The herald., 1898-11-08
Extracts from MspsIrs's Speeches

the past few years, but mostly at quite re-
cent dates. As an index to the character
of the union candidate for governor they
will be found not only interesting but prof
table reading:
"In all that shall do in this campaign
will endeavor faithfully to follow the
spirit IN that behalf which you have man.
Tested here today, and in carrying the
standard OF my own party in the cam
paign as you have intrusted it to me will
endeavor to treat our allies in this war
against monopoly with all the courteous
and with every honorable re.
gard to which they are so well entitled for
the sacrifices which they, in common with
this great body of representatives of the
Democracy of California, have made for
the advancement of the Democracy
for the popular interest, instead of divid-
ing the votes of the masses of the people
and leaving the common enemy to tri-
umph."
Gas a choice between the income tax and
any extension of the tariff taxation beyond
that provided for in the Wilson bill, will
vote for the income tax"
o o 0
equal rights to all, special privileges to
none is the very safety Of free institutions,
as it is the foundation of true Democracy"
O O O
"I am proud to have been raised among
the people, as one of them, in the occupa-
ton of farming, the fundamental occupa-
ton of Gods people, and to have learned
trade, and from association and sharing in
the hopes and fears and aspirations of my
fellow craftsmen to have had imbedded in
my soul sympathy for the struggling, toll
ing masses of my country"
O o o
"Among the modern representatives Of
the Republican party, opposition to monop.
oily is not regarded as respectable. Opposi-
tion as to them anarchy. 1t y hostile to
what they understand to be the most per-
feet social organization, with a class con-
trolling society and the masses Of the peo-
pie hewers of wood and drawers of water
for those enjoying special privileges"
o o o
Corruption in government springs en-
tirely from interference of corporate and
other monopolies to secure either new priv
leges or the maintenance and extension OF
old ones. Give the people check upon
the legislative power of their agents, and it
will be useless for corporations to attempt
10 corrupt elections, or to corrupt legisa-
tors, or to corrupt councillors or boards OF
supervisors"
"Thomas Jefferson warned the people Of
this country that the power nominally
stricken down by the success of the Amer
lean revolution would insidiously advance
Ind steal.hily gain public power, public au-
thority, and Use it against the people, unless
by eternal vigilance the people should guard
against its encroachments."
"To stand for truth, for justice, for the
eternal right, is the noblest mission of man
On earth. To aid the cause of the
people, the cause of justice, needs edu-
,ated leaders. And tonight there are
enough university men in this hall to re-
deem the republic from the thralldom Of
1.-THE war is over, and the people have
again returned to the consideration of the
domestic questions that affect the destinies
Of our country and the happiness of our
people. The battles of the future will be
battles against the institutions and the
privileges which interfere with the equal
rights of our people at home"
o O o
Monopoly today is the barrier, and the
,nly barrier, to the happiness of the Amer
can people. Against that barrier, and for
he completion of that liberty for which
,ur fathers began and gloriously conducted
he struggle in their time we have inherited
,he struggle and we must carry it on. The
ime has come for further advance"
O O o
"Show me corruption in any public mat
er and I will show you the working of
ONE special interest. When you throw out
pecial influences and special interests, cor
upton ceases. Let the people have con-
rol and corruption will diminish. You
annot corrupt the whole people. The
wolves have always tried to prove that
hey were fit shepherds, but this has never
,een proved to the satisfaction Of the
vise."
"The Democracy of Thomas Jefferson is
he Democracy for which we stand today.
t is the theory, the philosophy of human
lights. It is the doctrine of service for
ervice, the doctrine which dpposes fnonop-
ly and stands for the equal rights of man.
t is the doctrine of Jefferson, the doctrine
t Abraham Lincoln, the doctrine of every
lorious patriot and statesman whose name
las come down in the history of our coun-
ry as worthy of honor, worthy of venera.
ion."
1T have witnessed tonight scene that
vas very impressive. I saw body OF col
red fellow citizens enter this hall with
anner proclaiming themselves Lincoln
republicans, not Hanna Republicans.
here is mighty meaning in the contrast
resented by that simple motto. The Re
ublicanism of Lincoln was almost iden-
cal with the Democracy of Jefferson"
They Had No Show
Jose Echegaray, the Spanish dramatist,
avs that he will write no more plays, and
hat his country ought to devote herself to
ractical things. But, don't the Spaniards