The herald., 1896-11-01
IO SENATOR STEPHEN N. WHITE

end We are gathered here tonight to
lend our aid in q small way to httingly
fire one of the last of the series of dis
charges of intellectual grape and canis-
ter which have made the country sort
of argumentative battle ground ever
since that summers afternoon in July
last, when the electric current flashed
to us out here near the blue Of the
mighty Pacific, the thrilling intelligence
that new prophet had arisen in Israel.
William Jennings Bryan had been
chosen by a rejuvenated Democracy to
lead it's magnificent cohorts to victory.
A second jackson had been found, and
another Jefferson had been proclaimed.
and as the struggling masses OF the
mighty people, bowed down by despair,
began to realize that they were about TO
be led out of financial and social bond
age, a mighty acclaim went up to
heaven, the sound of which, beginning
in the middle west, has stretched north
and south, and in all directions, until
the echo of hosannahas now crystalllzeo
into the absolute forerunner of the glor-
ious ending only two days hence.
Never for a moment has the result
here in Los Angeles county been in
doubt. The protest Of Silver Republic
canism and the other reform influences
which have so largely aided in bringing
about that which WILL on next Iuesday,
become a certainty. emphasized them-
selves into a new declaration OF mae
pendence the day following the pupil
cation of that yellow colored novelette,
by j. McLachlan, author, entitled why
l Am Not What / Am.
THAT was, so far as you and and
all of us here are concerned, the pegin-
ming Of the end. Practical fusion OF all
of the forces opposed to Hannatsm mas
certainly in California done the rest
I'VE south of Tehachepi have not been
~, Cd hxyf ha Oio wisdom of a ThOHn-
as B. Reed, the Pine Tree eloQuence OF
a Boutelle, nor by the back-track par
aphrasing of a Benjamin Butterworth.
Like solid rock will on next Tuesday
stand the solid yeomanry of Los An
geles county for Bryan, silver and pros
perity.
I'VE have down here a giant Of our
own whom we all delight to honor--a
gentleman whom the Times and others
of our friends have recently labeled all
archist' 1t is such anarchists as he
who have been doing so much in Cali
fornia. Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana
and Illinois to make William ]. Bryan
next president of these United States.
1T gives me great pleasure. and it is
an honor of which I am proud, to pre-
sent to this large and enthusiastic au-
dience as the orator of the evening one
who needs no formal introduction, sur
rounded by his neighbors in the mouse
of his friends. This. ladies' and gentle
men, is the Little Giant of California.
our own and only Steve" United
States Senator Stephen M. White
LITTLE GIANT OF THE PACIFIC"
And then the audience broke forth in
one mighty acclaim. The applause was
spontaneous. earnest and enthusiastic.
when it ceased Senator White began a
discourse which lasted for several
hours. Once again in this, his nome
city, the Little Giant of the Pacihc.
as Mr. Snyder aptly termed him, by the
force of his logic, the power Of his ora
tory, swayed thousands. In that plain,
unanswerable. yet beautifully phrased
language of his, the senator explained
why William ]. Bryan should be the
next president of the United States. and
why it was the duty of every loyal
American citizen to vote 1or MIN.
The address was one of the most pow
erful. masterful efforts of Senator
White His defense Of the Chicago
platform was one of the greatest polit-
icai addresses ever delivered in Los An
geles city. He aroused his audience
to the highest pitch which 1t is possible
to excite human enthusiasm.
The speaker reviewed the silver ques-
ton from beginning to end. bringing
forth every strong point of logic and
every fact that like a sledgehammer
blow. served to fix the logic OF his argu-
ment in the minds of his audience. Far
ticularly satirical was he when he re-
ferred to the visits to this state OF Ben
Butterworth, Congressman BouteHe
and Thomas r. Reed. He said:
"Why, when Ben Butterworth came
here. Chairman Mclaughlin of the Re
publican state committee telegraphed
back: What did you send Butterworth
for? He's worse than anything We've
got here cloud laughter) The telegraph
1 Rrct
dispatch. but Mclaughlin wired that it
was cipher and so the message was
duly recorded at the other end OF the
wire. (Roars of laughter)
"And this man Butterworth had only
a short while previous written letter
to Senator Teller, in which he Informed
the honorable senator of Colorado that
he had been a gold man. but was then
/ in favor of the free and unlimited coin
! age of silver at the ratio of 16 to l. And
I as to the tariff. Butterworth said in thai
same letter that unless we had free sill
Yer, no tariff. however high, could pro-
| tect us against Japan. But he came and
went--came here to tell US that, not
withstanding that letter. he was in favor
| of continuing the gold standard, anG
went back to the people whence he came
I gold or silver. he only knows!
"And Boutelle! He was also sent here
to tell the people of the state of Califor-
MIA and the city of Los Angeles whal
great benefit gold monometallism an.
scarcity of money would be to us. Yol
all remember Boutelle. He was former
ly paymaster in the navy. Well. at the
| time there was fear of our country goint
to war with England over the Venezuela
| matter, a bill was introduced to relieve
southern soldiers of their disability I;
enter the army. You know it was though
a good thing to make 1t possible for thos'
old southern veterans to go to the battl'
Boutelle voted no.
"Finally came Tom Reed Now, Rec.
is a very eloquent gentleman. In {
crowd of three or four other gentlemen
he can say some smart things. 1t wa
eminently fitting that we in Los Angeles
considering his distinction and station
should extend toward him our fulles
cordlality. and we did. though by NJ
means in favor of Mr.. Reed or his record
The miners knew how he treated thei
measure to have the lands segregated
The people of California are fully awar
of where he stood on the Southern Pa
cific railway refunding bill (Cheers.
They knew how he has stood on the mat
ter of Chinese immigra ton, and whel
the Sd of November is here they vii
have forgotten the sophistries Of MI
Reed" (Cheers.)
The senator made several witty point
on the arguments of the other side tina
free silver would flood the country an
remarked Let it comet" and he ais
showed by the history in detail of tn
Democratic platforms for several cam
paigns past how the Democracy of tn
country had an unbroken record for sill