The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24
LABOR MAY
 FIGHT PARDEE E. D. HOugham Speaks of Republican Hari-Kari. REFERS TO RECENT HISTORY NO ENEMY OF MANHOOD CAN EVER BE GOVERNOR. The We'll Known Labor Orator Threatens to Stump the State
 as He Did Years
 Ago.
REFERS TO REGENT HISTORY
NO ENEMY OF MANHOOD CAN
 EVER BE GOVERNOR.
Oakland ofce San Francisco Call.

SVo bTOdQWdy. July No.
 Fl. D. Hougham, the well known labor orator, has prepared a statement which he will use under certain circumstances during the coming campaign.
 Mir. HOugham is recognized as the fore- most labor leader of California. Twenty five years ago, in conjunction with James H. Barry, A. s. Barlow, Patrick Reddy and William M. Hinton, MT. Hougham took charge of the California anti-Chinese Association, and these gentlemen were elected as it's State executive committee. Ever since then MT. Hougham has been Identified with the labor interests of Cali fornia- In ISS6 when grand master of the Knights of Labor, he was the poet of the day at the great picnic held in San Jose, at which Judge Mcguire was the orator. Last year he was sent for to New York to assist in the Henry George campaign, and was engaged in that work when MT. George died.
 Mir Hougham is the man who many years ago first called attention to the cir cumstances attending the transfer of the water front to Carpenter and his asso- ciates at the expense of the city of Oak land. With Judge GlaSCOck, Colonel Jack Hayes, James de Fremery and others of this city he was appointed committee to hire attorneys and prosecute the suits which were brought twenty years ago. Commenting on his work in the interest of the water front some years ago the Enquirer paid MT ,HopghamI U am . some at that time the owner of the Hougham tract near the water front, and lie it was who presented to the city of Oakland deeds to the first four streets. including Twenty second and TWenty-fourth, that were opened to the water front.
 MT. HOugham declares that this is nat urally Republican year and that if the Republicans put up the proper candidate for Governor there would be no difficulty in electing him. He declares, however, that if any man who has shown himself to be possessed Of lnhuman ideas and au- tOcTatiC bearing toward honest working men, whether employed or temporarily unemployed, he will go to work again as he did twenty-five years ago and organize labor against such a candidate.
 T will stump the State from one end to the other before such man shall be to-day, "and this is what l will do 1t with" MT. Hougham referred to the fol- lowing document, which he has recently prepared:
 < The only part that I will take in this < any partv that Is known to be an enemy < % Of the laboring classes, and that is the < < why ], together with many of 5 + this State will oppose the election of < ~ any such man as George C. Pardee for < N Governor. If there is no other way to < & defeat him We will stump the State from * x end to the other and talk to the la < % boring men about his cowardly and in- < x human treatment of the laboring men < N with his ax and pickhandle brigade, 7s # reinforced by the fire companies of this < < city with their hosepipes, under his com < % mand four years ago when a non-Re- x % publican Mayor of this city. The labor 5s # Ing men of this State have not forgotten < N that year of panic. hard times and des Y # titutiOn which swept all over this broad < < land Hundreds of honest men unable < # to find employment at home, came out < < to this State to try to find work at the <