Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-09
RALLY AT SAN FERNANDO.
The Faithful Hold Big Love
Feast.

The Faithful Hold a Big Love
Feast.
EDITORS HERALD-Our people turned
out enthusiastically last night to hear
Colonel John S. Ward and Mr.. S. A.
Waldron. who is the nominee for the
Assembly. After an imposing torchlight
procession, Judge Ward was introduced
by Chairman Wilson, and at once en-
tered in a mastery way upon sensible
and practical discussion of the issues of
the campaign. He showed that the Re-
publican National platform of four years
ago pledged that party to do exactly
what the Democratic party is now en-
deavoring to do, and showed by citations
from the speeches made during several
campaigns by Garfield, Sherman, Ingals,
Grant and Arthur that such was the in
depreciation put upon it by those leaders
OF the party that is now attempt
ing the cuttle-fish procedure of
befuddling the situation in the hope to
profit by the confusion 80 made. The
language from the platform of the Repub-
lican Convention that nominated Gar
field, as quoted by the eloquent speaker,
reads as follows "The Democratic party
has failed completely to relieve from the
burden OF unnecessary taxation by a wise
reduction of the surplus. The Republi-
can party pledges itself to correct the in
equalities of the tariff and to reduce the
surplus"
Mr.. Ward demonstrated that the Re-
publicans were either false then or insin-
cere now, and convinced his hearers that
while doubtless many intelligent Repub-
licans are honestly of the opinion that
the sophistries now used by their leaders
ale arguments of merit and made
in good faith, yet in truth and in
fact the Republican leaders to-day
are attempting to fight this campaign on
an assumption that the people can be
fooled by false reasoning on an unfamil.
lar subject. The Republicans apparently
think that the masses neither know the
past history of that party, nor the past
history of the country, nor the elements
of political economy.
The Chinese question, as viewed from
the Democratic standpoint, was handled
in way to attract admiration, for no
one save a skillful speaker like Colonel
Ward can say anything new on so trite a
theme. He showed that in this, as in
all other ways, the Democratic party had
been at all times on the side of the la
boring classes, and he showed too
that even if the better informed
portions of the Republican party
wished to take proper steps to restrict
Bhinese immigration, the more fanatical
elements OF that party, in their "univer-
sal brotherhood Of man" zeal, would not
tolerate it. He reminded the audience
that New England sentimentalism would
rise Indignantly at an apparent hardship
inflicted upon a person other than an
Anglo-Saxon, though able to summon
stoical fortitude to endure the sufferings
OF people of our own race.
Mr.. Ward showed forcibly that in the
policy of the Democratic Administration
every effort had been made to redeem for
the actual settler all that part of the
public domain that could be rescued
from the profigate and wasteful grants
that had been made by Republican
Congresses.
The magnificent effect of the speech
was shown by the volume of applause
that continually greeted the speakers.
Mr.. S. A. Waldron showed by his Wig.
orous remarks that our County Conven-
ton did we'll in placin him upon our
ticket for the Assembly. By his treat
ment of the questions of State interest
come before the next Legislature, he
proved that he will be the right man in
the right place-when he gets there, as
he surely will. SENEx.