The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-01
LAST NIGHTS Big MEETING.
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panv out of 1000, and had said be-
cause he could not do it any longer that
NJ would blackmail him and that he
should not go to Congress. He had
talth in their love for their dear ones;
Hhat they would rise in their might and
set the seal of their condemnation on
the infamous blackmailer and those
Shat sympathized with him (Applause)
Ihey We're representatives Of the Re-
publican party, of the manhood Of the
people, of the interests of their homes.
fheir interests Were greater than his.
% extends to the city's future, and as
long as it exists, he asks them to sus-
tain him in this fight by their votes
and support; not merely because he
was Republican, but because he had
labored for Sacramento and done we'll
Tor it-more than all the Congress
men for twenty years had done.
Ii the forces of blackmail defeated
him he should look back with pride at
what he had done for the community.
He had made a record that his chill
cren and grandchildren could be proud
of he had done we'll for the miners
end citizens alike: his action would
save costs and lawsuits in the future,
and would be monument enough for
him in their memories. He had settled
the trouble forever. He had received
letters of thanks, both from the Miners
Association and from the citizens of
the valley, and therefore must have
acted properly. He had kept his prom
tse and made a record to be proud of.
He had shown the people in Washing
ton that there was such place as Sac
ramento on the map.
He wanted to devote the remaining
years Of his life to the interests of the
city. They had made him Assembly,
man, Senator and Congressman. and
he asked them to round out his career
by sending him back. He was the only
Representative for ten years from this
district that had made a speech on the
floor of Congress and he felt that he
was entitled to their votes for that
A BUD WITH A WORM
He thanked the clubs for the recep-
ton they had given him, and repealed
with scorn the charge Jim Budd had
made, that they had been coerced into
supporting him. He had known them
for many years; some of them were
bAOlHSlS ia ti1S lOuSES W WHICH 1G DS-
longed; some he had addressed On
juries: others he had met in the daily
walks of life, and he counted them
among his friends. No finer or more
Intelligent body of men were TO be
found anywhere. He hurled back the
haseless SANDER that the Executive
Budd with a worm in 1t had cast upon
them
The applause was prolonged, and ha
had to wait for sometime before it be-
came quiet.
The idea, he said, Of coercing free and
intelligent cit!Zensl It cannot be done
and has not been attempted, as every
man In the shops knows. So, too, with
the other clubs. Have they been CO.
erced? Have the Grand Army been CO.
creed? Had those soldiers that he saw
before him been coerced who barred
their breasts to the storm of shot and
shell to save their country? They have
risen to protect themselves and their
fellows by supporting the Republican
ticket.
In 1897 we shall see their faces
marching with ballots and nor with
weapons up Pennsylvania avenue to see
the Inauguration of a man who is tha
champion of protection. prolonged
applause and cheers)
Mr. Johnson was repeatedly cheered
during his address and 1t was evident
that the audience was in perfect sym
pathy with him and that it resented the
slurs that had been cast upon him and
them.