The record-union., 1893-11-06

uludte were too slim 10 warrant MS DelnS
counted as factor in the contest. One OF
the candidates was nominated by the re
publican party and one other organlza-
ton. The speaker omitted to mention
the Regular" Democracy, which noml-
mated Mr.. Knox.l The other candidate,
he said, had been nominated by his
checkbook and the money he carries
about with him.
The other night A. L. Hart of the firm
OF Hart & Harlow made speech IN
which he cast eulogiums on Steinmsn
and set him up so high that it would re-
quire the trumpet of the archangel Ga
brlel to resurrect man fit 10 stand upon
a pedestal so high as that on which Hart
had elevated Steinman. LET us puncture
the wind from this gas-bag," said john
son, and then be proceeded to criticlse at
length General Hart's speech delivered at
the Steinman meeting. He ridiculed the
idea OF setting Steinman up as an advo-
cate or defender of purity in politics and
the opponent of bossism, and charged
that in 1892 he had stuffed the ballot-boX
in one of the precincts and secured the
defeat of L. Z. Ames for Trustee and the
election of II. B. Nielsen.
The speaker declared that at all times
that Steinman had held office he had been
the subservient tool Of the bosses. If we
were to have bosses, he (JOhnson) pre-
ferred Frank Rhoads to Bill Harlow,
Frank DarouX to jim Kelly. Jack Sulli-
van to Izzy Alexander, or Dick Single
are necessary, let us have those who are
entitled to respect for the ability with
which they do their work.
Mr.. Hart had said that Steinman had
always been the friend of the working
man. He is rich. One of the necessities
of workingmen are houses for their fami-
lies, and where are the cottages that
TN. fl,ox -orriv
of Sacramento? Where are his factories
or workshops? Where are the stores he
has built? The only one he has erected
with the money wrung from the people
whose faces he has ground is devoted to
Chinese gambling.
Mr.. Johnson then related the story told
by Dennis Kearney a few weeks ago Of
an Eastern man denying that the people
of California are a unit against the Chi
nese because he (the Eastern mani found
Chinese waiter employed in Stelnman'S
eating g-house at the Sacramento depot.
The speaker next referred to the dis
charge of Engineer Renwick from the
Water Works, by the Mayors order, and
denounced the latter for refusing to give
Renwick a hearing on the charge against
him.
What, he asked, had Steinman done
for Sacramento as an individuaR He is
part owner of one building on j street.
and is too poor to put any kind of an
awning in front OF it. Most of his real
estate is in San Francisco. He uses his
power for all that is in him. Only the
other day he said to a man on whose
house he holds mortgage, that he'd live
to see the time that he'd own the prop
erty-and this because that man is OPP
posed to him for Mayor. Every ordi-
nance he is seeking to enforce was on the
books when he went into power. He
promised to have China Slough filled,
but all he has done toward ii has been to
dump the garbage from his Chinese tene-
ments into it. He is entitled to no credit
for the Improvement of K street, which
was the result of the efforts Of other citi-
zens, among them Mr.. Knox. Stein
mans manner Of enforcing the sidewalk
ordinance was the same as that employed
by him in the case of the awnings-to OPP
press his enemies.
Steinman has been a perfect Gar in his
treatment of people, and a Door in the
Board of Trustees. If elected be will be
a dangerous man. He went to George
Z. Bates, a city bondholder, for an Opin
ion on the validity of the charter. Daniel
Meyer. another big bondhoIder, is per-
sonal friend of his. Another reason why
he should not be elected is that he is the
President of the gas and electric light
company, one of the worst mOnopolies in
the State. A man cannot serve TWO mas
ters. His platform is his check book, and
he hopes to win by the use of his money.
With the great power given by the new
charter he would be as dangerous man
as Ferdinand Wood was in New York.
Give him that power two years, backed by
a subservient police force, and the people
could picture out the consequences of his
election.
Johnson then gave his attention to Mr..
Knox, who he said is truthful man, and
one who does what he deems to be, right
under all circumstances. The forty years
OF his life in Sacramento was an open
book. In times of public danger and dis
tress the people had turned to him for
relief, and in 1862, when the waters came
over the city, public opinion selected him
to take charge OF the matter Of saving the
city. He was elected Second Trustee in
1875, when the city's streets were streets
of mud, and the treasury bankrupt. He
took hold and said the city must enter on
a course of progress. He obtained
S200,00 and spent it on the streets. He
inaugurated the raising and paving OF
the streets, relying on his indOmitable
will and the confidence of the people to
carry him through. In 1878, when the
city was again threatened, Knox took
hold and worked in the mud and water
to save her. The Legislature by special
Act gave him sole control of the levee
Knox is independent of the bosses; he
wears no mans collar, and if elected will
prove an honest, independent Mayor,
recognizing only one platform-the good
of Sacramento-and only one light to
lead him on, the light of duty. Elect him,
and the levees will be taken care of, and
the sewers will be attended to; elect him,
and the city debt will be paid without
injury to anyone. [Cheers.I
CHARLES I. JONES.
The next speaker was c. I. Jones, who
confined himself chiefly to an appeal TO Re-
publicans to stand by their organization.
The present municipal campaign was the
most important ever witnessed in the
city, being the first under the new charter.
One reason why Knox should be pre-
ferred over Steinman is that the former is
the friend OF the charter. II Steinman is,
he has poor way of showing it. He was
the first TO cast a doubt upon its validity
by asking that it should be tested in the
courts. AS Mayor under the new char
ter he would go into office opposed to it.
Beside, Mr.. Knox represented the Re-
publican party, and Mayor should have
some politics about him. 1t was said that
Knox was the nominee of the bosses and
would be controlled by them, but any
one that knows him knows he cannot be
controlled by bosses and rings.
Mr.. Jones then reviewed the conven-
tlons which nominated Knox and Stein
man, and asked if the latter had any poll
tics. The Reorganized Democratic Con-
vention, which nominated Steinman,
was, be said, packed in the latter's inter-
est, and was a disorganized mob. 1t
adopted Democratic platform, but Stein
man had not indorsed il. 1t had been
said that Steinman had already promised
all the offices within his gift in case he
should be elected, but Knox had not
made one promise. The Republicans had
considered no one else for Mayor, as
Knox was the kind of man they wanted.