The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-04

telegra phs, and mas introduced bill
for the establishment of a government
postal telegraph system. He advocates
government ownership OF the track and
right of way c. all railroads, with pri-
vate competition in the operation of
trains He has fought the PaSific rail-
road funding bill in congress with I'M
wavering fidelity to the interest of the
people and-will continue 10 do so when
ever and wherever opportunity is Of
fered.
PERSONAL POPULARITY
Judge Mcguire is personally popular
with all classes of respectable people.
His frank, social. genial ways, free from
the slightest faint of affectation, win
friends on all sides. And yet his bold,
courageous advocacy of what ne pc
lieves to be true and just has made him
few enemies; but nothing which they
can do or say disturbs~ his serenity or
causes him to swerve a hairsbreadth
from the line of duty as he sees it. His
ma jority when first ele cted to congress
four years ago was 100; at his second
election his plurality was 1858. He is
now a candidate for reelection, and
believe nobody doubts he Will get
there" for the third term. with large
majority behind him. The Fourth dis
| trict, which Maguire so ably represents,
comprises about two-thirds of the pop
ulat ton of San Francisco. 1t is a Dem
OcrdUlc Oh general principles,
! though containing quite a large Populist
element. This year, however the Pop
! ulsts of the district have made no con-
gresSiOnal nomination, and il is not eX-
i pected that they Will make any, so
! there will be a straight fight between
| Mcguire and the candidate yet to be
| nominated by the Republicans.
| VIEWS ON NATIONAL QUESTIONS
! Judge Mcguire is a free silver man.
| though he does not regard that question
! as of paramount Importance in the peo-
! pies struggle for thorough and perma-
! nent reform. In response to a question
| as to how he stands on the silver cues
ton, the judge replied substantially az;
| follows:
! 81 believe in the free coinage Of silver
at the present ratio. The maintenance
| of the gold standard under existing con-
| ditions is costing the people of theI-nited
| States at the rate of about $1,000 coo 900
! a year. This is an expensive luxury
| While I feel sure that the question of
! taxation is the orc great problem that
| must be solved before the country can
| even approximate q condition of gem
! uine ard lasting prosperity the question
of finance has been pressed to the front
| in this campaign, and it cannot be ig-
nored. The two great parties have
| formulated platforms and nominated
| candidates diametricaily opposed to
each other on the currency question:
! the line Is clearly drawn, and the battle
will soon begin in earnest While the
money question is the main issue this
! time, the tariff and one or two local
questions that specially interest Cali
| fornia. may be incidentally discussed.
, Briefly, judge, how are you pleased
| with the Democratic ticket"
Il am delighted with it. The Chicago
| convention to which had the honor If
being delegate, was the greatest and
grandest political gathering | ever saw.
1t was vast gathering of honest, ear
nest people, determined to unite for the
=, purpose of waging a successful war
! against not men personally, but against
conditions which have become unbear-
| ably oppressive to the masses. The ac-
ton of that convention was a significant
protest against modern plutocracy and.
| at the same time, a long step toward
complete Industrial emancipation. 1
| regard it as the certain forerunner of the
| settlement of the taxation problem,
! which means the final solution of the
land and labor problem
What about Bryan as presidential
candidate?"
"Wuliam ]. Bryan, though yet q young