Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-27
TELLING TALK.
HON. wn. w0oDBURN STEPS
TO THE FRONT

HUNT WHs ~
To THE FRONT
and Replies % Mr.. Flouraey. DR..
shsrb aud George w. Cassidy
The Truth n 10 Many Thipga
said By Them.
Last evening the Opera House was
filed BY those anxious to hear what
Hon. William Woodburn would say on
the political questions Of the day. and
particularly in answer to Mr.. Flournoy
and DR.. j. g. shorb. and to George W.
Cassidy, who Is short on votes for Con.
Qress and wants to fll. but cannot.
Mr.. woodburn was introduced BY Phil.
A. Doyle. Chairman Of the Republican
County Central COMMITTEES. and at once
went 70 business. Mr.. Flournoy was
like Q man-of-war among such jolly.
boats a. Deal and Stonehill. Yet what
was there in his speech to feed the
masses Of hungry Democratic he
lourished Hancock. but what Informs
ton had he given, what said. that was
not known before. either - truth or to
bs falssf
Democratic stump speakers were oil
In the habit Of accusing the Republican
party OF squandsring the public lands.
Hon. George W. Cassidy, candidate for
Congress. had said but the night before
that while the Republican party had do
mated over 175, DOC. 900 acres Of the
public lands to railroad corporations.
the Democratic party had never given
away an acre Of the public domain. Mr..
Woodburn then proceeded to show that
It was the Democratic party who In
auRurated the system Of donating public
lands in aid Of railroad enterprises,
| citing instances where they had given
away as much q 80, 600. 900 acres to Q
single railroad. Within the last twenty
years, they. OF course. had donated no
lands, as they had not been In power.
As regarded the building OF the railroad
across the continent, Democrats a. well
as Republicans saw the necessity OF as
sisting in 80 great . work. All was done
for the best, as everybody well knew.
and II was small business to try to make
political capital out Of II.
The Republicans had i%naugurated the
correct policy OF land grants, and that
was to give them to settlers for homo.
stsads. When they first passed q home.
stead bill, Jimmy Buchanan vetoed 1t
then the party came into full power un.
der Lincoln. aud gave lG0 acres to every
poor man. Whoever heard OF . Home.
stead law during the reign Of the Demo.
cratic party Up to 1920 what man
could buy ON acre OF land short oil ~
Der acre. The land was put up at auc.
lion. and II o poor man overbid himself
he was given q chance to pay In INSTALL
msnts, and II he failed to pay up when
the fual payment was due, hs lost not
only the land. but also oil he had paid
on il. Thus was over $23, 600, 600 for
feited to the Government by poor men
under the old Democratic law.
Mr.. WOODBURY. showed the bubble
under which Flournoy and Cassidy had
boldly asserted that not . rebel claim
had ever been filed. II not rebel claims,
they we're claims Of rebels during the
war. There were plenty OF such claims
filed in Washington, and u the Demo-
crafts get the power they will allow them.
All that was necessary was to do away
with the provision OF law requiring
claimants to prove their loyalty. They
claim down South that since they were
purdoned for the part they took In the
rebellion they must be looked upon Just
the same a. II they had never borne
arms against the Government. The
pardon places the rebel on an equal foot.
ing with the Union man who suffered
loss through the war.
The speaker then took up the bill to
increase the number Of Supreme Judges
to twenty-one. 10 as to get twelve Demo-
Gratis on the bench to override the nine
Judges now there. This would put
the Southern wing on top. These
Judges would declare that the amend
ments to the Constitution were improp-
erly ratified. and then the Southsrners
would soon have things their own way.
Nj. Woodburn then picked up Mr..
Cassidy on Grautism, and when hs let
him drop there was no Cassidy left.
But the great hobby Of the Democrats
on the coast was the Chinese question.
To ride It all other issues had been
abandoned. 10 then showed that the
Republicans were not responsible for the
legislation in the early days by which
the Chinese obtained q foothold In Call.
fornia. It was under Q Democratic Ad-
ministration that the Arst treaty was
made with China. The Chinaman was
at arst received as Q sort OF blessing BY
all, as he filed Q place no n else was
at hand to fill. Prior to the Fifteen Pas
senger bill what Democrat had ever
raised his voice in regard to this ques.
tion2 The bill was introduced by Re.
publican. aud many Democrats, ss well
as Republicans, voted against 1t. II was
not considered o party question. While
Garfield voted against 1t Blaine voted
for 1t. Garfield said, however. that but
for the existing treaty With China no
should have voted In favor OF the Dill.
Garfield said 10 the Chinese were given
due notice Of the a~brogation OF the
treaty he would vote for the Fifteen Pas.
sepgsr bill. The nation that breaks .
treaty Is forever dlsgracsd In the eyes OF
the people OF all other nations Of the
earth, and that bill would have been
looked upon as q breach OF existing re-
lations with China.
The speaker then took up the doings
Of the Democratic committee which
came to San Francisco in 1877 to invss-
.isats the Chinese question. That com.
nittee reported in favor Of Chinese i'm.
migration, and Mr.. Woodburn read from
the report to substsntists what he said.
After abiding to the back salary grab
business and strengthening that out. and
to questions Of local interest, Mr.. Wood
burn closed by exhorting every man to
do his duty. 80 that when the sun set on
the I'd OF November we might see an
other Republican victory o as In the
days gone by.
The meeting adjourned with three
--.tun .h.ava for n.,Natd and lythuf.