The record-union., 1896-10-27
TALKING FOR CHEAP MONEY.
Speeches by Democratic -PopuliSt Can
didateS.
Last Nights Meeting at the Old
Pavilion for Bryan and
Silver.

EIObdpiy OOO peOplG SdluSISu dI SA1S Olo
Pavilion last night to greet the Populist-
Democratic county candidates and lis
ten to a discourse upon the financial
situation by Judge w. H. Lamme Of
Los Angeles. A bonfire blazed in the
rain at the corner of Sixth and M
streets, and a brass band was in at
tendance at the hall, but for all these
attractions the crowd was small, though
most of it remained until the end.
The meeting was called to order by
T. w. O'Neil, who introduced Charles
T. Hughes as Chairman, and announced
that the county candidates who had
taken seats upon the platform would
act as Vice-Presidents.
Chairman Hughes introduced as the
first speaker of the evening Judge j.
II. McKune, candidate for Superior
Judge. He said he had voted with the
Populists in 1892, though he consid
Populists in 1892, though he considered
himself the same man politically he had
been forty years ago. Hewas a lawyer.
and in that capacity had served both city
and county many times, and if elected
as a. Superior Judge believed he could
do justice to the position, with honor
to himself.
The present situation, politically, he
said, was whether money or humanity
should govern the nation. The mon
eyed powers of Europe were combined
against the people in this campaign, but
he believed there would be enough
votes cast against the combination to
throw the Government in the scale on
the side Of the people and against the
powers of money.
Then the speaker took up the money
question and from a free silver point
of view spoke for half an hour. The
speech was replete with figures and al
legorfes, and comparatively good atten-
ton was accorded him. Labor, he con-
tended, was the thing which always
had, and still should, maintain the par
ity between silver and gold 1t had for
merly taken fifteen days labor to pro-
duce an ounce Of gold, and one day 3
labor to produce an ounce Of silver.
That was what caused the ratio be-
tween the metals and should do so
to-day. He believed a candidate for
Judge should give his opinion on po-
litical matters, If he SO desired, as he
certainly had them, though they would
never enter into his disposition of mat
ters on the bench.
Joseph W. Hughes, also candidate for
Superior Judge, was the next speaker.
He thought candidates for Superior
Judges should avoid political discussion
the office was above it. He had lived
in the city sixteen years, and was a
lawyer. 1t was said that he was too
young for the position of Judge, but if
he was a sporting man he would be
willing to lay a small bet, 16 to /, that
he was older than the next President
of the United States. (Applause.)
JUDGE JOHNSON.
Matt F. Johnson, the other candidate
for Superior Judge, refused to discuss
politics. Four years ago, he said.
friends from all parties had elected him
a Superior Judge, and for their assist
ance he was grateful He had tried to
discharge his duties fearlevsly and
faithfully, and believed he had salts
fed the people. On the bench he knew
no politics, and had endeavored to do
what was fair and honest and just to
the best of his ability If the people be-
lieved that he could best subserve their
interests he should be glad to have their
votes.
GILLIS DOTY,
Candidate for the Senate was next in
troduced. and said he was sorry he had
no more time, but when such a man as
Judge Lamme of Los Angeles was to
speak he would not stand in his way.
Mr.. Doty said the report had been cir
culated that he was opposed to the
present State series of school books.
This he denounced as false, saying that
he had always stood for the State series.
He was in the Legislature in 1883 when
the bill was passed, and voted for it.
He had reared a family of ten children
and knew what a saving the text books
had been to poor people.
He had a record for standing for good
roads. and had always worked to fix the
taxes at minimum. When the peo-
pie had a chance to elect an honest old
farmer to the Senate, they should not
let the chance slip. He believed i'm good
roads, but did not intend to promise any
of his bicycle friends to build a path to
the moon. He had had charge Of the
bill that built the New Pavilion and had
had a hard fight TO have it passed But
it had passed and he should, if elected,
work to retain the State Fair for Sacra-
mento.
He had opposed striking out the ten
day clause from the Vagrancy Act and
considered the present law an injustice
to the laboring man who carried his
blankets from Los Angeles to Siskiyou
while seeking work. If elected he would
work to have the bill amended.
He believed, he said, that a good thing