The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-24

which was obviously raised to drown the
technical portions of his discourse.
He wound up by saying to the ladies he
would have much preferred their presence
at L uiOn Hall during the last Jew nights
TO that OF The six cOloTed members of the
| IlcOnderagO Ciub.
Malvern NJ. Fnote who said he was not
the invested Billy" and had not organ
lied the Society for the Protection of the
Insane for his own protection. then red
dened from the tiD of his dimpled chin to
| tie pntnOst top of his polished dome and
| TOLD how he was slated for the Police
Judgeship. Mrs. Larry Welch followed
10 short talk at the request of the chair
man.
Dan OConnell. the descendant of an
IRISH king. at present singing sweet songs
at Sausalto. said he didn't care to say
much about the proceedings of the munich
pal convention for the reason he might
offend some of his friends. He would let
1t 90 with ia BILE. He told about a dead
dog without the walls of Jerusalem, Bills
terlng In the sun, when Samaritan, own
, brother of the Good One, came along. He
gaZed al the dog moment and said, in
broad Scotch dialect, There's an awfy
smell o. fish ahoot." and he passed on.
Then came a PhaIisee. He viewed the
carcass and found that even its hair was
no good. At last poor man, tatiered and
torn, stopped near the carcass and seeing
the teeth OF the brute, said They glsten
as fair as the pearls of Com Grin" Where
upon the behOlders shouted out "Man,
thou must be god to see any good in
that carcass"
All of which. the poet said, they might
apply to the Democratic municipal con-
VeDtion if they would.
A number of volunteers were then
dragged forth from their hiding places and
made to tell what good things San Fran
cisco boss-ridden conventions were
Among the victims were Auditor William
Frederick, Gus Pratt. Tom Burns, Coroner
Hughes, Andrew jackson Thomas and
Supervisor Dundon.
Congressman Mcguire, who had arrived
short time previously aud was hailed with
three cheers, had finished his breakfast by
this time. and was then announced to
speak. He had escaped the clinic, and was
all smiles, as loud haudclappings and
cheers announced his second welcome. He
commenced by saying it was a pleasure
once again to be among the working Demo-
Gratis of San Francisco, and then drifted
into pleasant story of Private John Allen
of Mississippi From Ale, to the tariff
was an easy step, and for few minutes
the Congressman dwelt on that topic,
slaShing the Republicans and the Demo-
erals who had voted for the sugar trust.
lie was about TO conclude with this when
cries OF railroad ]" funding bil!' were
heard, and be bowed to the demand.
The Reilly funding bilI," he said, sis
proposition to continue that outrageous
system of private monopoly of that public
highway (the Central Paciic) which has
been so enslavng and oppressive 10 every
interest OIL California and to the whole
West for the last TWENTY-FIVE wears Ii
must not be allowed. | believe that If
the DeOI lie Of California will stand faith
fully and firmly behind the men who have
made and are making their fight in this
matter that the Union and Central Pacific
aTTN,o ID ~.
Iallfoads Will within the next three years
constitute public railroad highway be-
tween this Pacific Coast and. the extreme
East, through which perfectly free private
competition will give the people the bene-
d. Oh the minimum of rates for transpurta-
tion with the best ard most efficient SER
wee, which competition Will force.
"The funding bill is a propo>i i'm tn
shit from the shoulders of the men who |
stole $62, 000, 900 of the assets of tha CO.
trail Pacific Railroad Company. which |
ought to be on hand in the Golfers of that
company to satisfy the Governments
mortgage. TO release them from that obli. |
CATION and impose it on the people of Cali
forDia. That debt is not a debt of the
people of California. If it is funded il |
can ONLY be paid by allowing the Central
and Union Pacific companies to chsrye
enough in excessive freights and fares
above the just allowances for operation.
to pay the instruments of the funded deb.
for the whole period until il is paid uff.
thus releasing the real debtors and impos,
ing the whole debt upon the peopl. Of
California. who do not owe il. have
pro ested against it in Congress and ont IF
Congress, and / shall continue to the end
In so far as l may be permitted to stand
for the rights Of the people against this
injustice.
1T is not necessary for the Government
to operate these roads in the sense of
owning and operating trains and CARRYING
freighIs. That, / believe, will not be
done, but the roads being made public
highways the people will be saved from
the oppressive power of the monopnles
that have been so long grinding them"
Congressman Mcguire carefully avoided
all reference to O'ConnelPs dead dog and
concluded. thanking his listeners, amid
much cheering.
Dancing for an hour or so in the pa
vilion and wait for he cars rounded out
the day.