The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12
STOCK ARGUMENTS UTILIZED
SPEAKER RAVES OVER THE
 SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Persists in His Refusal to Discuss the Single Tax on the Plea That It Is Not an Issue in
 the Campaign.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

STOCKTON, Oct. 11.-James G. Ma guire had large audience at Agrlcul- tural Pavilion tonight, but not an en- thusiastic. one. The name of Marion de Vries, Congressional candidate of the fusionists, elicited more applause than the Popo-Democratic candidate got when he mounted the platform. MT. Mcguire was accompanied by Hutcht- son and there were more Populists in evidence on the committees than old line Democrats. Governor Budd had been billed to be present, but his father, Joseph H. Budd when called to preside at the meeting, made excuses for his son, saying:
 Affairs of State, greater than those of any party detain him.
 The Populists got scant mention by Mcguire, who spoke of his supporters as the Democratic party" MT. Ma guire began by saying that the issues of the State campaign were between monopoly and oligarchy and equal rights for all He attributed the per petuation of free institutions to this day to the triumph of Jefferson over Hamilton. and said that if peoples rights survived another century it
 
 the Democracy To this end the cam paign of 1896 was conducted by that matchieSS and peerless American that noble and able successor of Jefferson William J. Bryan" In this State, he said, union of popular forces had been effected to oppose the monopoly ticket.
 General Barnes was referred to as that eloquent gentleman, eminent law yer and Southern Pacific attorney" General Barnes latest speech, said Mr. IMagulre, was but an essay on the war Referring to the war Mcguire said:
 There was an inglorious chapter somewhere there was neglect and in- 1 seek no partisan advan- tage. We all know the War Depart ment failed. As we have a common glory in the success of the strife, so let us have common grief for this chap ter''
 In defense of his opposition to the war revenue bill he said that a great percentage of the tax was paid by the poor and indirectly the rest also was paid by the poorer classes. He said he merely opposed making it a "poor mans war" The sale of war bonds was needless, and they were sold because Secretary Gage declared long before the war came up that there should be an issue of bonds"
 On the Philippine question he declared the Democrats of California were in tue same position as Mckinley, merely waiting to ascertain how the best in- terests of the country could be sub served in the final disposition of the colonies.
 Mcguire then reached his favorite topic, the railroad monopoly. He de- clared the funding question was not set tied and that nothing could be done toward foreclosure or collection under the bill passed by the last Congress without the consent of Huntington. The | only hope seemed now to fall back on ! the Thurman act, the greatest piece of in thirty years. He de- clared the bill was sneaked in at the | last session when many of the South | ern Pacific's opponents were away from 1 He declared Hilborn was defeated for renomination because he favored striking the fourth provision | from the deficiency bill.
 MT. Mcguire declared the Republican | State ticket was the Southern Pacific l ticket. He said it was made up in ad- vance, as The Call had published it. | The Call attributed it's scoop to the en- ergy of it's reporters. He would not | argue the question, but he said the | young men who did that work should | not work eighteen hours a day for $15 | week. but should ret a managing | editors salary and work but eight | hours. They were the greatest politi- | cal prophets on record.
 T will not discuss the single tax, as it is not an issue" said the speaker | No party stands for 1t in the present | campaign. The constitution will allow | no such change in taxation without | amendments. No amendment can be | voted on without the Legislature de- cides to submit the issue. I will not | discuss it because Barnes knows noth- ing about it. Gage knows less. They think they are thinking. I could tell | them about it if I chose. Dozens in | this audience know more about it than | does Barnes
 The speaker closed by promising to | enforce the laws as he found them if | elected Hutchison closed the meet | ing with brief address.