The herald., 1894-11-30
A LIVELY DEBATE.
The May orally Candidates Have . Warm
Discussion.

The May orally Candidates Have Warm
Discussion.
The Council OF Labor hall was pac ked
to its fullest capacity last night to listen
to joint debate on the eight.hour law
before the Carpenters union. Politi-
clans. candidates and workingmen filed
every inch OF standing room.
Mesars. RAIDER. Ryan. Schnabel and
Hazard were all present, and after
Chairman Mcbride had called the meet.
ing to order. the debate began. Mr..
written speech of Q minutes length In
an inaudible voice and so bsided without
a ripple OF applause. He was evidently
not facing a sympathetic audience.
Henry Hazard followed Mr.. Rader.
He claimed clear labor record and
made a good speech.
Mr.. Schnabel was received with a
ealvo of cheers by his adherents and
dieting a millennium If he was elected,
and claiming to be the only simon pure
labor reformer in the city. He was
almost revolutionary in his utterances.
Mr.. Ryan was received with cheer
upon cheer and made the only logical
speech of the evening. He
kept to the object OF the meet.
ing, and on the eight-hour law
proposition made a number OF telling
points. He defined his position on the
city ownership OF water, the sweeping
of our streets by hand. and called the
carpenters attention to the many times
be had addressed them on various labor
Hia onaooh ~ a falling
and, Notwithstanding pack ed audience,
his clear, business talk and sound argu-
ments carried onviction to his hearers,
and received loud applause.
Mr.. RAIDER declined to speak again
and then Mr.. Hazard made tbs break Of
his life. He said that "Mr. 6chnabel
had stood under the American flag and
preached doctrine Of revolution and
riot" Thia provoked = storm of Misses,
and Schnabel arose and said that Hazard
was "uttering falsehood.
was many minutes before order was
restored and the chairman urged the
audience to be courteous to their invited
speakers. Mr.. Hazard proceeded, claim.
ing that Schnabel professed to be q
Messiah who was to give the working
mon all the earth. He poured hot shot
voked a roar of disapproval.
Judge Ryan followed Mr.. Hazard,
and in q witty and brilliant speech COM
pletely captured the meeting. He called
attention to the fact that he was the
first to advocate q public market, and
vet q circular was being issued on this
proposition with Mr.. Hazard named as
it's candidate for mayor. He dwelt on
the evils OF the chain gang system.
demonstrated how how the city owner
ship of water would give employment to
hundreds OF men. q statement Mr.. Haz-
ard had challenged, and demonstrated
the fallacy OF the latter gentleman's
theory that workingman mayor would
mean more taxation, and thus Cypress
the laboring classes. His argument was
80 convincing that the whole audience
cheered him.
At it's finish Mr.. Hazard spoke again,
showing mis- position at the time the m.
employed movement was on foot here,
and was met with the question, whether
he had not advocated giving men meal
tickets for days work." In a fiery
speech he defended his action and said
he had the courage to tell his convic.
tions at any time. 1t was the hottest
debate ever heard in this city, and
although packed in Schnabei's interest.
the eloquence and earnesrness of Mir.
Ryan convinced the large audience that
he was the right man for mayor.
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