Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-17

platform is plain-spoken in favor of
square on silver, strong
for the protection of our young indus
tries. The Democratic platform is
dead against the Heath Amendment,
and puts positive Boycott on Chi
nese goods where it can, in all State
institutions. The laboring man is a
mental as well as physical power in
the land. He reads and thinks, and |
he will vote for the measures that |
protect him.
Passing from measures to men, the
workingmen have read your list OF
candidates. On your whole State
ticket there is but one man who has
ever done anything towards the de-
veloping Of this State. What little
wages Swift has ever paid for labor
the Chinese have got. Besides, when
in office, he has persistently opposed
every interest of labor. Watermanis
a miner, and as such has done
something for the State. If he could
see his own interests he would vote
the Democratic ticket. Scan the en-
tire list and there is not laboring
man, nor friend OF labor, not an
other wage-payer N the lot.
Their congressional candidate in
this district probably has never paid
dollar OF wages excepting for Chi
nese labor during his years stay in
the State. He is known to act as a
Chinese missionary at his home. He
has never planted an acre OF trees
nor vines in the State. lie is less
culpable in this respect than the
others, for he is a new conner. If
one had the history Of all the others
it would appear that none of them
are much better in this respect. Neff
is chronic office seeker, and when
away from the crib starves. When
he gets to it, trust Jacob to fatten.
Hart was nominated on false pre-
lenses. Reichert is one of Higgins
best ward wire-pullers. Hoitt has
been textbook lobbyist for years.
Orr's life is so unsavory that he lives
in mortal terror that it will be pub
| lished.
Take their Legislative ticket and
tell waiting world why a laborer
should vote for that. Three lawyers,
a professional politician, and an
editor, and the latter the best of the
lot-where is labor to find repre-
sentative on that? Will any one ask
the laboring men OF this city to vote
for Mr.. Knox, a lawyer-and in his
own profession he does not stand on
his own merits and efforts for his
daily bread? He had to get into po-
litical Office before his shoes were old
which he wore into the country. Will
the laborer vote tor him, in prefer
ence to Cooney, who does live
off his days wages? Verify that
would be to have can interest greater
than the mere days wages, and the
number of hours.n
Scan the county ticket and you
will find the same story. Labor has
not representative on it, and if
labor has friend, that friendship
has been kept SO great treasure that
no one has found the important secret
out.
Passing to the Democratic ticket,
and there is hardly man there but
has been potent in the development
and upbuilding of the State. From
top to bottom we give the working
men the names OF those who have
been foremost in setting the useful
industries OF California on their feet.
Even in cases where the offices call
for professional services, the men
named have been men of enterprise
outside their professions. There are
on the Democratic ticket some half
dozen editors who have exerted a
powerful influence on the State. The
miners, the farmers, the merchants,
the manufacturers, the grape grow
ers, fruit orchardists, mechanics and
plain wage-winners are there. The
pledged, tried and devoted friends OF
labor are on the Democratic ticket in
no stinted measure.
These are facts too well known to
the people OF all classes. These facts
will draw the people most irresistibly
to cast their votes for the men and
measures that stand for their inter-
ests.
A WRITER over the nom de plume,
"Junius," in the columes Of morn
ing contemporary, has many words
under the caption: "Why Working
men Should Vote the Republican
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