The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-26
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE

people. He is in full sympathy with all
the aspirations of the people for politi-
cal reform, advancement In their social
and business relations, and for the at
tainment Of their prosperity. He is, vir-
tually. the nominee of the people Of Cali
fornia; for three parties-three great
political organizations. composed of the
masses Of those who, by their daily labor.
skill and intelligence, produce all the
wealth of the state-have united in his
nomination. 49,
Judge Mcguire Is no demagogue. no
illitsrate, self-seeking politician, no Of
fciai adventurer. He is an upright man,
whose political as well as moral hon.
esty has been tried in high places of
public trust and honor conferred on
him by his fellow-citizens. and who has
proven himself, in every case. fine as
gold and true as steel. AS jurist and
national legislator Mr.. Mcguire has been
ION mehy years conspicuously before the
people Of California and Of the United
States, and 1t is the clear opinion Of
even his political adversaries that. In
an era Of our history when gold
has the power to corrupt SO many
popular leaders, Mcguire has been
wholly free from its emasculating faint;
has sustained high character for hon
esty; has been one of the Few in Sardis
that have not defiled their garments"
Beyond this-which, indeed, ought to be.
butt unfortunately, is not, the measure
of the moral and official reputation of
all our public servants-Judge Mcguire
stands today In the front rank of Amer
lean statesmen. In point of fact, there
are few, If any, public men in the United
the searching alembic of congressional
work, whether on the floor Of the house
or the still more arduous labors Of the
committee rooms-who have shown ca
pacity for usefulness superior to his.
An orator who has something to say
and the courage to say it; a logician
who, with easy grace, unmasks sophistry
and wins even the sophist to his side;
a jurist whose legal knowledge never
silences his sense Of justice or common
sense; man Of affairs, an experienced
public servant, an American democrat
and q courteous gentleman, Is the candi-
date for governor Of California in whose
nomination the Democracy, the Populists
and Silver Republicans have united.
It. is out Of such timber as this that
the great state Of California should make
its chief Magistrate. No state in the
Union is more menaced by the domina-
tion of corporate wealth and the con-
scienceless greed of monopoly. No state
In which poor men will have less chance
to make a living, II, to its other ills,
the executive control Of the common
we1lth is to be at the beck and nod
of the notorious Republican machine.
But we sincerely believe that Governor
Budd's admirable administration Of our
state executive affairs will be supple
meuted, still more broadly in the inter-
est o& the people, by Governor Mcguire
for the voters, in anticipation. already
70 title the peoples candidate
The citizens Of California know we'll
enough that the Republican party, here
or Elsewhere, is not in sympathy with
popflar aspirations. They know that
thegtarty in this state is in the hands
OF tAe money power, without hope of
redemption; that 1t is the facile instru-
menf of the trusts, the great railroad
and other corporations, whose history
has been marked, all along the line,
with the record Of hostile demonstra-
lions against every effort made by the
people Of California, in thirty years. to
better their condition. Hence the logic
II the situation IL that the popular vote