The herald., 1898-10-31
BARLOW At POMONA
THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY
OF THE CAMPAIGN
Meserve and Waters Pi1loried-The
Bear Valley Cos. General Man
ayers Business Opportunities

ing Of the fusion forces was by far the most
successful and enthusiastic rally of the cam
paign. There were no importations, the
vast assemblage which occupied every seat
and every inch of standing room being com
posed entirely Of citizens Of Pomona and
the immediate vicinity. The liberal ap-
plause and unbounded enthusiasm were
spontaneous and entirely home made. Con.
gressman Barlow, by his manly stand and
honest expressions won the hearts OF his
audience from the start, and piled up the
votes for himself and the ticket generally
Many doubling Thomas saw and heard
and was convinced, and Waters stock took
decided slump. Meserve Waters is too
strong combination for the stOmachs OF
the non-partisan Pomona citizens, and Mr..
Barlow's telling shots went right home.
| The speaker was in entire accord with his
audience, as was evinced by frequent re-
quests for further information or calls for
certain facts. Frank Balfour called the
meeting to order and presented as chair
farmer and an old soldier. Mr.. Cogswell,
in his opening address, attacked the present
revenue law, which SO unjustly taxes the
poor man as against the rich man, and also
handled without gloves Judge Van Fleets
decision in the Fox case The chairman
then introduced the following candidates,
who made brief speeches: James Hanley,
Dr. FltZReIaiu, ". w. Woou, y. u. HdHsei
man, Frank j. Cooper, and township candi.
dates w. II. Hewitt, Charles w. Mason and
Captain A. d. Thatcher. The candidates,
Judging from the statements heard in the
| audience, made far more favorable I'M
preston than did those of their opponents
who have so far come to the front. j. K.
Rush was next introduced, and received an
ovation. Rush long ago captured the Po-
mona public and did not disappoint the
hove 10 90 piuht Tho ooo1 m fura1 n
which he pummeled the Republicans was
both logical and amusing. He proved to the
satisfaction of every intelligent man pres
ent that the Fusion party was more con-
sstent, and asked the Republicans what
had become of that banner that decorated
the train that hauled their state delegates
to the, st. Louis convention, which pro-
claimed to the world that they, the dele
gates, were for free coinage at 10 to l. He
read the platforms, both national and state,
of the Democratic and Populist parties, and
showed wherein the great principles in
volved were similar, and then asked his
Republican friends if men who unite on
such grounds should be proclaimed as
'scramblers for Office" and referred these
platforms of '96. The logic was sound and
the points were well made.
The chairman, in introducing Mr.. Bar
low, said that he was not aware that there
was so much mud in the Sixth district this
dry year as had been hurled at our congress
man. Mr.. Barlow, upon rising to speak,
was greeted with the most enthusiastic re-
ception accorded any candidate that has
been to Pomona SO far. Mr.. Barlow re-
viewed the Pomona effort of Me-serve, the
prosecuting attorney, and also the Bear
valley records of Business Opportunities
Waters. Pomona people are fortunate in
having had a personal acquaintance with
Me-serve and were fully introduced to Bear
Valley Waters during the McLachlan fight,
so that they were in position to appre-
ciate Congressman Barlow's remarks. Mr..
Barlow held his audience until after IL
o'clock and was followed with the closest at
tention throughout. He proved that the
charges of stuffing the mails were ground
less, and substantiated his statements by
reading letter from Congressman Loud, a
Republican, and chairman of the committee
on postoffice affairs. Mr.. Barlow also read
a statement from the Pomona Times, sup
posedly Republican paper, which stated
that Loud had failed of denomination and,
constituents, and consequently his
word was not worth much, and
then informed the audience that the
editor was mistaken, for Mr.. Loud was re-
nominated and is very live candidate. Mr.
Barlow also defended his position on the
citrus question and showed clearly how he
himself was instrumental in getting the
present duty on oranges inserted in the
bill and how Senators White and Allen
fought for it in the senate He also gave
his reason for voting against the Dingley
bill as whole, and to prove the correctness
of his Judgment at that time, quoted from
n recent speech of Speaker Reeds, in which
that distinguished Republican says "the
Dingley bill is failure" His description
of the scenes in congress when war was de-
clared was as a fine word picture as our
audiences have had the pleasure of listening
to in years, and in closing he remarked:
have dared to proclaim the war a Repub.
lican one? If he had been so rash he would
have been elected through the nearest win
dow" Mr.. Barlow, in his peroration, paid
an eloquent tribute to William j. Bryan.