The herald., 1894-09-16

the rich and against the poor. The
campaign OF the Populists was the battle
OF the rich against the poor, and he
therefore asked for q small contribution
to help pay the expenses.
Ladies of the Women's Populist club
then took charge OF the baskets and pro-
ceeded to take up q collection for the
cause. A characteristic motto song was
sung by the qusrtette.
Chairman Pepper then introduced
Hon. j. V. Webster of San Luis Obispo,
the candidate for governor, who said:
This is grand ovation, but the people
OF Los Angeles never do anything by
halves. You give away your lots ana
merely charge for your climate. Your
people are liberal; they are cosmopolitan
and hence they are broad-minded and
liberal people. 1t is the duty OF every
citizen to discuss and digest every ques-
tion that may affect this great govern
ment. We should seek solution OF the
difficulties which now beset the Ameri.
can people without any malice, that we
may find the best remedies for all OF
these troub ubles."
Mr.. Estee has simply heaped ridicule
to present any facts. Ii we cannot give
you any solid facts to go forward on
why, we do not want you with US, for
we do not deserve it. The times have
sadly changed since the old days OF
prosperity, and the question now is how
best to act that we may bring back
those good old times. Mr.. Estee in San
Diego called us anarchists, but | can
excuse him. for he had gone to q drug
store before speaking, and you know
what that means in Kansas. Our con-
test this year is with the Repu blicsne,
not with the Democrats. Mr.. Estee
claims that all of the existing troubles
are due to the change in the tariff. a
party is never turned out of Office for
making the country prosperous, for If
they were it would be an evidence that
the people were not capable OF self gov
ernment. The change in our govern
ment was really like sick man, turning
from the Republican sore eide to the
Democratic sore side. and am ready to
admit tonight that the change WAS Tor
the worse. ApplauseI.
The Popullsts in congress injected an
income tax into the Wilson bill. and it
was chiefly on this amendment that the
Populists supported the bill. No real
free trade bill was introduced into con-
gress during the past session.
The Republicans are in favor OF q
tariff for protection with incidental re-
venue, and the Democrats are in favor
of a tariff for revenue with incidental
protection. The latest estimate made
by John G. Carlisle shows that the re-
venue from the Wilson bill will be
$179 900. 900, or only $24,000.0O0 less
than under the Mckinley bill; go it
will be seen that they are both
working along on protectionist lines.
There is really no principle in-
volved in the fight between the
two old parties on the tariff ques-
tion. The Populist opinion is that it is
a subordinate question, but they agree
that the duties should be put on the lux
uries rather than the necessities of life.
The Mckinley bill did not protect Amer
ican labor. Mr.. Carnegie and others Of
his ilk imported shiploads of the lowest
element of foreign labor to this country,
under the tariff, without considering the
rights OF American labor. Either the
Wilson or the Mckinley bill could have
been made effective in this sense by add
ing two lines, 'thst in all protected
American industries only American citi-
zens shall be employed" [Applause.l
MIR. Eetee did not touch ON any state
issues in his speech, but want to touch
on these matters. Texas has popula-
ton of 2,235, ,523, with three times our
area in square miles, and the cost of the
state government in 1893 was So. 555 921 |;
in Wisconsin in 1898 with population
of |. .6S6. $50 the state coat WAS 81, ,843. 224
whils in California, with a population of
,208, $50, the cost OF the state govern
ment WAS 50, OPS. .243. These facts are
worthy of the consideration of the tax.
payers and when the Populists
make the olnim that they
will cut down the expense OF the
state government 25 per cent. they are
promising to do something that will be
yery easy, for there is room for cut OF
so per cent. The railroads owe the
state So. 900 900. and the last legislature
passed reassessmsnt act, and the new
assessment, instead OF placing it ct
IS 900, 900, now MAKES it $1,000, 900.
They have cut down the railroad prop
erry nearly $4,000 900.
"The Democrats in the last legislature
managed to spend $40. 900 on the running
expenses OF that body for so days for the
employees alone. 1t was a case of two
overseers and one little negro. Zap
plause.] The speakers of the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties have no
good issues ON which to hang their argu-
ments this year, go they are striving to
take all of the arguments from the prin-
ciples of the Populist party. The pledge
of 90 cents tax ON the 500 made by
the Republican party was violated by
7.60 in excess OF the pledge, and the
Democrats are now trying to roll out
the came old chestnut about cutting
down the tax rate in the state"
The speaker then touched on the in
constituencies OF the county government
act, and advised all Populists to vote for
the whole ticket, rs they would then
have men in Office who would keep their
pledges to the people.
Speeches were made by DR.. ]. Rush
and others, and it was IL O'Clock when
the meeting terminated.
Police Notes.
All Lee and Noe Yen were arraigned