Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-01

AeSpHDAN<Ah " - 0A1 was lu4Nt uldlly
ladies being present. The First Artillery band
furnished music for the occasion.
The meeting was called to order by Winfield
J. Davis, Chairman of the County Central Com
mittee, who introduced Richard Dale as Presi-
dent of the evening.
In assuming the duties of Chairman, Mr. Dale
made a short speech, in which he referred in
the highest terms of commentator to John f.
Swift, candidate for Governor, and Jacob H.
Neff candidate for State Treasurer, both of
whom were personal friends of his of many
years standing. He could vouch for their
honesty, ability and integrity He then intro
duced the speaker of the evening,
GENERAL A. L. HART.
After some preliminary remarks General Hart
spoke substantially as follows: We are now APP
preaching an important election. The election
which takes place on Tuesday next involves to
some extent all the great issues that have been
before the people OF the United States for the
past twenty years. Before discussing these issues
desire to say that this election should call for
the calm, careful and deliberate consideration
of the people of this country. We have in prac-
tice not been asking people to vote upon DELHI
Grafton, but have rather appealed to their pas
sions and preJudIees He called attention to
the political journals of the State, many OF
whom had forsook the proper vocation of de-
cent and honorable press, and had resorted to
vILIFIcATIoN, ISLANDER AND LIBEL.
He commended the Republican press of tine
State. and particularly that Of Sacramento
The Democratic press had not resorted to
telligence of the people but has INDUCED in
abuse, SANDER and libel that is not true and
wholly unjustifable. | refer with pride TO the
RECoRD-UNioN and Bee of this city, the Repub-
liean organs of the State capital. They have
resorted TO no libel or vilifcation, and have
cont emned nothing in the Democratic party
nor any of their candidates which was not
justified by the facts. On the other hand, look
at the Examiner, journal edited
N THE INTEREST OF GEORGE HEARST
For United States Senator and the Democratic
party. Examine its columns, and you viii find
that John F. Swift, if he has speck of honor,
and Waterman, if he was a gentleman. have
been subjected to the grossest libel. He be
should have the widest scope; that mems char
ac.erS, when they come before the people for
Office, should be closely scrutinized, and, If
found dishonorable, condemned. But he de-
as most dish nofable outrageous and
infamous that system of journalism which
ISLANDERS, Yituperates against and .libels a man
that becomes candidate for office, without
foundation in fact-simply because he is of Op-
poste politics. | have known John +. Swift
since the time was little boy know him to
be man who has led pure lite, an honest Cit
izen, q man of liberal and independent views.
Since he became candidate for Governor, if [
had been aman unknown to him and his history,
and had not known something of the Demo-
cratic methods and Democratic party, | GER
tainly would have been led to believe, by read
ing the San Francisco Examiner, that John F.
swift was unfit to associate with decent people.
| believe no mans character is worthy of con-
sideration at the hands of the public press of
the Democracy. This thing of personal vituper
alton
vILIFIcATIoN, ISLANDER AND ABUSE,
The cry of the Democracy during the present
has not had its origin in the past few
years. Some of the most illustrious characters
that live in history were subjected to the same
kind of SANDER and libel, and l congratulate
myself and the Republicans of this State that
there has been on the side of the Republicans
no effort to depreciate the merits and character
of the men on the other side. None of the great
men of our country have escaped this con-
style Of SANDER such as is now en-
ployed b. the Democracy. George Washington,
the greatest patriot that ever lived, the Tevered
father of his country, was subjected to the same
sort of SANDER. In letter which he wrote at
the close of his administration he comp laioed
bitterly OF the wholly unjust and untrue Sian
ders a ainst him We find in the time of Wash
ington principle upon which the Democracy
base their present conduct.
WASHINGTON WAS DENOUNCED
As trying to establish an autocracy-as being
opposed to the Government of France and in
favor of Great Britain. Thus we know that the
greatest man that ever lived il America-the
man we most re7ere-was subjected to the same
kind of SANDER John f. Swift is to-day. Zap
plause.l
The same can be said of Henry.Clay. than
whom no greater patriot ever lived. Abraham
Lincoln, whose name Will ever remain green
in the hearts of this people, and upon whose
grave God flowers viii forever bloom. was de-
nounced by the Democracy and the Democratic
press as tyrant and usurper. Even NiggintOn
wrote in his unhappy and disloyal moments the
lines:
" And we'll drive the bloody tyrant Lincoln
From dpar lard - :
The second that James A. Garfield, the mar
iered President, was announced as a candidate,
he air was black with clouds of SANDER, and if
MS wife had believed one-half the lies told
about him. she would have applied for a d.
force. Applause And James &. Blaine
cheersl-the idol of the American people lap
llsusel-ihe greatest advocate since the time of
Nebster-a man
WHOSE BRILLIASCY AND STATESMANsHIP
IS the only thing that keeps him from being
President what was said of his record They
denounced him as thief They found it i'm
possible TO defeat him on such a charge-the
PEOPLES hearts were with him-so they had TO
es )rt to some other scheme. They went back
hirty years in order to try to Islander the wife of
lis bosom. and in doing 50 even went so far as
o deface and oblitsrate tombstones in the fam
~ plot in the cemetery over the graves of their
title ones.
And now they go for John I. Swift; They
harge him with collecting his fee as a lawyer |
Applause. If a lawyer in this city would
OBJECT his fec would be in favor of his disbar-
nert. They then
GO BACK TO AN OLD NOVEL,
Written by Swift number of years ago, and tell |
Who the characters in the plot are. One is said |
o be W. w. Stowe another Hall McAllister. and |
thers of his personal friends. No man should |
yer write a povel, and he who writes novel |
lever should be Governor OF the State. Such is |
he decree of the Democracy. Whether he |
wrote novel or collected a fee are questions of
mill INN btIt xuhQ fbnv Qfaroa hat ba &c
IL favor of Chinese immigration
THEY PLACE US SQUARE UPON OUR FEET
Cor if there is a man in the State who is pure !
md positive on the Chinese question. as against |
,hinese immigration, it is John +. Swift. | |
them to debate upon this subject and |
al attention to the plank in the Democratic |
platform which speaks of the Burlingame-Swift |
reaty. What is the BuTlingameSwiit treaty? |
{ is nOndescript a thing that has no existence |
ither in politics or history, conceived in the |
minds Of those men in the Democratic party, |
Who, believe am fully able to demonstrate, |
re willing to do anything for the sake of office;
Wiling to relinquish sn claims TO honor, lie |
lpOn the public streets and in trueulent Jour |
Nothing by those who understand their motives |
md have knowledge OF their loss of manhood. |
What is the Burlingame-Switt treaty Tell me
what 1t is The Burlingame treaty was first |
ldopted in 1865. John f. Swift was as far re-
moved from the draft of that treaty as you or /.
NO DEMOCRAT HAS EFFRoSTERY ENOUGH
70 say that Swift was ever associated with Bur |
ingane in anything in the world. That treaty
,ranted the Chinese the privileges of the most
ayored nations OF the earth. | remember when
hoItly after the making of that treaty q num-
Der of Chinese who arrived from the Flowery
Empire were met by the Democracy of this
state. headed by their Governor, II. II. Haight,
Who extended them the right hand of fellow
hip, hailed with qualification and delight the
arrival of Chinese in California. The people of
his coast and of the United StGtes thought at
hat time We were going to gain great deal by
his commercial treaty ana did not then know
sc were welcoming to our shores race Of peo-
he that in time were going to be winning com
,etit0rs with our lab0Ting classes. Afterwards
epeated cries came from both the Democrats
md Republicans that we were being inlpoyer-
shed by the hesthen that our own race was
Unable to
COMPETE WITH THE cooIIE SLAVES.
Zach party tried to draw platforms more
irongly denulciatOry of the Chinese evil than
he other. The Democrats have had the Ieins |
4 the National Government for the past two |
ears and this State Government for half the |
ime in the past and what has it ever |
lone toward excluding the Chinese from |
his coast? Applause Tell me what |
cleveland has done I'll tell you what |
he has done; he has appointed as Minister to /
lhina q man from the Eastern States, against !
he wishes of this coast: one who knows moth |
ne of the sentiment of the people of this coast;
. man who reflects the sentiment of his own |
ection, which is pro Chinese. The Democracy |
les resolved in Conventions, and built huge |
forms fplS