Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
SANTA ANA
onics s15 N, Sycamore.
Home Phone 315.
GILL QUESTIONS HIS
OPPONENTS METHODS
DECLARES HE WILL VOTE FOR
CITRUS TARIFF
Points Out Sins of Omission and Conn
mission of State Senator and
Shows Him in True
Light
Esnecial to The Herald.l I

SANTA ANA, Oct. 23.-Before an
audience that filled Surgeons hall to
overhowing last night, Lafayette Gill,
Democratic nominee for the state sem
ate from this district exploited the
record of NJ. Estudillo, his political
opponent, and picked to pieces the
claims for preferment put forth by the
Riverside man.
The opportunity was afforded by the
distribution of thousands of copies of
circular sent out by Estudillos man
ayers which set forth that as mem
ber of the legislature Estudillo had
done yeoman service for his constitu-
ency in working and voting for >vari-
Gus measures which have become law,
but Mr.. Gill last night went even far
ther and pointed out very many I'M
portant measures which Estudlllo had
voted against and others equally inn
portant on which he had not voted at
all. having absented himself from the
assembly when the vote was called.
Mr.. Gill scored the men and meth
ods used in securing Estudillos nomi-
nation and In conducting an imaginary
direct examination of his opponent
asked the following questions:
Mr.. Estudillo, will you kindly an
swer the following questions, for the
enlightenment of the people of this
district?
1. Did you take part in inducing q
part of the delegates from Orange
county to violate their instructions and
vote for you?
2. If you did not take part in bring
ing over the delegates to your sup
port, do you approve of their actions :?
be honest in politics as well as III
business?
4. If you do not approve of the
methods that were used in getting the
delegates from Orange county TO Vio-
late their instructions, why do you
not publicly condemn such methods?
5. Are the people to understand from
your silence in not condemning the
action of these delegates, that you ap-
prove of the method used and was a
party to the trick that resulted in your
nomination?
6. Do you believe that you are 81 bet
ter and stronger man morally than the
men who voted for you from Orange
county?
Z. If the same methods were used
upon you in the legislature, that you
or your friends used upon the dele
gates from Orange county, do you be-
| lieVe you are strong enough TO stlli
stand up ana vote IOr d 1lSPuDliSdIi
| United States senator?
Tariff on Oranges
Perhaps no man in Riverside is bet
fer acouainted with the political his
tory of that county than is Mr. Gill,
and in words that needed no inter-
pretation he told of the shameful man
ner in which the Southern Pacific ma
chine has dominated every move and
traded the Riverside Republican dele
cations to the various state conVen-
tions since the organization OF the
county.
Referring to the claim made that
he, Gill, would not dare vote for a
| continuance of the protective tariff on
oranges. the speaker said If elected he
would vote for a Republican United
States senator if the legislature were
! Republican, but would never vote Tor
| a candidate for United States senator
unless such candidate was pledged TO
vote for a protective tariff on citrus
| fruits.
II believe that most people who have
given the tariff question consideration
think today that the tariff should be
regulated by a nonpartisan commits
sion and properly has no place in the
| politics of this country. Surely II Il
! tariff is good for a Republican, 1t IS
equally good for a Democrat ana II
| II Is injurious " d ASCPoSiASNiA - -
| equally injurious to a Democrat.
Hence, [ say, the welfare OF the
fruit growers of California does not
depend upon the election of machine
Republican as United States senator.
'If l am elected state senator Tor
this district L propose to follow the
instructions given me by the conven-
ton that honored me with the noml-
nation. 1 propose to use my vote In
the interests of the whole people.
With Attorney Gill on the stage were
Judge 7. w. Towner Democratic nom-
nee for superior judge, and George b.
Miller, candidate for the assembly
each of whom made short addresses.
The point of Judge Towner's address
was found in the statement made by
him that the Republican nominee Tor
superior judge had deprecated GilFE
acceptance of the nomination, on the
ground that the "Lincoln-RooseVelt
league members were not to be de-
pended upon, and Gill would have his
trouble for nothing" Local Democrats
take this as an uncalled-for slap at
the faction of the Republican party
that opposed machine nominations
which viii turn out to be weapon
that will cut both ways, and are elat-
ed accordingly at the turn affairs
have seemingly taken in GilPs favor.
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