The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-14


had taken a sacred trust, and shall prom
Use you now that IL you elect me 10 the Office
for which ! have been named | will do all
within MY power TO carry out your wishes.
MY first plan is to help the little ones,
and my very foremost idea Will be TO ask
the city officials for money enough TO estaD-
ii sh free kindergartens for the little tets IN
this city. They are to succeed US III the
management of the best and grandest gov
eminent the world has ever seen. and II is
our plain duty TO 10 all within our power to
BIT item for the high responsibility which
will rest upon them.
"And now / wish to say something about
money. None of US know much about it,
except In theoretical way llaughterJ, but
nearly all of us have our views. peculiar as
they may be, of what should be done.
More money and cheaper money is what We
need, and if some of you people will get
little of the protected wool out OF your be-
logged brains and get down to common
sense you will get along better. Think
more about silver, and vote with us to
restore tire white metal to the standing 1t
once enjoyed. That is the great solution of
the problem, and the only one that will
bring us the longed-for relief. To one and
all of you | wish to say that we have treated
the white metal in the most shameful man.
ner and il is about time that something were
done TO right the injustice"
this point in her speech Mrs. Howard
paused TO say that as her two minutes had
expired, she would give way to better
speaker.
60 on!" came the response from the gal
lery, and she resumed with smile: 81
really do not think that there is much more
| can say of interest; but l do want to tell
you that we are in this fight to stay. We
may not win this time, but we will the next,
and when we do it Will be a glorious day
for the people. AT any rate. we shall keep
right on fighting the battles of the people,
and in the end victory must rest with US,
for truth is sure in the end TO prevail"
General Grant once said, you will re-
member, that he would fight it out on that
line If 1t took all summer, and | propose to
say TO you now that we will fight it out il il
takes ten years. IL wont take that long.
but If ii does we will keep right on and do
the best we can. Our cause is sure to
triumph In the long run. and then we will
have great Qualification"
The close of his address was greeted with
cheers and then the chairman introduced ID.
0Connell. candidate for the Assembly in
the 1hiTty-frst District
Mr.. 0'Connell spoke in straightforward
manner, without any attempt at 0rat0rical
display, but at times his very simplicity was
eloquent.
II am a workingm an" said he, land If l
mn elected l may lose my job, but TO me
that is matter of small Importance II |
can by doing so serve the people. Already
| fancy / can see the dawn Of new era and
am looking for the time. Year after year
every instance the workiDgmen have been
suppressed either through the agency OF the
PinkeTtons or the strong enforcement of the
laws by the State authorities.
''At times, as consequence, 1t has seemed
dark and gloomy. and | have almost des-
paired Of any relief from it all. but now it
is all changed. The Peoples party has
sprung into existence, and with 1t | hays
found hope for the future. When realized
that this great organization had come to
stay | felt like sick man rising from his
bed, and l realized at once that there was
hope for us all. My joy was such that for
time | found it impossible 10 express 1t, but
now | can talk about it 10 my friends.
Il don't expect To be elected. The forces
against me are too powerful to be overcome
at the first onslaught, but the time will
come when we VIII be victorious. One
thing can say TO you, however, ana that Is
if do succeed att the polls the Southern
Pacific Railroad hasn't money enough at
their command to buy me. The time has
gone by when l could have hoped to grow
rich, and now | am content to plod along to
the end doing what | can in ny simple way
10 help my fellow-men.
THE one thing of which l am proud is
the fact that i have little home Of my
ovid. Presiding over ii is one of the best
and truest wives in all this world and under
her care are three sturdy boys who are good
and loyal TO us both To see them good
men and loyal citizens is now my greatest
hope, and / am sure they will be all that /
could hope or wish.
al thank yCu for your kind attention"
Then A. McDermott of the Thrty-third
District was introduced, and spoke briefly
in support of Weaver and Field
The most important work before III" he
said, is a change in the mode OF electiDg
United States Senators, and until this is
done we cannot hope for much relief. The
history of the last Legislature Is still fresh
in our minds, and we all know that a sub
sldiZed body OF men chose Senator who
did not represent the people. In the seven
years he has served in the greatest legiSla-
tive body in the world, l defy any one to
point TO a single act he has performed or a
single measure hs has advocated for the
benefit of the people. What We want is a
man who will work for our interests, and
such a man can be found only when free
men are chosen bv the people,"
The chairman then announced that owing
to the lateness of the hour the meeting
would be continued till Monday evening.