Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-16

PAoSiooS' II clIuply T0uuCeS Cle revenue
and the articles on which the reduction,
are made are the ones that you and j
want. L feel tonight as if l had been 8
Democrat for thousand years, fol
though l was not born one I have, like
Topsy, growed one. In conclusion, am
going. to say to you in the language o.
David to his 600 warriors, Put on youl
swords and smite Gown the Republicans
as Saul did Anak.'"
MIR. Edgerton's speech created q very
favorable impression on the audience.
who rendered him quite an ovation as he
retired to his seat. The next speaker
was the Hon. w. S. Herndon, of Texas,
and as he stepped to the front loud
"Hurrah for Texas" resounded from
among the crowd and was echoed and
re-echoed from far and near. Mr.. Hern-
don addressed the meeting as follows:
MR.. HERNDoN's SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIzENs-It affords me the
greatest pleasure imaginable to follow
the new convert to our faith. They say
that there is joy in heaven over one
sinner who repenteth," so we may there
fore we'll be gleeful tonight. wonder
If there are any Republicans standing
here in this audience; if not. go and tell
them that the doors of the Democratic
church are yet ajar and that there is
room within this Paradise for
every Republican on the Pacific Coast.
When look into your faces to- night-the
majority of you are workingmen--I cannot
help thinking of the absurdity of the Re-
publican statements that we are working
against the labor interests. 1t is well
known that from the Pacific to the Allan
tic the rank and file of the Democratic
legions is composed of the laboring class
es Of the Union, and if you startin search
of a monopolist or grinding capitalist you
would look in vain amidst our hosts.
Why then are the charges made by the
that the Democratic party
is preparing to reduce the wages of labor?
1t is because the labor party is the bone
Of contention and the majority of the
votes come therefron. / ask you, is it
possible that a Democratic party COM
posed of workingmen should be warning
against it's own kith and kin? To whom
do we owe the freedom of the ground on
which we stand and under what party or
policy was this country wrested from op-
preston and placed under the Stars and
Stripes? The Democratic party did all
this and ruled it for go years, and under
the grand policy adopted the country
matured, expanded and bloomed and
gave us the great national representation
that we enjoy to-day. Is it possible for
a party like this, opposed to the princi-
pies of oppression, to strike a blow at
the interests of the working classes
What good would it do them, and what
object would they have in view ?-the
charge is false on the face of it. 1t has
ever been the pride and glory of the
Democratic party to foster industries and
to secure the best wages possible
to the people and at the
present day the labor of
this country is better paid and there are
more avenues of success open to the
workingman than in any other nation in
the world. And this is the outgrowth of
the institutions established by the Dem.
ocratic party for the men who consti-
tute the bone and sinew of the country.
The Democratic party has always stood
in favor of the common people, and rati-
fies now President who advocates civil
service reform, and who expresses with
all the force of his convictions
that every man shall have equal
rights and shall be protected in all
those rights. What did the Republican
party do for US during it's period of in
cumbency what did it do for the people
of California? Is any man able to point
out one great thing that they originated,
worked out or brought into effect? They
claim that they freed the slaves during
the war, but as the preceding speaker
said, side by side with each of them was
a true and patriotic Democrat battling for
the same cause. Their claim is
stale, it is barred out by limi-
tations and has no longer any
weight or influence either in this State
or where / came from, Texas. The
political fight in this campaign will
amount to nothing if we all
combine, for we have plat
form on which we, aye, on which every
true-hearted American citizen should be
standing and the strength of which will
speak forcibly next November. 1
scarcely know how to speak on this mat
ter for come from a doubtful State
doubtful because we do not know
whether Texas will show 100000 or
25O 900 majority for Grover Cleveland
and Thurman"
Despite the lateness OF the hour Mr..
Herndon' s remarks were listened to at
tentively by the vast audience who
showed no indication of dispensing dis
pite the fact that the clocks had long
tolled the hour of eleven. The
Iroquois Glee club next rendered a
vocal selection entitled "Hurrah for
Cleveland and Thurman" at the conclu-
sion of which the meeting was declared
over and the multitude wended its way
orderly from the scene of one of the
most enthusiastic meetings ever held on
the Pacific coast.
-UNBECOMING CONDUCT.