Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-26
STRAIGHT GOODS.
THE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE PRO
CLAIMED LAST NIGHT. p
Hon. J. w. Mitchell of Cahuenga Makes
a Telling Address-Judge Curtis of Red
lands Makes a Strong Speech.


Pursuant to call issued by the county
central committee, Democratic meet
ing was held at Turn Verein hall last
night, Major W. r. Burke presiding and
l. j. Horrell officiating as secretary.
After short opening address by the
chairman, the following list of vice
presidents was read by the secretary,
and those who were present, took seats
upon tip platform:
Charles j. Peteler, w. R. Whitthorne,
B. G. Holmes, J. J. Mahoney, M. ]. No
Ian, R. G. Carlton, D. Botiller, John f.
Humphreys, N. G. Bledsoe, Joseph p.
Rowan, Max Baretto, Albert Trudel, f.
G. Mellus, A. j. Horn, DR.. J. S. Craw
ford Judge Henry M. Smith, M. Morris,
George f. Williams, Judge A. w. Hut
ton, A. 7. Patton, James M. Pearson,
DR.. William L. Graves, Samuel Meyer,
Mr.. Whaling, j. j. Cooper, F. Clavere,
Reyes, William M. Hawkins, J. D. Dali
ley, Theodore Cross, J. K. Hamill, II. E.
Marten, Thomas Vernon, DR.. L. w.
French, Captain A. f. Mackay, Daniel
Picket and Richard Dunnigan.
j. w. Mitchell, of Cahuenga, was
then introduced, and after apologizing
for the unavoidable absence of Labor
Commissioner j. j. Tobin, who was ex-
pected to have addressed the meeting,
that gentleman delivered an eloquent
address, confning his remarks to the
discussion of the affairs OF the county.
He was there as Democrat, first, last and
all the time, simply and solely to main
tain the principles of the Democratic
party and to support its nominees. The
word Democrat was derived from two
Greek words, signifying "the people"
and ''to rule" and it meant that the
people themselves should rule as they
saw fit.
In every precinct of this large county
two great parties were recruiting for the
battle to be fought in November next,
and it was for the people to say which
shoulds prevail on that great day. The
wants of the people of Los Angeles
county were many; but the Democratic
party would administer to them all, by
giving them an administration that
would place as light a burden on the
already er-burdened taxpayer as pos
slble. 1t would give them an economi-
cal, and above all, an honest govern
ment. As far as the present govern
u,
honesty was like one OF the lost arts of
the ancients.
The two principal questions which
should influence the vote of the people
OF this county were those OF taxation
and the county ticket. The condition
OF affairs under Republican misrepre-
sentation was simply appalling. Men
were sitting in high places who were
charged with almost every crime on
the calendar, while the best men of the
party were gagged and beaten into OBJ
scurity. Preference in the dominant
party appeared to depend solely upon
the nimbleness of the fingers and
conscience OF the individual. An
editorial extract from the party organ
OF date September 9TH, scorching the
legislature, was then read and created
considerable amusement.
Speaking goftaxation, the assessed valu-
alton of property in Los Angeles county
in 1SS5-6-7 was about $37 900, 900. Under
Democratic rule over half million dol
lars was received as taxes, all of which
was applied to the benefit of the county.
On the other hand, the nimble Repub-
licans, who vaulted into power with the
aid OF rebounding plank, raised the
amount from $37, 900, 900 to over $780,
alton upon this assessed valuation from
$1.40 to $1.50 on the $100. Over 81 ,5O0,-
900 was paid into the treasury, but the
only thing to show for it is an unfinished
stone courthouse with wooden roof.
laughter. The road and bridge funds
are exhausted, we are told, and
all the other funds will soon be
in the same fix, because Republicans
are not in the habit of keeping sur
pluses-they want to blow them in
The speaker compared the nomination
of General j. r. Mathews with that OF
W. S. Moore in a happy and humorous
manner, and called upon the people to
vote for the former, as means of elect
ing Hon. Stephen M. White to the SEN
ate. He then spoke of the fight be-
tween that gentleman and Hon. Leland
Stanford as one of brains VS.. Doodle,
and eloquently appealed to the people
to endorse the former as one well worthy
of recognition on his merits alone. He
closed with a few words eulogistic of
Hon. WI. Curtis, the nominee for Con-
gress, who was to follow him.
Hon. W. J. Curtis of Redlands, on be-
ing introduced, was warmly received by
his audience, who enthusiastically ap-
plauded every point he made in his ad-
uiCoo' liz COlInltIlCcu ny saying CndU
before elections, when the people were
selecting agents to transact their busi-
ness for the next four years, the same
rules should prevail as in private affairs,
they should look closely into the ante
cedents of their candidates and choose
none but trustworthy and honest men.
They were too often inclined to vote for
their political agents simply because
their names were on the ticket He for
one was party man, but not SO much
so but that if bad man were on his
ticket and a good man were on the
other, he would scratch the bad man for
the good man, because he believed it
was better to defeat bad man than to
elect him, simply because he was on
that ticket.
Every Democrat was proud of the
ticket put up by the great convention
at San Jose, at the head of which was
the name of Hon. Edward B. Pond.
whose services as mayor of San Fran
cisco and in other offices of Importance
had proved so satisfactory to the people,
that their delegates at the San Jose con-
vention had but echoed their wish when
they nominated him, in preference to
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