Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-26
Judge Knott's Reputation at
His Old Home.
The Republican Argument,
You're a LIAR" Once Again.
Sugar and Sheep in the Mckinley
Tariff Bill.
Pulling the Wool Over the Peoples Eyes
BY an Old Bell-Wether Protection
ist in Fine Style.


Democratic ticket for superior Judge
The Lebanon, KY, Enterprise thus
speaks of Mr.. Knott, who was formerly
a resident of that place.
On Thursday evening last, after tel
egram had been received here announc-
ing the fact that w. S. Knott, Esq, q
former citizen of this citv and a MEM
Der of this bar, had received the Demo-
cratic nomination for the position of
superior court Judge for the Los Angeles
district, California, there was an in
formal meeting of the members of the
bar at this place at the courthouse. to
bear testimony, voluntarily. to the
sterling merits and integrity, as we'll as
the ability of Mr.. Knott.
Upon motion, Hon. j. r. Thomas
was elected chairman of the meeting
and A. B. Marshall secretary.
Upon motion, the following commit
tee was appointed to draft resolutions
expressing the sense of the meeting,
viz; Hon. r. r. Rountree, III. T.
Cooper, S. T. Spaulding, J. p. Thomp-
son, w. j. Lisle, Sam Avritt and Ben
Spaulding. The committee retired, and
reported the following:
WHEREAS, We have been informed
that our once felow-townsman and
member OF our bar, William s. Knott,
ESQ.,. has secured the nomination for
Judge of the superior court of Los An
geles district, in the state of California;
therefore be it
Resolved, That from our long knowl-
edge of Mr.. Knott as a citizen. and our
association with him in the practice of
our profession, we here cheerfullv bear
testimony to the diligence and integrity
in business OF our friend and former as
sociate, and to his unvarying politeness
and kindness at our bar, as well as to
his legal ability and skill in the legal
practice, and we cheerfully commend
Mr.. Knott to the voters of California as
worthy of their confidence and support,
and the state fortunate (f Mr.. Knott be
elected) in securing the services of an
upright and able jurist.
Ben. SPAULDING, r. H. RoUNTREE,
w. j. LIsLE, S. Il. SPAuLDING,
H. p. COOPER, j. P. THOMPSON,
SAM AyRTT.
Upon motion the report of the com
mittee was unanimously adopted. It
was also moved that a report of this
meeting be given to the local papers for
publication, which motion was adopted.
Whereupon motion to adjourn was
adopted, and the meeting adjourned.
j. R. THOMAS, Chairman.
A. B. MARSHALL, Secretary.
The court of levy and claims also
passed strong resolutions endorsing Mr..
Knott, and commencing him to the citi-
zens. in his far-off California home.
Here is bit of the regular style Re-
publican logic when doing what the
g. o. p. thinks is arguing point: An
organ of the party of all decency the
other day gave space to very long ar
ticle on the Mckinley bill, and out of
three columns this is positively the
strongest argument made:
This is the Mckinley bill. 1t is not
the Mckinley bill that the Democrats
are now ranting and raving about.
That Mckinley bill has no existence
whatever. 1t is a huge, objectionable
lie. 1t is most knavish lie, for its pur-
pose is essentially corrupt. 1t has been
sent out over the country as the servant
OF the Democratic party and of group
OF eastern importers who have combined
in a deliberate effort to deceive the
American people as to the contents,
purposes and effects of the Mckinley
bill. In carrying out this scheme they
have not hesitated to attribute to the
Mckinley bill provisions that it does
not contain, and that its authors never
dreamed of; and by an ingenious and
utterly fanciful system of what they call
equivalent ad valorems, based on i'm
possible prices, they have distorted its
rates beyond recognition.
"These lies made their earliest appear
ance before the ways and means com
mittee last January in the arguments
advanced by the importers why the
duties on their merchandise should not
be increased. The Republican party
has no quarrel with the importers.
They perform a great and unques-
toned service to the commerce Of the
country. But the fact is not to be over
looked that among them, in the east
ern capitals, is a large company of
foreigners, not naturalized, who are
here simply as the representatives of
foreign manufacturers, and whose sole
interest here is to take as much Ameri-
can gold away with them as they can
possibly get hold Of 1t is these excel
lent persons who supplied the material
to Democratic congressman and to
Democratic newspapers for their mis-
representations of the Mckinley bill.
1t is they who have made the false
accusations that the new duties will
increase the cost to the American
consumer of almost every article in
general use. 1t is they who have sup
piled the alleged facts in support of
this charge. Their motives and those
of their Democratic allies are equally
obviousW
Mark. the logic of 'lies," "base,"
"knavish lies' There is not one fact
quoted to prove all this bald, bold, reck-
less assertion. And yet the party of all
intelligence lives, moves and has it's
political being in mental rot like this.
Is it possible the people are deceived bv
such illogical methods? The same art
icle goes on with this lovely paragraph
on sugar, sent as an appeal to dwellers
in Southern California:
"For the reduction of the revenues the
Mills bill relied chiefly on free wool,
the Mckinley bill on free sugar. This
circumstance admirably illustrates the
difference in spirit and purpose between
the two measures. We consume 6OO,-
600, 900 pounds of wool annually and we
can produce the whole of it. We do not
need to go abroad for single fibre. We
consume l ,423 900 tons of sugar, and we
can produce but 100000 tons, not 20 per
cent of our demand. Now, the Repub-
lican policy is to protect wool, which we
can and do produce, so as to hold our mar
ket for our own producers. and to en-