Amador ledger., 1902-10-31
DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
A Quartet of Speakers Furnish Oratory
for jackson and Sutter Creek the
Same Night.


Pardee had taken the trouble to get
away from the railroad line. and visit
Jackson. So they arranged a double
meeting for Jackson and Sutter Greek
the same night, with four takers who
were to alternate between the two
towns. The orators announced for the
occasion were James V. Coleman, a
wheel-horse Of democracy, Samuel
Butler, who was billed as member of
the miners union, also an "English-
;nan, the son of Cornish miner, who
would speak principally to the miners. :"
Also Thomas ]. Geary, former con-
gresham, and author of the Geary
Chinese exclusion bill, and last of all
l.. IL. Tulloch, nominee for state SEN
ator. Bonfires, the booming of guns,
the jackson band, and every effort
was made to awaken some enthusiasm
There was fair-szed crowd gathered
on. the street, the hall was well filled,
but nothing like the mass of people
that greeted some OF the republican
turnouts at Jackson and Amador City.
There were few persons from outside
the town noticed in the crowd.
James Meehan was selected as chair
man. Half dozen e-presidents oc-
cupied seats on the platform. The
first speaker was Samuel Butler OF
Nevada county, who is said to be presi-
dent of the miuers' union there, and
whose visit here was intended to in
huence. the miners of this region to a
favorable regard for the democratic
cause. He is commonplace talker.
monotonous in his style, and with no
claims to elOquence or oratory. His
address was simply a statement of his
campaign experience, and a sketch of
Lane. He showed common sense in
emitting all reference to his being an
Englishman. aud made no mention of
the Cornish miner, as he was evil
IDENTIFY expected 10 do by the demo-
cratic managers. He was no doubt
much better posted on thescharacter of
these miners than the politicians were,
and knew that any claim of influence
over them by reason of nativity would
be resented. He said the laboring men
were interested in the campaign more
than any other class. 1t was cam
paign of local issues, the main issue
being the liberty of the working man
to organize for his own protection. He
forgot to say that no party and no
candidate has ever taken the negative
of that proposition, - He said he was
glad to be informed that the miners of
Amador county had at last organized
for their own protection, thereby refut-
ing his own statement that the right to
organize was an issue in the contest.
He wished God speed to the miners
union of jackson. He had seen the
benefits of industrial organization He
made the broad assertion that there
was not a solitary Chinaman in the
city of Tacoma owing to the opposition
of Franklin X. Lane. Mr. Butler. is
not particular about the truth. He
further said that Pardee was an enemy
to the laboring man, and rehashed a
lot of lies about the railroad strike
years ago. Buffers talk from begin.
ming to end was an effort TO stir up
class prejudice; TO array the employees
against the employers; to represent
that their interests are and must be
antagonistic; and that it was necessary
for the laboring man to keep on a war
footing as it were by organizing against
ohe employers. He appealed to the
miners that whatever the action of
those above them might be, to stand
firm. Just fancy the gall of the man
ayers of the democratic party, in their
desperation to hold on to the local Of
fces,. in importing men to Amador
county to talk in this strain to iutelli-
gent working men.
Jas. V. Coleman was the next speaker,
and he evidently was not favorably i'm
pressed with the remarks of his prede-
cessor. as he started ont by saying that
he thought it was mistake to divide
people into two classes-laborers and
capitalists or employers. He talked
against the modern king called
monopoly. The democratic party was
not opposed to combinations of capital.
1t is the party of progress. Its policy
was well rounded, while the republican
policy was lopsided. The danger was
in vicious combinations. The demo-
cratic party proposed TO deal even
handed justice to all, so that there
should be no more strife. The revolution
will be accomplished peacefully, and
the settlement will be for all time. He
claimed that the democracy was the
friend of the people, and republicanism
the friend of trusts and tue foe of the
people.
Thos. j. Geary ex-congressman, was
next called. The people had to wait
for some time, until he could get here
from Sutter Greek. and the band
played, and Coleman afterward started
in to tell a dream to consume the time,
in the midst of which the speaker put
in an appearance. Geary is man of
considerable intellectual force. He
made by far the ablest speech from a
democratic standpoint heard in the
county in this campaign. He discussed
the tariff, and maintained that the
democratic party is not free trade
party, never was, and never will be.
1t was not the enemy of industry, and
diG not propose to do anything to inter-
fere with the prosperity of the present
time. He claimed that American goods
could be bought much cheaper in
foreign countries, than in the United
States, and from this reasoned that the
protectiye tariff was unnecessarily high.
They proposed to take the duty off of
trust made goods, and the necessaries
OF life, leaving what are called luxuries
to bear the burden of furnishing
revenue. He told his hearers that the
working men would never have better
friend than the democratic party; that
it would never desert them, but failed
to show at any time that the policy of
the democrats had ever resulted in
good times and prosperity.
The meeting closed with an address
by l.. Il. Tulloch, candidate for state
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