Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-03

day law. | ask Mr.. Gillis Dotv. menlb.r
OF the church aud an exhnrtsr Of the church.
to explain TO TIE psop,e OF this county if he
can how be, member Of h church, can TO-
dorse the Democratic platform. which
pledges him to repeal the Sunday law? Now
| ask you to require it CT them have given
my views, aud ! an entitled that you shall
demand ard receive from them the sams
frankness with which l have treated YOU.
As | said, l Gm in favor of maintenance
and enforcement of the Sunday law. II this
defeats me for ths office, then / welcome de-
feat. l would rather be defeated ard 90
down knowing that l st0od for aiy.! atom,
for deeency for law and for order, than TO be
elected by piedging myself to rsEesl the
Sunday law. At this point there was an in.
terruption in the back part of the ;heater.
The Secretary of tile League of Freec0m
says | will not bs elscted Several v0ices-
" You will bel Maybe tia League os Free
dom will defeat me but / serve notice now
upoa thst organization, that if the lie que Of
Freedom make war upon NE, they will find
there ars blows TO receive SIS well as blows to
give IL tti7 test. NJ maa or set Of men
ever STACKED me without I struck back, and
have alwaYs so far, got swSy with my fights.
Applause When the League of Fee ION
lsora confession in rzar of hal sends its
emlssaries here, full u bad wti-Sy sold on
Suldsy. to interrupt q respectable meeting
by Insulting the speaker d. plausel / say to
them that, while l have no 5,sr to inske upon
those men, yet. fsl w-citizsaG, the time has
come when 1t IS to be decided by tLis State
whether there is any business tbs; i .upsr;cr
to law. l Il for the law, / beiiaYt Ia law
and oder, ana believe that the mAi,rity Of
the good people Of this county will iISorse
my position. LApplauss.l
SALOONS NOT ENTITLED TO SPECIAL FavoRs,
L'quor-selling IS recognized By the law As
legitimate. have no GesiP5 to iglpray erly
interfere With that business, or eijl sny Giaa
engaged IL il, but | believe IL Teg1isr.n, that
traffic. | beiievs that the traffic IL liquor is
not entitled 30 any exceptions in It's favor by
the law. l believe tnas il yoG, siE, clos your
dry goods store. and yen, sir, c,gss lou. fact
or, and you, sir, close yonr she Sop on
SuhG@ys TIT GveEy o5rer IEau sEcUl- be COM
petie1! t. do tae SANS thing. = atl su5 in
favor Cf one law tor tho 81. ucs. L ep,;y AID
another Is" fol ntEe- Classes ct ciI-z n.
am IN f4Vor Of equality GafCrs the law,
whether man Is e1g..E III re li.g l.Gua T or
Ia any other busiI,ss. Tae cues p. a5.7.ver,
seems to ne IN this SUGdEy-i.H matter
II b. whejAer j. Is bssier t. q i2r ia Co
ms:a5-iG 81 day oc 70 mlif,5.io liquor sell
ing t. nIaiutaiu iaW or 70 ,.Siuaain i'quor
81 .iGZ Ihrre Is 80 othea cta.s q hasiaesg-
taere j. 10 GihzE class a psogis-ihss his Of
gaLizsd sgaiE3t The SIUdsy law. Every other
cl tss Of citiSsEs every other kind OF business,
Is Wiling 10 on = tho l2w exes z tEis ore par
5!cuar class Therefore,, ITgs o. K cf ta.G be-
cause Ghey Esye made Ths war themselves.
They are 90 srdacinus ii jsfyizg tie sW 20
they ara aUlacio0s il defy log d5g1aay o. .Eeir
Interruptions to-nah5, evidently uu1,r The
ilhusnce of t1a5 which they sai! 20 uthers ard
sometimes cake Themselves. iApplause AID
!eushtsc They have d tsd auG vi5,Gted lud
GoG.= mnzd t0s llR--haY are the only cnzs
that have. They mish o. .siaess stepped,
but to keep open themsesse5
EXCISE COMMISSIONERS RECOMMENDED.
As fair SO .tIsuelt of the liquor ques-
tiou favor the New York Ezci-e Law. I
believe tbas tie people Of this State should,
IL their various TOW. SHIPS OF counties, be
psr4itssd 10 vote for E4cIss Com mission ers,
who snail have full power ever the grant.
Ing Of licenses far She s2le If liquor. That is
tls law Ok New YUIk, ayd ID works we'll
tagIe. a. It is now Ia Catherine, 10 n ar Is
| Responsible iOr the character OF cuEdue. Of
person engaged IN selling liquor. ! convict
! tresh from ) ate Prison csn q to the Tex
! C6l.ecso- # this county and ~ the Tax Col
| lsctor Of this city, and take out iigsCse TO
| sell liquor, and NJ m1u c4a stop 1t. Ia New
| York every municipal corporation. every
10 lship, elects three EaCse Commissioners,
rs yhsY are called, aCd thoss thCee Excise
| Goa, uis:icners grant the licenses. They can
| charge as Little as they please, or as
much a. they ple.ss, and they can
! saES from mao his iceCso whenever they
| are cor vhicsd ne is al u-tis person. 10 that
way they ssvs- tuii Gsnzso, over me yrstfic.
| | behave that 70 be the proper AND legitimate
| way to control tae fqlJr-ee.iag business. l
have cJnvsrsed with Il nuLSer & men en-
| gagged n tie EquOr bIaiGess, bath saloon
, keepers and wholesalers, and they all iudorsed
| tha5 proposition. I believe temperance
men shoId also iudoTze j.. / be-
! Geye it is the proper method. Il il
! allowing the Eecp.s to regulate their
! own domestic concerns. la the language Of
! Stephen A, D1ug;aJ it Ia permitting the
people 70 decide as 60 their domestic regu-
lati NJ. The people elect these thsee men
| as Excise Commissioners, sad they have
| charge Of the business, and are responsible
| for the manner In with licensed dealers
cOniucs themselves aud their places OF busi-
ness. IL seen5 to me that is fail and
proper, and if the msj tity of the people of
! this city vote to elecs three Een who will
issue icer ses to every body, you have some
ona who is responsible f0r it. II they take
away lcsnses you hav9 somebody who is re-.
sponaibls for that. l rhink that is fair 20 all
rides, and [ believe it ought to be Endorsed
! by both sides. 1 have dwelt at greater
length than l inteIded on shis subject, and
| l will briefly speak Of the other questions
which are asItsting the public I1iud.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
On the Chinese question there is 70 ne
| csssity for anyone To sag m1ch. Bntl par
! ties agree upon that. We are ell united.
| We all seek to eliminate them from our
midst. We al seTk 10 carry into fall effect
the resolution3 of tie different political par
! tiea. The Democrats ard Rspu 5licgrs
aNa f-.,y, chic GFsEn e., Ii.
side by side to give us ;he Chinese bill.
| Therefore tnaS question is no longer a issue
before the people of California,
LAND AND LAND MONOPOLY.
| Upon the land question l am now, as ever,
| opposed to this monopoly OF Land. Eyersince
| TIE people of this county have hcnored me
| With seat in the Legislature / have spoken,
worked and voted against land monopoly. |
have vote - reduce the number of sc-ed that
a mau could hola, and 70 raise his taxes az
! his sores Increased. | have voted 60 make
| the Isnd Of this State fras to actual settlers.
| / have vOtef 30 keep the land ia snail parcels
| for the people Of thia Stase, l did that when
| some Of the cau6iiates for State Senator on
| the Democratic ticket were toying to have
! laws pgssed fSvoriug l.nd monopoly. l do
not believe in the right Of man to own thou
| sands Of acres of land Ii SacfssGen.o county,
! ia Kern county, in Tulara county, in SHASTA
! county, IN Siskiyou count. il + c.u0 county
/ and III the State % OSe %, sua 20 devote
his hundreds Of thgu snas # &c ss Of
! land simply ta ths Dasjur - OF
| cattle, when tlry ugs g, be
! lett II settlers, and ought - bsye lasussnds
| OF hsppv homes upon n M Up lse l
! below The inevitable fssul. II y : h1a.Giag
| up OF iand--ii I nay usg th-E 'tz a--st2 in-
| evitabie result OF psruiEtirg latl ~ $40, oily
in tais Site s1d ration viii b. - .itHUNI.
/ izztjol % t. lard ; '"ss f. &i 20 en-
| possession q AMI p-,d Tor b. 10 Govern
| ment, and then disposed Of In Enitad guam
| titles to actual settlers and preserved by Con-
| stitGtious from monopoly, however small. l
| bsleve that will be tho necessary end newt
| able termination OF this land question. God
| speed the day when it will come. Applause.
DEBRIS,
Upon the debris question, as j. il called,
both parties in this county occupy substsn-
tally tho same position. We ara sl later
ested az citizens Of Sacramento ID that qEss-
ton, The Democratic party passed i stroag
resolution, and the Republican patty passed
a strong resolution on this subject favar,
in the language of the resolutions adopted by
the Anti Debris Convention. Z law permitting
ths joindsr of defendants 10 an actica to
abate q Duisance. l favor the passage Of a
law providing that mining shah he so carried
| on as not TO interfere with the navicabiIisy Of
| the wster-courses Of tLis State. | am in
favor at the uss Of the money ssnrouriated
by Congress for the purpose of clearing cut
the channels OF the river, sud not for the