Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

be absolutely eliminated from our party
affairs; but when the influence is elm
mated, when it is destroyed, what
next?
PEOPLE ARE PROGRESSIVE
"That is the work of tearing down,
that is the work OF destruction, and if
I understand the temper of the people
of my native state 1 believe we have
here a progressive people, people that
would rather build up than tear down.
We have here a people who may tear
down when great earthquake snakes
a great city and 1t is gutted by fires;
they would tear 1t down and they would
raze those wrecks to the ground, they
would clear away this debris and then
they would build a more mighty and
powerful city than before. But with the
destruction of the political power of the
Southern Pacific in this state we must
begin the work OF progress, of build
ing up.
IF l know your character Alright I
believe that you will require OF the
governor of this state a man who has
not only the capacity to destroy, but
the capacity to build. If you clear the
obstacle away, If you hace rid the
road, the avenue, of this obstacle to
form a representative congress in this
state what next? Do you ever stop to
think, my friends, of the great social
and Industrial changes that are bound
to come in our state in the next ten
years2 Why, before tve years nave
passed away these two great American
continents that have been bound to-
gether from the beginning of time Will
be severed by the completion of the
Panama canal and then there Will be
established a new and shorter route
from the old world to this new world
out here on the Pacific coast.
MANY COMING HERE
''The bureau of immigration informs
us now that million and half men
and women are leaving their homes In
Europe and coming to make their
homes in this fair land of ours, and II
you give it thought at all that When
that new waterway is opened that the
prows of the great steamship compa-
MES that are now loading aboard their
human cargoes in the ports of the old
world, instead of being turned toward
Ellis Island as tonight, their prows
will be turned toward San Diego, san
francisco, San Pedro and the other
harbors of our state and 50 per cent
of those men and women will be OF
the laboring class. They will come
with their muscle and Drawn, their
one will bring with him or her that
hope in their hearts that some time
or another they may acquire an acre
or two of ground in this state and
there rear their homes and send their
children to our schools and finally be-
come absorbed in the great citizenship
of the country. 1t is a problem you
and I will have to meet. 1t Is a part
Of wisdom and citizenship at this time
to anticipate these great changes that
are bound to be made. What are you
going to do with the stream of immi-
grafton that is pouring in from the
Panama canal? 1 will tell you what
II will do unless something else occurs.
MUST HAVE WEALTH
seWith this stream of immigrants
with the labor pouring in-we must
rave wealth and capital pouring into
our state, along with these men Of
labor, in order that we may maintain
the economic and industrial balance
and equilibrium, as every one knows,
and you know, my friends, because
you are progressive, because you have
the spirit of enterprise. 1t Is in this
very city In which I speak tonight,
and it is everywhere in the whole
state of California;; you know, because
ou are progressive people, because you
are looking forward to these great
ouasfious that California is only in