The herald., 1898-10-16
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II1E ISSUES OF LIE CAMPAGN % ClEAdY a1 DsEaxED

public sovereignty itself . dangerous. ZAP
plause.) 1t 10 merely the commission to the
people OF authority to check Vicious legis-
lation; merely . commission Of the power
to the people to overturn corrupt legisla-
ton or legislation manifestly contrary TO
the public interests by faithless public
agents In the legislative bodies of the
counties and cities Of the state.
Corruption In government springs ell
t.rely from interference Of corporate and
other monopolies to secure either new priv
ileges or the maintenance and extension of
old privileges. Give the people q check
upon the legislative power Of their agents.
and 1t will be useless for corporations to
attempt to corrupt elections or to corrupt
Legislators or to corrupt councillors or
boards Of supervisors. He pictures tha
cumbersomeness Of passing all laws in this
way. There is no such intention; there
would be no such result. Coed laws would
not be assailed and bad laws ought to bo
assa.led by the people, and the people
ought to have the power to overturn them.
(Applause.)
There Is defect in popular government
In that the check wh.oh this proposition
affords to the people Is now denied them,
and corrupt legislative representatives,
corrupted by special interests. either In the
elections or afterwards by haser and
coarser means, are interfering with the
rights OF the people. This proposition Is
but the practical application Of the pr.n-
ciple declared for by Lincoln in that i'm
mortal Gettysburg address which have
mentioned: Government OF the people, by
the people and for1 the people (Applause)
whoever opposes this principle opposes
the doctrine Of Lincoln and opposes the
same doctrine enunciated by Jefferson.
"A Pat simils
NOW, my friends. in closing, I want to
reply to . suggestion made by General
Barnes that we are unfair to the Repub-
iican party in this campaign. 1t Is in his
opening speech in San Francisco You
will find II reported in the last column Of
that speech IN tho Morning Call He says
that all this cry about tho railroad is 4
cry Of mad dog merely. He says that We
have put the Republican party in the DO
sitlon Of dog with tin kettle tied to its
tail and that the tin kettle is the Southern
Pacific company.
He says that We are playing tho part OF
bad boys and trying to make people believe
that the dog - mad. because tho dog Is
scared and running and cannot get rid Of
the kettle.
I wouldn't have dared to use that smile
II General Barnes hadn't used It, but since
he has used It, must credit him with a
high degree OF shrewdness and a clever
appreciation Of the true relation of things.
(Applause.) He has rightly apprehended
the correctness OF the smile. l know Of
nothing which the Republican party in this
lcampaign more nearly resembles than
dog with a tin kettle tied to its tail. Gap
plause) We are not. in fact. trying to
make people believe that the dog Is mad,
but We admit that tho dog Is running. ZAP
|plnuse.) We admit that It IL scared. and
we admit that 1t can't get rid OF the ket-
tle: and we intend to keep It running ana
to keep It scared. and We have no DISPOSE
tion, toi help It get rid Of the kettle until
after the sth Of November. (Applause.)
Not a Samdlotter
Now. I desire to say ON my own behalf
that II elected governor Of California (Lons
continued applauso)-I wish that this audi
lence even here In my opponents home
city had the decision Of the matter--(Ap-
plause) that II elected governor will en-
deavor to fulfill the promises. the platform
promises and the rostrum promises. that
have made In this campaign as faithfully
as I have tried to execute all tho former
romises mada by me to the people who
have honored me with public trusts. CAP
plause) will endeavor to execute the
laws Of California as find them written.
fearlessly and impartially. as endeavored
to interpret the laws Of California during
the six years that occupied the superior
bench in this state. (Applause)
This brings to my mind another matter
which I want to mention before closing.
General Barnes and others have been stat
ing that was q sandlotter in the time OF
the sandlot agitation. Now. have known
a great many excellent people who were
engaged in that political movement. but
the evident purpose al the statement now
being made is to suggest II not to say that
in that period was not supporter OF law
and order. That Is the purpose Of the
suggestion. say to those who make 1t
that have always been a supporter, and
an active and practical supporter. of law
and order. (Applause) And say to
these gentlemen first. that I never was
connected in any way with the sandlot
movement or with the sandlot party Gap
plause)
Further, I desire to say that in the sand
lot year. as 1t was called. the year Of tho
powerful political organization OF that
party, I was vice-chairman OF the Demo-
cratic municipal convention Of which Judge
lCoffey of San Francisco was chairman.
desire to say further-and General Barnes
ought to remember it-that during the
whole of that period was commissioned
officer In the state militia of California;
that was a lieutenant of infantry and was
on duty repeatedly for the maintenance OF
law and order and for the protection Of
life and property during those years; and
that never failed to perform my duty IN
, that behalf. (Applause)
For Law and Order
I desire further to say that while on sew
eral occasions 1 was on duty as military
officer of the state, upholding law and Or
der and protecting life and property from
threatened assaults by followers Of Denis
Kearney. I was also an officer in the state
militia and acting as such for the upholding
of law and order and for the preservation
of lives and property in San Francisco
against riotous demonstration that was
largely provoked by General Barnes. (Ap-
plause.)
And call his attention to the fact that
was on duty on Howard street between
; Third and Fourth, in civilian dress, but as
a military officer detailed from headquar-