Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-11-01
AT THE CAPITOL.
enthusiastic Crowds Addressed by Able
Advocates of Protection.

AT THE CAPITOL.
Enthusiastic Crowds Addressed by Able
Advocates of Protection.
The weather was not favorable for out
door meetings, but great crowd gathered
about the Capitol building to hear the dis
tinguished speakers announced TO address
them. The First Artillery Regiment Band
rendered number of patriotic and other
selections, and kept the audience in good
humor until the arrival of the hour for the
speaking to commence. 4 little before
O'Clock the handsomely uniformed club
from Stockton marched up TO the front of
the building, and coming To front, gave
three of their peculiar cheers for Harrison
and Morton. Their cheer is given in CON
cert iE this manner " Hurrah, hurrah.
hurcah; protection, protection, protection
yes, yes, yes-surci'
At 2 o'clock the space between the Capitol
building and the handsomely decorated
stand which had been erected ior the
speakers was packed with people. Gov
eruoT Waterman. tx Senator DuGley .f S.-
lano county. Thomas 1icConnea and Geo.
". Chesley mounted the stand. and the
Governor called the meeting to order and
SAID
Feloio-citizens: We meet here to-day almost
at the close of the great battle we have been
fighting for the past sixty days, and next Tues
day we hope to gain one of the greatest victories
that California has ever known. lApplause |
Let us all remember that this is 10 be one of the
most important elections that we have ever
known. 1t is your homes that you are fighting
for this time, not to have them desolated by that
terrible scourge, free trade, and we hope and
expect every man to do his duty on Tuesday
next TApplausel
OUR CONGRESSMAN SPEAKS.
Governor Waterman then introduced
Hon. Joseph McKenna, Congressman from
this district, who spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, FelolC citizens and Ladies:
| think, in consideration of the number OF
speeches that will be addressed to you to day,
| that shall be forgiven If l do not say much
| about the tariff. Considering nv functions for
the last nine months, You will not be surprised
| If have grown somewhat weary of the tariff.
! and would gladly remit the discussion OF that
| subject TO some other gentleman who shall fol-
! low me- My purpose, principally, in appearing
before you to-day is 20 say some words about the
| Chinese questiou-some that l know and may
! be some tnat II you know you do not dwell upoi,
| sufficiently. Now. that we should consider this
question seriously is natural to us of Calf rnia
and II say a word to you about the tariff at ali
| should say that 1t was naturally Joined, thai
! Is, opposition to Chinese immigration is natu.
| rally joined to the protection policy of the Re
publican party. spplause.l In Chinese immi.
| SEatIOu tHefe Is seen III tIle most distinct
! ner the evil OF cheap foreign goods and chear
! foreign labor Now Democrats tell you that
! 1t is almost matter of personal liberty to buy
| in the cheapest market and sell in the deareSt
market. The President says, or implies that il
! is most difficult problem for solution. Wei
my tellow-citiZens If it be problem at all it is
| solved by Chinese cheap LABOR. Now introduce
into that the element Of personal liberty to buy
where you choose what you choose, and YOU
| ally free trade with Chinese immigration and
no ingenuity can divorce them. If it be mat
toy "a nrtsr ~ IT Dl,. |.
matter OF liberty to buy Chinese labor. If A hiss
! a right to buy the cheaJ goods he chooses where
he chooses, b, c, d and all the other letters O
! the alphabet have right to buy the chear
/ make it n matter of liberty TO buy English
| goods, and you make it a matter of liberty tc
| buy Chinese goods. Make it a matter of liberty
to buy Chinese goods, and you make it a matter
of liberty to buy Chinese cheap labor. There
fore | say, my fellow-citizens, introduce into
this question the element of personal right, and
you will ally free trade with Chinese immigra-
ton, and, l repeat, no ingenuity can divorce
| them. On that account my fellow citizens
! am opposed to the party that makes cheap fol
| cheaps sake its proclamation and policy.
| If | should address workingmen as such, a
| proceeding always invidious aud not often to be
/. adopted, should say to them: Hate with me
the cheap for cheap sake. would say to them
| to exclaim with me, in the language of Mr.
toran, used ca the floor of the House of Repre-
| sentatives, that "as for me ! would expurgate
! from every living language the word cheap y
splSed cheap men. Against the cheap your Ia
Dor organizations are organized. Against the
| cheap the Knights of Labor are organized, ard
in this mission all hail to them for it is likewise
the mission of the Republican party 1t has
stamped its motto on our banner 1t has twiued
Its principles with our principles and made ii
this deliberately, wisely and patrotically Work
! 1ngmen, will you support us III this effort?
THE SCOTT EXCLUSION BILL
Now then, how about this Chinese question as
embodied in the Scott Exclusion tili, so-called
My tellow-eitizenS, when came back to Cali
fornla. but ten or twelve days ago, ] was some
what surprised at the attitude o. the Democratic
party in this regard and as to its assumptions
had supposed that there was some limit
even to Democratic assumption, but was mis-
taken. Why, my fellow citizens, the word
cheek is expressive OF the most delicate modesty
When contras,ed with the colo;sa gall of the
Democratic PARTY on this Chinese question
lApplause. That Democrats as citizens should
rejoice at the passage of the exclusion bill was
natural and right: that il should give all the
credit of 1t to Grover Cleveland is grotesGue,
ana makes ne suspect that they care more about
the passage Of that bill from its effect on The
Democratic party than they do from its effect
upon the country. This is not only selfish bnt
II Is stupid. Don't you want anything more :?
That Chinese exclusion bill is only good for a
little less than four years Don't you want apy-
thing more, / repeat? Whoever shall be the
next President of the United States, the Senate
Is bound to be Republican. Applause | ask
you, and significantly ask you, don't You want
anything more but that bill? Now, it NAV be
that Democrats know they can be meanly lIn-
publican Senate will be nobly generous and
nobly patriotic, and again grant relief to the
State OF California from chinese imriprstion
as it has just lately granted that relief aud Vet
go on ana work persistently in that direction
Now, have no doubt whatever as to what the
Republican Unit d States Senate will do
but as Representative of the State of Cali
fornla. which | shall surely be TapplauseI
L shall hate to 60 back to those Jealous
gentlemen who caught up the exclusion
bill when Democrats dropped it; Applause
VINO Kept 1t in the Senate when Democrats
tried to smother it in committee; who pushed
1t when Democrats obstructed it, and who made
1t possible to become a law when Democrats
would have, defeated or delayed it; l should
feel ashamed to go back to those gentlemen and
say to them that California was ungrateful for
their efforts; that she ignored them. and gave
al the credit to Grover Cleveland. and by that
means defeated their party and injured them
wouldn't you be ashamed to have me do il?
lCrles OF " Yes. | have no doubt you would
Now, my fellow-citizens, if l must critieise in
TINS matter, and 1t is not my desire to do it [
would say to you-snd you know when say it
that | utter the truth-that Mr. Cleveland1s
highest desire AID his highest achievement OF
that desire was the Chinese treaty. a treaty
which he himself said in his message to
Congress was suggested by the Chinese Gov
ernment and until it was amended by the
Republican senate was satisfactory to the Chi
nese Government. and until it was amended wss
such that no Republican and no Democratic
Reprs rssentsttve from the State of California
could advocate or support and then go back and
Isee MS constituents. Now then, TO claim all
the merit OF the exclusion bill for him would
be; as have said. simply grotesque
Now what, seriously is the condition ofEtbe
tningg Mr.. Scott, of Pennsylvania, appsared IN
the House one Monday morning and presenfed
that bill Who is Mr.. Scott of Pennsylvania?
is he such as would be the champion of tae
workingmen? How many times millionaire he
is do not know, but he said in his autohiogre
ply in the Congressional directory that he CON
frolled more lines of railroad than any other
man III the United States This is a labor
champion Tor you, isn't it? He introduced the
come And. my fellow citizens. it was not a
Democrat that hurried i. over 10 the Senate,