The record-union., 1894-11-05

WonQrouS aHectatlon OF sincerity, born of
the fact that he hopes to be defeated this
year and wants to be defeated so bad that
people will not know that he ever did run.
for Congress in lS94-with wondrous
af1ectatlon OF sincerity, he says he is
against the Reilly funding bill and
against any measure of that kind.
Now, let US grant, for the sake of the
argument, that there was a Reilly fund
ing bill when the Republican State Con-
vention assem- bled let US grant for the
sake OF the argument. that there was a
Reilly funding bill pending III Congress
up to the time of its adjournment on the
10th day of August, 1894. Ii there was,
and If it is such bad bill; if it is such
bill that it causes our friend Cami-
netti to hold up his hands in holy horror
and shrink from its terrible effects. and
be convulsed with dread as he examines
its details, why on earth did not Cami-
netti fight that bill while he was in Con-
gress? [Applause.l Why did not hs
make speech against it in Washington,
where it would do some good, while Con-
gress was in session, and not wait until
he came to California, after Congress had
adjourned, and then raise his voice three
thousand miles from the place. where it
would do no good for him to say one
word against the Reilly funding bill
LApplause.l
L call your attention to this that you
may see how inslncere this man is in his
opposition to the Reilly funding bill;
now lnsincere he is in reference to this
railroad question; how insincere he is in
his appeals to the people; how insincere
he Is In his statement that we are insin-
cere in our opposition to that Reilly
funding bill.
have nothing to say-I shall say noth-
ing whatever-wlth reference to the Pc
cullar letter that has been published in an
| evening" ri al hy 4
Camlnetti; and L only speak of il as be-
Ing an illustration OF the fact that did
right IN refusing to lower my self-respect
TO DEBATE any question with any man
who would write such letter and pub
iish lis 1t after II was written. Applause
There is not a man in the city of Sacra-
mento, or the county of Sacramento, or
the state of California, that will be will
Ing to say that L fear to debate any ques-
tlon with any gentleman. But | abso-
Iutely decline to discuss even the railroad
| question with person who will not dis
cuss that or any other question, accord
ing to the lines laid down by gentlemen
for the discussion of public issues. [Ap-
! plause and cheers.
desire to call your attention to some
| matters connected with the record of
your present member of Congress, in
order that you may understand exactly
| what he has not done with reference to
1 Cis
| 1t has been claimed by him that he has
obtained large appropriations for the
! Sacramento River. This is not so. The
appropriation of $4,000 which was OBJ
| tanned for the Sacramento River was
only $4,000 when it left the House of
Representatives, and Senator Perkins
added 900 to it in tho United States
| Senate, and Caminetti never knew il was
| there until Senator Perkins told him he
had placed it there. Applause And
| then he telegraphed to this State that he
had accomplished great results. Laugh
| ter.
| You all know that there has been a
! River and Harbor Convention composed
| OF delegates from various counties inter-
ested in the improvement of the Sacra-
| nento and San Joaquin Rivers for sew
| eral years; that they have held their an
| nual State Convention in Sacramento:
that they have an Executive Committee
| charged with attending to the work,
| which committee has done very valuable
| work for us. You can ask any member
| of that Executive Committee, no matter
who he is. whether he be Democrat or
| Republican, and every one of them will
! tell you that Mr.. Camiuetti has not loca-
| ted one single solitary dollar of the
| amount appropriated under and through
| the request of that committee, at any
| particular point in the river. 1t has been
done by that committee, and you paid
the expense of that committee to go 10
! Congress. Applause. / have that faith
in my ability to attend to the duties of
the office that, if l am elected to Con-
gress, you will not need to send any
| committee there to tell me what my duty
| is, for [ know it too well, and will prob
ably perform it. prolonged applause
and cheers.
| Now, as illustrating the wonderful
work that this man has done for this dis
! trict, let me call your attention to the fact,
and you ask any member of the Execu-
tive Committee of the River and Harbor
| Convention and he will tell you as do
| the ex-Chairman ofthat committee | think
| is here In the room. DIR. Dixon, and ne
can give you full information-that that
! committee was semitic Washington; that
| you paid the expenses, partly out of the
taxes OF the people OF Sacramento County;
that they failed TO obtain one dollar OF
| appropriation from Mr.. Caminetti or his
committee for the great work of properly
clearing the Sacramento River. They
went to Senator Perkins, and he, assisted
| by Senator White, got $4,000 put into
the appropriation bill in the Senate Com
| mittee. They notified Mr.. Caminetti OF it,
! Mr.. Perkins told him TO watch it; Mr..
| Perkins wentto him and begged him to
watch it; Mr.. Perkins asked him ii he
needed his help, and Caminetti said no;
and the Lower House-the house of which
| he was member-struck out that ap-
preparation of S250,000, and Mr.. Cami-
netl could not save ole penny of IL.
| Applause.
L am authorized by United States
| Senator Perkins to name him as authority
! for that transaction. l speak OF that as
showing to you that the vaunted ability
! OF your present member of Congress, by
| reason OF the fact that he Is a memb ber OF
the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of
| TO nothlng; that he can accomplish moth
| ing; that he has in that body but one
thing, and that is vote. He has not the
| courage to rise and defend his constitu-
ents. he onIy makes speeches when
Congress IS not In session. and has them
published in the Record in after days
when Congress is still not in session.
| Laughter and applause,
SO tar as the appropriations for the
| river are concerned, all these other APP
preparations that he has spoken of In the
speech that he never delivered, but has
| since published and circulated, have been
simply on the line of the moneys hereto
fore appropriated by the Nation for
many, many years. A large amount OF
them was secured by the efforts of Tom
| Geary of the First Congressional District,
! and Mr.. Caminetti had no more TO do
with it than he had to do with the oc-
cultation of Mars or the transit OF Venus,
and yet he has attempted TO claim credit
for it. Ii he did obtain them, If he did do
his duty in that regard, he was not doing
anything more than his duty. lie did
right to do it, but he did not do his full
duty in that regard, because he did not
grasp the situation.
No man in the State OF California, care
not who he ls-no man in the State OF
California, be he never so eloquent, be he
never so devoted to the interests OF his
constituents-can understand the needs
and the necessities of the people of Sac