The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1902, Page 29

B bd SR Call, | SFEFFFFI I SRR e Pages 2010 40 e e e el SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1902. LITTLEFIELD OF MA EXPOSITION OF . 2 REPUBLICANS READ SICS OF VICTORY Standard Bearer of Prosperity ls Greeted by Great Multtudes, HIEES A Men Employed at Union lron Works Get the Truth About Pardee, R . Miaches of the State Prinfing| Office Declare Their Sentiments, RGE C. PARDEE, the le and popular nominee for Governor of California, is making an effective campaign in the country. The Pardee gs in the Sacramento a series of great W. M. Cut- Republican State view of advices is inclined to increase of Pardee's ma- y were ar ovations f the nate ovember 4. nominee for Governor tform of his party. He doctrine of protection and His candi- th nd aspirations whose platform he stands. sense of the term he is tative Republican who is en- ¢ of every citizen belong- is making a similar for a protective tar- 2 Fresno, for a pro- oranges in Los Angeles, ective tariff on wool in but is for a tariff “for rev- n other counties of the State. s party organs are sieering at it, the Democratic nominee for r is exalting the chief executive on as a great and wise states- SPEAKS TO WORKINGMEN. Jerry Dunn, a member of the carpen- union of Oakland, and formerly em- ed at the Union Iron Works, addressed e employes of the works yesterday at he noon on Dr. Pardee. Dunn has ng been wn in Oakiand, and during Pardee was runping for he fought him quite energetically, have watched Dr. Pardee during his career yor of Oakland and know of 1o che more ageous then the doctor in handling the Pardee was a feariess official e corporations and individuals on looking out for the city’s in- time sident of Oakland during the time r disturbances and also dur- I was a personal wit- personally, and it can be established ny number of people, that the stories being used on the turned on the mem- y are false from begin- y are nothing but downright Dunn edvised his hearers that if they wanted a strong, honest man for Gover- nor, they could not do better than to vote for Dr. George C. Pardee. During Dunn’s talk some of the adher- ents of Lane attempted to stop his speak- g, going so far as to offer personal vio- nce 1o him. This was soon stopped, however, when one ambitious youngster recelved @ blow on the shoulder from Du; The latter then continued his talk without further disturbance. REPUBLICAN CLUBS. The Folsom Republican Club has open- ed commodious headquarters at %03 Fol- som street and will keep open house every evening throughout the campalgn. I'he officers of the club are: Willlam H. Daly, president; T. O'Neill, vice presi- dent; John H. Griffin, secretary; Thomas McDermott, treasurer, and Frank Owens, sergeant at arms. The Republican residents of Noe Valley formed a French and Gleeson Club Fri- a night at Gilbert’s Hall, Twenty- urth street. Speeches were made in be- of Pardee and the entire Republican ticket by Ben T. Jcnes, Fred Severeps, B. Bowley, J. Vincent Dolan, William ert and F. V. Meyers. The roll of the club was signed by 145 members. The rs are: Ben T. Jones, president; J. cent Dolan, vice president; Willlam Ibert, secretary; John Kelly, treas- urer, and Gus Clancy, sergeant at arms. ity Attorney Lane rendéred an opinion vesterday to the effect that registration for the charter amendment election on December 4, 1902, closes with the forty- first day prior to such date. Under this uling registration will end for that par- -ular purpose on October 24, 1902. Lane so advises that the charter amendment proposals submitted do not conform to the ordinance of the Supervisors calling the election. That ordinance designates each proposal by number. According to the ordinance, there are eight separate proposed amendments, while the forms ubmitted show but seven. To conform the ordinance ‘there should be eight inct proposals on the ballot. ‘Regard- ing the wording of the proposals on the ballot, Lane says it would be well to ve them as full as they appear in the E nance mentioned. The following statement from' attaches Continued on Page 32, Column 2. i i - 5 Congressman of Pine Tree State Speaks of His Party. AKLAND, Oct. 11.—With a masterly exposition upon the subject of the trusts and the tariff, Representa- tive Charles E. Littlefield of Maine enlightened and entertained an audience to- night at the Exposition building which tested the capacity of that rcom. The meeting was in many respects the most important which had been held dur- ing the campaign. In the first place, the distinguished New England exponent of Republicanism spoke with. the authority of one who has given the important ques- tion more than ordinary consideration and study. His clean-cut diction and straight-from-the-shoulder method ap- pealed at once to his hearers and fur- nished not only an intelligent argument, but a keenly interesting one. Further than that, the audience was a splendid one, responsive to the utterances of the eminent Congressman, but enthu- siastically demonstrative over every word that declared for the continuation in of- ficial position of those who have fearless- ly and consistently maintained the policy of the Republican party in nation, State and county. Long before the echoes of martial music and marching men heralded the approach of the speaker and his escort the great auditorium was packed to the thresholds | of the entrances. At 8 o’clock Representa- tive Littlefield, in a carriage with Repre- gentative Victor H. Metcalf, Dr. C. L. Tisdale, vice chairman of the Third Con- gressional district committee; Superisr Judge John Ellsworth and Postmaster Thomas T. Dargie, was escorted by the fiamheau drill corps of the Young Men's Republican League, Captain J. F. Kick, from the Athenian Club through Four- teenth street, Broadway and Washing- ton street to the Exposition building. Bonfires blazed and brilliant pyrotechics added color to the scene without. VETERANS ON PLATFORM. At the rear of the platform, beautiful with potted plants and flowers, with flag- draped portraits of President Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and William MeKinley for background, sat the members of the Quarter Century Republican Club, Fred M. Campbell, president. Here were the graybeards of the party. Many of them had served in the ranks for forty years, none of them less than twenty-five years. In the audience were delegations from the State of Maine Association and the Young Men’s Republican League and other Re- publican organizations. Representative Littlefleld’s appearance on the platform with his escort was the signal for an outburst of, applause, only exceeded when the formal introduction was made. As vice chairman of the Congressional committee, under whose direction the meeting was held, Dr. C. L. Tisdale of Audmedu called the meeting to order. He said: Ladies and gentlemen: As_vice: chairman <f the Congressional Cominittee, it i my pieasure to call this’ meeting to order. This audience is, it seems to me, one qf the largest and most representative audiences ever gath- @ed in this city. It is proof, if any were structure beyond its sitting and standing |’ Scores Democrats for Coward Action on Great Subject. * b o needed, that the Republican party will be vie- torious on November 4. Dr. Tisdale presented Judge John Eils- worth, who was applauded. He said: Fellow citizenS: I appreciate - the honor of being called on to preside over this meeting. We have gathered to listen to vital questions to this State and country. Our Democratic friends are dodging these natiomal questions, Mr. Lane is avoiding them. We must remem- ber that State and national affairs cannot be separated. We have a Legislature to elect that will choose a United States Senator. DUTY .OF THE PARTY. We have to elect a Governor who might have to choose a United States Senator. It is the solemn duty of the Republican party to elect Dr. George C. Pardee Governor and to elect Victor H. Metcalf, the best repre- sentative this district ever had. We are to hear to-night one of Maine's greatest states- men. Maine went 27,000 for the Republi party. Leét us go them 10,000 better. 1 take pleasure and have the honor of in- ;;otliuclng to you Hon. Charles E. Littlefield of aine. For fully five minutes the applause and cheering for Mr. Littlefield continued while he stood bowing his acknowledg- ments. In opening Representative Little- field paid a magnificent compliment "to Representative Metcalf, extolling him as a splendid type of the Republicgn who stood fast and firm to the doctrines of the Republican party. Continuing, he said: There are many questions involved in this cempalgn. There is a question whether the House of Representatives shall remain in the control of the Republican party. There is one great question which is confronting the people of the nation, and that is the trust, or the in- Gustrial combination evil, 1 shall present this subject from the com< mercial and industrial point, from the Iy and constitutional aspect and from the politi- cal view point. THE EFFECT OF TRUSTS. I shall speak of the commercial and indus- trial side and the effect of trusts, from the legal and constitutional aspect as to the power of the national Government to control and from the political point of"view to demonstrats that the Republican party 1s the party in which, for the question as well as every other question, intelligent people must put their faith and confidence to solve. The extent of the control of the trusts is in brief, according to the figures of the United States census, one-eighth of _the industrial business of the United States. The clouds that envelop the great republic are not quite 50 black and dense as we had suspected, There are not so many juggernauts, hydra-headed monsters and octopuses or octopl as we had thought. Representative Littlefield next declared that the trusts, it had been charged, were selling abroad manufactured products cheaper than they were at home. He said that out of $13,000,000,000 of manufac- tured products made and sold last year, there were exported $400,000,000 worth, and of this but $4,000,000 sold abroad at a price “lower than at home.” The speaker said trusts were not a new thing; that they were not invented fér Democratic spell-binders to rail against; that they existed from the days of Holy ‘Writ down to to-day. Continuing, Mr. Littlefield said: I think we are affiicted to-day with eviis which must be corrected, but we cannot find the remedy unless we know what ls the condi- tion. There {8 now in every one of the forty- five States where a combination drives a man out of business a remedy in the common law. ‘At common law to-day a combination to con- trol prices is an indictable offense—a criminal conspiracy. ‘The Pllgrim Fathers' brought these principles with them. If the coal barons of Pennsylvania have combined to drive out competition and control prices they are in- dictable under the common law, without the interference of the President of the United States or the Attorney General. DECISIONS ON LAW. The same law that would punish a horse- thief would punish the coal barons' of Penn- sylvania. .I can go.into any law library in the Uniied States and find a dozen decisions that promulgate the law as I have clted it in hese cases. % Despite the fact that is is a maxim of the common law that there Is no wrong without a right to remedy it, the national Government js not ahbsolved from handling this question because of the conditions under which the trust Wwas organized. The old trust has been dis- solved because it was vold at common law. Our legal friends, ingenious, instead of hav- ing a combination controlied by trustees, found i S o 77 A, s j»sz’gnri {/fim Y, S -+ ¥ I I L - | Says People Will Indorse Republican Policy Which Has Made This Country the Ad- miration and Envy of Every Land. one vast corporation, convey property of all interested to one corporation, all the others ceasing to exist. Now, the point, the legal question, Is whether one corporation can be reached by the common law, because it takes more than one to conspire. The old combina- tion was keot in the hands of trustees, none of the corporations in the combination losing identity. Representative Littlefleld took up the question of over capitalization and called attention to the fact that in half a dozen States there was no legal limit to the capitalization of a corporation without a dollar of investment. He sald that many of these promoters simply lithographed themselves rich by issue of stock and bonds. Over capitalization, he declared, ‘was one of the most dangerous elements in the trust proposition, because it caused enormous raises in prices of product con- trolled that big dividends might be paid on the stock thus issued. Tbe. speaker described the methods of floating stocks, bonds and other collat- ernlk and of underwriting corporation stock. TRUSTS DUE TO' WEALTH. In explaining the ease with which these combinations were floated Representative Littlefield said it was due to the immense prosperity in the country and the enorm- ous wealth seeking” investment. Continu- ing he said: One of the ways the Republican party pur- poses to regulate this condition is by pub- licity, to compel a disclosure of the exact financial condition of these vast industrial combinations, If the National Government should enforce a statute of publicity it would be the first time that corporations would be compelled to tell what is the real condition of their finances. Not a single State in. the Union forces these creatures of the law to give that information which would protect the peo- ple, the investors. There isn't a railroad repart in the United States that is worth the paper it is prinetd on to disclose the conditions that should known. All of the vast aggregations of capltal are organized under State law, and the United States Government has no control over them. The interstate commerce law is the only one that may be invoked, but that controls trans- portation between the States. The power of Congress begins and ends only during the transportation process. Before the product ia on interstate journey it is under control of the State and comes under State control as soon as that jourpey ends. Speaking of the constitutional limita- tions upon the trusts Representative Lit- tlefield told about the efforts of the Re- publican Congress to submit an amend- ment to the constitution and sald it was blocked by the Democratic cry of “‘State rights.” The speaker continued: STAND OF DEMOCRATS. The trust amendment would have passed the House if we could have secured a two-third majority. The Republicans had a majority of fourteen, but much less than the necessary two-thirds. Did the Democrats invoke that doctrine of the initiative and referendum—to refer to the people? The Democratic party said they aid mot dare trust the American people, and the submission of the constitutional amend. ment was lost. And it has remained for a Republican Presi- dent, that honest, able, courageous, stalwart and sturdy man, Theodore el first time in a great exigency like the coal strike to call the parties together to try to lawfully and rightfully settle the has suggested that it may be neces- amendment to But it is idle to look sary to have a con: solve the trust problem. for one so long as_the ratic party has more- than one-third of ejther house. The first remedy w::oud by our vt;emocrlllc friends is to repeal the tariff. eyer, a Democrat, and flyrum.-nt of the trust, sald: ‘‘The - 'h'u““n:' egesars o lo‘Im| fob e with the trusts. lt_ the tariff is the creator, the e o T comtor Al Sreatare. it ‘how about England, without a tariff, and she plastered with trusts, like those vast overca talized organizations in this country. The tar- ift simply protects the domestic from the for- -+ eign competitor. Take the tin industry. There is a tin trust and it has individual competitors. Strike down the tariff and you first destroy the individual competitor, because he is the weak- er. Then the Democratic party says repeal of the tariff would destroy the trusts. So both trust and i{ndividual competitor are destroyed and the tin business iu transferred to a forelgn land over which we have no control. What ap- plies to tin applies to textile fabrics, to iron and steel and every other industry. RICHARDSON’S “REMEDY.”’ Mr, Richardson, the Democratic leader of the lower House, has a bill before Congress by which he would suspend the tariff on all trust industries until manufacture and pro- duction shall have ceased. One-eighth of the manufactures of the country are trust made. The remedy is a hundredfold worse than the disease. In the session of 1888-1880, a Democratic committee gave six months’ consideration to four trusts and reported the subject to a sub- sequent Congress for action. Now they say the tariff is the remedy. There were tarifi reformers in those days. Yet that Demo- cratic committee recommended no remedy for the control, regulation or extirpation of the trusts. They did not know what t do. There is no question before the American people upon which the record of the Democratic party is so profoundly humiliating as that of the trusts. It was so in 1888, and in 1893-97 they not only paralyzed the busingss of the country but did absolutely nothing with this question, although they had both houses and the Presi- dent. . The Democracy waited until it had been driven from power and then offered a remedy. ‘With that record the Democracy ask for an- other chance. Contrast it with that of the Republican party. The first day after the Democratic committee turned the trust ques- tion over to the Republican Congress that suc- ceeded it in 1800, we saw introduced in the Senate by John Sherman, a Republican, the Sherman anti-trust law that was opposed by George and Vest, Democrats, as unconstitution- al, and in the House nearly every Democrat, including Jam Richardson, - who would have destroyed all industry to correct the evil, attempted to sidetrack the Sherman law for one of those free silver, 16 to 1 fatuities. DEFENDED BY McKINLEY. That Sherman law was defended by William McKinley, while Willlam L. Wilson, that same Wilson who turned the trust question over to a Republican House in 1888, who could not guess, surmise or imagine a remedy, said the Sherman bill passed in answer to pubilc clamor, Another Democrat, Enloe, said the bill was not worth the paper upon which it was printed. But it became a law, was signed by Benjamin Harrison, a Republican President. It is the law of the land to-day regulating industrial combinations that operate in. restraint of In- terstate commerce, and it practically exhausted the power of the constitution’ on this question, That law has: defeated the -trans-Missouri combine, the Joint traffic assoctation of thirty- one raflroads, and suit is now pending against the Northern' Securities Company and the beef trust by the Attorney General of the. United tates, and it is the same law that is now be- g Inyoked against the coal baroms of Penn- sylvania. - The interstate commerce act was made a law ty a Republican Congress and a Republican President. The Democratic party is a party of inaction and of craven cowardice on this subject. The Republican party.is a party of action—cor servative, wise and consistent. The Republi- can party can submit its record and stand by the book. - The Republican party is devoted to the highest -integests, the nobl ires of the American people. It stands for. American patriotism, for liberty and for a Christian de- votion to freedom. With 1its record unparal- leled in history, It submits to the people who will n indorse, as the stern, inexorable course of events has indorsed, the party which bas made this great republic socially, indus- trially, commercially and financially 'great— wonder, admiration and the envy of every land that the sun shines. on. —_— ' Goodwin Declines to Run. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 11l:—Secretary of State Curry received from. J. D. Good- win of Quincy, Plumag County, a request that his name be withdrawn as nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Goodwin was nominated by a convention of ‘the Industrial Federation party, ‘held in'San Jose last June. 3 CONGRESSMAN LITTLEFIELD I8 TENDERED RECEPTION BY STATE OF MAINE ASSOCIATION. 5 = L Maine AssociationWel- comes Distinguished Statesman.- - AKLAND, Oct. 11.—It was a breath from the rock- ribbed codst of the old Pine Tree State that waft- ed over Oaklind to-day, when hundreds of men and women, natives of the New England commonwealth, gathered together in welcome to Hon. Charles E. Littlefleld, representative from the Second Congressional District of Maine. The distinguished Republican leader, with Mrs. Littlefleld, Mrs. Walk- er, her sister, and Mrs. H. G. Ayer of 1018 Sixth avenue, were the guests at a reception held this afternoon at Elks’ Hall under the direction of the State of Maine Association. Entirely informal was the delightful re- uvnion which brought Representative Lit- tlefield’s party in close touch with many from way down East, and the gathering was rendered doubly pleasant by the touches of sentiment from home that brought out many delightful recollections. Not the least enjoyable among the inci- dents of the afternoon’s assembly was the presentation to Representative Lit- tlefield and Mrs. Littlefield of a salver of solid silver, daintily wreathed ‘with an engraved pattern of chrysanthemums, as a reminder of the season's flowers. Upon the plate was engraved the following: Presented to Hon, and Mrs, _Charles E. Littlefleld ly the State of Maine Association of California, October 11, 1902, The presentation speech was made by Fred W. Hall. ESCORTED TO ELKS’ HALL. A committee consisting of Willlam H. ‘Wharft, secretary of the State of Maine Association, and J. P. Jackson, an old Rockland, Me., schoolboy friend of Rep- resentative Littlefleld, escorted the party to Elks’ Hall at 3:30 o'clock this after- noon. For an‘hour, the time was passed in introductions and social greetings, with reminiscences and renewal of boyhood friendships. Secretary Wharff acted as chairman of the reception, and called the gathering to-order that a formal welcome to' the eminent guest might be given. He sald: We are here to-day to pay honor to one of Maine's great statesmen, and as natives of Maine we can look with pride upon James G. Blaine, Willlam Pitt Fessenler, Senator Frye and many other distinguished men from Maine who_have left magnificent names in the roll of the natfon’s great. We feel proud to have Representative Littlefleld with us to-day, And 1 am pleased to present Past President Fred W. Hall, who will deliver the address of wel- come, Mr. Hall said: ‘We have met to welcome a friend from home. Albeit we are devoted to California, our adopted State. it does not mean we are mot loyal to Maine. We love “its rocks and rills, its woods and templed hills.” The State of Maine Association has 2000 members and at our annual reunions we talk, not so much about the soil of Maine, but about the” men it produces. For ralsing men the soil is 1000 feet deep and is inexhaustible Maine has the good sense to recognize her good men and after getting them into the halls of Congress and into national life to keep them there. That is what gives Maine her stand- to_solve, new ones, and af Maine will mmm: u:’ 'mm:" ne w! of Wi honesty and intelligence, who will work ; solve them coolly, calmly and wisely, Mr. Hall concluded by presenting the souvenir of silver as a token of esteem ‘and friendship to Mr. and Mrs. Little- field from the State-of Maine Association | of California. LITTLEFIELD REPLIES. In replying, ‘Representative Littlefleld MAINE VOICES MASTERLY QUESTION OF TRUSTS HANFORDITES CHEER WORDS OF NEEDHAN Sith Distrct Representative Finds Himself Among Warm Friénds, et Great Audience Indicales How " Kings County Will Vote in November, ‘Frank H, Short of Fresno Pays Fing Tribule o George C. Pardee. Sparial Dispatch to The Call. ANFORD, ®ct. 1L.—Congress- man James C. Needham and Frank H. Short of Fresno ad- dressed an immense crowd in the opera-house to-night. Needham received an ovation when he arose to speak to the audience. His work on be- half of this district in the past has won the regard of the people of this region and he will receive a substantial major- | ity in Kings County on election day. In his address to-night Needham said that it was impossible for California to receive the recognition that she deserved unless her represdutatives were kept in Congress more than one term. He cited the influence many smaller States exerted in Congress by reason of returning their Congressmen time after time. Needham discussed national issues having a bearing ugon the. future of California and declar- ed himself squarely upon the question of protection to the igiustries of the Golden State. The enthusiasm of his hearers ‘was indication of popular sentiment in favor of returning Representative Need- ham to Congress. Short paid a fine tribute to Pardee and Needham deltvered an able speech on the policies of the two national parties, Rally of Armenian Republicans: FRESNO, Oct. 11.—A meeting of the Ar- menian Republicans was held in this city to-night and was largely attended, about 250 of the members of the Armenian Po- litical Club being present. J. M. Sero- plan, a promiinent packer, presided. M. B. Harris, chairman of the Republfcan County Central Committee, made a speech in English and was followed by A. G. Seklemian, a well known literary man% amaeng the Armenians, who spoke at some length in his native language. Seklemian spoke of the issues before the people and of the State and local Republican candi- dates. An address was made by S. Meni- shian, a wealthy merchant of New York, who is visiting in Fresno. The meeting was enthusfastic from beginning to end and insures a large Republican majority from a class of voters who have never be- fore participated in an election in this country. e Petalumans Hear Bell. PETALUMA, Oct. 1L.—T. A. Bell of Napa, Democratic nominee for Congress, addressed x large number of citizens at an open air meeting in this city to-night, speaking from the band- stand on Main street. Prior to the meet- ing Company C band played a number of airs, bonfires blazed and fireworks were discharged. Much of the enthusiasm noted at the Coombs meeting on the pre- ceding evening was lacking. Bell did not confine himself to any particular subject, but spoke on general lines, which have characterized his addresses from the start. He touched largely upon the la- bor question. Dr. Duncan was chairman of the meeting. . e ] did not attempt to hide the strong emo~ tions that the presentation and the meet- ing with so many from home had arouseds He sald: On behalf of Mrs. Littlefleld and myself I can anly say that we are filled with the most sin- cere sentiments. You have our profound and gratetul thanks. None here can appreciate the pleasure of this meeting as we do. It is & source of great gratification to every man from when he travels to meet so many people from his home. Maine is justly celebrated by the men who have gone out and occupled con- spicuous and distinguished places in tHe States they have settled® in. The real credit for this is the character of the yeomanry that Maine has at home and has sent abroad. She has furnished brain, brawn, sinew and character. There is not a_sentiment to which Maine was dedicated in 1820, when she was admitted w» the Union as a free State, that Maine has not kept true to up to 1902. While many have gone from Maine's borders, she is always ready to welcome back her sons and daughters. The hearthstone fires are al- ways lighted. This_hospitable welcome bears me and we ‘shall leave here feeling that you have overfilled our cup of pleasure. Mayor Anson Barstow gave welcome to Representative Littlefleld, the Mayor speaking officially and also as a native of New Hampshire, Maine's neighbor, on the west. County Superintendent of Schools T. O. Crawford and George W. Reed, a past president of the State of Maine Association, also gave short ad- dresses of welcome. The officers of the State of Maine Asso- ciation are: President, A. D. Smit viee " A m:‘m vice Henry L. Cor- son; treasurer, L. D. Brown; secretary, Wil- lUam H. Whartf. ‘Representative Littlefield was the guest of Representative Victor H. Metcalf this evening at dinner at the Athenian Club. Postmaster Thomas T. Dargie and Judge Jobn Ellsworth were aldh io the party.