The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-01
SHOTS FOR THE MONOPOLY.
Mr.. Sutro With His War Paint
and Heavy Guns.
J. V. WEBSTER ALSO SPEAKS.
The PopuiistS Demand a Complete
Change of Base and Methods
i'm the State.


cause they are ladies. The large hall was
crowded at an early hour, the principal
attractions being Adolph Sutro, candidate
Tor Mayor, and }. V. Webster. Populist
candidate for Governor, both of whom
had been billed to speak.
The meeting was called to order and
presided over by George w. Van Guelpen,
candidate for County Clerk. He said that
he holds, With Grover Cleveland, that
public office is public trust and not a
private snap. He then introduced Adol oh
Sutro as "the next Mayor of San Fran
CISCO" Mr.. Sutro spoke in part as follows
In five days from now the die will be cast.
! You are to say whether you VIII be freemen or
saves; whether you Will again be American
| citizens or the dependents OF an overbeariug
ana Indecent corporation. In 1856 the people
| rose up In their might TO break the chains of
| the colored man. Four years later the work
| was accomplished BY The election Of the immor.
tai Abraham Lincoln. who restored the slave o
| human liberty. II Is not The colOred man now
| IL Is the white man who Is TO throw of the yoke
| OF slavery. We are no longer free American
clllZens, descendants of the revolutionary
| fatherS, WHO pride themselves upon their
! rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitu-
| ton of the United STATES. When that constitu-
ton was formed It's trainers had before them
| the history OF European countries where every
now aud then revolution took place and a
| new ruler was installed; so in their wisdom
they provided in the constitution of the United
States for peaceable revolution TO lake place
every four years In order TO Civ. us a chance
| 10 Change our rulers, not by the force OF the
| bullet, but by the power OF tie ballot. That
| right, the foundation OF ali our liberties, has
! been taken from US. and instead of the voice OF
| the people being heard, it is the voice of cor
| porate powers which mas assumed the place Of
| That Of the people.
| Are we 10 stand this any longer? VIII we
rally rOund that flag which has never been low.
cred III the face OF a foreign e1emy? VIII We
i A ha hfuV rsnfn hxr- I-n,
| Toe. who has the audacity 10 DEFY the people?
L appeal To he women of our country to come
10 the rescue. Women hats towards. so let
them shame the men into action. Let the
women arouse them into a realization OF the
ignobe position they occupy; make them shake
OH the yoke OF the oppressOr aud show that
there is spark of the spirit of The revolution
AIRY fathers lett in them.
The old political parties are rotten 10 the
core Under the preext OF high or low
tafln ana other minor questions thp country
las been divided into TWO parties-the Demo-
cratic and Republican. Men accustomed to
belong 10 one party or the other will say they
have always voted the Democratic or Republl-
can ticket. as the case may be; that their
fathers have done 50, and that they pro pose to
stick to their party and vote the ticket straight.
PooT, misguided men. They are
struck with blindness, and they should have a
| guardian appointed over them. They
cannot see that IL is no longer question OF
| tarlh, but that IL Is simply question whether
| this country Is 10 be ruled by the combined
| powers OF corporations or by the people. That
| Is tue question:, ana mat Is all tDere Is IN It,
Look at our own local political affairs. We
| have Democratic, Republican and Non
| Partisan ticket before us. Everybody knows
! that the former two have been manufactured
| at the Offices OF the octopus at fourth and
Townsend streets. Blind, blind. blind are the
| men who propose to vote for either of these
tickets. consisting largely OF the tools, the
| slaves the blreliugs OK that mighty corpora
| ton, the Southern Pacific of Kentucky. These
! candidates have the collar of the octopus
around their necks.
| III N
| shoulder TO shoulder at the coming election
ana vote tor the Peoples ticket. II they will
all stand together on one Issue, "Down with the
corporations they will carry the coming cleo
| ton by vast majority.
| One of the most important issues Of this
campaign is the question of the defeat of the
| funding bill by Congress. That is OF more i'm.
portance 10 the people of this coast than all the
| other issues la the coming election and dozen
elections 10 follow. IL that funding bill be-
| comes d law IL means practically the gift OF
seventy millions of dollars 10 the 0ctO-
pus. 1t means the saddling OF that debt upon
The people OF the Pacific Coast. who will be
made TO pay interest thereon and gradually the
whole capital by additional higher rates OF
| fares aud freignts, and above all things 1t
means the continued monopoly of the carrying
| trade OF the Southern Pacific OF Kentucky and
| the exclusion of all competing roads.
You have heard the news of the surrender
| OF the railway combination In granting Scent
| fare from bay 10 ocean. Five months ago Mr..
Huntington was requested TO grant Scent
| railroad fare TO the ocean. He refused. made
| up my mind that the people should have the
right TO travel from The bay To Tie ocean for
| one fare OF cents. 1t has been accomplished
| / need not tell you that 1t has been accom-
| plished without any negotiations or d promise
| OF any kind on my part, directly or in
| directly on The part OF any friend OF mine.
| NJ. McGlynn, candidate for the office of
| Secretary OF State, was next introduced
| He made a speech for the love of the
ladies. whose numerous pfesence at Popu-
| list meetings, he said. was sure indica-
ton OF success Then tor the space of a
| few seconds he spread the eagles wings,
pulled his whiskers and scared through
0ratorical ether.
In review of the political parties in
California McGynn said:
"We find the astounding fact that the
Republican party consists of one man,
Dan Burns, a defauting ex-Sacretary OF
State and worker of dirty jobs"
The speaker then eulOgIZed j. V. Web
| ster, candidate for Governor, and said that
the historic name of Webster-Daniel
| Webster-had not been lowered IN esti-
nation by bringing before the people in
| California his namesake for the governor
ship.
A quartet OF ladies then sang song
which began, "Did you know Uncle Dan
old Dan Burns ?"
j. V. Webster was next called to the
platform. He excused his inability to
| make an extended speech, on the ground
that he had very bad cold. which he
caught by riding forty miles in a rain
storm. He said he had been pleasantly
| astonished to be met all over the State by
great gatherings which had not come on
free passes or free excursion trains. There
had been few bonfires and fewer brass
| bands, but still the people had come. He
regretted that the Populists did not have
a great daily paper TO help along the cam
paign. but whether it comes to victory or
defeat in this election. the Pnpulists will
hold a grand rally in San Francisco and
provide for a great political paper. Judge
Elkana Gibson had said that the great
paper must come even il he has 10 mort
gage his ranch to do l..
He read some figures showing the per
capita cost of operating the State Govern
ments in various States. They ranged
from 81 Is to 81 so in most of the States
enumerated, but in California it costs over
81 per capita. The dull times and exist
ing poverty, he said. are due entirely to
bad legislation aud a money famine in tue
midst of plenty. 1t Is necessary to tear
up existing conditions by the roots and
lay In a new foundation and new system
of government from top to bottom.
Charles A. Sumner followed MIR. Web
ster. He called attention to the value OF
each vote. and cited the case Of Marcus
| Morton, who was once elected Governor
| of Massachusetts, hy a majority of one.