Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-10-12
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Speech by q. 8. Senator James 7. Farley
Porcibls Arraignmsnt Of the Republican
Pariy-Its Hollow Pretences Dissected-
Remarks Of DR., Wossncraft.

Porcibls Arraignmsnt Of the Republican
Pariy-Its Hollow Pretsnces Dissected-
Remarks Of Dr.. Wo,sncraft.
Another significant demonstrR-
ton OF the Democracy Of Los An.
geles was made last night, the &C.
casion being the visit OF Senator
Farley. Main street In front Of the
stand was crowded, and the plat.
form above the stand was filled
with ladies. The meeting was
called to order by DR.. J. Kurtz,
who read a list of officers, as fol.
lows:
President, L. ]. Rose.
Vice. residents: E. E. Hewitt,
Antonio Coronel, 8 Fl Mott, o H
Bliss, Francisco Palomares, John
g Downey, John Schumacher, M.
Kremer, Bernardino Guirado,
Frank Lecouvreur, w J Brodrick,
George Carson, Thomas McLain,
J 8 Crawford, H M Smith, I w
Hellman, DR. J Harmon DR. N P
Richardson, DR. r G Cunningham,
A Puisseguer, l. Mesmer.
Secretaries: T B Brown, w s
Waters.
Mr.. Rose, on taking the chair,
said: While acknowledging the
honor Of being called TO preside
over this large meeting of the De.
mocracy Of Los Angeles, 1 have a
few words to say in relation to the
Congressional contest In this dis.
trict. 1t has been said that my
friends and myself are not In &C
cord with Mr.. Leach. You do not
believe 1t, and thank you for this
kind opinion. 1t Is just. When I
became candidate before the
nominating convention Mr.. Leach
was my friend. When I was de-
feated I said that whatever influ-
ence I had would be given for him,
and I ask now, II have any friends
here, that you will give him your
cordial support. He deserves it. He
made a gallant fight last year when
there was no hope of election; he
spent his time and his money, and
with much ability made the can
vass In your behalf. 1t is your
turn now to do something for him.
The prospect IL good for his cleo
tion IL you all stand by him. II is
your duty to do this. Mr.. Leach is
entitled to all your votes. have
always considered that he was en-
titled to the nomination. I made
no fight for the candidacy until the
last moment, and then only in
Difference to the wishes OF my
friends. When 1 was defeated in
the convention 1 had no regrets. 1
considered the nomination was his
due, and 1 was glad he received 1t.
l will now Introduce to you our
distinguished fellow citizen,
SENATOR FARLEY.
The Senator was received with
applause. He commenced by say.
ing: It Is the first time 1 ever had
the pleasure Of addressing the Dem.
ocrats of Los Angeles. We are on
the eve Of one Of the mos. impor.
tant elections that has ever been
held by the American people. Why
so Important Because the Repub-
li"an party, which has had control
of the government for nineteen
years, has recently more clearly
than ever shown what they intend
to do II they are continued in pow
er, and my conclusion, judging
from the acts Of the leaders of that
party, Is that IL they are allowed a
continuance OF power four years
longer, our country will cease to be
united States. I do not mean that
there will he another civil war, but
that the government will become
u centralized despotism instead Of
FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.
In the month of April last the
Supreme Court nf the United
States decided that the Federal
Government has u right to inter-
fere with judicial officer of State
court. An officer Of a Virginia
court was indicted because he had
drawn from the assessment roll
the requisite number of jurors, and
no eoIored person was drawn on
the jury. The State law of Vir-
ginia does not provide that colored
persons shall be drawn, but the in
dictment charged unjust discrimi-
aati0n. In the Supreme Court
every Republican judge decided
that such = drawing was in VIOLA
ton Of the 18th amendment to the
Constitution. Two Democratic
judges, Field and Clifford, dissent
ed. When / thus see the majority
Of a Supreme Court, all members
OF one political party,lay down the
law that the Federal Government
can interfere with the sovereign
power of q State, I conclude that
such is the policy of that party.
The Congress Of the United States,
II lo( L, pheBou u law CTedtluR LleC-
tton Supervisors and Marshals. Up
to that time the Federal Govern
ment had never dreamt of interfer-
ing with the elections In the vari-
GUS States; 1t was supposed the
sovereign people Of each State had
sufficient honesty and ability to
control their own elections; but, In
order to retain party power, a pow
or that has been injudiciOusly and
unjustly exercised, they assumed
their right TO interfere with the
rights Of sovereign States.
The Senator referred to various
authorities in proof Of his position,
aud stated that. in 1874, the ex-
penses of the Federal supervision
Of elections amounted to
| 1926, 1856. and large num-
bers of voters were arrested on
the plae that they intended q
| fraud; and in 1878, In the city OF
New York over six hundred men
were put in prison because they
were going to vote the Democratic