The San Francisco call., 1897-03-28


record for uprightness and honor ever made in
this State, deliberately determined to make an
attack and then stand by its falsenood, IN the
hope that IFS falsehood and poison would lodge
- Rnt n alasI the spell broke. Throughout Sac
ramento and the whole State tonight this
demon of shame and crime STANDS convicted
as liar and poltroon. 1t has pros1Iltuseo
Journalism to the basest of uses. 1t has
sought TO defame individuals because they
are honest and dared stand up and present.
truth and right Its purpose Is 10 Destroy al
men who dare oppose them. But an lnno-
cent and honest man can face them lts az
tacks cannot harm. 1t has lied so long ana
so often that no one can be found OUTSIDE OF
an insane asylum who believes anything seen
in its columns. Its doom is written. It's
power is gone. In this matter 1t stands con-
victed and no man needs fear it. only man
enemies will read. except 10 loath ana de-
spise it. No paper in the State of any re-
spectability supports II, and daily am loiu
the people are ceaslng to paironize It.
II lives only upon calumny and extortlon,
It is laving the foundation for legislation
which will curb it, and has made certain the
election OF any nominee whom 1t opposes III
the future.
voted against that bill But what is there
wrong in it l voted against it because we
had passed resolution for constitutions!
amendment creating a court OF claims, ana
| believed that the people would adopt that
amendment, and, Ii SO, then every cialn
against the State could be esta blished by
legal proof in court OF JUSTICE, ana wnen tSe 30
right of the Legislature to make an approprla,
ton to pay such judgment. But the Dill
known as the coyote scalp bill does not pay
out one dollar.
Every claim must be proved to the satisfac-
tion of the Board of Examiners, which con,
ssts of the Governor, Secretary OF state ana
Attorney-General. They are to take the proof
and when they are satisfied that the claim Is
just and honest, and not until then, claim
can be paid.
Thus the bill is an honest one. 1t only pro-
vides fund out of which honest claims can
be paid, but does not pay any dlshonest
claims
Why does not the Examiner state this? 1t
attack men who voted for it because they are
Republicans but does n OF say anything ABOUT
the many Democrats who voted for 1t. even
including the MISUNDERSTANDING. Is this
honest or fair? Who is Packard? man who
Is indicted by the Grand Jury of Kern County.
He sent dispatches. Did any one reply? No.
Is 1t not strange that there is no reply dis.
it? What man took it? VINO got up the dis.
patch scheme? Who was interested in it? No
one but Packard and the Examiner.
The truth is that the only corruption seen OF
known about the Legislature was the San
Francisco Examiner and its hired pals l
heard nothing OF the corruption about the
coy ote-scaip bill. do not believe that such
men as Hon. +. &. Franck, Hon. ID. L. With
ington and Lieutenant-Govcrnor Jeter and the
others in the Senate who voted for the Dill are
dishonest mec.
but this firmly believe, that Packard was the
hired tool of the San Francisco Examiner,
whom it employed to send out teiegrams to
give that infamous paper sensation SO as to
relieve it from lis conviction OF falsehood.
/ do not believe that the penltenGary con-
tains within its walls a greater and more as
tute sooandrel than A. NJ. Lawrence OF the Ex-
sminer. That paper hires men to lie, and
when they will not lie then the data furnished
by the reporters is shaped in the office into
falsehood. reporter told me to-day that 1t
.,,l,A tSntn ant
to the Examiner by its reporters the reporters
could not afterward tell their own writing be-
cause some one having charge in the home
office would change truth into falsenood.
The fact is that the Examiner is the hyena OF
modern journalism, a wild jackal living
off filth and disease, in whose columns
everything that is nasty and corrupt and
licen tious and unholy finds place. 1t exists
only to defame, and as an existence only be-
cause OF the moral cowardice OF pubic men.
But the day dawns. The people are awaken
public sentiment OF California will be so
strong, so great. SO terrible and SO mighty
that laws will be passed making it felony to
publish such paper, and no honest or decent
household. OF course 1t Will attack me, be-
cause have dared to beard the lion in his
dem; because have dared to clutch this vile
thing by the throat and show to the State its
falsehoOd and its calumny. Let 1t attack, and
while l am not great find that it has never
| failed to defame the great, whether living or
dead.
They are the same hyena class who repeat
edly denounced the matchless Abraham Lin
coin from 1860 oown to the time OF his I'M
timely death, and then sought to blacken his
memory. They the same gang of cow
ardly character assassins who called Roscoe
Conkling murderer and bounded him with
relentless malice till he died. They are the
ghouls who tattooed that matchless statesman,
James G. Blaine, and then dug into his grave
and fed with fiendish glee upon his bones.
They are the same hellish demons who char
acterized Ulysses S. Grant as drunkard and
scoundrel while he was in the field risking his
life 20 preserve the Union.
They are the same pack OF wolves which
slandered Mckinley and published obscene
pictures of Mark Hanna. They have no de
cency or honesty and profess none. The time
was when they could injure and harm, but the
day has passed and l do not fear them-and
why? ? Because l know l am right, and be-
cause know have the warm and honest sup
port of my own people, than whom no truer
people can be found. Therefore. rest content
because, knowing the rectitude of my own Lille,
have no fear that falsehood can hurt me.
And now, thanking you for your kindness,
your congratulations, your love and your
friendship, bid you good night
Senator Morehouse held the undivided
attention of his large audience for an hour
and a quarter. During this time he was
repeated " interrupted by applause. The
speaker was in excellent voice, and at the
close of his remarks was greeted with
three rousing cheers. A large portion of
the audiencs came forward to shake hands
with tho Son ator after the meetioo closad