Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-12
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loquy and reproach
At this point Mr. Newlands was asked to take
the platform, and resuming, he said: | have
presented to you Mr.. Justice Field in the posi-
ton he holds with reference to the Constitution
of the United States and the great national
principles OF the Democratic party. now turn
to the local issues which have distracted Cali
fornia, and claim that Mr.. Justice Field has
been as true to Democratic principles
upon local issues rs he has been
with reference TO national questions. We are
told that Mr.. Justice Field has decided against
our people upon the Chinese question in two
cases, one i'll the case where the Legislature
denied the Cinnamon the right TO move the
bodies of their dead 10 China. We all know
that there has been condition of unrest on the
part of the people of California with reference
to that question. But was Justice Field to
blame for that? Remember, gentlemen, that
the Democrats are Just as responsible for the
BIIrlingame treaty as any, and | appeal to the
history of the State to bear me out | remem-
Der it well, for it of the first public ques-
tons to which my attention was called upon
coming to California in 1870. When Burlingame
came to this country with view of efiecting
this treaty, he was welcomed in San Francisco
at a banquet where prominent Democrats,
Governor Haight and others, welcomed
the prospect of increased trade with
China. No one anticipated that Chinese
labor would be brought into competition
with free white labor, to the degradation of the
latter. 1t was then simply regarded as a COM
mercial matter which would rebound to the
Government of the United States, pursuant to
the treaty making power guaranteed to it by the
Constitution of the United States. entered into Il
solemn compact or treaty with China. Justice
Field was a Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States bound by his solemn oath to Sus-
tain that Constitution and by that Constitution
the treaties made by 1t.
Mr.. Breckenridge asked that ten minutes
more time be granted to Mr.. Newla1dS
Mr.. Delmas seconded the suggestion, which
granted
Senator Reddy-The doctrine the gentleman
is announcing is too much for a Democrat with
wrong Convention. don't know whether the
gentleman is Democrat or not but, at any
rate, want time to digest what he has said
Newlands (reSuming)-SenatorR eddy suggests
that the doctrines which have been enunciat-
ing are not Democratic doctrines. | will ask
this Convention whether the equality of right,
equality of burden is not Democratic doctrine.
| ask this Convention if il is not Democratic
doctrine that no person shall be denied the
equal protection of the laws. | ask whether it
was not Democratic doctrine when Justice Field
decided in favor of Samuel J. Tilden, when he
decided in favor of liberty of conscience, in the
right ofthe priest, in spite of the odiOuS test
oaths, 10 practice his sacred calling. II you can
find anything that is not Democratic i'll Justice
Fields record, should like to have it pointed
out. Had Justice Field been ambitious of
office. had he been Il demagogue or DESTROYS
of prosttuting his high Office, he would
have decided the cue case against the Chinese,
and the railroad cases in favor OF the people.
Had he done So he would have violated his con-
science, and placed Il stain upon his record.
Now ask whether that decision was not right
] think it was right Is this Convention to be a
Court of Appeals in this very case? MesSrS
Wallace and GrcathOuSc participated i'll this
very railroad case. In suit brought by the State
against the South Pacific Coast Railroad Com
pany, they prayed the Court to render the very
judgment which it did render. Now, then, |
ask Mr.. Greathouse and Mr. Wallace to protect
Judge Field from defamation. They were law
yers in the Court and asked 1t to render the
judgment which was rendered, and | have no
doubt that Messrs. GreathouSc and Wallace
believed that the Judgment represented the
correct determination of the law. | am not
here as the defender of the railroad. Judge
Field was not the defender of the railroads. and
he was not there to determine their many
crimes. Governor StOneman, i'll calling the
extra session, accepted Justice Fields recon-
mendation.
THE sixth section of the Governors call was
read. showing that it proposed an amendment
of the Constitution in order to make the assess
ment of railroads uniform.
ReSuming, the speaker said that the very plan
that Justice Field suggested was recommended
to the Legislature, and Mr.. Justice Wallace, in
carrying out that idea, introduced bill which
provided for the assessment of railroad mort
cages. This bill was made test in that As
sembly by defenders ofanti-mOn0poly principles,
nounced as corrupt. Now, then, if that
bill embodied the views of Justice Field,
as the correct and proper method
Of assessment and taxation, and those who
voted against it were properly charged with
corruption in Office ask you whether Mr..
Justice Field in that decision was the friend of
the railroad. So we find Mr.. Field on record as
an anti-mOnOpOllst instead Of the friend of the
railroad company. Justice Field, in fact, is
the friend or enemy of no man; but
he Is an upright and impartial Judge. He
proves the present and looks to the future for
Yindication. Now, gentlemen, if you wish to
cfrf lilo.
pressed upon the legislation of this State,
strike down stephen J. Field. If you
want to strike down the greatest eX-
FOUNDER of the Constitution, according To
Democratic principles strike down Stephen j.
Field. If you wish to strike down the man who
is with you on the Chinese question, strike down
stephen J. Field. If you wish to strike down
the man who, in decision of the railroad tax
question, has submitted plan adopted by the
majority of your Legislature-a plan which it is
admitted viii yield to the State larger taxes,
strike down stephen J. Field "A delegate
shouted, = Strike him down Laughter and
Mr. Newlands-I ask how many Democrats
you can afford to strike down. At the last cleo
ton you won by 10000 majority. You had all
the people opposed to the Sunday law, and had
the railroad in your favor These two elements
united and gave you that overwhelming victory.
Cries of Time and laughter You have
alienated the railroad.
That is all right delegate shouted; eve
have licked the devil"
Mr.. Newlands (continuing)-The Sunday law
has been repealed, and the liquor and whisky
men Will 90 back TO their old affiliations. How
many Democrats can you afford to strike down?
Mr.. Field has announcedtha he was not can
didate and this thing in the platform is Il gra-
tuitous insult, and as such | denounce it.
d. VI. Delmas took the floor to reply to hlr.
NcWandS and was received with loud cheer
ing a member asked that Delmas should not
forget the decision of Field on the Thurman
Act. Delmas said: " You have heard the friend
of Field. Now what is your verdict? ? Several
The speech of Delmas was sarcastic, but not
argumentative. He answered none of the argu-
ments presented by Newlands in defense of
Judge Field.
Garfield of Santa Barbara explained that his
motion to eXpunge this Objectionable feature of
the platform was not made for the purpose of
advancing the aspirations of stephen J. Field.
Why should they repudiate him? They could
say he had no right to the nomination, and
be sufficient.
THE MOTION LOST
\ vote was taken on the motion to strike out
the section in relation to 5. J. Field II stood as
follows: Alameda, n noes; Alpine, l no: ANA
dor, noes; Butte IL noes: Calaveras, Z noes;
Colusa Q noes Contra Costa. noes; Del NOrte
noes; Fl Dorado, noes; Fresno, noes; Hum
bOldt, noes; lnyo, noes; Kern, noes
and l aye; Lake. noes; Lassen, 5
noes; Los Angeles, Il noes and
aye; Marin, 4 noes; MarpOsa, noes; MERGED,
noes; Mendocino, noes; Modoc, SHOES; Mono,
noes; Monterey, noes; Napa, noes: Nevada,
II noes; Placer, noes; Plumas, noes; Sacra-
mento, ) ayes and II noes; San Bernar-
dino, noes and ayes; San Diego,
4 noes and l aye; SAN Francisco, 107
noes and ayes: San Joaquin, II noes; San Luis
Obispo e noes san Mateo, noes and l aye;
Santa Barbara, 5 ayes and noes; Santa Clara,
II noes Santa Cruz, : noes; Shasta, 6 noes;
Sierra, noes; Siskiyou 6 noes Solano, 10 noes;
Sonoma, - noes; Stanislaus, noes; Suffer,
noes: Tehama, noes: Trinity, > noes; Tulare,
noes: Tuolumne, 4 noes and ayes; Ventura,
noes; YolO. noes; Iuba, noes. Total Ayes
L. noes 453.
The motion was declared lost.
TILDES's DECLINATIOS.
STOCKTON, June l2th-l::'0 \. M.-The news of
Tilden's declination as Il candidate has become
generally known during the past hour and
causes much CONSERVATION among the dele
gates 1t may result in Il modification of the