The record-union., 1898-10-09

an issue, as it is practically settled,
but the single tax. is an issue, as the
Democratic papers are full Of it. The
people of California are to be called on
to vote on the question of consutu-
tional convention and the resolution for
it was written by Mr.. Mcguire in his
office, for the purpose of getting a sin
gle tax provision in it. He had this
on the authority of Joseph Liggett,
Mr.. Maguire's partner. If he were
elected Governor, it is easy to see what
influence he could exert in that direc-
ton.
Mr.. Mcguire says he is the only man
who can defeat the funding bill and
make the railroad pay its debts. Why
then does he not stand by the people
and stay in Washington to defeat 1t?
But Morgans bill has settled the mat
ter and Mcguire did not object.
Why not vote for the Republican par
ty, that has always kept faith with
the people. We must stand by Nc
Kinley, and not vote for a party that
talks about Jefferson and has never
had a man since that was worth talk
ing about.
McGOWAN'S ADDRESS.
Hon. Frank MCGOWAN was introduced
and said that the hour was SO late that
it hardly seemed necessary for him to
speak on the principles and history Of
the Republican party, but it was only
1O o'clock and he understood there was
no Sunday law in Sacramento.
1t was the Republican party that had
carried the nation onward for the past
thirty years and more to prosperity 1t
was the party that though the mar
tyred Lincoln and the soldier Grant
had made the nation what it is. The
question is, will you abandon this par
ty for a party that is bringing all the
fads of the day to the front. This is
an important campaign because the
Republican party and the Administra-
ton are engaged in carrying out plans
Of great moment to the country. The
election of Mcguire would look like a
disapproval Of the policy Of the Admin
istratiOn and a sign that the people do
not indorse it.
The triumph of the Republican par
ty, on the other hand, will show that
California believes in the acquisition of
Hawaii and the Philippines, the open
ing Of the Nicaragua Canal and other
things that the Republican party ad-
vocates. We have seen blood-stained
Spain tyrannizing over the doWn-trod-
den people, trampling out liberty, and
booming to starvation the people Of
Cuba and we have determined that
these things must cease and that the
people Of that island must be freed
from such cruelty. The war was a
war for humanity. It was left to Re-
publicanism to take up the cause Of
the oppressed Did Senator White
raise his voice for these people? No!
he opposed the war and said it was i'll
timed and unnecessary. And this is
the man that California is asked to send
back to the Senate We should rather
send man who is in sympathy with
the oppressed and who stands for the
progress of California.
The Democrats say they are not a
Populist party and yet it indorses
Populist nominee Mcguire and the sin
gle tax. The Populist party say they
are not Democrats, but they indorse
the Democratic platform and candi-
dates. 1t is hard to tell what they
are or how to meet them.
He sketched the lifeI of Mckinley
from boyhood to the Presidents chair,
at the nations helm in this hour Of it's
destiny The defeat of the Republican
party in this State would be heralded
to the world as a disapproval Of his
administration and an evidence that the
people were not with him.
He believed that the great danger to
this country lies in the great influx of
foreign immigration to this country and
that those who can least bear the con-
sequences Of It are the ones most af-
fected. He did not say this from any
race hatred, or objection to foreigners,
but from the conviction that the influx
Of cheap labor must work the detri-
ment and ultimate ruin Of the laborers
Of this nation, and he thought that the
laws should be so shaped as to afford
them protection. The Democratic
platform contains no plank to protect
them.
He had no criticism to make of the
personal character of the Democratic
candidate for Governor, but his polit-
ical record is open to criticism-and
very open. When he was in Congress
there was a bill before it to exclude an
archists and the undesirable class-Eu-
ropes criminals, and Mr.. Mcguire op-
posed it, believing it to be neither right
nor desirable. And he now asks to
be elected to the Executive chair of the
State. Will the people Of California
indorse his views by electing him?- If
we had another Haymarket horror here,
could he not be expected to commute
their sentences or pardon them?
The safest way to avoid this is to
elect a sterling man like Henry T. Gage
and Republicans for the Assembly and
Senate. The party is assailed as
railroad party, but there is no issue on
that point, for whether Mr.. Gage or
Mr. Mcguire be elected, they are
equally bound by the laws Of the State
in their treatment Of the railroad
The meeting adjourned with three
cheers for the whole ticket.