Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
A. D. WARN Err

and every man here is either a judge
or a colonel Naughter)
81 was prepared for great surprises
when L came to Los Angeles, but L
assure you that, unless had seen with
my own eyes the change that has so
marvelously altered the appearance of
Los Angeles during the last few years,
l never would have believed it. Ii
seems as if nature and man have
conspired and in a short time have
turned the city into a Veritable Garden
of Eden. The beautiful mountains, the
nearby sea, the climate, the bountiful
water supply which soon will cause
manufacturing plants to spring up in
greater number in your city, the ex-
cellent harbor, your good government
and the beautiful parks and roads
why, 1 am amazed that anybody could
in so few years accomplish such a
change. But | lay it rather to the
character of the men before me. Yet
you have robbed the east of some of
her best citizens (laughter), and, as
matter of fact, many men have
come here from the east to take up
part of your great work. There have
been hundreds of stories back east OF
the great Southern California country.
We are doubters back there and are
slow to accept the stories, but when
assure you 1 will tell my friends that
the stories they hear of the develop
ment of this country do not begin to
depict the reality and that they have
no real appreciation of the present
beauty and the great future develop
ment of Southern California (Pro-
longed applause.)
Party a Solid Unit
1--WE have been asked by your COM
mittee to say a few words for the
Democratic cause. Now, you all know
1t is impossible for me to tell you any
more than you know of the past dlf-
ferences which have existed IN the
Democratic party. There have been
differences in the east, and we there
differed from the Democrats of the
west. But we have fought our own
battles out and now, at last, we come
together. prolonged applause0 Just
as in the great campaign OF 1914 Bryan
supported Judge A. B. Parker, so IN
this great campaign of 1908 will A. b.
Parker and his friends Loyalty support
our great nominee for the presidency,
William Jennings Bryan. (Thunderous
applause greeted this statement, and
it was fully ten minutes before the
speaker could proceed.)
Now 1 have four reasons why all
loyal citizens should support the DEM
ocratic ticket. My first is, the under
handed way in which the Republican
candidate for the presidency was nom
mated. / don't think that, even were
this my only reason, any man, Whether
Republican or Democrat. should vote
for a ticket that selected it's candidate
as did the Republicans This is the
first time that the administration al
Washington has chosen the succeed
ing candidate by the means of federal
of this halittlRS the
fitness of that candidate, but the ques-
tion is whether in these United States
IT is proper that the president should
choose his successor. 1t is over seVen-'
ty-five years ago since jackson sup
ported Van Buren, for the presidency.
and during all the years that nave
rolled by since then has any president
selected the candidateY
There are at least 2500O0 office hold
ers in the country who represent the
policies of the Republican party and,
as I said, this alone Is reason enough
for any intelligent man to support the
Democratic ticket.
my second reason is on account OF
| the generalization of the Republican
party, which practically has thrown off
| the mask and come out with the bland
statement that the federal govern
ment should be supreme over the state
government. They give, as an excuse,
a different age, that we are not now
where we were fifty years ago. They
cite the great railroads, the telephone,
| the telegraph and the machine ploW,
and all to the purpose that states
rights and home rule shall be wiped
| out. Federal laws are, we know, su-
| preme regarding state commerce. But
! laws are constantly being framed and
| passed that will tend to take away the
| state rule, and 1 tell you, gentlemen,
! that if this is pursued the great state
of New York and the great state of
| California will soon be regarded as
a province and be ruled by a city that
| is more than four thousand miles
away. (Applause)
Deals with the Tariff
Judge Perker has already cited my
| third reason to you, the tariff. Both
platforms are unanimous regarding the
wickedness and abomination of the
present tariff. (Applause.) The Repub-
licans take great pains in this mat
ter and they admit that the tariff
must be reformed. 1t is a fact that
since 1908 we imported S475, 900, 900
worth of manufactured articles ready
for sale and $780, 100000 worth of
products to be used in manufacturing.
The Republican party sees excuse for
this, in that foreign industries have
passed away because of this.
1--WE all know that Americans are
obliged to pay rs per cent more for
bought for in foreign countries. Any
man that uses flour. that builds houses
or trains, or lays rails. pays more for
| the article he uses than 1t can be
! bought for in foreign countries. And