Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-18
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Candidate for Governor Reads q
TaDofhy paDar Other Sueeches.

| day night, attracted to that histrlonlc puild
ing large audience of various parties anC
creeds. The Mayor was escorted from thu
Capital Hotel by about sixty young Demo
Gratis. attaches of the State Printing Office
and the State Capitol, who wore upon thu
| left lapel of their coats white silk ribbon
upon which was printed " Jefferson the
name of their club The small procession
was headed by the Hussar band, which
played pieces indicative of the fact that they
appreciated they were leading the van
guard of forlorn hope.
At the theater the meeting was called to
order by the Chairman of the County Cen
trail Committee, who announced Colonel j.
J. Ayers as Chairman of the meeting, and
read the following list of Vice-Presidents
Fred Cox, Add C. Hinkson, E. g. Blessing,
joseph Hahn. DR.. G. G. Tyrrell, William
Mclaughlin, Thomas Dwyer, NJ. D. Carr,
C. w. Clarke, George Suydam, P. Kelly,
James Mcclure, John Q. Brown, Jr., w. J.
Irvine, Chris Weisel NJ. F. Johnson, II. NJ.
LaRue, A. H. Estill, w. o. Bowers, Jerry
Golden, Oscar Flint, VIM. Tormey, A.
Mazinni, ]. B. Lusk, G. r. Parsons, III. L.
Nichols, J. H. Groth, H. NJ. Blackwell, NJ.
]. Burke, Thomas O'Neil, d. J. Considine,
r. C. Montgomery, R. H. Singleton and J.
NJ. Henderson; Secretaries, ID. J. hilgari II
and ], C. Kelly.
THE MAYOR READS.
Mayor Bartlett was introduced by the
Chairman, and as he stepped forward to
the footlights was greeted with applause.
He Immediately took from the innermost
recesses of his inside coat pocket ponder
Gus roll Of manuscript, and started in by
reading 1t is with peculiar pleasure that
| appear before the citizens of Sacramento,
and express my qualification at the hearty
reception given me-" This showed the an
ticipatory condition of the individual who
had written in San Francisco the introduce
ton to this remarkable campaign docu-
ment. He stated that he had visited this
city often, and one time was sent here as a
Senator, the representative of the indie
pendent party that sent Governor Booth to
the Senate. He also stated that this would
be his last effort in the campaign, for his
duties as Mayor engroSsed all his time, and
he had no time for campaign speeches.
On the water question he was somewhat at
sea, but believed, however, in passing spe-
cial laws concerning it, and the formation
ofirrigation districts He stoutly denied that
he was opposed to the education of child
rem, but admitted that while in the Senate
he voted against the futile bill. Without
stating what they were, he said he objected
to certain portions of that bill, and as it
passed in amended form he had less objec-
ton to it. He was still Of the opinion that
our educational system was not what it
should be, and pointed out the large sums
that were annually expended for education.
He thought it could be improved upon.
The Mayor then read extracts from a
speech made by Mr.. Swift in Platt's Hail.
on the 10Th of August 1873, when the
latter, with Bartlett, was candidate for a
Legislative position in opposition to the
Democratic and Republican parties-being
at that time Independents. The quotations
made were as strongly denunciatory of the
Democracy as they were of the Repub-
icans, and were words that expressed the
position of both candidates at that time
His only point was to press upon his hear
ers the fact, already anticipated and ac-
knowledged by Mr.. Swift when here one
week since, that in the campaign of 1873
he was engaged in the Independent move
ment.
When the Mayor had finished reading
that portion of the paper he referred to the
City Hall Association matter, and said the
latter was suit growing out of de-
sire on the part of the Board of Supervisors
to enlarge their powers and jurisdiction
In other words, he was not lighting for
the salary of the office, but simply to re-
tain the New City Hall management in the
hands Of the Commission, instead of al
lowing it to go to the Supervisors.
He said nothing about the " Burlingame-
Swift" treaty, bat said, " l indorse the
Democratic platform"
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
Henry C. McPike, young man who
halls from Alameda and is an aspirant
for Congressional honors in the Third Dis
trict, was the next speaker. He began upon
a high key and plane of " eloquence"
that, it was apparent, he could not main
tain, and he soon hattened out into a mis-
cradle failure. He went up like rocket
and came down like stick. Starting out,
he paid glowing tribute to California, her
soil, climate and productions, her grand
scenery, noble men and women, and in
this style foated from Sislliyou to San
Diego, from the Sierras to the sea. He
wished to impress upon his hearers the
idea of his being young man, q native
born Californian, a son of the Golden West
He passed such high eulogium upon the
native sons-to catch their votes-that
those in his audience who were born be-
meath the folds of the starry banner else
where must have been green with envy,
and no doubt wished their parents had
moved to this statesman-pr producing State
a few months anterior TO their birth He
said California would safe in his hands,
and he would go to Congress and hunt up
a silver bill and vote for it, and if he could
not find one he would originate one and
vote for it." Mr. McKenna, his opponent,
in his exalted opinion did not know good
half-dollar from one with hole in it, and,
he claimed, was unsafe to trust in the legis-
lative halls of the nation. The speaker is
not a silver tongued orator, but his theme
was that of silver throughout. He is max
ing a silver fight, and with it expects to
win. He complimented the Jefferson Club,
and said he beheld in their ranks all the
future greatness of this State" Applause
from the club He said he would rather
be Native Son of the Golden West than
Roman Senator or European poten-
tate"
woULD-BE SENATOR.
General Thomas j. Clunie was the next
speaker. He was little hoarse from
nightly wrestlings with the unterrifed
from the San Francisco stump5. He said
he was a candidate for Senator, and was
going to win. He reviewed his history in
this city, where he was raised, and said
q" You all know me-" There was no spot
on Gods green earth he loved so well as
he did Sacramento, and he was glad to
know that San Francisco was going to rid
themselves of him by sending him here
for brief time to represent them in the
Senate. He made the widest prognostica-
tions about the result of the coming cleo
ton, prophesying such an utter rout of
the Republicans that they never again
would put a ticket in the field. loud
cheers by the Jefferson Club He spoke
upon the 'BurlingameSwift treaty plank,
and admitted the paternity of that libel on
history. He said he was proud of the fact
that he was one of the trainers of that
platform and proposed to stand by it. He
badly reiterated the utterly and false state
ments heretofore made by other of their
speakers that Swift assisted Burlingame in
the formation of that treaty.
Cor HURT.-John Kane, a pressman for
some time in the employ of Ware & Mon