Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-09
POLITICIANA.
The Democracy's Fight for
the Local Ticket.
A BIG MEETING AT SAN PEDRO.

The Azusa People Get a Good Shak.
ing Up on the Issues of
the Hour.
EDITORS HERALD: The Santa Fe train
arrived at this evening, bringing with
it Major Geo. S. Patton and WV. Fisher,
the orators appointed to address the citi.
zens of this place on the political issues
of the day. They were accompanied by
Judge Dupuy, Mr.. Samuel Levy and
Mr.. G. E. J. White, candidates on the
Democratic ticket for offices of Distri,t
Attorney, Public Administrator and Aud.
itor. They were met at the train by Mr.
John Malone, J. G. Jones, F. H. Rawl'
ing, w. P. Barnes and E. E. Pollard, en-
thusiastic old time Democrats, and many
other prominent Democrats of Azusa and
vicinity, giving them heartfelt welcome
to this city (Which has grown to be quite
a town within the last eighteen months)
and escorted to the Hotel Azusa.
At O'Clock Mr.. J. F. Gordon, the
President of the evening, called the
meeting to order, in the City Hall, where
large crowd of ladies and gentlemen
had assembled to hear the speakers of
the day. The President opened the
meeting with short speech, stating it's
objects, and introduced Major Geo. S
Patton, the brilliant young orator of
Los Angeles, as the first speaker,
who in a most eloquent style
delivered one of the finest speeches your
correspondent has listened to since the
opening of the campaign. The principal
question, and he handled it in a manner
to the entire satisfaction of the crowd
assembled, judging from the attentive
manner in which they listened to the
young orator and the many rounds of
applause given him by them. He stated
that the Democrats have an interest in
the tariff, which they are now using
their utmost endeavors to reduce for the
benefit of the working class the Repub-
lican party is 30 devotedly attached to,
but are endeavoring to grind down by
the high protection they still advocate in
their speeches, Notwithstanding they
promised in their platform four years
ago to reduce if they were again placed
in power; but now, as the Democrats,
through the recommendation Of their
President, are trying by the passage Of
the Mills bill, which was only carried by
small majority of the Democrats in the
House of Representatives. the Republi-
cans with few honorable exceptions,
who showed their patriotism to the
country and not their devotion to the e.
o. p.) voted against it, using their power
and influence to defeat the measure that
was presented for the benefit Of
the poor man and working class
of the country. This is not
free trade, although in their
great endeavors to assist the crowd of
manufacturers, monopolists and million
aires, who have grown rich upon the
tolls and sweat of the working man,
the Republicans cry out it is such, and do
all they can to deceive these men, not
that they love their country or their
party, but that they may still continue
at what they are doing and grow richer
every day, and the poor man, with his
nose to the grindstone, is growing poorer
and his condition worse. Mr.. Patton
said he was not in favor of taking more
money from the people and increasing
the surplus, showing the reduction OF
the tariff would bring revenue sufficient
to defray the expenses of the Govern
ment, and assist in building what the
United States SO much needs-a navy.
What is her condition in that respect
now? when, before the Republican party
came in power, her navy and shipping
was one of the greatest in the world.
And where is it now? Echo answers,
Where? Her feet was all over the seas,
and the stars and stripes foated at the
masts of her vessels in every port of the
world. Where are those fine ships
What has become of the men that
manned them? Let the Republican
party answer the question. He gave a
history of the tariff from the days of
Hamilton to the present, and eulogized
highly those noble men whose bones are
now mouldering in the dust, but whose
memory is everlasting. The speaker
then gave a history of the trusts
that Mr.. Blaine has so loudly spoken in
favor of since his return from his tour in
Europe with the wealthy Mr.. Carnegie,
where they had so pleasant a time in
their fine. equipages,. spending their
money so freely made by the labor OF his
operatives WuO dI0 udTuly dDlo w 1.-Two
from hand to mouth. when he can travel
over Europe enjoying all that heart can
wish. What consistent party, how de-
voted to their supporters whose welfare
is so we'll taken care of; but comment is
unnecessary. Mr.. Patton told US he had
Just returned from a trip to British
Columbia, where he had seen some ol
the noblest forests on earth, sufficiently
abundant to supply the lumber of the
world. and the many mills that We're ir
them, many Of them lying idle doing
nothing, and why? Simply because
they were paid to do so, receiving from
the lumber monopolists large sums O
money to keep their mills idle, and in
crease the demand of lumber to make
the prices higher, that they might grow
richer, and you the contractors, builders
workingmen and owners of the property
to be built upon, would grow poorer
But row, as the Democratic party pro
poses to reduce the tariff, open up th'
market, produce more competition, Civ
ing more work to the laborer, cheape
lumber to the builder, and every man
better chance to improve the condition o
himself and family than under this rul
of the Republican party, whereby the,
increase the riches of the aristocrat, mon
opolists, bloated millionaires, to tn
detriment of the whole country, they or,
out free trade knowing that such is no