The herald., 1894-11-04
tlEAR, CONVINCING AND MANLY
ur. George s. Patton Speaks at
Music Hall.
He Arouses His Large Audience to
Great Enthusiasm.
A Courageous aud Patriotic Treatment
Of the Living and vital Issues of
the Csmpaign-FIOt Shots
From Full Locker.

Mr.. George s. Patton, Democratic nom.
lnee for congress in the Sixth congress
Ional district, addressed large audi
snce in Music hall. South Spring street,
last night.
1t Was one OF the closing meetings Of
the campaign. and Mr.. Patton. eloquent
and fiery orator as he is, announced his
qualification that the campaign was
nearly over. and his long series Of ad.
dresses was nearly finished.
He did show the wear and tear OF the
past few weeks, and seemed inspired by
being amongst the familiar faces of his
own home. His address was not only
clear and ringing, but convincing, and
awakened his auditors to repeated out
bursts OF applause after telling points
and his manly expedition of the real
issues Of the campaign.
Gen. j. X. Mathews called the meet-
:.S SC order and introduced Col. O!iE
Wellborn az chairman and James A.
Craig as secretary.
Colonel Wellborn, in assuming the
chair, spoke briefly but eloquently. The
meeting, he said. was being hold under
the auspices of the party that stood for
civil and religious liberty; for freedom
OF conscience, freedom from monopoly,
freedom Of person and of exchange. He
believed that the party would see these
elements create the moet glorious fabric
OF government the world has seen.
Mr.. Craig read list of vice presidents
Of the meeting, and then Colonel Well-
born introduced the speaker OF the
evening,
MR.. PATToN's ADDRESS.
Upon being introduced Mr. Patton
was greeted with long continued out
burst OF applause.
He began by saying that he apprs.
ciated the honor ON the closing night of
the campaign OF addressing an audience
in the city in which he had spent the
most OF his life.
He would not attempt to answer many
foolish and baseless questions and as
sertions which had been presented by
the Repu blicans.
He would not waste much time on
the absurd statement that the Demo.
cratic party was responsible for the
financial distresses of the country. A
financial cyclone burst upon the country
during Mr.. Harrison's administration.
When he turned over the reins of gov
eminent to Mr.. Cleveland, already the
catastrophe was about TO burst. 1t was
aubterfuge that postponed the crash.
Each man, he said, has his theory as to
the causes OF the trouble of the last few
years. His was that in 1873 John Sher-
man struck down our financial fabric.
WIKI that destruction Q! hal! the ci.cu<
lating medium OF the world. began that
fall in prices which resulted in such
fatef1l conditinns
He believed that when bimetallism
was established it would be the stepping
stone to a sound system. 1t was his
ardent belief that it was absolutely
right and sound and expedient. He
had never faltered in this belief. The
only hope of the re-eatablishment OF this
system ne believed was the Democratic
party. He admitted that the party was
not united on the question, but in the
great portion of the country where
Democratic supremacy is unquestioned,
bimetallism is unquestioned. On the
other hand the Republican party was
welded to monometallsm.
Mr.. Patton referred to the withdraw wal
OF Senator John P. Jones from the
Republican party on account of it's posi-
tion on the silver question as signi6-
cant.
He said he had always been fearless
and candid on this question. He had
observed during his absence that the
Evening Express had cast come insinua.
tions upon his beliefs on the silver q ues.
tion; he had seen editorials in this
sheet which is bound up with the
Southern Pacific Railroad company. He
desired to say that ii the editor OF the
Evening Express continued such state
ments he would do SO knowing that he
would state what is absolutely false.
The eloquent speaker referred in com.
plimentary terms to Mr.. McLachlan,
the Republican candidate, but said Mr..
McLaohlan had been saying that he was
trying to evade the tariff issue and was
making up railroad Issue. He then
went on to give his views on the tariff,
briefly reviewing Democratic legislation
on the subject. He had never evaded
or sought to evade the responsibility
that devolved upon him as a member OF
the. Democratic party and it's position on
the tariff. The people had given man
date to the party to 90 to Washington
and carry out it's pledges.
Mr.. Patton spoke of his presence in
Washington during the long summer
fight to pass the tariff bill, and the
presence of the the immense influences
TO defeat honest legislation. He be.
lieved the bill that was passed WAS the
best that could have been passed under
she circumstances, and the best since
ths Walker tariff OF 1876 It had given
system under which the commerce OF
the United States must expand, and the
hand of oppression would be removed
from the people. The income tax pro.
visions OF the act he believed needed no
argument to defend it-a tax upon the
accumulated wealth OF the country; a
tax for instance on such corporation
as the Southern Pacific of Kentucky,
which had evaded the payment OF it's
just taxes
Mr.. Patton referred to the condemna-
tion of the income tax by the Republican
party, and the silence of its orators on
the plank Of their platform. discreet
and wise silence is the way Mr.. Patton
spoke OF II. He also referred to the fact
tnat the new congressman who are
elected Will have nothing to do with the
tariff fsr the two years OF their term,
ana that his views and those of Mr.. Nc
Lachian on the tariff question for that
reason are not Of much Importance to
tne people OF Southern California at this
time. NO changes would be made in two
years, and quoted speech of Thomas
b. Reed to that effect.
he tnen asked why he was reouepted
by Mr.. McLachlan 20 confine himself 10
the tariH, and answered it by saying
that u was because Mr.. McLachlsn had