The record-union., 1896-11-01

lying on their votes to defeat him,
but he felt sure that on Tuesday they
would sweep the others from the field
and return him to Congress by a large
majority. The time had come to test
their loyalty to the city they loved,
and the only way to show it was to
support the ticket from the top to the
bottom.
A NOBLE LEADER.
They had a noble leader who fought
through the four years of the war with
the old soldiers who were now support
ing him. who typifies in himself all the
highest attributes of an American citi-
zen. (Applause.) He is without stain
on his character, public or private. a
Christian and gentleman, pure and
| upright in life and a patriot
The county ticket is an exceptionally
strong and good one 1t contains good
men of high character and worthy of
election to the positions to which they
aspire. (Applause.)
THE OLD FIGHT.
1t is the old fight for protection.
James Madison wrote the law that en-
bodies it. Thomas Jefferson spoke for
1t, and Washington approved of it. Was
that not enough to make it good Amer
lean doctrine? 1t is as good now as in
1859, and Americans all over the conn
try are rising to say that we must and
VIII nave protection to American in
dustries
DRAW IN THE GANG PLANK
But we must have further protection.
we must not stop at the factory and
workshop, but must see that it is also
given to the laboring man. He was
proud to say that there was one man
from Sacramento who had the courage
10 say that we must draw in the gang
plank at Castle Garden and ston The
horde of foreign laborers who were COM
Ing over to take the bread out of his
mouth. loud applause) For twenty
years past he had advocated this. He
thanked them for indorsing him two
years ago and now in 1896. and he knew
that ms majority in Sacramento County
would be enough to elect him and testify
their confidence in him once more
ALL OUTSIDERS.
number of outsiders were now as
saiiihg MN all over the State Gould of
San Joaquin, McCabe of Fresno. Foota
OF Alameda, We're all barking ar bis
reefs. He had taught Foote. who was
the terror of the bar, that he must he
nave ike gentleman when deaIinr
with Grove Johnson, and he tberafora
mad score against him. Thev had
sent Tor Duprey and even forced In
hamilton to get up from a sick bed and
come mere to abuse him. But thew were
All outsiders. Thank heaven no Sacra-
iiiehtdI-Democrat or Populist-had
peeh round who would do it. Cheers
and applause)
IL adds fuel to the fire of vo,,r oan.
erous Indignation" said he. "to know
that only foreigners abuse me. have
right to feel proud of that fact "
A BLACKMAILTNG SHEET
he expected an assault to-r,orrou, i,
.ie Issue Oh san Francisco blacknail
ing paper. 1t had been so announced
i-et IL come He might just as we'll be
TIE opJect OF II as anyone-the object of
'iie ATTACK OF lndecency on decency by
ihe"iis Oh pictures and obscenity with
CUT Wofd OF argument. The time
must ana VIII soon come in California
Wheh the tyranny of the Matchmaking
press VIII be broken by the people. CAD
t4""'cJ IL J" DIS not pleasant to be
abused by these unprinciped men. and
ne often wished the old times could
come again when, with lance in vest. he
could say, Lay on Maeduff," (Ap-
pause and cheers)
Ihere is another warfare now of the
ballot against the blackmailer, the citi
Zens against the obscene press that is
attempting to destroy them. He took
credit to himself that, although they had
raked his record in Congress with a
hne-tooth comb they could find MOTH
ing against him except his action with
regard to great corporation that has
It's shops here and employs it's men here.
because he had treated 1t as he would
treat any other corporation or any citi-
zen. He had never been it's attorney
but had sometimes been against II. He
had kept his word and treated it like
others-either corporations or individ-
uals. T.
INFAMOUS BLACKMAIL.
This man had blackmailed the COM
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