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

They will not tell you that there are 1,5O0.-
600 idle men who cannot get work IN this
prosperous country. They will not tell you
that there are 100000 American farms
mortgaged, the interest on which Is eating
up the profits of the farmers. They do not
tell YOU this.
There is only one portion of our Govern
ment which Is common to Europe and that
Is the financial system. This is the great
root of evil in the modern political system.
The capitalist by getting a corner on money,
gets corner on you. Not till you discover
this Will yon be able TO cast off the shackles
of slavery"
After couple OF songs by the quartet,
during which q collection was taken up, the
chairman introduced the party's canulua'e
for City and County Attorney, Mrs. clara
l.. FolIz.
Mrs. Foltz was greeted by the loudest and
most prolonged applause accorded any
SPEAKER Of the evening, ana she was SO ire
quently interrupted by applause thut al al
| thougb she occupied the platform Tor over
half an hour her speech was actually shorter
than that of some who were on the floor Tor
much shorter time. She said:
They sing Get Out of the Wilderness
| 7 have long tried to get out of the wilder
ness. For long years i have demanded
equal political freedom. l have pettiOned
and even begged and implored Legislatures
that privilege, where alone 1t Is Of any use,
the privilege of the ballot. There has never
been CLEAN of daylight until the Peoples
party took it up and put that principle into
their platform. | am not boiling this year.
i have been b0lter every year for many
years; now l am with the Peoples party.
| am with any party that VIII nominate
| women for office.
gentlemen # the Peoples party. thank
| you for YOUR generosity. | could barangue
| YOU here till broad daylight telling you
| now thank you for your generosity IN rec
ognizing women. but | want 10 say some
thing about the candidates. Take the hrst
one al the top. 1t must be a brave man indeed
who can 60 about the country ard through
every State and stand up and speak side by
side with a woman who can beat him In
making speech!
General Weaver Is q brave man. He
has been thus into every State lie mas
been South and smelled bad eggs, ana there
were there some Republicans just as rotten
and. no doubt, some Democrats just as bad :;
and he has faced them all, telling them
some solid truths. AS TO the platform OF
the Peoples party might differ somewhat.
but l accept and adopt u. 1t recognizes
women.
This is a government of the people, by
the people and for the people. Women are
people and In that particular category we
come in. The first thing l would like TO see
established is graduated income tax. MI.
Carnegie makes a profit OF 5000 day that
he wrings out of the labor Of his employees.
l would tax that down TO $500 and see how
ne would manage TO get his domestic econ
omy down 10 that.
Now as 20 our municipal government.
/ never sought Office | never sought to
feed at the public crib. l have devoted
myself 10 efforts to make an honest living
In my own grand profession But when
the great Peoples party honored me with
nomination l accepted. | once wanted to
speak for tie Republican party. aud | WAS
naughty enough 10 want to he paid for it,
for there was a time when that party was
devoted 10 freedom, but they would not
allow NE TO speak for them.
81 went over TO the Democrats and spoke
for tariff reform and tariff for revenue only.
But they have not recogn zsd the women,
and there's the rub There's the rub!
wanted 10 be a member Of the Fresno con-
vention, but they looked solemn and WON
dered about the eligibility Of women 10 sit in
conventions, and so ! didn't get TO 60 to
| that convention. Ever since that I've been
| in constant consideration whether II was
not about time for me to bolt. But l have
so much of my time taken up with my pro-
| feSsiOn that l have not been able TO make
political speeches. 1t may take me the rest
| OF my lie; my brown hair may be white.
| and the dimpes in my cheeks may turn into
wrinkles, before / become proficient in my
| profession and an authority on law; but
some time you may see the name of Clara
| L. FOlz among the great of her profession.
|
| ney be assured you will have no occasion TO
| have the affairs Of my Office examined INTO
| by the Grand Jury; and be assured that
shall keep sober every DAY in the year! In
! the language Of great man, a public office
! is a public trust and l shall keep 1t sacred
''In tile language of tile greatest man
| living to-day, 1 believe in reciprocity
I You stand by me and | will stand by you.
; Your wives, your sWeetneartS viii instruct
you to vote for Clara Foltz for City aud
County Attorney. and see 10 it that you
honestly fulfill the trust. You are the
trustees Of their ballots. See that you use
them as instructed
This country has great future. II is a
great country because of its men. And did
you ever think Of IL? Yen are the sons Of
women. | believe in the future of this
country because OF the patriotism of the
men Of the cOuntTy-sons Of patriotic
mothers.
"Of course you will all vote for Judge
Campbell for Police Judge. He is noble
man. A face Is worth something, for 1t
tells something, and his face is an honest
one. Vote for him, for he will make the
DRINKS stand up.
"As to Judge Wallace, no purer, ADLER or
better man can be found. He is ft to grace
the bench or the halls Of Congress or the
United States Senate or any exalted posi-
ton.
Aud now the school board. It makes
me sick when | think Of twelve great big
men sitting on school board and not
single woman-nor married woman Tor
that matter-amOng them. The Republi-
cans nominated twelve great big men for
the school board, aud the Democrats nomi-
mated another twelve great big men for
the school board, but the Peoples Party
recognize the women. This is especially
woman's prerOgatiye. Half the pupils in
the schools are girls and large proportion
OF the teachers are women, and women
should be on the rhoOl board. II you must
scratch your ticket, don't scratch the school
board. Leave the women on the school
board. Don't scratch the womenl"
j. A. johnson, candidate for Mayor, fol-
lowed: He said
cit requires a good deal of courage TO
face an audience after Clara FOliZ. As a
local candidate / will cOnfne my remarks
to local propositions. Oar platform de-
caTes for city ownership OF the streetcars,
electric-lights, gas and water works and
telephones, and they are all practical-as
practical. coherent and logical as the multi
plicatiOn table. Do you remember how
that first struck you? | do l did not
know it till l was over 20 years old.
How are we TO get possession OF these
public utilities? We propose TO buy them
We do not propose to rob any body. Let the
Government loan % the city on any good
security that a bank would take and loan
at 2 per cent the money 10 buy with.
France loaned money at no per cent to
start It's factories. ana the factories were
set 10 booming and the goods were sold TO
the Germans and The debt was paid, all be-
| cause they had cheap money.
1.-The newspapers will tell you that mort
cages represent wealth. We want to create
o debt here and get some property. We
will pay for all we get, but we may have to
squeeze some of the water out of the stock
before we pay for IL. TIE property of this
city is asses ed at S275, 100000, call it
$500. 000,0 900. which is not too high for a
loan. Borrow S30,00O,00O On that at per
cent
ELECT me Mayor and you will have no
taxes at all 10 pay. We can do It, All we
| need is some votes. The streetcars will
pay all the taxes of the city and paw all
expenses. We will abolish the offire of Tax
CollectOr-no Collector. no Assessor, no
deputies, no clerks in either office