The record-union., 1898-10-09
TALKING TO REPUBLICANS.
LAST NIGHTS MEETING AT
THE PAVILION.
Speeches by Hons. Frank Nc
Gowan, A. p. Van Duzer
and Others.

The Old Pavilion contained a large
assembly last night, the occasion being
the opening of the campaign by the
Republican party in this city in a mass
meeting.
AT s o'clock the Resolute Club
marched down to- the hall, preceded by
a band playing "a Hot Time in the
with Roman candles.
A. j. Brunerl called the meeting to or
der, saying that it gave him much
pleasure to see the many ladies and
gentlemen assembled at this, the open
ing Of the campaign. He predicted a
Republican victory this fall. In the
days of the immortal Lincoln Sacra-
mento was the banner county OF the
State and this fall it will resume its
position. (Cheers.)
He announced that Hon. F. r. Dray
had been selected to preside over the
meeting and Vice Presidents were ap-
pointed as follows:
William Land, w. A. Anderson, j. H.
Batcher, c. H. Cummings, Howard S.
McIntire, G. w. Jackson, J. NJ. Avery,
Joseph Steffens, Thomas James, Geo.
Stack, j. H. Dolan, J. o. Coleman, e. G.
Atkinson. Charles Paine, Ira Robie,
Frank Miller, S. Uren, w. H. Govan,
I. Luce, S. J. Jackson, E. A. Crouch,
John Blair F. B. Adams, Emil Stein
mann, NJ. A, Howard, John Ryan, Dave
Stewart, ]. H. Gray, B. G. Brier, J. A.
Harvey, P. F. Ruman, J. D. Young, G.
K. Lipman, VIM. M. Petrie, A. P.
Scheld, j. E. Terry, E. J. Carragher,
Albert Elkus, L. T. Hatfield, Charles E.
Phipps, John Shelton, ]. B. Devine, A.
j. Mccormick, c. ]. LIE Noir, r. Alder
bets, VIM. Beckman, Elijah C. Hart, J.
Frank Brown, L. A. Upson, Charles N.
Post, Howard Johnson, Phil Douglas,
Herman Fisher, Talbot Wallis, George
Clark, Charles Dillman, j. o. Funston,
Charles Holmes, George Murray. T. P.
Taylor, j. L. Huntoon, C. H Luhrs, P.
Herzog, John We'll, j. C. Boyd, NJ.
HornIein, William Sims, J. M. Higgins,
W. NJ. Stalker, George E. Dierssen, w.
H. Cothrin, c. c. Robertson, H. w.
Hand, MiF'. OdelI, w. H. Gleason, Tom
Scott, 7. K. Buford, T. Koening, w. E.
Gerber, L. Tozer, E. c. Roeder, S. Luke
Howe Hiram Johnson, D. w. Kloppen-
burg, w. H. Wright.
Mr.. Dray was introduced and said
that the Republican party had been
formed to throw the shackles off a peo-
Pile. 1t had accomplished the work and
became great party. Whenever the
Republicans came into power the peo-
pie settled down with the fixed idea
that things would go right, and even
the Democrats have never charged
them with anything but clean admin
istration. This is national election
let them talk as they may, for on it
depends United States Senator and
Congressman, and the Administration
should be supported.
VAN DUZER'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Dray then introduced Hon. A. P
Van Duzer, who addressed the meeting,
saying that thirty years ago he ad-
dressed a meeting in this city. He gave
some humorous "reminiscences Of the
occasion. s
Mr.. Mcguire, he said, was complain
ing that the Republicans are abusing
him. For himself, he did not know of
any abuse, but some people are very
sensitive. He wished to speak Of one
thing, however. Joseph Liggett, an en-
thusiastic single taxer lives in his
neighborhood and has long tried to con-
vert him by his arguments.
He considered the single tax plank
in the platform Of the Democratic party
to be the most important issue in this
campaign. That plank is giving Mr.
Mcguire and his friends the most
trouble
He read from the Boston Tran
script" a Democratic paper, which said
that free silver was dead issue in
California and the single tax had taken
its place, one Of Its advocates, Mr. Ma
guire, being the Democratic candidate
for Governor, and that California,
which has given rise to several new
ideas, may be the first State to adopt
the theories Of Henry George, but that
in that case she must not expect that
capital will be offered a field that will
attract it.
1t is not properly a tax. It is an at
tempt to turn into the public treasury
the value of the lands now held by indi-
viduals. It says that those who have
bought land from the Government and
paid for 1t, improved it and beautified
it, have no right to It and that it be-
longs to all citizens alike.
He recfted Maguire's desertion of the
Democratic party. and gave his defini-
tion of the single tax as well as that of
Henry George. They propose to abolish
all taxes on personal property and raise
all the revenues for government from
land. They propose to do away with
all vested rights in land and take the
whole rental value of lands as a tax.
Mr.. Mcguire says they propose to tax
the land of monopolists, but he will not
do so, for such land is held in large
quantities and is of little value, and
they only wish to tax valuable land.
He paid his respects to Mr. Mcguire
for franking Henry Georges doctrines
over the State, and said it was a viola
ton Of the law which he had sworn to
support. Under the single tax system
the saloon and liquor licenses and all
others will be abolished. At St.
Louis, when Henry George was
asked what he would do with
the enormous revenue the single
tax would bring, he answered that he
would divide the surplus equally among
the heads Of families or pension all men
who arrive at certain age. They
would, said the speaker, take the prop
erty from those who have worked hard
and saved to accumulate a little prop
erty and give it to the idle and dissi
pated who would not work or save. I'm
der that doctrine, the farmer who
bought his land and improved it is told
that the rental value of land belongs
TO the people of the city of Sacramento
instead Of to him, the one who bought
and paid for it.
Mr.. Mcguire says in one of his
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