Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-19
SANTA ANA.
Reel h. Terry Shakes the De-
mOCraCy Up.

last evening. A large crowd assembled
at the stand prepared for them to hear
Mr.. R. B. Terry, nominee for Congress
from this district, and Colonel L. E.
Messmore, our fellow-townsman of Or
ange.
At Z 80 o'clock Mr.. Baker, editor OF
the Standard, called the meeting to or
der, naming Messrs. Hagar and North
cross, of Orange, Brooks, of Pomona,
Adams, of Tustin, and several other
gentlemen as Vice-Presidents. MIR. Will
son was appointe Secretary. After lis
songs by the fine Glee Club of. the city
and several pieces of music from our
brass band, the Chairman presented to
dates who were present-Judge Dupuy,
for District Attorney. Mr.. T. Z. Rowan,
for Sheriff, and Mr.. G. E. J. White, for
Auditor-each of whom made short
speech presenting their claims for the
offices they are seeking Mr.. r. B. Terry
was then introduced. He said it was
the first time he had ever had the
pleasure of addressing an audience in
Santa Ana, and was highly gratified at
seeing the large crowd who were before
him. He hoped and expected that there
were many Republicans in the audi.
ence, and said that he would not hurt
the feelings of any if they were there,
but would tell them of the good doctrine
their leaders had advocated four years
ago, and of the platform their party ran
on at that time, the principal plank of
which was the reduction in the tariff;
but Mr.. Blaine now says since the Demo
Gratis, through their noble leader, has ad
vocated this reduction, that the Demo
cratic party are for free trade. He said
there were other candidates in the field.
Mr.. Fisk was the nominee of the Prohi-
bition party and Mr.. Curtis of the Ameri-
can with those parties we have no con-
test. 1t is between the Republicans and
Democrats. Both parties met forty
seven years ago; both proposed to reduce
the tariff. The Republicans had enjoyed
the series Of power for twenty-four years,
and had maintained that power by ap-
pealing to the fears and passions of the
people against the South. You were
told business ruin would follow if the
Democrats got into power. Cleveland
and Hendricks were elected; their
prophecies have failed no Confederate
bonds have been sold for the last three
years and half, nor will there be any
sold unless Levi P. Morton, the British
banker, is elected, as he may have some
of them in his hands. Would like to call
your attention to some things done: His
appointments have been made OF men of
the best character, who have enjoyed the
esteem of all who knew them. and the
men appointed to the Pacific Coast
especially-Hagar, -Who was appointed
in San Francisco. He gave some force
to the anti-C Chinese bill, and refused to
land many OF the "pig tails" when
some Of their prominent men
had been selling certificates to
them. The act was nullifed by
Republican Judges who permitted them
to land by issuing writs of "habeas
corpus" These things have been per-
mitted under a Republican Administra-
ton, and the Democratic party has and
is using their utmost endeavors to rem
edy the evil. O'Connell said he could
drive a British coach with four horses
through any act of British Parliament.
Sawyer could land load OF Coolies in
defiance OF the law. Cleveland was
elected on an anti-Chinese platform, and
has stood up to the principles of the
platform. A bill was introduced by w.
L. Scott through the recommendation of
the man in the White House, who,
though he has an immense neck, has a
spinal column to go with it, and large
head full of sound, logical common
sense, and honesty above it. This bill
went through the lower House with
large majority, and how did it stand in
the Senate? 1t was voted against by
Cleveland has done in three years and
a-half what had not been done for
twenty-five years under q Republican
Administration. Chinese exclusion is a
fixed fact. What about our land mat
ters? Our public lands, won by the
blood of our forefathers, has besn given
away by Republican Administration.
Many acres have been returned to the
Government by the legislators of
the present Administration. Some fine
bodies of land in San Luis Obispo
and othor parts of the country by the
ruling of Commissioner Sparks under
Secretary Lamar. He met an old Re-
publican friend since he had been can
vassing his district, who said he would
vote for Cleveland and Thurman, thereby
showing his gratitude for the lovely
home he now owned, but which he had
been robbed OF by Republican admins
trations, but that had been returned to
him under the one we are now governed.
Look at the amount of fine timber lands
we are robbed of covered with fine bodies
of redwood, sugar. pine, etc., now owned
by foreign syndicates not Unidentified with
rls, but who had the land gobbled up by
hiring men to 60 out as their stool
pigeons and sign away their rights to
them, fraudulently obtained. He said
under Cleveland these wrongs would be
righted if he could get the assistance he
desired. He said Blaine knew he was
licked, consequently he declined to al
low his name presented at the last Con-
vention, and that like the Englishmen
who fought John L. Sullivan, did not
want to meet his opponent in the second
round. He says Cleveland's message
was a British free trade document and
that was why he opposed it. You kind
friends read it, in times of peace you are
paying war taxes. There is surplus of
$130, 100000 in the Treasury, and is put
where it can do no good, and 5000 900
are brought into it every month. Men
for protection will consent to pay the
taxes. A calculation was then made to
show the expenses of the Government.
Taxation should only be made to meet
expenses. Williams says tariff is not a
taxation, it is license. 1t is taxation
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