The herald., 1894-09-23

ready to lead forlorn hope. But in
etead of being q convention OF proxies,
we find that it was q great outpouripg
of Democrats. The Democracy had only
been sleeping, and it became thoroughly
aroused, and now being in the fight
want to win. l am one of the fruits OF
the public schools of California; the
people OF California paid for my educa-
ton, and | believe that | can pledge
myself to care for our common schools,
Notwithstanding what Mr.. Estee says
what he will do for our schools. Mr.. |
Estee and are old friends, for we fought |
together under the Greeley banner; now |
we are fighting against one another. and |
it grieves me that in his old age that he
| has wandered from the paths OF rectitude. |
| [Applause. l believe that parties have
principles, as he has announced in his
speeches in Southern California. |
recognize the fact that We have issues
that are national state and county, and
| in each location there are questions in
which the people may take an intense
interest. l recognize that in the party
| platforms are enunciated principles on
which we would stand or fall, but | have
not vet found Republican orator who
is ready to meet us on state issues. APP
plause. challenged them to meet us.
but they have been sH silent as death.
They said, Why not talk about the tariff
or the Chinese question. When they
talked OF the Chinese they barked up
the wrong tree. They forgot that in 1882
it was through my efforts that l got a
day set for the Chinese bill. They for
got that it was l who had arraigned SEQ
retary OF the Treasury Mccullough in
congress for deliberately destroying the
force and power of the Chinese law. But
do not see how az governor OF California
| could compel the Legislature to pass q
Chinese exclusion bill. | do not eee
either what the governor of California
has got to do with the tariff. Since 1861
the party to which 1 belong has not
been able to control all branches of the
government and effect any tariff legisla-
ton. The present tariff bill has not
been in effect 80 days and it is not retro
active. In speech in San Bernardino
MIR. Estee said that prior to Mr.. Cleve-
land'a entry into Office there was plenty
of work and everything was lovely, and
to quote an old saying the Republican
goose hung high. There were strikes
all over America prior to that period.
Look at the strikes in New Orleans, in
Wisconsin and at Homestead, with hum
dreds, nay, Thousands OF men out of
employment. That was not during Mr..
Oleveland's administration. The bank
failures in America grew out OF
the failure .of the Barring Bros.
in England. Money was locked up all
over the world and bank after bank
began to give way. If any tariff bill
caused this trouble it was the Mckinley
bill, not the Wilson bill. 1t was Repub-
lican tariff legislation, not the Demo-
cratic legislation. Can they lay on q
bill not so days old depression which
transpired before it's passage?
Nv hen they come to state taxation
they are as mum as oysters. California
ia the most outrageously taxed state in
the union. The state of Illinois in 1891
and 1892 spent $l0,000,000 and Califor-
mia in the same period spent sic, ,000,-
,, 600, or 100000 more than the great
state. Of ,UJGojS poi falifff6i Tor 8fRte,,
: county and district tvxes, while New
Jersey spends only $4,000 900 for the
same purposes, and Georgia spends
|, Sl3. 600, 600 less than California. Indiana
spends over 5000 900 less than Califor-
mia, and the same is true of Iowa
and Kentucky, the parent of the South
! ern Pacific, epends over $12, 900, 900 lees,
Texas spends $9,000.000 less than Cali.
!ornia. They will not discuss thi mat
ter because they say it is local issue
, ls it local issue to tax the people to
death? The governor is placed in the
, state house to protect the people from
this great burden of taxation.
I'm San Bernsrdino Mr.. Estee said in
J 1S9l-92, Democratic year, the state
expense was $9,740,000. We had part
of the legislature, but there was Re-
publican governor who could have put
on the check. l telegrsphed for the
record at Sacramento, and it shows that
the total expenditures were over $15,-
100000. In other words, he quoted the
figures during q claimed Republican
governor $6,OOO.O 900 less than they act.
uslly were. You had man for governor
whom Dan Burns took from his pes ceful
avocation OF watching his vines in Pasa-
dens.
''Mr. Estee says we can't help these
expenses, and says they are the result
of erecting pu bile buildings. During the
first year of Stoneman's administration
he reduced the expenses of the govern
msnt 100000. Tho expenses in 1898
were over $9,00O,000, or double what
they were in 1883. The four years of
Stoneman's administration amounted to
less than $20,000.000, while the four
years OF Markham's administration
amounted to over s33.0O0,0o0. The ex-
penses are increasing Cay by day, and
when we pledge our candidates in accord
with our platform to reduce the state
taxes. they tell us we ought to diecuss
Cleveland's Hawaiian policy. Does that
policy take dollar out of your pocket?
"Mr. Eetee aaid in this hall that the
people don't want q cheap government
l say we want an economical govern
ment. leave this question to the
people OF California, whether the South
ern Pacific shall evsde it's taxes and pile
their burdens on the people. We recog-
nize that this corporation, which has
taxed US to death, should be brought into
subsection. In Bakersfsld my late
leader and now my opponent said that 7
what che people wanted was com
petitive railroad. That waS an admis-
sion that the railroad was robbng the |
people. We propose to choke 20 per
cent reduction of rates out of the South
ern Pacific of Kentucky. The farmer
who ships a ton OF whsat to Port Costa
and gets SIG ton, the railroad tskes
81 SO, or more than one-quarter of the
money, and yet we built this railroad
with our money. Our learned opponent
says you want competition, but l say
the Democratic party will give you re-
lief. When the lower house passed |
resolution asking for the removal of the |
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