The record-union., 1893-11-07

NO person cOuIQ put MS HngeF Oh tne
spot where ne had ever made dollar dis
honestly.
1t had been charged that he had bar
tered away the offices that might be III
his gift. If any man had such promise
and would come forward, he would re-
sign from his candidacy. [Cheers. He
had particular desire TO be reelected,
because he wanted to relieve the city OF her
burdensome public debt and reduce her
taxes from s. 10 to 81 05, what they should
be. his letter of acceptance to the COM
mittee that notified him of his nomina-
tion was his platform in this campaign,
and he would ask the Secretary TO read
that letter.
The letter was read, and after few
more remarks by Mr.. SteinInan he re-
tired amid loud cheers.
GENERAL HARRIS SPEECH.
There had been repeated calls for Gen
eral y. l.. Hart, and when that gentleman
came forward he was received with tu-
multuous applause.
General Hart spoke at some length on
the subject of independence in politics
and of his steadfast hostility to bosses
and corrupt methods in politics. which
remarks were received with applause.
The General then started in to relate
dream he mad the other night, and said:
II dreamed last night that | sat III the
and as midnight approached | saw the
chief boss sitting in deep contemplation
at table in another room. He is the
stalwart Republican-boss. Soon after
another strolled in. and | looked around
and 1t was Frank DarouX. He sat at the
other end of the table, and they sat and
talked in deep contemplation. Finally,
as time wore on, another came and l
looked up, and it was Jack Sullivan. He
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and they sat- evidently waiting for some
other company to come in; and he came.
1t was Dick Singleton [laughterl. and
they said to themselves: Now, here we
are just approaching an important mu-
nicipal election. We are going to elect
Mayor, and it is IN the highest degree inn
pOrtant to us that we should elect one
who believes i'll our kind Of politics.
Then, in order to do that. we must select
man of some respectability, because, on
that ticket with the Mayor, it will be-
come necessary to have a Board of Trus-
tees, and the appointments of the Mayor
will depend upon their approval. Now,
in the several districts we can easily elect
our Trustees; we will put up one man to
knock another down, and another man
to be knocked down, and by this means
we may succeed in wheedling the people
into the idea that they are voting in their
own interests. Whom shall we nominate
for Mayor?''
a voice. -''Steinman." Laughter
mo; they did not say that. Laughter.
They said: This fellow Steinman-we
nominated him before, and he ought TO
have been our friend, and when we had
that gambling ordinance he voted against
us. He must be killed. l think that
Mr.. Knox would make first-class man to
head our ticket, and how shall we arrange
it? Well says Singleton and Sullivan,
let's hold the Democratic Convention
first, and we will nominate Republican
we will nominate Knox. You come
in, then, and you nominate him, and
when we get into the campaign we will
say that Mr.. Knox is a Democrat Ito our
Democratic friends), and you say he is
Republican to your Republican friends,
and we will carry it OUT Laughter.
And so the conventions were held.
Singleton and Sullivan presided supreme
at the Democratic convention, and all
went along as smooth as a creased pole
not fight in the convention, no trouble,
not even two nominations. And so it
came that the Republican convention
came OFT, and the same thing occurred. to
the astOniShment of people who had been
hearing them prate about politics-these
Republican orators Grating upon politics,
and the Democratic orators Grating upon
politics also.
How comes it that the Democrats 60 into
the Republican ranks to get candidate
for Mayor, and then the Republicans go
back into Democratic ranks to get theirs
And it reminded me OF an old anecdote
that [ once heard, and L believe [ once
told in this city. 1t is a chestnut, so don't
ring your bells, for it is a good illustra-
ton Of the reason that / have something
to say against Mr.. Knox tonight, because
he wants to be Mayor.
"It is story about gentleman and his
wife who attended the State Fair They
walked around the Pavilion until they
came to large, elegant chair, and when
they got it the wife said That is a
beautiful chair! He said Yes, know
it isl and he went on. They walked
around and they came to it again.
She said: Husband, that is magniti-
cent chair y lie said: Yes, know 1t is,'
and he went right on. They came around
again, and she says: Husband, PVe set
my heart on that chair He replied
That is all right, but you will never set
anything else on it, Laughter.
That is the way with Mr.. Knox. We
have got it in for him, because he is sur
rounded by the wrong sort Of people, and
he Will never seat himself in the Mayors
chair-not this time, at least. Applause.
"Wel, as | said before, gentlemen,
after our meeting-in which | believe
there was no personality al alive were
followed by another meeting in which
there was some personality There are
some men who believe at this time that
every man in this audience is looking for
an opportunity to commit a crime. We
are all in the habit TO some extent of
judging other people by our own stand
ard, and | have heard from some people
that wherever you find a lady against
whom cloud of suspicion is whispered
il is always carried by those who them
selves have probably not been exactly
right in their own lives. Whenever you
tnd man who charges everybody with
something criminal, with some act that
Is Wrong-who has no charity-make up
your mind that he is Judging the balance
Of the world from his own standpoint.
Did l say one word in my speech the
other night against Mr.. Knox? 1Cries of
NO! Nowl Did l unllindly mention
the name of anybody?" ["No! Now]
Mr.. Hart went on to say that he was
now going to mention the name of man
whom he had never before mentioned in
public debate. He understood that Grove
l.. johnson had referred 10 him as a gas
bag. a voice-"Burn him uD! Roast
hinv' If it were true that he is gas
bag, would that be any reason why b. L.
Steinman should not be elected? lie was
not going TO waste his voice on any such
talk as that. y large dog never walked
along the street that there was not some
tiste dog barking at his heels. Laugh
ter. Grove Johnson had also made an
attack on j. IL. Henry, but the latter had
started the tide of progress in Sacra-
mento, and when he saw fit to express
a preference for Mayor his opinion was
entitled to respect
He did not care to say much about
Grove L. Johnson, for il he were to
go into his history the audience present
might think it cruelty. Speaking of the
employment of Chinese, it had been said
that Mr.. Johnson employed Chinese
cook. But this was not here nor there