The herald., 1898-11-08

trade as a blacksmith or discharging the du
ties of judge on the bench, or Of law.
maker in the halls of congress--al say that
he fulfilled his duties well and honorably,
His opponent has not had the experience
necessary to fit him for the grave duties oi
the goveanorship.
Do you, in ordinary business affairs, OF
in any of the important affairs of life, take
the novice, on do you value experience?
If man has merely been lawyer, is he
thereby fitted to be the governor of the
great state of California? Judge Patterson
said in a speech in Stockton that Mcguire
was most able and faithful Judge, and
others of the Republicans have repeatedly
stated that he was distinguished and honor
able member of congress. ''But," they add,
she is not fit to be governor of the state"
Had he been a bad judge and corrupt con.
gresham 1 suppose he would have made
model governor, according to this queer
logic. In regard to all this silly twaddle
about the single tax, it would be well to
bear in mind that even should Mr.. Mcguire
be so disposed, he could do just exactly as
much as you and could toward making it
law. He has one vote. If legislature
| could be found favorable to the idea it
would then be submitted to the vote of the
people, and two-thirds vote would incor-
| porate it into the statutes. Mr.. Mcguire
| could then have one vote to record for it, if
he were so disposed, and you and could
have our votes to place against it if we were
so disposed. Hardly any one has any idea
OF such an amendment being proposed dur
ing your life time and mine. Sometimes
scarecrow gets to be such an old story that
even the birds light on 1T and sing.
Some people say they think the railroad
is being talked about too much. The rail-
road company thinks so. Mr.. Huntington
says Mcguire is bad man." Why? Be-
cause he has not been able to buldoze, buy
or scare Mcguire The Southern Pacific
company is organized under the laws of
Kentucky and under its charter is allowed
to do business anywhere except in that
lucky state. In every cheap newspaper in
this part of the country the statement has
been published that said, at the Santa
Monica convention, that the railroad en-
ployes were a lot of slaves and hirelings.
They are all very well aware that what I
did say was that there certain hirelings of
the Southern Pacific who were attempting
to corrupt the fusion convention. As for
the employees of the Southern Pacific, as
well as those of other railroads, they are a
body of intelligent and industrious men,
well qualified, I believe. to cast an honest
ballot for honest men, without the assist
ance of anybody.
l was prejudiced against Barlow at first
probably because when I was elected to the
United States senate he was a member of
the legislature who didn't vote for me-but
/ have since found out that he attends to
his duties with faithfulness and efficiency
and should be reelected. Of course his Re-
publican opponent says: Gust wait till
get there"-or rather somebody is saying
it for him-he's not saying much of anything
since his first speech. Mr.. McLachlan says
he'd like to know what ever did in con-
gress except in the San Pedro matter, which
he is willing to acknowledge. He might
have said l didn't do much at that. And
why? Because wa stoo busy watching him
to do much of anything else. 1t is in the
interest of yourselves and your homes that
I ask you to be careful of your votes to-
morrow.