The San Francisco call., 1896-10-14
LABOR
Is TIE LEVER THAT
MOVES THE WORLD.

The meeting was large, enthusiastic and
demonstrative, every point made by the
speakers being greeted with applause.
W. J. Lawlor, chairman OF the Cali
fornla Silver Campaign Committee, called
the meeting to order with the remark that
some people had said that the laboring
men of the country were deserving the
Democratic party, and he and his asso-
ciates desire 10 show that this is not true.
He said: Union Hall has been rented by
our organization aud will be placed at the
disposal of the laboring classes during
the remainder of the campaign, thus CIV
ing them an opportunity to discuss the
status of public affairs in their own way
and TO their own satisfaction.
P H. Mccarthy, representative work
ingman a carpenter by trade, was intro
duced as chairman of the evening and
kept his hearers laughing for half an hour
by his sarcastic expressions of sympathy
for Mark Hanna III his efforts TO improve
the condition of the laboring classes.
Tie speaker was interrupted By the ap-
pearanca of two marching cam paign clubs,
who came into the hall bearing banners
and torches, preceded by noisy drum
corps.
After declaring that California once
kept Mr.. Hanns's miners from starving,
Mr.. Mccarthy introduced Judge Maguir e,
Chief" and the audience rose to him in
greeting.
Judge Mcguire opened his address with
a glowing tribute to the good works of
wise and iudiclous labor organizations.
He said that he had at all times given aid
10 the efforts OF the workingmen OF the
kountry, organized and unorganized, in the
s,ruggle to improve the condition of the
laboring classes.
t'I have stood ever as / stand now, bat
Ting against usurpation OF the natural
rights or the masses and insisting that
there shall be equal opportunities to all,
special privileges to none," said Judge
Mcguire, and the audience applauded.
The speaker denied that the Demo-
cratic party had endeavored TO make a
class issue in this campaign, and said that
if anybody had thrown down the gauntlet
of class issues it had been the Republicans.
In this regard Judge Mcguire read from
the Chicago Auditorium speech, wherein
the Democratic procession in Chicago was
likened urto Coxey's army after it had
reached Washington.
A quotation from Thomas Jefferson to
the effect that poor man, though
clothed in rags, if honest, is the equal of
the proudest aristocrat in the land, though
wrapped in the rich robes of regal gran
deur, called forth applause.
Judge Mcguire said that while he pro-
posed to speak mainly of the silver issue,
vet there were other subjects to whicn he
felt it duty to call the attention of his
hearers. the most important that came
to his mind was the plank in the Demo
cratic platform which protests against
government by injunction. He said that
this was new invention to break down
the rights of the people He described
how injunctions were issued out OF the
United States courts and said that man
I'D lar nh a H.
should demand a trial by jury, would be
told that no jury trial woulG be allowed
for violating Jud ge-made law, and there
fore the Judge would arbitrarily proceed
to act as Judge and executioner, carrying
out his own edicts without regard to the
rights OF the people.
At this point an amusing episode inter-
rupted the regular course OF the meeting
by some one in the rear of the hall shout
"Give us something about Grover Cleve-
Aand.''
a Judge Mcguire paused in his speech for
skhe space of half a breath and then re-.
piled:
campaign. Laughter l gave my opin-
ion OF Mr.. Cleveland and his policy when
as a member OF the committee on plat
form voted against ndorslng that policy.
GApplause. But, as l before remarked,
Mr. Cleveland cuts no figure in this fight,
and l have no further words of censure for
him at this time" [Arplause.]
Referring to the big railroad strike of
1894, in which Eugene V. Debs figured so
prominently, Judge Mcguire read from
the Federal Reporter to illustrate what he
characterized as usurpation on the part of
United States Judge Jenkins when he
issued an injunction forbldding railroad
employees from quitting the employ of the
receiver appointed by the court, whether
with or without notice. The speaker ap-
pealed to all workingmen to arise and
condemn that kind of Judge-made law
He said that Justice Harland of the
United States Supreme Court, in dissent
ing opinion, had denounced Judge Jen-
kiDs' action more severely than the
Chicago convention had done.
Touching the claim that bankers are the
only men who understand the money
question, Judge Maguire said: THE tue
function OF money is that it shall be used
as a medium of exchange. ihat is the
way money is used by the people. and the
people are competent to judge for them
selves what kinds of money shall be used
for their purposes. Now bankers do not
use money as a medium OF exchange.
Bankers have four uses for money, namely,
for boarding for speculation, to deposit
for obtaining credit or for lending. Then
who shall decide what kinds of money
shku be provided for the uses of the peo-
PHI | say that the people themselves
shNi decide"
Judge Mcguire dwelt with considerable
warmth on the mooted question as to
whether any employers had shown dis
position to coerce their employees for the
purpose OF helping to elect the Republl-
can nominee for the Presidency. He said
that no matter whether such reports were
true or not, voters have the power in their