Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

| [Applausel
This is nothing but justice and right The
| laborer is worthy of his hire. He should not be
I required TO wait a month or two months for his
| hard earnings 1t belongs to him and is his as
! soon as his days labor is done. The officers of
the corporation, all Government employees, most
of the men employed by private business enter
| prises, pay their employees every Saturday night
! have known of cases where men have gone to
work at what we call :" the shops without a
dollar with house rent, grocery bills and other
| expenses accruing on him. and from necessity,
| because, forsooth, the corporation keeps one
month or two months pay back. This man
who returned home from his hard days labor
and could not bring his earnings with him, to
| put bread in the hungry mouth, to administer
remedies to the sick, was compelled to go to the
shaver and sell his time at the rate of two,
| three, perhaps five per cent. per month, in
| order t. supply the necessities of the moment
He goes to the grocer, perhaps to Mr.. White or
Mr. Russell, and he is compelled to purchase
| his groceries, and to others TO purchase MS
| bread and his meat, and all must credit him
until payday. He must fill his pocket with
pass books, and pay an increased per cent OF
| profit to the dealer because he cannot get his
wages. Corporations do cash business. the
money is flowing into their treasury hourly,
and L see no reason why they should not be
compelled to pay weekly II there is haro-
| ship in the matter | am in sympathy with the
| laborer, and believe this matter should be made
a duty under the law.
shall also introduce and urge the passage of
| a bill compelling all corporations, and all en-
ployers using machinery, to use the most care
full, with all improved appliances for safety, and
| to take all necessary means to protect nm0 ana
| life; and would provide for an Inspector of
Machinery, and requiring every person owning
and operating it to have certificate as to its
safety, and imposing severe penalties, such as
all damages sustained, without first procuring
such certificate, and injury resulted from such
| failure to procure such certificate should be
conclusively presumed to be by the fault of the
| corporation or employer so owning and using
the same. lApplause.l
PRISON LABOR.
| l would prohibit by law the use of convict
labor within the prison walls except in the man.
ufaeturing of grain bags and jute goods
| However, l deem it advisable to employ the
| convict labor in some way TO contribute in some
| degree to their own support. We have every IA
| cility. soil and climate TO have the finest roads
and highways on the continent. | would use
them upon these public works, and upon our
| navigable streams-places where they will not
| and cannot interfere with free labor. Our high
way work is now largely done by contribution.
| That is, there is poll tax, which each citizen
| has the right to work out on the public roads,
| either in person or by substitute. | would work
them as we do our chain gang in our city; and
there are sufficient of them to build roads,
| macadamiZe and grade themin every county in
| this State, [Applause.l
THE WATER QUESTION.
hold that no monopoly of the waters of this
| State should be tolerated or permitted. ! fully
concur with the decision of the Supreme Court
in holding that the doctrine of riparian rights
| obtain in this State.
| further hold, and believe every intelligent
citizen of this commonwealth will agree, that
irrigation is a matter of necessity in large por-
| tion of our State and that it must be provided
for before much of our territory can become
| utilized and contribute to the wealth and de-
| velOpment of the State.
believe in, and will always respect, vested
rights.
| L do not believe, for any purpose that we
have the right to interfere with or impair the
navigability of our streams.
| further recognize a principle common to all
| civilized nations of the earth, that the Govern
ment has all inherent power TO appropriate pri-
vate property for public use. The strong arm
| of the Government in cases of necessity has the
| right to violate the personal liberty of its
| citizens in its defense Perhaps there
are those here in my audience who
were taken by the army under the draft,
| torn from the bosom of his family and forced in
the service of his country. If this can be done,
| if your lands and houses may be taken for pub
| lie use, why shall not the water of the riparian
| owner and the appropriation be taken under the
! same power and upon the same principal for
! public use? There are great deserts and mill
ions upon millions of acres of the richest soil
| lying waste that can be made 10 blossom and
| load of waving fields of wheat, barley
| and other cereals by irrigation. Shall it not
| be done? Yes, upon rendering just COM
! pensatiOn to the riparian owner and the ap-
proprietor in such cases as they have obtained
| vested rights. do not subscribe to the doctrine
that mere declaration of the leg 'slative will
can deprive you nor me of our property. But
| the power of eminent domain can be and
| should be exercised in this matter.
THE HEATH AMENDMENT.
am opposed to the Heath amendment, and
shall vote against it. l deem it deception and
a snare. The least of my objections is the rate
of two and one-half per cent OF the gross earn
ings. am opposed TO it because it makes one
rule OF assessment for railroads and another for
the merchant, mechanic, farmer laborer and
other classes. Under the Heath amendment all
property in the State not exempt under the laws
taxed in proportion to its value. The railroads
of this State if taxed at all under this provision
| for any other purpose than State or county
taxes, are not required to be taxed in proper
ton to their value. They for other purposes
may be taxed or assessed at the caprice of the
Assessor whoever he may be, while the rule of
proportion to its value" obtains as to all other
property.
Again, the tax of 81 per cent. ON the gross
earnings for State and county taxes shall be in
lieu OF all State and county taxes upon =
the DEEDS OF trust mortgages, contracts or other
| obligations by which Il debt is secured upon
| such property. j understand that all such Sc
curities covers the lands of these corporations
as well as the franchises, road, roadway, right
! of way, rails, etc
Ii provides that all other property or lands
belonging to railroads shall be assessed as other
| property is assessed But mortgages upon real
property are assessed, and the lands are assessed
| TO the owner, he getting the benefit of the de-
| duction.
The railroads will be assessed upon their
| lands, they viii claim the deduction upon the
mortgages, deeds of trust. and other contracts
upon them to secure debts, and yet these obi
cations are exempted because. forsOoth, they
are upon the franchises, or the right of way, or
roadbed end roadway, rails rolling-stock, etc.
l look upon this amendment as being most
dangerous piece of legislation one covering a
most pernicious principal, and shall endeavor
| TO avert the calamity of its adoption, You
may inquire what has this to do with
myself or Mr.. Dray. 1t has this 10 do with
One of us viii be elected to the Senate, aud this
| measure Will be defended. II seems to me TO be
very proper that you understand whether ne or
| | favor the system and the vices of this amend
ment, because similar measures may be p'o-
posed and you should be informed whether
either of us believe in making railroads their
own assts sors, while the Assessor assesses every
| other property holder.
The Southern Pacific Railroad favors the
| adoption of this amendment, because Colonel
| Raymond said SO in his Sacramento speech. l
prefer to test the present system, though l am
free to confess that have doubts of its constitu-
tionality. But should it stand the test think
it the best system yet proposed or devised. |
| have other reasons to urge against this meas
ure, and am going to do all l can to defeat it.,
because deem it perniciouS and fraught with
more complications than one can imagine on
| first thought.
THE UNITED STATES SENATOR.
l understand my friend Dray, in his Walnut
| Grove speech, stated that he believed l would
vote for ex United States Senator George Hearst.
If he knows who will vote for he knows more
than do: thank him for having opened this
/ question
publican friends, but, as | said once be-
fore, l do not want this Office on any
reservation or false pretepse. There is
one thing | viii do if elected, and
that is. vote for Democrat for United States
Senator. But state to you, in reference to SEN
ator Hearst, thGt | never met him but twice,
| and that was in August last at the state Conven
ton; at a time when l never dreamed OF being
| Il candidate for this or any other legislative OF
| fee and the subject has never been broaehed
to me by him or any OF his friends
| Now in turn, | say believe, as much as do
that / am standing on this rostrum, that my
| friend Mr.. Dray, Will vote for a. A. Sargent. |
| don't believe any one who votes for him Will
expect him TO do anything else notwithstanding
! they so desire. | feel quite well satisfied, the
| manner and circumstances connected with MI
| Draws nomination considered that he cannot
do otherwise. | feel assured that he viii
not dare pledge himself not to vote for
Mr., Sargent. lie ought not to take such a
pledge, and, in my humble judgment, he ought
| to vote for him. If Governor Stanford has any
| influence with Mr.. ray, he should urge him to
| do so. l think, and candidiy feel, that debt
of gratitude exists between Governor STANFORD
| and Mr.. Sargent that ought to be paid and,
| knowing Senator Stanford as do, believe 1t
| will be cancelled at the very first opportunity.
4. A Sargent had the nomination at the
hands of the last Legislature, beyond all ques-
ton az one time. Unexpectedly, friends OF
Governor Stanford urged his name upon the
| Republican caucus, and with what resut Is
fresh in your memory. A. A. Sargent was re-
tired and Governor Stanford elected.
HONOR AND RESPECT THE MAN
VIC