Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
His POSITION!
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN 7. CAREY,
CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.
In ArmOry Hall, Monday Evening,
October 1Sth-His Position on
All the Leading Issues.

American appear before you 10 eA-
ercise privilege accorded to the humblest eiti-
zen of this Government Thanks be to God, my
lot has been cast, that it is my good fortune and
| my high privilege, to share in the heritage be-
| queathed to us by our forefathers, and that the
sun of American liberty casts its impartial
| warming rays into every corner of this united
and unbrokensUnion of States, fertilizing and
renewing the soil, and bringing into new and
vigorous life the germs of American Independ-
| ence. love of one country, love of one flag,
united people and an inseparable Union APP
| plause.
1t is proud privilege, just cause of con-
| graduation and pride to myself to night. that
| here on the very spot, in the very building of
which this hall forms part, twenty-five years
] ago, was little schoolboy attending school in
| the Franklin school-house, maintained anC fos
| tered by the beneticent and ennobling public
spirit in our people, that offers to all alike, with
| out price or hindrance a liberal education, and
| where l laid the foundations ofmy present edu-
| cational requirements, and that enables me to
| express myselfto such an audience of the intel
| LICENCES of this community as great as here to-
night.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Is there an enemy of the public school system
| in this country; can there be an intelligent
| observing man who would not encourage its
growth, foster and nurture its DEVELOPMENT, in-
crease its facilities and expand its usefulness,
| by gradually adding to its grades and increas-
| ing the studies taught. Education is the first
essential toward lifting one man above the
other, and yet with equal facilities to all, equal
opportunities to all, IL is the greatest equalizer
known to civilization. 1t elevates the ignorant,
and the uneducated, the superstItious fits one
| for every avoeation in life; while it robs the
naughty, the arrogant of that spirit of superior
| ity over Others and puts all upon a common
| level 1t places the son and daughter
| of the mechanic the laborer the merchant the
lawyer, the banker, the physician, all side by
! side, hand in hand. 1t makes it possible for
| the son of the tailor, the son of the mechanic,
the son of the laborer to fill high places in the
| gift of the people, to record name given him
| in obscurity, upon the tablets of his country
that VIII outlast that will be fresh in the hearts
| of his countrymen, when that OF the titled lord
of other countries, and the name that i'll gilded
letters on the door of banking house informed
the community of ones wealth, will long have
| been forgotten. iApplause.l
| have no appreciation of any person who can
| oppose our public school system, for such a one
| is an enemy of this Republic and of republican
| liberty. Applause.
My vote neither as private citizen, nor as a
| public servant, Will never be recorded or ex-
| pressed against our public schools but Will al
| ways be found in the line of extending and
| broadening their efficiency, and perpetuating
| their benign blessing to coming generations
| The coincidence of my presence here with the
| building in which was partially educated re-
| wives variety of recollections 1t reminds me
| that have been citizen of your city and
| county so long that know no home but this
| That the place of my birth is with me more of
| fiction than reality. That had not my good
| parents informed me to the contrary, might
| have thought was q Native Son of the Golden
| West 1 believe l was in this city in all OF its
| great trials. IT has had a remarkable history of
| misfortunes by fire and flood, and when the
| flood of 1862, of which have a more vivid
| recollection than those occurring in the
| '50s-when the leyee at Rabels tannery gave
way, and the flood waters of the American
river, with madness and fury, came leapipg
through the gorge they had made, and threw
| our city into confusion, CONSERVATION and de-
| spair. was at that very moment in this very
| building, and before was informed of what had
| happened and we were dispatched to our
hr,ta
| here, looked up the street and saw a volume of
| water coming down l., that in my fright seemed
| higher than my head, bearing upon its bosom
| floating houses. stacks of hay, timber fencing
| sidewalks chickens hogs and domestic animals
| of all kinds.
| 1 am addressing friends and neighbors as
wen as my fellow-countIymen l have lived in
| this city twenty-six years. AS have told you
it was the home ofmy boyhood, where spent the
sportiye hours of childish simplicity. IL is the
home of my manhood, and will be the home
| of my declining years, and when this frame
shall yield to the inroads of disease or lettering
from the decay incident to old age, l trust It
mag find resting place in that beautiful little
| hillOek south OF our city, where my heart often
| turns in sacred reverence and full of grief for
the pang it cost to make it hellowed to me.
And where that humble resting place shall be- 1
do not want it stunned by anyone on account of
any dishOnorable act to my country or TO my
| fellow man. but rather have he who in passing
by, may halt and say of me: "There was an
honest man; good citizen; man faithful to
q
people,. patriot; true friend; a forgiving
enemy" Applause.
have said this much that you may have no
doubt of my loyalty to this beautiful city, this
great county, and to the wants of our people. 1t
is deservedly the Capital City of the Golden State
| 1t is one of the most beautiful cities in the
Union. 1t contains and always has contained,
population OF indomitable energy, pluck
! and enterprise; and the hospitality OF its good
| citizens is known and appreciated, not only
throughout this State, but throughout the Union.
&c tic l..
girls; its bright, intelligent brave young men;
its careful ana shrewd, honest, successful bust
ness men: its beautiful homes, and last, but net
least, its delightful climate Applause
/, on behalf of myself and the other candi-
dates here, take occasion to express our appre-
citation OF this grand meeting, of this outpour-
ing of all political parties, of all classes of our
citizens. and of the presence of so many ladies,
who have battered us with their presence.
| While the men do the formal part of casting
their ballots and voting in the alls of the Leg
islature, our wives, our daughters, our sisters,
our mothers and our sweethearts exercise the
indirect right OF suffrage oftener than they sus-
pect.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE GOOD WIFE
Has made many man great that would not
have been heard OF but for her. The influence
| of the patriotic mother wife, sister and sweet
heart has fired many a faltering soldier to brave
deeds; has induced the plowman to desert the
| new turned glebe, and seizing his musket offer
| himself to the service of his country. lap
piause. Yes, II takes good woman with brave
man TO build UP and maintain aud
Their deeds of heroism and patriotism and
goodness may find no direct place Gu the page
| of history, but they are written on the hearts
| and in the living memories of men-the sons
the husbands and the brothers-never to be eff
| facet. Yes ladies, you can vote, and do vote
though you may not know it. You are doing
more to forecast the destiny of this great repub-
lie than you realize. If were assured of the
| silent home influence of the ladies of this city
and county upon the question of this election,
| should have little doubt of the result. 1t is Il
| matter OF common observation that a gentle
| man who is popular with the ladies always polls
| the largest vote. Laughter. Why Just recur
to the recent Presidential election. Our Demo-
| cratic candidate happened to be a double can
didate at the same time-one President, the
| other for matrimony. The result You all know
He was successful in both. Laughter and ap-
| plause.
QUE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Fellow-citfzens, you have had an opportunity
of listening to our candidate for Governor, the
great reform, conservative, impartial, business
like and successful Mayor of San Francisco
| seen him You know his public career.
| You know his qualifications and fl
ness for this position. | need not tarry to
| discuss this matter with you. You know he is
! yasS. You know he is sound on the Chinese
question. You know he is sound on the labor
question. You cannot hesitate. from the rec
ords of the two prominent candidates, as to who
| is the friend of the laboriDg man. You know
| that Mayor Bartlett is sound upon the public
| school question. BY the way. some one has
charged that our platform is silent on the school
question. This is not so. The speaker here
read the educational plank in the Democratic
platform.
You know that Mayor Bartlett is sound upon
the water question. You know that be is not
run by any clique or clan, or any of the domi-
| nant civil or political powers. You know that
he is thoroughly identified with every interest
of this State. You know that he knows the
wants of this people, and is familiar with the
resources and industries CT this State You are
assured by his public career as the Mayor of san
Francisco that he is level-headed full of good,
sound sense: that he is honest, vigilant and act
i've in the performance of every trust You
have seen him. and know that his face i'm
presses you with a force of character, that
knowing his duty he would dare TO do it, He is
an old pioneer. His private and public life is
free from reproach, and both records were made
in this State. Why will you not support him.
The platform upon which he stands is one above
criticism. The Republican journals have not
found fault with it.
THE STATE TICKET.
The entire State ticket is good one; it i
made up OF representative men. The Conyen-
ton that nominated il made no distinction be
tween citizens of the United States Their only
inquiry was, is he q citizen. without asking
where he came from. how he became citizen
/ whether il was matter of accident or other
wise. l shall speak especially Of one candidate
on the State ticket, because owe it to myself tc
| do so.
Judge Johnson, the nominee for Attorney