The herald., 1896-10-26
ORANGE COUNTY
A Palmer and Buckner Speaker Fa-
tigues His Audience-Notes


pie assembled in French's opera house
last evening to hear Judge Towner on
the issues of the campaign.
The judge spoke from a Palmer and
Buckner standpoint, srraigning the Chi
| cago platform as un-American, revolu-
| tionary ETC. He upheld the supreme
court in it's decision on the income tax,
holding any criticism thereon as a sac
| rilege.
He punctuated his speech with gore
| from the bloody shirt, and so interested
lis audience that at last one-half be-
came fully satisfied and retired early
| in the action.
In short, Judge Towner succeeded in
satisfying many that he is unequivo-
cally in favor of protecting the trusts,
| the incomes of the rich and, while claim
| ing to be positive free-trader that the
burden of tariff should not be lifted
from the shoulders Of the tax burdened
people, and that, in his opinion, Accent
wheat, scent cotton and corn for fuel
are of less Importance than the mort
cages which are plastered on the farms
which produce them. The judges per-
formance was under the auspices of Nc
Kinley and protection.
s. A. w. Carver Of Los Angeles in Mills
hall Saturday evening is rated as one
VI tuc peSI pOllllCdl eNeHtS VI TIE CdIi-
paign. His speech was a dignified
and clear presentation of the great
financial iss1e from a Republican stand
point. Said he: "If the st. Louis Re
publican convention had declared for
the funding bill and Chinese immigra-
tion, what would you as Republicans
have done? If a silver dollar was honest
money three months ago, what has SO
suddenly made it dishonest?"
He showed that party bosses hold party
above principle and country. Reason
should govern franchise. You can go
too far in politics. While Republicans
claim to be bimetallists, they invaria-
bly, oppose silver by trying to show that
all nations have failed to maintain BIZ
| metallism by trying to justify the de-
mohetization act Of 1873 and by trying to
disprove every argument brought for
ward in favor of silver. He dwelt upon
the present aggregation Of wealth,
showing how 1 per cent of the popula-
| ton own and control half the wealth,
while 100000 of workingmen are out
| Of employment and forty billions of debts
hang over the nation. He completely
| overwhelmed the overproduction theory
and held McKinley's mills closed until
| the mints are opened. He handled pro-
| lection, showing silver to be tariff
| wall of per cent in addition to the pres
ent rate. He demonstrated beyond dis
|
| er, showing that the transportation
| charges were always deducted from the
farmers price and not paid by the buyer.
| He proved beyond controversy that re-
pudiation of contract was on the side
| of the bondowner and not on that of the
| people. Read Patrick Henrys speech
| and then believe in Americas ability
| to govern herself" He showed that the
national debt was being paid under silver
while not cent has been paid under gold
| monometallism; proved that law does
create value by appealing to cyclopedic
authority; showed that the United States
| is more able to maintain the ratio of
gold and silver than were Spain and Por-
| tugal, which countries actually did SO
against the world, because they con-
trolled the worlds supply of silver;
showed that legal tender money was
always at par, citing unrestricted legal
tender greenbacks in the SOS; showed
England's dread of our remonetizing
silver which will divert the trade of
silver using Asia and South America
| from her mart to ours. The orator closed
with an earnest appeal to all to unite
with the 1000 Free Silver Republicans
| of Los Angeles and vote for no man for
any political position unless he be an
outspoken advocate Of American finan-
| cial independence. Mr.. Carver was lis
tened to by a full house, whose close
|
| twenty minutes, only five persons leav-
| ing the hall before the close. Applause
was frequent and enthusiastic; espe-
cially was it thunderous when he allud-
| ed to the 1000 club organization Of Sill
yer Republicans in Los Angeles and
| promised Los Angeles county to Bryan
| by an overwhelming majority.
Gov. Smith of Montana is announced
| to speak under the auspices of the Bry-
an club in Santa Ana on thursday even
| ing, the Goth inst.
| Hanna day in Santa Ana, If the flag
be taken as an indication, shows that
at least 16 to l either do not know of
his flag order or if they do know will not
| obey.
The Santa Ana Herald is following
| the regular program of vituperation by
trying to associate DR.. Head with the
long since dead and forgotten Ku-klux
an order about Which t.4 sapient editor
| knows nothing.
| One Leo Ortega, for filching walnuts
| from Mr.. Lewis of Placentia and selling
| the same In Anaheinl, was convicted and
Allotted fifty days Imprisonment in the
county Jail. Although walnut thieving
has been very frequent in Orange county,
this is the first conviction therefor.
The free silver meeting at Anaheim
was well attended by an enthusiastic
| audience last evening.