness. Iheo-