The herald., 1896-08-11
Mr.. Dillon AND THE 5. P.
The Latest Device of the Oct0-
pus Managers
TO ELECT MR.. McLACHLAN
By Defeating the Nomination of the
Populist
Mr. Dillon Defines His Position as Regars.
the Railroad Company Ia Unm,s.
taxable Terms


That he Is a Southern Pacific man be-
cause his brother-in-law Mr.. Hood is
chief engineer of that company. Upon
calling his attention to an Examiner ar
ticleNon that subject, Mr.. Dillon said:
IL anybody wants to know my rela-
tions to the Southern Pacific company
ne can do so by inquirng of the chief en-
| g1neer, who is truthful upon all subjects
except San Pedro. Also by inquiring of
! the secretary of the chamber of conf
merce deep sea harbor league, super
| VISOR Hanly or Senator White. / have
prosecuted cases against the Southern
| Pacihc company. but never for it, and
| nave never been in their employ. The
southern Pacific company have no use
for me, nor for any other man who can
defeat their candidate for congress.
| MY Populist friends have too much
sense TO be sidetracked by any such rail-
| road devices.
| A man may be known by the company
| ne Keeps, but not by his brother in law.
II this We're not so Mr.. Sewall might be
| charged with being gold bug" be-
| cause his son is a Republican. In these
closing days of the century when the
| great battle of Democracy against plu-
| tocracy must be fought out, there will
De no presumptions arising from rela =
| tlonship. On the contrary. we are warn
ed in holy writ that in those days a
man foes may rise from his own house
| hold.
| LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ON
| THE CONGRESSIONAL SITUATION
A large number of letters have been
| received from the country urging the
| nomination of II. c. Dillon for congress
| They are too lengthy to publish in full
but we make from them the following
| extracts.
From O. S. Bulkley, justice of the
| peace. Little Rock, Antelope valley:
Il hope that Mr.. Dillon Will be the
nominee, for l would like to be abls
to vote for one whom 1 can trust. If
he is nominated, the judiciary of An
telope valley, and most of the people of
these parts. are for him.
From A. B. Cox, Palmdale:
i have been interesting myself in our
valley in getting the wishes of the Dem
ocrats, Populists and silver patriots
generally on the congressman for this
district. I find everyone with whom ]
have talked heartily of my own opinion
and wish that all should unite upon
that honest true and tried man, II. c.
Dillon. BY so doing we can elect man
in very way worthy to represent the
district"
From w. r. Barber, Covina:
I'VE must have an intelligent and
honest Populist to represent the Sixth
district in congress. The matters of
hnance, railroads, deep sea harbor, AMI
taxation are great and absorbing, but
direct legislation is more important
question than any of them. We must
have man in congress who unders-
tands the Importance of that question
and will work for it. Such man is II.
c. Dillon In addition to the above gem
eral qualifications, which all intelligent
and honest Populists should possess
Mr.. Dillon possesses that of having
been tried. He gave us clean admin
istration while in the Office of district
attorney and saved the taxpayers many
thousands of dollars
E. F. Nolan, Downey:
we are confronted today with two
grave and important questions: Shall
labor receive its just reward. or shall
plutocracy continue to enslave the
masses? Shall the single gold standard
be fastened upon this country at the die
tation of England. or shall silver be re-
stored to the place it occupied prior to
1873? We must have a union of all the
reformed forces before we can expect
success, and this can only be secured by
selecting and placing upon our ticket
our very best men as our representa-
tives. Men that are honest men that we
know will stand by the principles of our
party and by the people who elected
them. Men who can unite voters in
stead of dividing them. What can the
reform forces expect with three tickets
in the field? One in favor the single
gold standard and two in favor of BIZ
metallism which means defeat upon the
face of it. Why not unite then upon
some good man that all would support,
and upon one most likely to unite us and
lead us to victory? In all candor, l sub
nit to the voters of this district, that H.
e. Dillon is our logical candidate. and let
us nominate him at San Luis Obispo on
the 18th instant. He will unite all the
reform forces and bring us certain vic
tory Let him be nominated by accla-
alton and I'll will no yUall -
From w. w. Orr. Norwalk:
Il think H. c. Dillon should be the
next congressman from this district, for
this reason: That he has no superior
in honesty, integrity and uprightness,
as shown by his official acts in this
county while acting as district attorney,
and in every other position in which he
has been called upon to show his hand.
L think he is winning card"
From NJ Larkin, Pasadena:
Now that the Democratic convention
has adjourned without nominating a
candidate for congress, the way is open
for the union of the silver forces of the
district. Any person that fully weighs
the import of the impending struggle.
must feel the necessity of combining all
the reform elements upon some person
that the public can feel is truly repre-
sentative man. Such man is H. c. Dill
lon. He will thoroughly eliminate from
the controversy any question of i'm
practicability. He is a business man as
well as farmer and lawyer, thus in
spring the business men Of the district
with entire confidence. While he is in
full sympathy with all the reform meas
ures of the Populists yet he is sufficient
ly practical to see the necessity
of taking one step at a time. We must
unite. or we shall be defeated. The un-
animity with which the Populsts have
rallied to the support of Bryan should
make the Democrats feel that they owe
some concession to the Populits who de-
sire to give him a congress that will be
in full sympathy with his reform meas
ures. This is time when wise states
manship should take the place of party
feeling. Give us Bryan and Dillon, and
we will relegate Mckinley and Nc
Lachan to the the shades of British