Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-04

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II shall devote my whole energies te
the accomplishment of the objects
have suggested, and the general inter
ests Of the people, If elected. My am.
bition is not simply seat in congress
but TO contribute, in some degree, and
to link my name to some extent, with
the dawning glories of the Pacific coast.
"Mr. j. de Barth Shorb, in his letter to
the Democratic convention, declining the
nomination for congress, travels far out
OF his way to cay: 1T will be interesting
to know if the Southern Pacific COM
pany can elect man pledged to prevent
building breakwater. For this is their
scheme.'
'.If Mr.. Shorb refers to me-and it is
difficult to see who else could have been
intended-then have to say bis Ian
guage implies that am pledged to such
policy. But, as have already shown
you, the statement has no foundation in
truth.
81 am in favor OF precisely what Mr..
Shorb asserts | am pledged against. His
words further imply that am under the
control of the Southern Pacific company,
and that my course in congress will be
directed by that corporation. This is
equally untrue. am in no way bound
or pledged to, or controlled by, that or
any any corporation.
"The needs of the district in which
congress can render aid are numerous
improved harbors, public buildings
where che same are needed, coast de-
fences, full development of the irriga-
tion system, and millions of people to
develop our lands, mines, and other in
dustries. Each and all of these objects
are coneonant with the best government
and in line with the established policy
of the Republican party.
"The island of Great Britain, with an
area of 81 000 square miles, has popu-
lation of 2S 100000. The state of Cali
fornia, with an area of $4,000 square
miles, and more fertile lands subject to
cultivation than the whole area of Eng
hand, has only about l.25O,0OO inhabit-
ants.
"California combines within itself all
the elements that go to make great
country, happy homes, profitable COM
merce and profitable manufactures, and
is capable of supporting larger popula-
tion than now inhabits England.
"Thousands of millions of dollars have
been expended upon the eastern coast
harbors and defenses, and upon the
great rivers OF the east. Foreign and
inland commerce, safety and rapidity of
travel and transportation, have we'll re-
paid the outlay. In the meantime the
Pacific coast has received very little
attention in that direction. In Justice
to us, in the interests of commerce and
progress, we should now receive some
thing like our share of the expenditures
for those great purposes.
IL am in favor of the principle of pro-
lection to American labor, American
industries, and American commerce,
incluling the bounty upon our new and
fourishing industry-the manufacture
of beet sugar.
"The tariff protects almost every in
dustry of the farm, the orchard, and the
forest. 1t increases the wages of labor,
enables the laboring classes to live bet
ter, to dress better, and to educate their
children.
''In these few remarks I can but
glance at these questions. The mere
statement of them is an argument in
favor of their universal acceptance.
II am citizen OF California-my in
terests are centered here-my family
and my friends is here. All that I
have and hope to be are bound up in
the prosperity and welfare of this
state"
Mr.. Lindley's remarks were received
rather coldly by the crowd. They list
eued to him atteutively though, all the
way through. His remarks were only
OF general character and not estab-
lished by argumentative proof.
SENATOR CARPENTERS ADDRESS.
After music by the band, Hon. r. B.
Carpenter, of San Francisco, who repre-
sents Los Angeles district in the state
senate and the Western Union company
in the courts, was presented Senator
Carpenter opened up with his usual ar
gument in defense of the Republican
tariff policy. which he said protected
American labor and industry from the
pauper labor of Europe. The working
men of this country, he said, lived like
gentlemen and educated their children
on the earnings of their toll. They
should not be disturbed by any change
in the tariff system.
Senator Carpenter made defense of
President Harrison and the charge that
he was chilly in his manner. Mr.. r.Cleve-
land he held up as the champion letter
writer of the age. He failed to assert,
though, that all of Mr.. Clevelsud's let
ters were very clever epistles. President
Harrison, he said, had given the people
an able, an honest and an efficient repu.
tation. He referred to the austere
purity of the presidents private life,
and also to what he termed the inflexi-
BILE honesty of his official career.
Mr.. Lindley came in for fulsome praise
at the hands of the speaker. He re-
ferred to the fact that never, until Mr..
Lindley had become candidate for
congress-, had any attack been made
upon his private character. Since then,
though, some scandalous rumors had
become extant that there was something
wrong with the Whittier Reform School,
They were charges without specifica-
tions or a scintilla of evidence to back
them up. The speaker claimed that the
people would put the stamp of disap-
proval upon these calumnies upon Mr..
Lindley at the ballot box.
UNCLE BILLY WILLIAMS sPUDs.
The speaker of the evening was next
presented, in the person of Hon. Will
lam Williams. After few Introductory
remarks, in which, like all other Repub-
lican orators, he referred to what he
termed the grand history of the party,
"Uncle Billy" proceeded to business.
He entered into long defense of the
tariff, and claimed that it had made the
American workingmen the best fed,
the best clothed, and the best educated
class IN tho u,orld Tbox, boJ t1 EO0