Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-11-16
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FRANCIS ]. HENEY AND
LINCOLN STEFFENS:
OPEN CAMPAIGN IN CALIFORNIA


came the speaker sacramento had
gathered to hear. When Francis ]
Heney arose from his seat the spon.
taneous outburst of demonstratlve
enthusiasm was tumultuous. Will
cheering mingled with the strains
of Dixie" which the band struck vi
as the distinguished speaker faced
the audience. For minutes the ova-
tlons continued while Heney stood
smiling and waiting for quiet. At
last he was able to speak. His ad-
dress consisted OF severe arralgn.
ment of the political system of the
present day, made corrupt, he said
by such men as Tom Fox, Ruef, Bos
Tweed of New York, Bob" Richard
son, James L. ellis and others of
their kind, who, he declared. doml-
nate In politics and represent all
that Is bad and evil. He repeatedly
lashed Tom Fox. Glllls and Richard
son. lie went fully into n history
of the San Francisco graft cases and
told what causes underlie conditions
of the character unearthed at the
bay. He said in part:
81 did not come up here to ratlfy
anything, / came up to enlist for
war. want to enlist for Ave year
term, because at the slow rate you
have been beating Tom Fox It will
take a Ave years war. You only
, beat him slightly at the last elect on
and you had your best man up. You
must feel proud OF the fact that you
beat Tom Fox by 115 votes. You
ought TO be ashamed of yourself
You ought to be ashamed that Sac
ramento did not go solid for White.
(cheers)
VIII Remove s. T.. From Politics.
"You told me to speak my mind.
Well / did. This war, including the
skirmish here, was declared by the
Llncolh-Roosevelt league on August
/. 1906. Up 10 that tine had al
ways fought under the Democratic
banner. / have now enlisted under
the banner OF the Lincoln Roosevelt
league for the big battle. II you
asked me II | was a Republican I
would tell you no. II you asked me
what the Lincoln-Roosevel league
means would tell you that II stands
first for the removal of the Southern
Pacific from politics I'm California
(applausel. And / stand for that
How many OF you will enlist for five
years with me. (Cheers.) would
stand for n no matter what the name
OF the organization that was at
tempting 20 accomplish that end
was, because have become edu-
Gated, because have learned moro
about your government I'm the last
two years than | did In the forty
years of my life that preceded them.
Putting a few men In Jail don't
amount TO anything whether they be
like Patrick Calhoun and other cap
talns OF industry, or whether they
be like those poor men who call
themselves supervisors In San Fran
cisco, The benefit of II all Is that
we have gained, you have gained
and the civilized world has gained
knowledge of the way corrup public
service corporation gain control of
national and civil governments.
business vs.. Liberty.
"Mr. Lincoln StefTens says that
he learned in school that our gov
ernment was representative de-
mooracy. He found he was mis-
taken. believe I'm representative
democracy and that's why I am in
this fight to stay There Is no better
form OF government on earth than a
representative democracy. We can
have under Il the highest character
of liberty. Under an autocracy we
can have better business. The same
is true OF Republieanism, but If your
only reason for having a Republi-
can form of government Is because
you want better business, why, |
say, get out of Il.
"A monarchy such as England or
Germany can give you better busi-
ness conditions. II that's all You
want, why turn this government in
to a monarchy and have king that
will attend strictly to business.
"Puek had cartoon last week
picturing Patrick Henry exclaiming.
Give me Liberty or give me Death
and several bnsiness men pulling on
his coat tails and saying, Hold on
Pat, you are hurting business. Puck
was about right.
During the great war OF the rev.
nlutIon the Tories were all business