Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-03
THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CITY COMMITTEE.
Some Changes Made in Ward Nomina-
tions-The Young Voters De-
bate-M Meetings-Poli
ical Notes.

The Democratic city central commit
tee met last evening for the purpose Of
hearing the report OF the committees ap-
pointed to fill vacancies on the school
board from the Sixth and Ninth wards.
In the Sixth ward Stephen Meyer was
substituted for E. R. Pirtle, who was
ineligible on account OF the fact that he
had not lived in the ward a sufficient
length of time.
In the Ninth ward Mrs. E. R. Threl-
keld reconsidered her resignation and
her name was allowed to remain on the
ticket.
The new committee is good one and
is already making excellent moves in the
right direction for the success OF the
ticket.
YOUNG MEMS DEBATE.
A goodly crowd assembled in Turn
verein hall last night, the audience be-
ing evenly divided between the two
great political parties. The First
Voters club being the guests of the
meeting, the front seats fell to the Re-
publicans, who cheered loudly when the
favor. The meeting was called to order
by President A. W. P. X innev.
The first speaker in behalf of the Re-
publicans was Raymond D. Morris, a
young man evidently about to cast his
first ballot. He is a very fluent and
easy speaker, and well read up on the
tariff question. He went over the
ground of protection with considerable
tact, and having the Republican First
Voters club in the front rows of seats as
clsquers, the applause was always forth
coming. Mr.. Morris spoke twenty min
utes, and retired amid a volley of ap-
plause.
The speaker selected on behalf of the
Democracy was Charles F. johnson. He
came forward in half difhdent manner,
and had the sympathy of the audience
in no time, but he did not need it. Mr..
Morris, who preceded him, had excori-
ated Stephen M. White for what he had
said in relation to the tariff. Mr.. John
son said he had listened to Mr.. Morris
and was satisfied the Republican state
central committee made great error
in sending Mr.. Estee down here. They
should have called upon Mr.. Morris.
He then passed on to the tariff ques.
tion aid quoted what his antagonist
said about the blessings of tariff. He
then paid attention to the modification of
the revenue laws by Mr.. Mckinley in
behalf of rich capitalists. He taxes
63, 900, 900 people to enrich less than
1000 00O factory owners. He increases
the laborer's wages 20 per cent in order
that he may increase their cost OF living
35 per cent.
But Mr.. Mckinley says it is the for
eign manufacturer who pays the tax on
imported articles. That brings ne back,
said the speaker, to the great yellow
| fever epidemic of 1879. in the southern
states. Quinine, the great specific for
fevers, was quoted at "a per ounce, and
| the southern members came forward to
ask reduction on quinlne go as to re-
duce it to 81 per ounce. The Republican
members OF congress voted for this bill,
and Republican president (Mr. Hays)
signed it, thus tacitly admitting that it
was the American consumer and not the
foreigner exporter who paid the tax.
The young speaker then read some
statistics of exports from 1S47 to 1860,
by which it was proven that under low
tariff the exports OF iron were greater
than in all the previous 10 years under
a high protective tariff. The food and
clothing OF the American employe was
nearly twice as high as in 1880, Just be-
cause of the onerous tariff,
q. V. Smith was the next speaker on
the Republican side. He said be knew
that the Mckinley bill was not wholly
correct in all its provisions, but in the
main it had served great purpose, and
that purpose was the protection of
American labor. He said that this was
the greatest and most prosperous period
in the history of the nation. Protection
is the great human underlying principle
by which we favor our own brothers and
cons in all the business relations of every
day life. Free trade ia the accountant.
ment of savage life. The Indians OF our
earlier days were free traders, as are the
Bedouins of Africa. Protection goes hand
in hand with progressive civilization
and means more enlightened and q
more patriotic people.
The next speaker was Mr.. Frank
Dominguez, On behalf of the Democracy.
He went at the Republican party in the
hammers -and-tongs style that recalled
the old warehouses of 40 years aoo.
The speaking of bie predecessor
had somewhat thinned the audience
but he managed to rouse up those who
remained. He called up the names Of
Lincoln, Seward and Blaine, whom he
eulogized, and then went on to show
how the Republican party had, in
spirit of servitude to capital, wandered
entirely from it's early teachings, and.
becoming the mere passive instrument
OF capital. as led on by Andrew Carne-
gle and other apostles Of high tariff.
When he came to the Homestead affair
and denounced the hiring of the Pinker-
tons, the audience almost rose in their
seats. He spoke in strong ard manly
style and made decided impression on
his auditors. He acquitted himself in
very good style and then retired amid
sslvo Of applause which followed his
prophecy that Grover Cleveland would
60 to bed next Tuesday night once more
president of the United States
Mr.. Morris closed the debate on be-
half of the Republicans. lie came
back to the a lusions made by the pre-
vious.epeaker to the growth OF English
maritime commerce under protection