The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-06
FUSION IS ENDORSED
SENATOR WHITE SPEAKS ATTHE
HICKORY CLUB
PROBABLE RESULT OF THE WAR
Vital Issues to Be Considered in the
Coming Campaign-Big Meeting
and Great Speech

Inv iAiShOiy cluD turned away people
last night, who were unable to get into
the nall When President Rogers raped
FOR order there was cpt even standing
space in the committee rooms It had been
rumored during the afternoon that reso-
lutions bearing upon the political situation
| would be presented, and expectations of a
lively time had been aroused. When intro
duced by T. j. Mccarthy, they proved to
be an Endorsement of the candidacy of
Mcguire and Hutchinson, but they con-
tanned no allusion to any other candidates
or to the general fusion program. This was
construed by the friends Of the Silver Re
publicans as slap at fusion, and whether
Intentionally or not. as more or less pedg
| Ing the club against fusion as recommend
| ed by the party committees.
| Mr.. Allender moved an amendment en-
| dorsing the full fusion agreement as made
at Sacramento and all the other candidates
| of the united parties. The amendment
was carried and the resolutions as amend
| ed were adopted unanimously.
| Mr.. Edelman OF Santa Ana, candidate for
| the nomination of state treasurer, adj
| dressed the club, making a good speech
| and a pleasant impression.
| NJ. j. McGarry and DR.. Trask spoke
briefly.
| The principal speaker of the evening was
Senator White. He was vociferously ap-
plauded when introduced. This being the
senator's first public speech since his re-
turn from Washington, his declarations
upon public questions aroused much inter-
| est.
| Mr.. White began by saying that 1t seemed
to be the effort of the Republican party to
| ,oIra
out of it the great issue in the coming
campaign. Together with a few other
senator's. who had the courage of their
convictions, he had believed THAI the diff
| ferences' between Spain and the United
| States were possible of peaceful solution.
But when the ultimate tribunal had de-
| clared that war should settle the matters
at issue, he and all other patriotic citizens
| had realized that the only proper course
was to ding the Stars and Stripes from
every house top and faithfully and honest
| ly to support the government In all par
ticulars
The question presented to congress had
been those relating to raising revenue suf-
tlcient to carry on the war. The present
cost of the war has been about $500 900, 900.
The Democratic party in congress has Sup
|
has never opposed any expenditures in
tended to aid the army or navy in the
present struggle But concerning the
measures proposed for the raising of these
vast sums the party had differed with the
Republican party in many and important
particulars.
| The method adopted by the dominant
party has distributed the burdens of the
1
exempted the rich and powerful, the cor
porations and those mos, likely to profit
| financially by the war
| The Democratic party has struggled to
carry measures which made taxation
equal and just The piesent measure taxes
the plug tobacco with whicn the day
laborer solaces his hours of toll and the
glass Of beer with which he refreshes his
| time of rest. and leaves untouched the
champagne of the banquet and the 5O-cent
| cigar of the club. The senator himself had
endeavored to procure a tax to be levied
upon tho gross receipts of corporations.
| This would have compelled the corpora
| tons to pay the tax themselves. The Re
publcans had substituted the present
stamp tax. which enables the corporations
| to escape their burdens and place them
|
| Senator White discussed the subject at
some length. and gave an interesting ac-
count Of how the tax upon the gross re-
ceipts of the Standard Oil company and
! the sugar trust, amendments which he him
| self had offered, survived the ordeal. He
said that instead of the issuance of inter-
est bearing bonds the party had advocated
tho issuance of $50, 900 coo Of the same green
| OBJ !, inI had urral no ,trx-
through the long war of the rebellion. 1t
has been sought to cover the bond issue
with the cloak Of a popular loan. This was
Il subterfuge, for the bonds had been alb
sorbed by large capitalists, who had pro-
cured their friends TO subscribe in small
amounts and then taken assignments
| This course, the senator said, had been
followed to his personal knowledge In Los
| Angeles.
After touching briefly upon the failure of
| the tariff upon citrus fruits to benefit the
grower. who was today selling his crop
for 90 cents per box less than he received
under the Wilson act, Mr. White read Cali
| fornians in general sharp lecture on the
evils of sending frozen and unfit fruit to
| the eastern market. He believed that low
prites were largely due to the indscretion
|
to keep its quality good in the eastern
| market.
| He believed the war would soon end, and
the questions before the people would be
| fiscal and those relating to paying the
| enormous cost of the contest In all ques-
| tions of this sort the party had always
| stood for measures which represent equal
| and Just taxation and proper distribution
| of its burdens To 1t, as the friend of the
| common people, should be entrusted the
duty of providing for these expenses and
| their interests were safe in its hands. He
| begged for harmony in the ranks of the
party, and said that 1t had not a vote
which 1t could afford to lose.
! Mr.. White closed with beautiful refer
| ence to the result of the war in closing he
| bloody cfasm between the north and the
| south and in Illustrating the patriotism of
| rich and poor alike. BagleY, a poor boy
| from North Carolina and Fish, rich and
| leader of the exclusive society of the
| northern metropolis. had died in the same
| cause and with the same bravery and de-
votion.
The senator's speech was pronounced by
all who heard it one of the best he ever
made. He announced that he was not
now candidate for public office and
| might never be again.
| The club thereupon adjourned after the
| president had extended The usual Demo-
| ,o,,rtactes and retire. hmentS 70 hose