The herald., 1898-09-27

rights of the people. This proposition Is
but the practical application Of the pr.n-
ciple declared for by Lincoln in that i'm
mortal Gettys sburg address which I have
mentioned: Government Of the people, by
the people and fori the people. (Applause.)
Whoever opposes this principle opposes
the doctrine of Lincoln and opposes the
same doctrine enunciated By Jefferson.
"A Pat simile
Now, my friends, in closing, want to
| reply to a suggestion made by General
Barnes that we are unfair to the Repub-
llcan party in this campaign. 1t Is in his
opening speech in San Francisco. You
will find 1t reported in the last column Of
| that speech in the Morning Call. He says
that all this cry about the railroad Is q
cry OF mad dog merely. He says that we
have put the Republican party in the po-
| sition OF dog with tin kettle tied to its
tail and that the tin kettle is the Southern
Pacific company.
He says that we are playing the part OF
bad boys and trying to make people believe
that the dog is mad, because the dog is
scared and running and cannot get rid Of
the kettle.
I wouldn't have dared to use that simile
II General Barnes hadn't used 1t, but since
he has used It, must credit him with
high degree OF shrewduess and a clever
appreciation OF the true relation Of things
l(Applause) He has rightly apprehended
| the correctness OF the simile. know Of
| nothing which the Republican party in this
campaign more nearly resembles than a
dog with tin kettle tied to its tail. Gap
plause) We are not, in fact, trying to
make people believe that the dog Is mad,
but we admit that the dog Is runndng. (Ap-
plause) We admit that 1t Is scared, and
we admit that 1t can't get rid OF the lset-
tie; and we intend to keep It running and
| to keep 1t scared, and we have no disposi-
ton. tel help 1t get rid OF the kettle until
after the sth Of November. (Applause.)
Not a sandlotter
| Now, desire to say on my own behalf
| that II elected governor Of California Long
continued applause)-I wish that this audi
ence, even here in my opponents home
city, had the decision Of the matter-(Ap-
| plause.) that II elected governor will en-
deavor to fulfill the promises, the platform
promises and the rostrum promises, that
have made in this campaign as faithfully
| as have tried to execute all the former
promises madd by mo to the pe1ple who
have honored me with public trusts. Gap
plause.) I will endeavor to execute the
laws Of California as I find them written.
fearlessly and impartially. as I endeavored
to interpret the laws of California during
the six years that occupied the superior
bench in this state. (Applause.)
This brings to my mind another matter
| which l want to mention before closing.
General Barnes and others have been stat
| ing that I was a sandlotter i'm the time OF
the sandlot agitation. Now, have known
great many excellent people who were
engaged In that political movement, but
the evident purpose a the statement now
being made Is to suggest If not to say that
III that period was not a supporter Of law
and order. That IL the purpose Of the
suggestion. I say to those who make II
that have always been a supporter, and
an active and practical supporter, Of law
and order. (Applause) AnN I say to
these gentlemen. first. that I never was
connected in any way with the sandlot
movement or with the sandlot party ZAP
| plause.)
Further, desire to say that In the sand
powerful political organization OF that
party, I was vice-chairman Of the Demo
cratic municipal convention of which Judge
Coffey Of San Francisco was chairman.
desire to say further-and General Barnes
ought to remember it-that during the
whole Of that period was a commissioned
officer in the state militia of California;
that was lieutenant of infantry and was
a,,&, <oa1 For tIov {nto of
law and order and for the protection Of
life and property during those years: and
that never failed to perform my duty in
that behalf. (Applause.)
For Law and Order
desire further to say that while on sew
eral occasions I was on duty as military
officer of the state upholding law and or
der and protecting life and property from
threatened assaults by followers of Denis
Kearney, was also an officer in the state
militia and acting as such for the upholding
of law and order and for the preservation
Of lives and property in San Francisco
against q riotous demonstration that was
largely provoked by General Barnes. ZAP
plause.)
And I call his attention to the fact that
was on duty on Howard street between
Third and Fourth, in civilian dress, but as
a military officer detailed from headquar-
ters, to try to prevent the riotous raid on
the offices Of the Call and Bulletin in San
Francisco in September, 1875, when the I'M
mense throng was being lashed to fury by
the denunciations heaped upon the pro-
prietors Of those papers by General Barnes
and others, who seemed a little reckless Of
the consequences Of their infiammatory
speech.
say to those gentlemen that challenge
them to find any incendiary utterance Of
mine during the course Of my whole life,
either upon the sand lot or anywhere else.
(Applause) I never did make a speech on
the sand lot for any purpose; was not con-
nected with the movement, and never
made an incendiary speech anywhere.
have always stood for law and order both
on and Off the bench. Nong and continuous
applause and cheers)
Close Of the Meeting
As soon as the applause which followed
Judge Maguire's great speech had died
away, Chairman Murphey arose and made
several announcements, one of which was
that lone Of the most picturesque charac-
ters in Southern California would have
something to say" The crowd held to-
gether very well and cheered vociferously
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