Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-27
0UBLE-SHOTTED.
THE FIEST REPUBLICAN GUN OF
THE CAMPAIGN.
Creed Raymond Tears the Mask
From Off the Democratic Party,
and Exposes Its True Features.

Creed Raymond Tears the Mask
From OF the Democratic Party,
and Exposes Its True Features.
The campaign was openedin this county,
by the Republicans, on Saturday evening
last. The meeting was held on Fourth
street. between J and X, and was largely
the block, and music was furnished by the
Hussar Band. The meeting was called to
order by Hon. Win. J. Davis, Chairman of
the County Central Committee, who an
nounced the following-named gentlemen
as the officers of the meeting:
President, Hon. a. P. Catlin. Vice-Presi-
dents-John We'll. Grove L. Johnson. A.
L. Hart, Joseph S%teffens, E. R. Hamilton,
w. E. Gerber, James 1. Felter, Jacob Geb-
ert, w. F. Knox, Jr., John Rider, E. Frank
lin, VIM. Schaw, F. Ruhstaller, J..F. Rich
ardson. NJ. A. Baxter, B. H. Covall, George
| Landon, Morris Ross, Antoine Mendes, Jas.
| OOUutll L Clcl 1liOC. w ". 4tCu1 hOOlDA
Hebron, Matt. Flynn, Joseph Reuter-, A.
W. Kelsey, Sims Emory, Peter Newman,
| Z. L. Robinson. H. w. Taylor, B. u. Stein
man, Frank A. Smith, George Taylor, w.
Calf, +. A. Shepherd, ]. F. Slater, John Ly-
man, Edw. Christy, DR.. o. Harvey, John
Andrews, P. r. Beckley, VIM. Johnston,
ID. Hollister, w. S. Jennings, Frank Cross.
| Secretaries-W. B. Burtis and H. O. Sey-
meur
MR.. cATLTN's REMARKS.
Mr.. Catlin, Chairman of the meeting,
came forward and said
Fdlolc- Citizens of Sacramento: l beg most heartily
to thank the committee for the honor conferred
by selecting me to preside over this the initial
meeting OF me campaign on the part of the Re
publicans OF this county. AS has been stated,
this is the commencement OF the Republican
campaign-a campaign which has already be-
gun to agitate the people of the State. and will
continue to agitate them until November next,
and stir them to action and victory.
He then introduced the speaker Of the
evening,
HON. CREED RAYMOND.
Mr.. Raymond was warmly applauded as
he stepped upon the stand. He spoke for
about t~hree-quarters of an hour, and, as he
remarked, without preparation. Our report
preserves the salient features of the address,
without attempting to present the speech
in full. which, however, it well merited.
He said
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: L trust it
will afford you as much pleasure to meet me to-
night as it always affords me to meet an audi
ence of Sacramento citizens. Although l have
been away from you for five years, my heart has
been with you always, and at all times l have
cherished fond recollections of my residence
here. The fact that l was once a resident of
Sacramento-a city that is filed with beautiful
| woman and antGrnrfSfnU nrnurnccfVa n hoe
always been gratifying to me. l congratulate
the people tonight that the two chief political
parties in the State are running on well defined
lines, and platforms clearly expressed and
widely divergent. l also congratulate the peo-
pie that the Democratic party born at Stockton
and run by a 10! of blooming idiots [cheersl, has
passed in its checks and gone to the grave. The
last sad rites over the remains of the departed
were, l understand, performed to-day in this
city; and Add HinkSon, Russ Stevens and a few
Others are out to night building its tombstone in
the dark. tCheers and laughter. We present
to you, for your suffrage at the coming election,
a ticket the candidates upon when are deserY-
ing of the confidence and the support of the
best citizens of the State. The Erdainer says
that Swift has stolen the streets of San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Bartlett has been Mayor of that city
TOR several years. and has hadthe general direc-
ton of municipal affairs: and there is not to-
day a street in San Francisco that the
MEASEsT PETTY LARCENY THIEF
In San Quentin would care TO steal if he had a
AAAAAN l1AAbAt(A oDh A4lGtlNs AA>lllulUR=
which we must assrme-that, so far as the per
sonnet of the two tickets is concerned, thew ATE
composed oil respectable men who are identified
with the interests of the State. the question re-
solves itself down to this Whether it would be
best for the people and the commonwealth that
the Republican party should control the desti-
MES OF the State, or whether they should again
be iuirusted to the keeping of the Democracy.
The Republicans in Convention at Los Angeles
arraigned the present administration for its in
difference to the material interests of the State.
They declared that it had been identified with
corruption, and had brought dishonor upon the
commonwealth. The Democratic Convention
or, rather, Chris Buokley's Convention laugh
terf-has nominated Mr.. George X. Fitch for
GoyeTnor-his other name is Bartlett-and asks
you to indorse that psTty's misrule. : > : $
> There are high and grand reasons, to
those who love their country, who revere its in
situations. and entertain q patriotic desire to
have it prosper, why the party how in power
should be deposed. 1t is an axiom in science
that a stream cannot rise above its source, and
as long as that is impure, so long will its waters
be def ed and polluted. You cannot gather
figs from thistleS, aud nothing good can come
from that which is foul and u~nclean. Our fore
fathers. when they set about the founding of
this nation, declared that mankind was en-
titled to certain inalienabie r~ights-rightS that
no Government could in honor and deeency
deny. Among these were life, liberty, the pur-
suit OF happiness and protection TO property.
These principles are broad and comprehensive
enough, if adhered to, to settle all differences
that may arise between the people and their
respective State governments. IT the time the
Federal Constitution was framed, human
slavery was then one of the recognized institu-
tons of the country, and the people could not
be expected, in the very nature OF their sur
r~oundings. TO be hnbued with those grand prin-
cipleS of protection to free labor which have
since become so indelibly impressed upon the
minds and hearts of the people. The poorer
citizens were then the hewers of wood and
haulers of water for the aristocracy. The
Examiner, which speaks for the Democracy, de
clares that Swift is not fit to be Governor because
many years ago he was n huekster and tinker.
This has been the principle Of the aristocracy
in ali ages of the worlds history and-to its
shame be it said-has been the moving senti-
ment of the Democratic party in the history of
this free republic. Cheers.
BECAUSE JOHN +. SWIFT soLD VEGETABLES AND
MENDsD TINS
In his younger ~days-beeause he preferred
honest toll to Incidence, and, although he en-
ployed his nights in mastering the science of
law. until he became one of the best lawyers in
the State-these aristoc.Gtie Democrats who
live in the past cannot forget what he had been.
They cannot master their prejudice for the men
who toll with their hands-the men who are
the bone and sinew and the foundation OF the
wealth and prosperity of this free and en-.
lightened country. tCheers.l We have given
them abundant opportunity TO prove their ca.
pacity for guiding the Ship of State through the
political waters, and they nave been found
wanting. Now, let US try a tinsmith and huck-
ster, and see If he won't make @ better Governor
than General Stoneman. Laughter and APP
plause. $ 3
Governments are founded either upon force or
the will ofthe people. Throughout all Europe
the camp fires of the soldiers burn every night
in the year, and psmpered and ambitions mon
arehs are eating out the substance of their
down-trodden peoples. Because men must
work and labor to support themselves and their
families, that is no reason why they should be
treated as slaves or cattle. L never realized the
true value of American citizenship nor the glory
of our flag until ! visited Europe Il few years ago
and witnessed the degraded condition of the
people there, especially of the poorer or labor
ing classes. at Metz l saw a train of coal cars
standing in the station, and women working
like slaves shoyeiiBg coal into bins six feet
above the ground. 1 saw men, women and
children, young and old, going to their hard
labor of sixteen hours a day III order to earn q
precarious livelihood. l saw in one city an
army of soldiers, gaily eaparisoned and bearing
expensive arms, marching through the streets
to the inspiriting strains OF martial music: and
a short distance away saw l,6D poorly-clad
lab0ring men and women gathered around
the public fountains eating their miserable
breakfasts. consisting of hunks of black bread
and a little coffee. The hope is to-day burning
IN the breast of every one of these oppressed
subjects of merciless potentatss that a day of
deliYeranee viii sometime come that the
armies that are absorbing the life-blood OF the
country will be diSbanded that the spirit of
American iustitutiOns-of free labor and soyer-
eign citizenship-of whose light they catch an
occasional glimpse across the broad waters of
the ocean. may some day be imDlautad uDOn