The record-union., 1898-11-06
GREAT REPUBLICAN MEETING
Continued from Third Page.)

of nTO2r6SS. all O1 NlSNhOiAA'
est endeavor for the betterhehl %
country was to be found III tile civ
old party. The fight that mas peeh 50
ing on for years with the Deiiioci a.io
and Populist parties is stlll on anu 1ne
issues of the past are still lnVolVeu.
In relation to the candidates. he
would say of Henry 7. Gage thal nc
had known him for years, ana he "o1lu
saw that the corporation or any olle
else who attempted TO run MIN Woulo
find that they have made a mistake. 10
man living can control MN, anu IL
elected he will be Governor of Calltor-
MIA. and no mistake about II. IN reia
ton TO Judge Mcfarland ana JuaSe
Van Fleet and the mendacious attacks
that have been made against them, IL
was hardly necessary, where they are
so well known. to say that their char-
acters for integrity and honor stand TOO
high for such calumnies TO toucn theln.
(Applause.) He said he had nothing 10
say against the character OF MI. Ma
guire or Mr.. De Vries, but Is there any
reason that the people OF TINS district
should allow his vagaries to control the
district? AS for Mr.. De Vries he did
not vote for the tariff bill, nor Tor Ihe
5000 600, 900 war loan. Mr.. Ryan would
have done so. and will do more Tor sac
ramento than Mr. De Vries Will do.
AS to the cry of railroad" that is
made such a bugaboo, there are people
who are opposed to some of the tarlHs
of the railroads, but he did not thlnk
they wished to do away with II, Tor
they know the good it has done the
State. We have had two Democratic
Administrations, but they have not
abolished the railroad Governor Budd
made great promises of how he would
bring the railroad to time, during his
campaign, but he has not, SO far, torn
up the rails Qaughter). Mr.. Mcguire
talks against the railroad and the DEM
ocratic platform denounces the law that
has settled the question Of the railroad
debt. Why? It was drawn up by
Democrat, advocated by the best men
in the Democratic party, voted for by
Senator Stephen M. White, Demo-
crat, and by Democrats, Populists and
Republicans alike, showing that they
considered it just. 1t is settled now,
and has no more to do with the issues
of this campaign than Mr.. Mcguire will
have to do with the GOvernorship of
California for the next four years
Qaughter).
But Judge Mcguire wants to make it
an issue because he has an issue of his
own that he wants to keep secret. That
is the single tax. He has been preach
ing for the last fifteen years the prop
osition that the land should be taxed
on its rental value until it was confis-
Gated. He says there is no process un-
der the sun by which a man can gain
a valid title to his little home. He
went with Henry George and other sin
gle takers TO convince the people of
Delaware of the beauties of single tax,
but they only found after the cam
paign that scarcely a corporals guard
voted for it.
1t is clearly an issue in the present
campaign, and it's advocates should be
whipped before they can get their
forces into battle array. The Demo-
cratic platform contains a plank advo-
eating the abolition of the poll tax and
allowing counties to adopt, each foc
itself, their own system of taxation.
Here is the entering wedge" that Mr.
Mcguire has spoken of. If the consti-
tutional amendment could be passed,
what is to prevent California from be-
coming single tax State by the vote
of her counties.
Mr.. Mcguire voted against the S200,-
100000 war bond bill, but the Republi-
can party passed it, and the people of
the country responded with an offer of
81 400, 100000 and the nations of Eu-
rope that sympathiZed with Spain, said.
I'VE don't want any row with this
country that smasheS fleets and can
raise all the money it wants from its
own people. Spain must take care of
herself" CHEERS and applause)
Judge Mcguire also opposed the war
revenue bill and our soldiers and sail
ors, who were fighting the battles Of
their country might have starved be-
fore he and his party would have done
anything TO sustain them. Judge Ma
guire says he is opposed to corporations
and capitalists. The laws of the State
have granted certain privileges to COR
porations and protect their vested in
terests. Every man is thus protected.
and it is the protection of the rich and
poor alike. Mr.. Maguire's effort is to
array one class of citizens against an
other and the man who does that is an
enemy to his country and a demagogue.
1t is said that this election is only
81 local issue, but that is not so. Every
thing but President is to be elected
We are to elect a United States SEN
ator, and he wanted to see him a Re-
publican. The three parties who have
united in this campaign are held to-
gether only by the cohesive power of
public plunder. They are after the
loaves and fishes.
The Republican party is opposed to
the repeal of the poll tax because it is
devoted sacredly to the support and
maintenance of our common schools
What kind of a citizen is he who, in
return for the protection extended to
him and his by this great country, is
unwilling to contribute this paltry sum
to educate the children of its people
The party that advocates its abolition
should be kicked out of power and kept
out. (Applause.)
The question before us is, Will we
support the Administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley and the progress of the
country or will we vote for a man who
grumbles over a little tax on tea? Let
us send no uncertain words to William
Mckinley, but say to him, We'll done
thou good and faithful servant: Cali
fornia will stand by you till the last d
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