The morning call., 1894-05-18

!. knownllawver Informed the meeting that
| he was '49er. He had watched from
i early days the. growing sentiment of the
! people. and that sentiment would not
permit absolute control on the part OF
4 corporations
i God knows" said the speaker, land
i man knows that this. State of California
1 needs both moral and political enfran-
4 chisement to-day God knows that pol
! luton has been brought into our politics
by the lllegtlm:te and corrupt influence
+ Of corpOretionSi
! "CiriZenSi arouse your manhood and
| courage enough to stand UP for the essen
/ tlal principles OF good government and
/ good politics and say to these mOnOpOlistS
! wen controlyou, not you nsW We have
! shown supineness and apathy in our sub
I mission for tbe past twenty years to cor
! porate control. II is now felt in the minds
of our people that our fighting Qualities
called out and properly organized would
| re-estahlish our city among those greatest
| in the Union.
"a present we cannot breathe without
corporate PERMISSION. We've lived here
TOO long. been too supne, while even the
sacred. temple Of justice has not been left
untarnished"
In conclusion Mr.. Highton called on
those present to extend heart and hand to
Mr.. SuirO for the position which he had
taken. For himself the speaker would
eOtunAaAtlJ ElNG Ills ociNlC6S gratis 10 MI
SutrO II any trouble shall arise. Three
cheers for MT.. Sutroi
James II. Barry, the STAR OF San Francisco,
apOlGRtzed for lug his hat of, and then said
a few words on the subject he expressed his
entire and hearty sympathy with the move
ment He had listened with great interest TO
Mr.. Sutro In his proposal TO fight for a 5-cent
fare. The speaker had heard Mr.. SutrO saw
the same thing number Of times.
"Mr Sutro Is rich man, but | am glad
he 10 rich. lie Is one of those rich men
wh0is rot selfish. lie is public bene-
factor" said the speaker. Something
SutrO's motto. His good deeds were
known to all, and when he rises and SAYS
he is in this fight against the Southern
Pacific we know he means what be says.
This is the most offensive monopoly that
people ever heard Of"
The speaker said he was not only op-
posed TO railroad monopoly, but also TO
land monopoly. Mr., SutrO was a land
moH0polist, true, but he was the kind of
mOuopollst that the people loved. 1t was
different with the railroad. The incident
of Mussel Slough was referred to, in
which. the southern Pacific CAME down
upon some land tenants who had puT-
erased their property from the roa1 at
81 so an acre, with brief notice to nay up
sum Of from $50 TO $40 an acre or quit.
The landowners rose and fought, some
even: were killed. but the railroad
implied after all.
go to the polls" said the speaker; ;
vote as you ought and all will be we'll"
The speaker said that Mr.. Sutro might
possibly be sued fer libel. Well. If so. he
particularly desired that he might be
called on TO expose some OF the railroad
methods. Every one would cali Mr.. Sutro.
blessed for the fight be was making, but
Sutre, rich and powerful though he was.
could not make the fight unless others
stood by him.
. Mr. Hubbs .eulegized Nr. Sutro once
more and then introduced Recorder L. j.
"GypD, who. in very few words, extorted
the people of the district to take an inter-
est in the movement by attending meetings
of the district club. Once form Ida Ole
Organization was established the railroad
would gst scared.
Henry 1oomey was then vigorously
: shouted for, but, falling to respond, Rath
b. Perkins spoke in his stead.
who cares for 5 cents?' be said, loOk-
ing round upon the crowd. One or. two
shouted II do" but the speaker was not
disconcerted. He spoke of fourteen years
ago. when he first arrived in San Fran
CISCO AT that time such thing as the
Traffic Association would hive been i'm
possible. But some good work in that d.
Tection had been done, and the time wa,
canning when San Francisco would not be
known as the last of the slave States
Now WAS the time TO strike. The rail-
road was nearly bankrupt. and men ought
TO gather together aud kick it further