The herald., 1898-09-06
SOCIALIST LABOR CANDIDATE
ToR GOVERNOR HEARD
Jobs DESIRE FOR DEBATE
he Opens His Campaign by Saying he
Cannot Be Elected and Then
Begs for Votes

attack on Mcguire, or H. ]. Waters "slop-
bucket" speech.
Hartman overdid the matter. He an
aounced early in his speech the old adage
that "a fool never changes his mind" and
before he got through with his incendlary.
lncoherent and rambling remarks, those OF
The audience who were unfortunate enough
70 hear him in the last campaign fully
agreed as to the truth Of the adage.
Hartman had not changed his Mid, nor,
for tnat matter his language, the only DIFF
ference being that this'year he applied his
ungrammatical epithets to the Democrats
and Populists instead Of the Republicans
In other words, those who know the
Socialist" best think he is suffering from
an attack Of yellow fever contracted by
too close contact with the gold standard.
as now administered by Hypnotic Henry's
managers.
About the most ridiculous thing about the
whole meeting, not excepting the candi-
| dates speech, was the challenge issued
from the stage to Maguirs or Gage to de-
| bate with Hartman the Issues Of the pres
| ent campaign.
| 1t was equivalent to United States cap
| tain asking General Miles for battery Of
heavy artillery to go out and fight hum
| ming bird.
| Two salient truths Mr.. Hartman uttered.
The first was that he would never be elect
| ed governor of California, and with this the
| audience agreed, manifesting thsir appre-
ciation of the 'granum sails" In the TRADE
by applause. The second truth uttered was
| that neither Mcguire nor Gage would take
! the time, although he did not put 1t just
| that way, to debate with him. This also
| was applauded.
| The audience that assembled to hear Har-
| riman was mainly composed Of ladies and
children. attracted by the promise of a
stereopticon lecture. The meeting was
opened by J. r. Van Rensselaer,, and the
| singing OF the Angelus Quartet and banjo
playing Of Michaelson brothers was en-
joyed.
Then came the event of the evening. Be-
hind the speaker. bordered in black with
huge rosettes and long streamers Of crepe,
was list of the so-called labor battles.
To his right was the blood-red flag of an
archy. and on his left small Star 6pangled
banner that dropped from Its stan in the
| semi-obscurity OF the wings.
There was no Hail. Columbia" no "Red
White and Blue" no my Country, IT'S Of
| Thee" All. no: for in the very outset Of
his speech Hartman attacked the prosecu-
tton OF the war as one Of "power," and said
In 10 many words that the victory America
| had won was that over "a drowning cat
| almost drowned when the war was COM
menced." 80 I-1
In ons breath he howisd about the labor
er's wife with her starving baby in her arms
demanding succor from Capital" and in
the next denounced this government for
| trying to rescue the starving Cubans. Just
| where people are begging in vain for bread
in these United States the speaker did not
| say. but he did locate the starving recon-
centrados. and censursd this government
! for their rescue because It had the power
1t was extremely difficult to follow the
speaker.
He is worse than Gage when 1t comes to
arriving at climax. The Hypnotic Harry
wanders afar in his speeches, but Hartman
climbs the fence and gets over into the other
mans county when he talks.
| There were four things upon which the
speaker had as firm a grasp as Gage has
upon the phrase THAT was l." When It
comes to using "accumulates. develops and
evolves" and "crystalline matter" he had
his address well In hand. But when he told
his auditors that 'at amused him to see the
people rejoicing over the victory over
Spain," that there was no patriotism in
the war. but 1t was merely a struggle such
| as two dogs make over a bone in the street
for the meat there Is on it," that "patr!ot-
| ism Is not born of war, but only OF. bread
and butter" then 1t was that men by the
score got up and left the hall. The average
citizen Will stand good deal, but Mr..
| Cages COMMITTEES will have to curb Mr..
Hartman.
The interest the speaker had in the Re-
| publican candidate was shown In his open
attack upon the fusionists. He denounced
the Populists. said they were dead, had
been swallowed up by the Democratic tiger,
and denounced free silver and gave the
gold standard little love pat fQrl consis-
| tency's sake as he went along.
The details Of the meeting were as fol-
! lows:
| J. T. Van Rensselaer, called the meeting to
| order, and after speaking for three-quar-
| ters Of an hour upon the condition of the
working classes in the United States, con-
cluded by introducing Job Hartman. the
speaker Of the evening.
Mr.. Hartman opened his address with
the following candid but unusual remark
from a candidate: II am a candidate fop
governor, but am sure that will not be
elected to that position in the coming cam
paign." The reception of the speech showed
plainly that the audience agreed wholly
with the speaker. He declared that the
workingman Of today could have no hope
from the old political parties. These par
ties, he said, were not formed by or for the
laborlng man. that they were in the inter-
est Of the capitalist, who was seeking to
grind down the free-born American to q
condition Of ignorance and misery. To
bring this point closer home, several views
of the Chino beet sugar ranch were thrown
on screen. Hartman explained that
while the farmer produced the beets. he
received less than an eighth OF the Yalus
of the finished article. while the man with
capital made a pront of 30 per cent, and
never left his offics chair. Views Of the
San Gabriel electric power plant were also
shown. The speaker declared 1t was wrong
to allow capital to hold such property. He
stated that he was in favor Of the people
owning all such plants, but did not say how
he expected the people to run them.
Machinery has been the great promoter
OF the capitalist system Of production"
said Hartman. "Costly machinery has
placed the workingman in position where
he has no choice, while the string IL In the
hands Of capital. He must slave or die. II
man won't work he has no right to eat,
but II he does work he should have the
fruit Of his labors." He concluded his re-
marks by asking every one present to vote
the Social ticket.
Other addresses were made by b. Smith
and DR.. A. J. Stevens.
A Soldiers Death