The morning call., 1894-10-21
w. w. FOOTE TO THE RESCUE
Several Prominent Candidates
Tell What They Could Do.
BUDD ENTERS A WIRED DENIAL.
The Usual Defense of Democratic
Deficiencies Warmed Up for
the Occasion.

Colonel Dan Burns was roughly criti-
czed by W. w. FoOte at Metropolitan
| Temple last night. The cause of il was
political bossism and the occasion was
Democratic rally about 1000 strong. 1t
was a mass-meeting for speech-making
under the auspices of the State Democratic
! Central Committee. A brass band was in
attendance throughout the evening. and
0ratOry was alternately interrupted by
strains of music and loud cheering by the
multitude.
Frank It. Shea presided. As an intro
due ory he welcomed all present in the
name of the State Democracy. which
| party, he said. stands forth for the aboli-
tiOn of the unnecessary extravaganza, eX-
penditure and taxation that now Cypress
the people. He bitterly denounced the
railway monopoly, which lie said is aided
| by an unholy Railway Commission in op-
pressing farmers and merchants, pro-
ducprs and consumers alike, and steadily
r0bbng the people of the State.
The Democratic party. he said. has pro-
| claimed for this campaign a principle of
government based on honest business
methods and absolute integrity. The plat
| form meets every issue before the DeOpe
| fairly and sQuarely. He charged the Re-
!
| years with all the evils politics is heir to.
! In this connection ne said:
ut is not economy but extravaganza that
| has been the motto, and The Interests OF
| The people have In no sense been re-
| spected. That such is the case will be
shown to YOU by the eloquent speakers
who will address you this evening. The
| issues of this campaign are live and burn
ing ones. The Democratic party is not in
1t for spells of Office. but for Industrial
and commercial progression. Democracy
demands that railway companies shall pay
their honest debts, their matured mort
cages; that funding bills shall be forever
defeated ana that tariff plunder shall be
| abolished. If the people are capable of
appreciating men above reproach the 7th
| OF mex; November will show the triumph
of James Il. Budd and the entire Demo-
cratic ticket"
After brief eulogy of Senator White
and Congressman Mcguire, Mr.. Shea in
| troduced James Nealou, candidate for
seat in the State Board of Equalization.
Mr.. Nealnn said:
The man who occupies a seat in that
board as representative of this district
should be familiar with the work OF assess
ment. | flatler myself that / am such
man. / have served as your Assessor,
and / believe my record speaks In my
favor and to my credit. But such is not
the case with my predecessors and sue
eessors in office.
During the years of 1879 S0-S1 and 1882
Badlam was your Assessor. In two o.
those years your assessments were raised
SIT, Geo. l was Assessor in lSS7-S6-S9
ana 1850 and [ was the only one who ever
succeeded in convincing the State Board
that this city was as we'll assessed as any
portion of the State. In 1SS9-one of my
years-San Francisco got a reduction of 5
per cent. Now Siebe is your Assessor and
Swan is your representative on the State
board. Your assessments are raised 20
per cent. which amounts to an enormous
sum in taxes. l am sure there are none of
you who feel that you are not taxed
enough; and yet your assessments are
sor and your representative on the board
"San Francisco has been considered the
legitimate prey OF the State Board Of
Equalization" he continued. sit has been
cinched right along in order that certain
corporations and counties mlght be ia
vored. Had | been your representative
. in the past. these unjust raises would not
have been made, and II | am elected |
promise to keep the assessments where
the Assessor has placed them"
Dr. James l. Stanton, candidate for
Railroad Commissioner then stepped for
ward and made the shortest speech of the
, evening.
,, II am accused of being a railroad man
: and friend of monopolies." he said. ''Well,
| Will simply say that while serving as
| L
gas ana water. and if elected Railroad Com
missioner | shall vote to reduce freight
rates and passenger fares"
W. w. Foote WAS to all tents, purposes
, and in effect the orator of the evening.
In his usual pointed style he said his say
aud the audience cheered in and out of
place just 10 make noise and manifest
enthusiasm. Mir. Foote aDologized Tor
having been i'll and for still not being in
the pest Of health Three months ago he
did not think he ever would look into the
eyes OF his friends again.
81 am glad" he SAID. ";hat in spite of
the elemspts you are out in strong force
T for the good cause of Democracy. Our op-
, pOnents have accused us of being afraid
TO discuss national issues. Those same
, opponents are trying very hard to say
something good in favor of protection and
something bad against tariff reform, but |
don't think they are succeeding very we'll.
They say that the Democratic COnerass
and administration have done nothing
good for the country. Well. we will see
about that.
''To begin wilh," he continued, "the
! Dem cratic party denounced the force
election bill, and that measure fell OF it's
own weight because the Republic cans were
, not in a majority. The Democrats re-
pealed the Federal election laws. If they
had not done so. you would have found
yourselves surrounded and confronted by
I United States Marshals at the polls Oh
election day. and they would have been
there at he behest of Dan Burns. and
would have done his bidding. The Demo-
cratic Congress passed bill at its last ses-
sion which forever denounced all combi-
+ nations and trusts of whatever nature.
t Another thing, the Democrats passed a
: law which doesn't FL all people, but think
it fits most of you in this hail / refer to
I the income tax. There wasn't Republi-
!, can or a Democrat who could conscien~
tously or logically oppose that measure.
The only legitimate argument against 1t
that have heard is that it has a tendency
to make men perjurers. Did you ever
: hear of a man who paid taxes willingly
= l don't believe / ever did. All taxes are
= objected to on general principles
. Il we'll remember, not so many years
v ago, when millionaire was rarity in
this country. But what has taken place
n since the war under tariff protection
: Millionaires and multi-millonaires have
:. risen all around us. They have sprung UP
on every side. 1t is affluence and excessive
a luxury Oh Que side; poverty. starvation
Il and death on the other.
'And right here l wish to say that the
!; | recent great financial crisis came upon the
! country before Cleveland and Stevenson
I were nominated or elected. II came when
: Andrew Carnegie imported detectives to
f; shoot down honest w0rkiDgmen who de-
5 manded fair pay for honest labor; arc
these shooters were paid with money