Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-23
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
A. j. Moulder and j. A. Filcher at the
metropolitan Theater Last Night.

A. j. Moulder and j. A. FIlcher at the
metropolitan Theater Last Night.
Last evening the JEFF Club met at the
! Capital Hotel at half-past I, and, headed
by the Hussar Band, marched to the State
House Hotel. There they received j. A.
Filcher, the Democratic candidate for
Railroad Commissioner, and A. J. Moulder,
their candidate for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction. whom they escorted to the
Metropolitan Theater. The members of
the club each carried red lights in both
hands, and though few in point of num-
bers, showed off to good advantage.
The theater down stairs was fairly filled,
and few occupied seats in the gallery
Jerry n. Payne announced that Matt F.
Johnson had been selected Chairman, and
read long list of Vice-Presidents and Sec
retaries
Mr.. johnson made quite vigorous speech
in assuming the Craftsmanship of the meet
ing declaring that the Democracy was
never more united in this county than to-
day, and that on election day they would
stick to their ticket-no true Democrat
would vote for a Republican-and they
would win. His speech did not seem to
set well upon the stomachs of some weak
kneed" Republicans present, who were
heard to say at the close of his speech /:
We'll, if that's you game, we will stick to
the old party. A poor Republican is the
equal of the best Democrat, any day"
The first speaker of the evening was A.
]. Moulder, Democratic candidate for School
superintendent. He spoke entirely upon
the textbook question, and told the audi
ence what they already knew about the
cpriaS of Sfata tavt- hCnl-c mo hafr IL
at the State Printing Office. Somehow or
other he seems TO imagine that if he is not
elected Superintendent the books will
never be used, but allowed to rot in the
State Capitol building. His entire speech
was devoted to that subject alone. He held
aloft Third Reader, expatiated on the
type, the composition, the binding, the
compilation, and claimed that this had all
been done under Cleveland's administra-
ton. He promised if elected to work
great reforms in the Office [now held by a
Democrat, and intimated that he, and he
alone, could bring educational matters to
perfection in this State. So eager was he
to solicit votes for himself that he forgot to
state that there were other candidates upon
the ticket, and even neglected to say any
thing about the Burlingame-Swift' plank
in the platform. He thought that Sacra-
mentans should vote for him, because the
State Printing Office was in this city, and
disburSed large amount OF money weekly
in Sacramento. He did not say whether
in the event of the success of the Repubi-
can ticket, the State Printing Office would
be removed to Saucelito or Milpitas.
Joseph A. Filcher, of Auburn, candidate
for Railroad Commissioner, was the next
speaker. He started in by paying his ad-
dresses to local weekly paper, which, he
said, in point of circulation, influence and
ability was second only to the London
Times. The editor of this weekly paper he
claimed had lied about him, inasmuch as
1t said he had been Singing mud at his op-
ponent in the canvass. He denied this in
toto, said he had never mentioned his
rivals name since the beginning of. the
campaign, and as he supposed that several
of the editors and reporters of this infuen-
tial representative American journal were
present, he asked them to take note of his
denial.
He said he was a railroad man but op-
posed to railroad abuses. He had ascertained
that there were 125,000 miles of railroad
in the United States, and that the aver
age cost OF construction was $4,000 per
mile. He said some, perhaps, cost 500 900
per mile, but larger amount of it cost not
more than Sl0,0 600 mile. Taking his av-
erage, 25,OO0 per mile, he said the total
cost of all the roads in the United States
would not exceed s., 125, 100000. He sin
gled out q number of roads, gave the
amount it was claimed they cost, and then
figured them down to a very much less
amount, saying that the roads on this coast,
in his opinion, much of them cost not to ex-
coed $4,000 per mile. His speech was
made up of statistical statements, made
without reference to manuscript, in round
numbers.
The last speaker, Eugene N. Duprey,
started in by saying that the Republican
Convention at Los Angeles placed at the
head of their ticket puppet, or a puppy
1.-THE reporter failed to distinguish which,
but thought he said puppy. This was
such disgusting break that many Repub-
licans and self-respecting Democrats got
up and left the theater. He sawed the air
for half an hour in the same style, lauding
the Democratic nominees to the skies and
condemning the Republicans to the lowest
depths of perdition.