The herald., 1894-10-17
PATTON'S CAMPAIGN.

Santa Cruz Surf: Hon. George s.
Patton, Democratic nominee for con-
gress, left this afternoon for Watson
vile where he will speak this evening.
Mr.. Patton has made very favorable
impression among the people whom he
| has met in this part OF the district. de
| is gentleman OF ability and promise
and of that rarer political qualification
| integrity.
Gonzales Tribune: The anti-rsilroad
record of George s. Patton. Democratic
nominee for congress from this district.
should carry him to victory. His ideas
on the Reilly funding bill are we'll known
and, il elected, be will use his influence
and energy to make the railroads CONE
to time, and that is what the people
want.
George S. Patton. by his honest, out
spoken aed unreconcilable hostility to
the Southern Pacific, has forced the gen.
tlemen at Fourth and Townsend to issue
orders for a most acrimonious and un-
scrupulous campaign. But ii the good
sense of the people prevails on election
day Mr. Patton will be returned trium-
phantly.
Paso Robles Independent: Last We'd
nosday night the opera house was occu-
pied by the Republicans of this section,
who listened to speech by Mr.. Nc
Lschlan, nominee for congress for this
district; and Judging from the remarks
made by MON bers of that party the next
day, he would have been several votes
ahead If he had not spoken here at all.
He was followed by S. B. Campbell, who
delivered a regular old-fashioned stump
argument and very poor logic. He said
this was the richest nation on earth, but
forgot to mention that about 25, 900 per-
sons handle and own all the wealth out
OF population of over 60,000,000. Nc
Lachlan scored the Southern Pacific rail.
road and Campbell extolled it.
Castroville Enterprise: Monterey
county has q chance to put herself on
record on November 9th next. We are
in the Sixth congressional district. The
Democratic nominee for congress 10
George S. Patton or Los Angeles. He is
the anti.rairoad candidate. He is
pledged to and will oppose the Reilly
funding bill. He will vote to at once
foreclose the mortgages on the Central
and Union Pacific railroads, sDd favors
the purchase ana operation of them by
courRgeousy fighting railroad domina-
ton of state politics. He favors the
free coinage OF silver, and advocates
harbor improvement wherever harbor
can be found that is not absolutely con-
trolled by the Southern Pacific COM
pany.
Salinas Journal Ind.): George S.
Patton, Democratic nominee for con-
dol; rLI -
hail last evening, which was closely lis-
tened to by large and attentive au-
dience. Mr.. Patton arrived at 80 Sat-
urday, and spent the afternoon meeting
representative citizens. In the evening
band and delegation arrived from Cas-
troville. After the usual preliminaries
the meeting at the hall opened. Judge
j. X. Alexander was chairman, and the
following Independents were named:
W. V. Gaffsy, E. w. Netherton, Castro
vile; Hon. Thomas Renison, Gonzales;
G. Lapierre, Ed Hunter, r. L. Porter,
]. w. Tholcke, u. Hebert, A. H. Met
calf, E. P. Iverson, S. G. Smith, B. V.
Sargent and w. II. Webb of Salinas.
Mr.. Patton WAS introduced, and he was
received with applause. After itquiet-
ed, he proceeded to business. He dis
cussed briefly national issues and the
tariff question. The speaker devoted
himself largely to the railroad
question, which he said was the great
vital question today in California poll
tics. He took q stand fairly and
squarelv against the bill funding the
government debt of the Central and
Union Pacific roads for 30 years at per
cent, and declared himself in favor of
the immediate foreclosure of the mort
cages upon the road. He went even
further, and said that he would vote to
make both roads q national highway
from Omaha to San Francisco, to be
owned and operated by the government
in the interest of the people. DIR. Patton
is very forcible speaker. who impresses
one with the intense earnestness with
which he presents q question or propo-
stion. He does not indulge in abuse of
the Populists or any other party. lie
presents facts and figures, and on the
railroad question is evidently we'll in
formed. One good feature of his remarks
was the fact that he did not tell stale
stories to obscure the main issues OF the
day. His speech made decided inn
preston. and gained for him many