Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-02

they forced me 20 take nomination to the Legis-
lature. was beaten by scrub. Laughter It was
puff. ball that squeezed into such small compass
when you grabbed him that you could put no srgu-
ment into him. Next year, think my friend or
Carey was 10 the county there-they nominated the
strongest man they had IN the whole courty, and
beat him out OF sight, and by the very votes
that beat me the year betore-the German pepula-
however you may think here that | would do
what | said | would do, and voted for me
and elected me. was made Speaker Of that AS
sembly Next year l was nominated for Congress
when General Scott was running, and ran a thou
sand vetes ahead Of my ticket but | was beaten.
That district was very strongly Democratic The
next year was nominated again. | would have
been elected, but with that foolishuess which has
always characterized me in these respects declined
| in favor OF a Democrat who could bring 1900 votes
t. the ticket in order to beat the other side aud
won. 1t placed r free vote in Congress. He was
elected and thus commenced the habit of making
Governors, Senators and members of Congress-
which has lasted all my life. When his two
| years were up he sunk out of sight
| II once. l was nominated for the Senate.
got one-third OF the votes; the other two candi-
! dates traded, and one became a Senator of the
| United States, and the other a Judge. forget
which was which, although | have been Worrying
| my brain TO fac out. | came to California having
| been nominated for Judge, and declined | came to
California resolved again To give up politics but ia
| 1856, when got here, viii tell YOU what | found
Resolved to give up politics, got into fZy brothers
| office. He anJlslavery man. and found
| Sam Parker, Mr.. Tracy and half dozsn others OF
| that kind dropping in uDOn me. We got to talking
| about the rights of and the Republican
party in California Then there $50 of I'D who
voted for Tracy for member of the State Senate
end among those gf1tlemsn whom / found in the
street despised ana rejected of ana acquainted
with grief, driven out Of all employmeuts, driven
out of social life, driven out Of friendship, driven
out OF business, spat upon and inslted, there was
one man by the name Of PiXiey, and man by tire
name OF Maurice c. Blake, fighting for bread and
life. both i'm that State. Well / pDinO IN giv
up politics, but the last words Of my
father, when he wrung my hand the last
time saw him, were: James, whatever
happens to yor, return your manhood"
thought manhood demanded of me to step into
the ranks of these men, and l did it. 1 presided
over the first Republican meeting ever held in San
Francisco, in 1856. Went with Tracy to Sonora and
talked Republication there aud anti.slavism when
men with revolvers standing all around |
kept 1t up down TO the time when, thank God the
votes of the manly q lss OF men which belonged
gave freedom TO :0ur millions Of human beings
Gentlemen, you make Inc Governor or not lust
you please; but there is one thing | will say
they can't impair for me the memory Of my PAST
DAYS. | have been faithful to the cause
Of freedom from the first, before men we're bora
that better Republicans to-day and more infiu.
entail in California than ar. Well, was sent
here to the Legislature in 1861 to prevent the bulk
head bill passing. presided at tho trial of judge
Hardy next year, and 1861 in the fall was sent
here to the Senate again to do what Mr. Presi-
dent, in the session commencing in 1868, IT
Central Pacific Railroad had passed this Lagisla-
ture and become laws. You SIR, introduced a bill
granting 600 mile TO the Central Pacific Railroad
from this city to the eastern boundary Of this Stg,e
amounting to three four millions OF dollars
They passed bill that the city of San Francisco
might subscribe half a million OF dollars. 1t would
have done it, voted against it, and forced the at
tack against it. then made the anti-monOposts
OF this State anticipated difficulties twenty years
before they occurred and attempted guard against
them We wanted to get road and have this bill
OF $4,000 mile. The railroad had a scheme TO
guarantee the payment Of interest upon a million
and half Of their bonds. went to the parties in
interest, and said to them Gentlemen, you have
been very fortunate. You have got sixty or
seventy millions OF dollars from the General
Government, twenty five millions Of which belongs to
you. You have got at least six seven millions
from the State and from the city Of San Francisco
and in all this there ~ a word about where the
western terminus OF that road shall be. The city
Oi San Francisco that sits there Ike a giant by
the waters, has neyei been referred to in any way
so that she shall be the western terminus of this
road" WHAT was that terminus to be A point
the Pacific coast at or near San Francisco or the
navigable waters of the Sacramento river That
was the western terminus; 400 miles and al
convenient place. 1 told those gentlemen
that this didn't suit me, and if | went
back to them suited it would be with
the power TO say, a. You have done it. | can ask
them-l can ask them to help you,m constituents"
And introduced bill making the western ter
minus the city OF san Francisco, and gave them
100000 in bonds in lieu of this $40 900 mile
| amounting to three or four millions. / passed it
through both houses against the opposition of the
railroad needn't 20 into details forced that
bill through the House and the Senate They could
not beat the bill L. taken 10 the Governor and
vetoed for hat ne abandoned in his assage
the next year und5r decision of the Supreme
Court He signed the bin granting this guarantee,
and gave the reasons at lergJh in his
message, which | wish the constitutional
lawyers would take the trOube to look up and read
Now, then, tried To prevent these iuroads upon
the public purse. | voted against them twenty
years before You awakened up this question at
all, because anticipated the form OF difficulties
that would occur you here as they are occurring
to-day. l YVES rewarded for IL. Put not your
fslth in Princes, says the good book. What do you
say about the people? went back to that city.
There came up canvass for United States Senator
in this body-in the Legislature. l was nominated
for SIX years. l was nominated for the short
term OF two years. WHAT WAS the result
what was the resulte My party and every vote
from san Francisco, that had saved five millions
| OF dollars, WAS thrown against i'll that canvass,
and against the nomination OF their own party; and
though it statesman and gentleman received
the pace, and without fault his part anyb ody
else, 50 far as | am iinputIng but wsnt tn know
II IL was fair 10 mGE At least the short term They
could have reasonably turned and voted for me and
| put in the place, and Farley would never hays
| bean in the place he occupies now. Every one OF
| them voted Tor lifelong secession Democrat.
| ask you II it was iair tn treat a Repub-
licau OF thirty ye1rs experience that way, after
3 lie OF labor ana suffering and loss, for l would
have been $4,000 better of if | had never gone
into politics at all in this state Was it fair to
| Was it far to RepubGcanism? Was it fair 70 the
party ITSELF held ont augury Of good to youi
men to join your party? Would you treat me in
| that wayf came here purpose to tell you
tn Sc things, gentleman and OF all that body the
man that put his loot ON to my neck and put me
| down into the deep waters, the deepest was the
| Speaker OF the Assembly, Morris NJ. Estee. [
don't remember 1t in anger, but l ask, Was
| 1t fair treatment Of met | think, with
| out egOtism, that ! ought to have been their
| candidate | the candidate of the
Well, don't know, gentlemen, but that is enough
! 70 say upon That TOPIC not rejected because
| was unworthy personally, because was a man of
pad hahlt5 or bad reputation, but because II had
| gone out teen years ago that never should have
| ans Jhlng from the Espubican party OF this State
and WITHOUT cause had always been right and
| tn sc who opposed me had always been wrong till
they had awakened from the sleep OF death by the
| iirst gun sumter. Now TO your platform,
| gentlemen. think could write the thing in
much shorter terms than used there, but APP
prove its spirit ana the intent from top bottom IS
| all right, 50 far as that is concerned There is one
| personal question alone ugon which wish TO speak
! to you
At this point Mr. Shafter entered upon an ex-
PLANTATION and the reiutation of 3 charge that he
mad in speach, in san Francisco, during the Hayes
campaign, drawn comparison between Chinese and
the fJreigB-born citizens OF this country, 70 the
disadvantage OF the latter He said this DasslesS lilo
originated with the Democratic press, and had met
| with concurrence on the part Of some Republican
pagers. When he frs cana to California he found
YIded FOR the inheritance by their relatives of the
| tateS OF deceased aliens The Supreme Court
had decided that sneh estates escheatsd. This de
prived the natural hrsof Aliens of their rights of
Inheritance, and an9uiIted unjust cDnfscation
OF property, which By right belonged to the surviv-
ing kindred OF deceased aliens He the mi JUS
tice OF this, and drafted law which fixed and es.
tlblished the heirship in such cases, which law IS
drafted by him was incorporated into the new Con-
stltutlon, and was new part OF shat instrument.
he said that In the speech wherein he was charged
with making comparisons between the Chinese and
foreigners, he was attacking the Democratic party
Tor It's attempt 70 repeal the compulsory
education law OF this STATE lie charged that II the
Democratic party was not enemy Co popular in
tegence II was at least the friend OF popular ignor
| ence lie cited the German population Of America,
| aud the general Intelligence 70 be found among
them, as an evidence Of the nigh value of the com
| pu'sory system of education. He stated that China
mad conpulsory education law, and u that system
| was due the tact that every Chinamin read and
write, and that each have general knowledge of
the laws, the history AID the literature OF their own