Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-25
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| as any man, be he white or be he black, !
| hindered, DELAYED, or prevented in his vote
| or has his vote not fairly counted; or 81
long as tissue ballo:s are used in the South
so long, for that alone, if for nathing else
must the Republican party exist, in erde
TO see to 1t that there is a fair election,
| FREE BALLOT AND AN HONEST COUNT
All over the United States. fApplause.
| They say this is raising the . bloody shirt
again. So be it. Cali it what yea please
| gentlemen Democrats. We Republican,
mean to have fair play. mean To have jus
what we say we will nave, and by ia,
| Eternal as Jackson said. we will have
| free ballot and fair count sill over lie ma
| ton. We cannot and we should not rit
| ourselves entirely of the bloody shirt il
| politics unless these things are removed
and every man made secure: bu; thank til;
Lord that in this yearthe Republican part,
has got rid of its dirty " SchuTz.3 silrnanlet
Carl, that has bothered it for So many years
Another reason in addition to those a.
ready given, why the Republican party
should be successful this campaign by al
means, is that we may break up the " solid
South" The solid South y is a menace
and an injury to the nation. Blaine is now
breaking it up. Our doctrine of protection
to home industry will break it up. This
! year is the last of the :" solid South" II
| ought to be broken; it can be broken il
| shall be broken. We may not get an cleo
! toral vote from the South this year: but
| the wedge has been driven in, and the
solid South will be riven by the patri-
| otto blows OF Our gallant standard bearers
until its power for evil is rent in twain and
its power for good is multiplied. until the
union OF the States becomes real, until the
bonds uniting Us become more fraternal.
until sectional feelings are entirely obliter-
ated, and a solid South becomes impossible
in solid Union. [Applause.l
Our city and our county ticket should be
supported. The Democrats count this year
upon disaffectiou in the ranks. Their
speakers that | have heard, their speeches
that have read, all of them harp the i'm
mense amount of dissatisfaction among
the Republicans. They speak of it as ex-
listing strong here in Sacramento county.
So far as have been able to discover. there
are
No INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS
In Sacramento county, so far as national
and Congressional nominees are concerned.
Why, then, should there be any as regards
county nominations Theonly reliance of
the Democratic party this year as to their
county ticket is, as | have said upon the
dissatisfaction which they say exists in the
rank and file of the Republicans in this
county. Let us, then, my fellow Republi-
cans, disappoint them. After every Con-
vention, after every nomination by every
party, there is always some dissatisfaction
as to the methods and as to the nom
nations. This year is no exception
to the rule. frankly confess
that did not like some things myself, but
are the Democrats any better? Their
County Convention was a mob; il was run
by drunken men; it was overawed and
managed by bad language among the dele
gates. Our Convention was certainly in
comparably superior to theirs.
Now, as TO the candidates-are our candi-
dates in any way inferior to theirs? If so,
where and how? ! have here both tickets.
Let me briefly call your attention to the
record of the Republican candidates, and
ask you wherein the Democratic party pre-
SentS better men than are presented by the
Republicans?
Who that has lived in California for the
past twenty years, what Republican that
ever felt the stirring Of the Republican
heart, or ever cast a Republican vote, but
what has heard of Thomas b. Mcfarland,
one Of our nominees for Superior Judge.
Applause AS lawyer, the peer Of any
man; as a Judge, able impartial, sagacious
and honest; man that
NEEDS no EULoGY
At the hands of anybody; head and
shoulders above both his Democratic 0p-
nents in all that makes man good law
yer, good citizen or good Judge. Jap
plause
w. C. Van Fleet is our other nominee for
Superior Judge. ! congratulate the County
Contention upon nominating the man that
they did rs an associate of Judge McFar-
land. | congratulate them, because in so
doing they recognized the young men of
the party, although Van Fleet is % years
old-the same age that Blaine was when he
entered Congress-33 years old. Van Fleet
is a man whom we lawyers all respect.
have met him in the forum; | have met
him in the trial Of suits; have met him
in discussions upon legal questions. and |
tell you, my fellOw-citizens, as a man COM
petent 10 judge, there is not better legal
mind in the State of California than that
possessed by W. &. Van Fleet. our nominee
for Superior Judge. [Applause.1 He is
five years older than four of the Judges in
San Francisco, some of whom have been
renCminated for reelection by both parties,
almost. He is man of great and brilliant
promise. He is young man that has been
in office, and has lived amongst YOU for years,
and the breath of scandal has never yet
touched him in any way, shape, form or
manner. The young men Of the country
should stand up for him; the young men
of Sacramento should stand uD for him
the old men should stand up for him. for
they were young themselves and if ii is Il
sin to be young, pledge you my word that
he will be older when he goes from his of
flee than when nc enters it. Applause.
Elect Van Fleet, say. If you think he is
too young, take Mcfarland and him to-
gether and add up their ages, and it will
about average two ordinary mems. Take
THE NOMINEES on THE OTHER SIDE;
They have got too much of that frost upon
their heads that knows no melting to be
ever called young again. These two men,
Mcfarland and Van Fleet, ought to be
elected by an overwhelming majority. Van
Fleet | ask you to sustain by your votes.
The reason | speak of him particularly is
because an under-hand fight has been
made against him by some men who claim
to be Republicans; it ought To be frowned
down; it is the duty of every Republican TO
stand by Van Fleet this year for he repre-
sents the best interests of the party, he
represents the young men, the young
ideas, the young people of the party, and
they are power in the land. Applause
| hope and trust that every Republican in
the county will see to it that he works es-
pecially for Van Fleet.
Take our nominee for Sheriff, Right
here permit me to call your attention to
one thing, that there has never been q
party Sheriff i'll this county since 1867. /
am not a believer in the doctrine to its full
est extent that to the victors belong the
spoils; | believe in civil service reform
heartily and undinchingly, but | tell you
that when YOU elect a man to Office in a
county, when you elect him as Republi-
can or as party man of any other party,
he ought TO be either fish, flesh, fowl or
good herring politically; he ought to be a
Republican or a Democrat, and as long as
he is one or the other, don't care q copper
which; but the office of Sheriff ought TO be
run in such manner as to make some
party be responsible for it. The election of
J. W. Wilson will break up this ring of
Republicans and Democrats that have so
long controlled the Sheriff's office APP
plause The election of J. W Wilson
will break up this idea that has been going
around in this county for nearly fourteen
years that it is absolutely necessary to
have both political PARTIES represented in
the Sheriff 5 office.
ANY PARTY CAN RUN IT
If they only try. | have not anything to
say against the present incumbent he has
made an excellent Sheriff. He is a good
man; he has done well as deputy and
High Sheriff. have not a word to say
against him as regards his public record or
private lite. | have known him for years.
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