The record-union., 1898-10-22
THREE FUSION MEETINGS.
CANDIDATES ADDRESSED THE
VOTERS AT EACH.
Gave Reasons Why People Should
Elect Them, and Promised to
Do Their Duty.


Seventh and E streets last evening to
greet number of the Democratic
county candidates and other speakers.
The meeting was an outdoor AFFAIR."
and a big bonfire cast doubtful, flcker-
Ing light over the proceeding.
G. w. Baker, candidate for DISTRICT
Attorney, was the first speaker. ana
left good impression on his auditors.
He promised, if elected, to perform the
duties of the office in such manner
as would leave no doubt in the minds
of the people that they had made no
mistake in electing him.
Henry N. Baumann, candidate Ior
Assessor, followed with a neat talk IN
which he asked for the suffrages OF
the voters present, and promised, II
elected. to so equaliZe the assessments
on property that the poor and the
rich should be placed on the same ba-
sis. He believed in equal rights for
all.
J. M. Morrison, candidate for Sher-
tff, was received with rounds or ap-
plause when he mounted the platform.
Mr.. Morrison said he would, If elected.
conscientiously and fairly conduct the
business of the office to the best of mis-
ability
William B. Hamilton, candidate for
County Clerk, said he was glad to ap-
pear before an audience the members
of which lived so near his old stamping
ground. He had lived, he said, forty
two years in Alkali Flat, and everybody
knew him. His record was an open
book. He had always taken the great
est interest in upholding the purity of
the ballot, and had kept close watch
on the preparation of the Great Reg
lister, as he would continue to do it re-
elected. He said he had ever tried to
be kind and courteous to all, and asked
the support of the voters present, at
the polls.
E. D. McCabe next spoke in the inter-
est of John J. Dwyer, candidate for the
Assembly for the Twentieth District.
He explained that besides other and
onerous duties, the member of the AS
sembly would be called on to vote for
a candidate for United States Senator,
and that the people ought to be very
careful in choosing a man on whose
judgment they could rely to do The
right thing. If, he said, they desired
an honest, faithful representative, ca
pable of discerning the right and cour-
ageous enough to stand by his convic-
tions, they ought to vote for Mr.
Dwyer.
Mr.. Dryers opponent, Mr.. McCab3
said, was an able lawyer, who always
advocated what the railroad company
demanded. He spoke of Mr.. Johnson s
stand in Congress on the funding Dill
and inquired of his auditors whether or
not he had performed the trust reposed
in him. He closed by saying that if
the people desired to have an active
efficient, honest man to represent them
they could do no better than vote ior
Dwyer
j. j. Dwyer, candidate for the AS
Sembly, Twentieth District, spoke next
He said he was a new man in politics,
and wanted and needed the help OF tire
voters of the district. He called at
tention to the fact that he was a young
man, and said that as the Government
would finally fall into the HANDS of
the men now young, he hoped the
young men would rally to his support
He asked the young men to support
him because he was a young man. and
the old men to do SO because they had
once been young themselves.
Mr.. Dwyer said he believed he could
better represent the district than his
opponent Grove L. Johnson). He did
not expect, he said, to cut any elabor-
ate figure in the Assembly, but he
knew how 10 work and would do so, il
elected.
Mr. Dwyer said he heartily favored
retaining the State Printing Office and
would work to that end. He hoped tC
see the time when the children of the
State would be furnished with free
school books He also believed in good
roads. and said he was the only man
nominated for the office who had q
practical knowledge of good roads, ht
having made a study of the question
He believed in constructing the pro-
posed macadam highway between this
city and Folsom as a model for other
sections of the State to copy from. He
also believed in the passage of a pri-
mary election law along the lines Of
the Australian ballot system, and said
he would, if elected, work to the enc
TO secure il.
AT TWELFTH AND c STREETS.
There was a Democratic rally a.
Twelfth and c streets last night, al
WHICH d IuIIlbSI VI anu VI
tors addressed the people. The speeche:
were brief, however, because all the
speakers We're in great haste to get tc
Twentieth and o streets, where there
was the best attended meeting, so the
candidates said, that has yet been seer
In the county.
The first speaker was c. w. Baker
candidate for District Attorney. He
confined himself chiefly to his own can.
didacy and promised to conduct the
office honorably and in a businesslike
manner, if elected.
J. NJ. Morrison, candidate for Sheriff
spoke for a few minutes. He said the
people know him we'll and he promised
TO do all he could to serve them well
If elected.
William B. Hamilton also spoke witt
some spirit, saying he would stand
with the people through thick anC
thin" if elected. He said he would bt
the servant, not the master of the peo-
Pile if elected to office.
Ed McCabe spoke in the interest o.
J. J. Dwyer for the Assembly, stating