The herald., 1898-10-27
CONGRESSMAN Barlow 7 ellis al title
Of Their History
BEAR VALLEY IRRIGATION COMPANY
Waters Connection With the Defunct lnstutionSome Chap
ters From Ancient disqualification OF the
Statements Of the Opposition

Russell j. Waters, Republican candidate
for congress and his right bower, Edwin "A
OIeserve, are placed decidedly on the defen
sive as the result of Congressman Barlow
speech last evening at the Nlgwam. IAt
address was devoted to a retutatlon OF the
allegations against Mr. Barlows character
and to a showing up OF certain business
opportunities of which Mr.. Waters Is al
legged to have availed himself while manager
OF the Bear Valley Irrigation company.
The big tent was well filled at s: IL o clock
when Judge 4. NJ. Stephens called the meet
ing to order and made a short address be
fore introducing Congressman Barlow. His
speech was devoted to an explanation OF the
conditions under which fusion was forced
upon the people, who are now making a
struggle for supremacy under that banner
He recited the friendship of the Repub-
hcan party for a double standard during the
days OF Lincoln and honesty, and how in
1896 they threw aside all consideration for
the masses and in the interest of corpora
tions. the banks and the money powers, de
clared for the gold standard.
Leaving that question, the speaker de-
voted his attention to the condition of Re
publican politics in the state district and
county. He made the assertion that the
people of Los Angeles county had no voice
in the primaries at which delegates were
CIlDStu W Ille htIluultdH Stutt anu ulStIltl
conventions. and the candidates there
chosen are therefore not the choice of Los
Angeles county Republicans. In support
of this statement he read an article which
apeared in the Evening Express, a warm
supporter of Gage and Waters, under date
of Aug. Sd. wherein that paper took the
party leaders to task for the crooked ar
rangement to control the caucuses in the
interests of the Southern Pacific. Judge
ktonbapc tbap introduced
Barlow, who came forward amidst great
cheering.
IF you only knew how have endeavored
to avoid this personal discussion of the is
sues of this campaign. if you only knew how
! have endeavored to have my opponent
meet me on the public platform or to nave
his representative do so, you would not
blame me for my final decision to lay this
matter before the people anyway" said he.
81 agree with Ms-serve in the -stntiment
expressed in his speech at Pasadena as fol-
lows:
Everything in the way of personal
abuse should be eliminated from every
campaign, for any office in the gift of
the American people. While no man.
under any circumstances, can be justified
in ever resorting to personal abuse. yet
every candidate for every office submits
to his constituents his llfe
"1 ct in view of this sentiment. their cam
oaign against me is nothing but one of per-
ionalities. Mr.. Me-serve Waters said fur
her
shall speak to you, not as an ordinary
political speaker, delivering an ordinary
political address, but shall present my
self to you as a prosecuting attorney,
and shall address you as prosecuting
attorney.
"He is acting as Mr. Waters agent deliv-
Ting speeches at so much speech. He fur
her referred to dishonorable transactions
n connection with my appointment of
cadets to West Point and Annapolis, one OF
whom was George Patton Brown. nephew
,f George S. Patton, and | refer you to
Seorge ;. Patton as to whether there was
.nything dishonorable about that appoint
nent. The other was the result of a COM
petitive examination in charge of commit
zee composed of Nathan Cole, Jr., Jud X.
Rush and Isidore Dockweier. 1t resulted
2 the appointment Of a son of Major +. X
Upham of the Santa Monica Soldiers home
who is a Republican. | refer YOU to these
gentlemen as to whether there was any
hing dishonorable about that appointment
Me-serve then took up the celebrated
business opportunity and SAID:
In his testimony he referred partic-
ularly to contract which he had for the
advancement of a claim before congress
for 10000 acres of land in the state of
California
"This is a misstatement because the mat
Ter referred to was the claim Of parties who
furnished supplies to Fremont army many
rears ago in California. Their claim was a
ust one; the law was on the statute book
blowing such a claim if it could be proven.
did not see why it was wrong for me to
rove up such claim, but on learning that
t was wrong for a congressman to do any
nch thing, | had nothing to do with it.
"Mr. Me-serve said further:
use the term business opportunity
in the sense in which it was used by Mr..
Barlow. not in its legitimate sense. not
in the sense in which it is used by the
honest progressive, advancing business
man; but in the sense in which it is used
by the man who stands you up in the
dark with a cooked revolver. in the
sense IN which the term is used by the
man who meets his friends in the poker
room, and by the means of skilled
hands or marked cards, relieves them
of their surplus money.
These references are entirely out of place
md unwarranted, because | never carry "A
,istol and never played game of poker.
Nor did | ever stand man up in the dark,