The herald., 1896-12-02
RUsH's PICTURESQUE ROAST.
He Fires a Volley of His Eloqucnce at
the Water Company.

There was another enthusiastic meet
ing in the Second ward last night. This
one was at Bouttier hall, at the corner
of Bellevue avenue and Montreal street.
Not a seat was left in the hall unoccu-
pied, which goes to show that the
property owners and renters of the city
are waking up to the Importance of the
fight against the water monopoly.
Mr.. Krutz Won Staufen occupied the
chair, and Candidates s. E. Fulton, for
auditor; Boyle Workman, for city
treasurer; Judson r. Rush, for city at
torn-y; J. H. Dockweiler, for city en-
gineer; c. H. Hance, for city clerk, and
A. NJ Salyer, for tax collector, and
Messrs Earl Rogers. Thomas Kelly and
James r. Armstrong all made addresses.
Candidate James A. Craig, for the coun-
Gil, also gave his views on municipal
ownership, and before the meeting
closed Mr.. Snyder, candidate for mayor.
arrived, he having been at the Seventh
ward meeting, and he explained his po-
sition fully.
Mr. Fulton who has been close stu
dent of economical questions for years.
proved himself abundantly able to show
the audience that the time had come for
absolute municipal ownership of its
water system.
Mr.. Workman alluded to the fact that
he was in the same fight his grand
father, Andrew Boyle, was twenty eight
years ago, when Mr. Boyle was pro-
testing against the city entering into
the disadvantageous contract with the
water company, under which it has
been suffering ever since. Mr.. Boyle
had predicted what the results would be.
Then "Jud" Rush, as he is familiarly
called. was introduced, and he Just
turned himself loose in a speech that
was a masterpiece of homely but pic
Mr. P1c
style that is peculiarly his own. He is
known all over Southern California as
an orator, and his oratory is of that
kind that takes well everywhere. 1t is
PHILOSOPHY set to music" and 'logic
! made art" and his climaxes never fail
to bring down the house.
, Mr.. Rush concluded by drawing a car
feature of the manner in which the Re-
publican committee had gone to work to
get up platform which contra dicted
the platform adopted by the Republican
city convention"
Don't 1t seem marvellous" he asked
that the creature rules the creator
that the servant rules the master? No
| candidate is bound by this committees
platform, for the candidate is a creature
| of the convention and not of the city
central committee; but this committee
discovered one morning, bright and ear
ly, that the convention had built a plat
| they had to build another one.
1--WE told the people we would give
them good. pure water at cost, but these
| fellows get together in little back
room somewhere and say: We will go
them one better; we will give the peo-
pie water free!' (Applause and laugh
| ter.) We are not going to try to get
back by saying We will furnish water
free and pay the people for drinking 1t.
(Roars of laughter) No, it costs mon
ey to have a right kind of water system.
The men who do the work on it must be
paid. and the men who enjoy the benefits
| should pay for them. We don't propose
to do anything like our Republican
friends promise, but we do propose to
have a water system for the lowest out
lay we can get 1t for. and supply the
people with their own water at the bare
cost OF operating such system. That is
all, and that is enough"
|. Mr. Dockweiler said he corroborated
everything Mr.. Rush had said. From
civil engineers point of view he said
1t was very important to have a man as
city engineer who was competent to
make correct estimate, as the result
OF their selection would doubtless deter