The herald., 1898-10-02
RAILROAD INFLUENCES
NOMINATED THE REPUBLICAN
STATE TICKET
SPECIAL PLEADER BARNES
The Little Giant Listened to by an
Attentive Audience in the
Opera House

4 FRESNO, Oct. 1.-(Special to The
\ Herald). The triumphal march Of Ma
\ guire homeward continues. A dele
4 cation of prominent citizens today +
= escorted him from Hanford here, and
= tonight the opera house was crowded 4
\ by an enthusiastic and attentive null 4
= titude. For nearly three hours THE
y Little Giant" held the absorbed at-<
i tention of his hearers With calm de- 4
4 liberation and convincing logic he dis 4
= cussed the issues of the campaign 4
y and demonstrated that the vital issue 4
i was whether California should bow to 4
= the yoke of the Southern Pacific rail- 4
\ road or maintain sits liberties. Mr..
= Mcguire declared that the Republican \
j. ticket had been slated by railroad in 4
y fuences and showed what Its sue =
+ cess would mean. He reiterated his
y charge that General Barnes was regu- 4
\ larly retained by the Southern Pacific \
\ railroad.
\ 1t Is asserted here that General +
4 Barnes has for years been in receipt :
\ of a regular salary from the Southern 4
= Pacific railroad, but that he is too 4
\ shrewd and too useful to the company =
\ to have his Offices in the yellow 4
y
i that when Mr. Herrin, about four \
\ years ago, took charge of the law de- 4
i partment of the railroad, General \
\ Barnes was then on sal \
= airy of $500 month, which he drew \
\ regularly whether he had occasion to \
i do legal business for the company or 4
i not; that on Herrin's taking the reins \
\ Barnes services were at first re- 4
4 I'D h,, lint bof .fh a 4
\ mer system was SOON resumed, and 4
\ that the general has ever since been, \
i and is now, in receipt OF regular \
\ salary of $500 a month from Uncle =
= Coils. This is interesting In the 4
4 light of General Barnes strong plea =
j. that he has gone out year after year +
\ in the Republican campaigns and has =
i never received cent for his services. \
Was Convincing
FRESNO. Oct 1.-(By Associated Presso
James G. Mcguire. accompanied by f. L.
Hutchinson, arrived in Fresno this after
noon from Visalia, where he spoke last
night. committee went as far as Han
ford to meet him and escort him to this
city. Upon his arrival he was banqueted.
and during the afternoon held q reception
His speech IN the evening", ucllSeIeu NJ Tie
Opera house. was listened to by a large
audience.
Mr.. Mcguire spoke for two and half
hours, giving most Of his time to the rail-
road question. He spoke of his record in
congress and charged the Republican tick
ct with having been nominated by railroad
influence.
The speaker also referred to Gen. Barnes,
stigmatizing him as Southern Pacific at
torney. He took UP the generals speech,
which he appeared to accept as the keynote
of the campaign, and answered 1t seriatim.
Mr.. Mcguire had very little to say about
the single tax. He claimed that 1t was not
an issue. He referred to his vote in CON-
gress on the war measures and defended 1t.
Mr.. Mcguire waS followed by E. L.
Hutchinson. who spoke very briefly. claim
ing that the prospects Of the union ticket
in Southern California were all that could
he wished.