Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-31

a blind horse in an arastra-forever going
somewhere and never getting anywhere.
Laughter. Up TO 1888 the attitude of the
Democratic party was like that of the boy
whose pantai00ns were cut with such
liberal allowance of cloth that his mother
never knew, when she saw him on the
street, whether he was going to school or
coming home. Laughter The party
was sometimes facing one way on the tariff
question, and sometimes the other. Laugh
ter
Notwithstanding the fact that Grover
Cleveland wrote letter on the tariff ques-
ton, the Democrats pretended to be at q
loss to know how it was he was defeated
for President the second time. The situa-
ton reminded him of an incident that &C.
Cured up in Calaveras county. The dead
body of q man was found in ditch one
day, and word was sent to San Andreas
merchant whose father was missing. The
description fitted the old man, and he tele-
graphed for the undertaken ut Mokelumne
Hill to give him the best burial possible
to spare no expense. So rosewood coffin
was made and rugged out with silk trim
mings, and the corpse laid in it. When
the son arrived he identified the corpse but
little latter on the lower jaw of the dead
man dropped exposing the teeth. The
son took another look and declared
the body was not that of his father
j he knew it by the teeth. The
undertaken wanted to know who was going
to pay for the rosewood coffin, and the San
Andless man said he didn't know-it was
none of his funeral. Then the undertaken
shook his finger at the corpse. as he re-
moved and dropped it into a pine box {:
You ID old fool if you'd have kept
your mouth shut you'd have had decent
fuaeral!' Laughter and applause.1
The speaker then took up and criticised
the Democratic arguments against protec-
ton. 1t was labor, and labor alone, he
claimed, that gave value to the products Of
the earth. The laborers are the magiciaDs
whose fingers transform natures crude pro-
ducts into glittering valuables. Applause
He ridieuled the Democratic argument
that, with low wages and Low prices for
goods, men would be better off, Democrats
talked about the purchasing price of
dollar" but there was one thing that had
better purchasing price than dollar-aud
that was two dollars. Applause If the
man with the higher wages did not save
any more money during the year, he at
payday, when he stepped up to get his
j
The Democratic orators studied up the
difference between Southdown and by.
draulic rams, sprinkled little hayseed in
their hair, and then went forth on their
mission among the farmers TO educate
them on the tariff question-these poor
farmers who cannot generally make more
than $500 an acre on their lands.
[ Laughter They tell them that
protection may be good enough
for mechanics, but is death to
the granger 1t seems to be as
sumed by them that the farmer doesn't
know anything, but when the returns come
in it will be found that he understands the
questions of the day. He knows that nine.
tenths of the produce of any farm, outside
of grain, is consumed within hundred
miles of where it is grown. He knows
that his best markets are the towns and
cities; that every manufacturing town in
creases the value ofevery acre of agricultu-
the condition of agriculture in free trade
England, where the farm lsborer tastes
meat only once a week has no books,
takes no newspapers, and lives degraded,
brutal existence. What contrast to the
condition of the laborer in this country,
where he is well fed, well clad. well edu-
Gated and independent-the offspring of
protection. Applause
Like the Arizona man who had "pol-
icy" to fit everything and whose rattle
snake policy was to always go tine opposite
way from the snake, the policy for America
to pursue was, when England took step,
to always strike cut in the opposite direc-
ton. [Applause and laughter
England is the pedGler among nations,
and it is her sole object to get out of hav-
ing to pay the American license for ped
ding in this country. [Applause.1 Twice
England had tried to put down this Repub-
lie. 1t was not for purposes of conquest,
but to get a formidable and growing COM
petitor out of the worlds market. The
revenue reformer' sometimes has her
gold in his pocket, and always has her
logic on his lips. We don't propose to
legislate for the benefit of England.
The Democrats, with brazenness that
would bring a blush to brass foundry,
propose to reform the politics of this State
by electing to Office the creatures of Boss
Buckley. One might as well administer
cayenne pepper to a fever patieut-apply
ice to the limbs of a paralytic-as to expect
ANYTHING good to result from such source.
What an awful chasm in logic between
their diagnosis of an alleged disease and
the prescription they offer for remedy.
Laughter
Mr.. Fitch said that thirty years ago he
spoke with Governor Stanford in front of
the ST. George Hotel in this city. He
(Fitch) was then boy, but Governor STAN
ford was a man. The speaker had since
been making speeches, while Governor
Stanford had been making history. Zap
plause
The speaker did not envy the Senator his
for he To NJ
factions of civilized life are now within the
reach of all men of moderate means, as well
as the wealthy. But he did envy the Sen
ator the life of usefulness and honor in
whose retrospect he must find constant sat-
isfaction. Mr. Stanford had not made a
selfish use of his wealth. His money had
been used for the development of the State,
and for the stimulus of its commerce. 1t
has brought hope into mems hearts has
been helpful to labor, and fruitful 10 the
welfare of the State. [Applause.l
There may come time. in the halcyon
days of purity in politics, when another
Senator shall be elected, and who can
tell on whose shoulders the Senatorial
toga shall fall? Laughter and applause
Mr.. Fitch then paid an eloquent tribute
to the enterprise and zeal of Governor
Stanford and his associates in their grand
conq1ests over the forests and pTalries and
deserts-in building railroads III all direc-
tons. The demonstration tonight proved
that every railroad employe is his friend.
[Applause When the strife of life shall
be ended. and Senator Stanford shall lie
down to his eternal rest by the tide of his
son under the trees of Palo Alto, the peo-
pie will remember him as CALIFORNIA; FORE
most and most beloved citizen-a man who
found the State q wilderness, and left it
land with teeming orchards, and groves,
and vineyards, and institutions of learn
ing, and factories wherein thousands of
men earn their livings.
He concluded with another eloquent and
fervid tribute to the life and deeds of Sena-
tor Stanford, and was loudly cheered at the
close.
Major Anderson then called for cheers for
Senator Stanford. Mr.. Fitch and the Re-
publican ticket, which were given, and the
meeting adjourned.
THE GUESTS ENTERTAINED.
After the meeting the guests were driven
to the rooms of the Suffer Club where they
were entertained by the members.
The party left at an early hour this morn
ing for the South, by way of Stockton.
They are to have a grand reception at
Bakersfield tonight.
River Steamer Delayed.