Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-18

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that it is necessary that that part relat-
ing to the United States senate shall be
so amended that you and | may have a
direct voice in the matter. The party
has told you that the purity of the bal
lot box must be preserved. Instead OF
doing what the Republicans did at Sac
ramento, it said that the Australian bal
lotsystem should be introduced as the
only means whereby it can be preserv-
ed.
The Democratic party said that the
most important point to be considered is
that of retrenchment. In this state we
have officers in whom implicit conf
dence has been placed and they have
never destroyed it. To you, young men,
| say that the Democratic party has all
ways rewarded truth, honesty and abil-
ity. This is instanced by the fact that it
has nominated for his third term, J. P.
Dunn as comptroller. Although there
were many good and true men at that
convention, it nominated for second
term, w. G. Hendricks as secretary of
state, j. D. Spencer, clerk of the su-
preme court, and one or two others.
don't desire to take up your time
further this evening, as during the cam
paign shall discuss the issues of the
day with you more fully. Do not, how
ever, be blinded by sophisthy. Within
this same hall you have heard every
national issue discussed within the past
week, and the Republicans have told
you that the Democratic party is res
ponsible for the reckless extravaganza
that SO nearly crippled the state. and
this in the face of the fact that the
legislature was so slightly Democratic
that the party never could get a two
third vote, [ tell you that the executive
of the state is the power behind the
throne. No Legislature, even if unani-
nous, could overcome the veto of an
honest executive.
Ii a measure comes before the COVER
nor next February and it is robbery,
it will be vetoed like this: ''The meas
ure presented by the senate is a steal,
and therefore refuse to sign it. E. B.
Pond" cloud and continued appause.) }
thank you for the honor you have
done me, and appreciate the worth and
kindness of your welcome. My duties
will, know, be very arduous for the
next month, but | am confident that
Mayor Pond will carry this state by 15,-
900 majority. But l do not mean to
weaken your efforts by this statement
No matter how honest our motives are,
it requires the attention of each of us,
and we must put our shoulders to the
wheel, to carry the victory. What we
want is an honest and upright govern
ment, and of this we are assured with
such man at the head of our ticket as
Hon. E. B. Pond of San Francisco. loud
and continued cheers.)
Chairman Hardness then presented
the nominee for the sixth congressional
district, Hon. w. j. Curtis, of San Ber-
nardino, who addressed the crowd as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen ;
l shall certainly detain you but for few
minutes this evening, as | am anxious
myself to hear Mr.. White address you.
This magnificent reception is indicative
of the grand victory which will be
perched upon the banners of the Demo-
cratic party in November next.
The Democrats made no mistake in
placing Hon. E. B. Pond at the head of
their ticket, nor in Hon. R. F Del Vale
as his lieutenant, for you would all feel
that the affairs of the state were safe in
the latter's hands if by any act of Pro-
violence the governor should step down.
The Democratic platform is explicit
on the question of taxation, but you
and well know that men elected on
platforms frequently forget or openly
disregard them and fail to carry out
their promises after election. In order
to clinch matters more firmly, the party
has nominated man who, for the past
twenty-five years, has been carrying out
the doctrines put forth in the platform.
He has practiced economy in both his
private and public business. AS regards
the other men on the ticket, some of
them have already been faithful SER
wants in the past, and have guarded the
interests of the people with both eye
and hand. Comptroller j. p. Dunn, for
instance, has saved you hundreds and
thousands of dollars by his watchful
care. Take Secretary of State Hen
bricks as an instance OF merit endorsed
by the people.
There are many questions which it
would be interesting to discuss, but it
would be folly on my part to take up
more of your time at present, because |
promise you that you shall hear from me
later on more fully. The school question
is, however, one which l want to take
up briefly. l want to furnish
books to our children free, as
we do in our school. If there is
any one question in which l am more
interested than any otherit is that of the
free education of our youth, for that is
the foundation stone on which our great
republic is built. 1t is better than the
Australian ballot, or any other system,
because that is but an outgrowth of
education.
will close by simply saying this ::
During the coming campaign | shall be
pleased to talk with you about the wants
of this great district, with it's wine in
terests, harbor and mining interests,
and others of this section, which con-
tains the most varied interests in the
country.
The vast audience then insisted upon
their favorite, ">teve" White, and amid
waving of hats and shouts of enthusi-
asm, that gentleman came to the front
from his seat in the rear of the stage.
Commencing with a few words Of
endorsement of the nominations made
by the San Jose convention, Mr.. White
reviewed the statements made by the
Republicans few nights ago and
scored them numerically for attempt
ing to shelve the blame OF the increased
taxation upon the shoulders of the
Democrats, because they had slight
majority in both houses.
Speaking of the Republican ticket he
asked: ''How is the Republican ticket
to be put up? All along their line the
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