The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-21
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TO explain the position which l and my
friends hold on this matter. Born in this
State and raised here among the friends
who have ever been true, it is to these that
l owe all that | am, and 1 owe nothing to
those men who call me an egotist. And as
| hope to live here and have my children
live here after me, there is nothing which
could tempt me TO be false to those friends,
or to commit them on my behalf to any ac-
tiUn which they might regret.
THEN AND NOW.
1t is not too much for me to say that
there Is no man who holds the State of Cal
liornla or the Democratic party more dearly
than myself l have nothing TO hope for
from any constituency, and, therefore, l
could have no temptations to be disloyal.
Gentlemen, in my leisure moments have
read the history of our country and nave
studied it deeply.
"In the pages of this record / have
learned how the fathers of the republic
formed Government, laying its founda-
tions and devising its parts so wisely that
it has justly been the admiration Of pos
teriJy.
A MODEL GOVERNMENT.
This Government was in every respect
good Government for the time at which
it was ordained. The circumstances of our
national life at that time were such that all
of the provisions of the Constitution worked
well and harmoniously together. The
people were fitted for such a Government,
and all were actuated by a eOmmon patriot
ism to sustain it.
There was then no great division of the
people into an antagoniSm OF class. There
were no colossal fortunes in the hands of a
few, holding for themselves the wealth
which belonged to the people. There were
then no combinations of men grasping
power foFthe sake of gain, and gain for the
sake OF power Rings and trusts and gigan-
TIC corporations anu monOpolies were un-
known, and Tor such a community our Con-
ttutlOn was the best possible government.
GREAT CHANGE.
In reading the latter pages of our his
tory, l have seen that all these things are
changed. The men of to-day are as they
were then. have heart and feelings, but
the circumstances that surround them are
widely different from those of the earlier
years OF the republic. The men of these
days are subjected TO strain unknown to
their fathers. As a consequence of these
changes grave evils have resulted from the
forms of government which were so good
in the old days.
q" l have seen men with no claim to high
position, men whom the people renOunced.
men who have been cursed with public
anashema, men rejected by the conventions
OF both parties, elected to the Senate of the
United States by the use of money.
BOUGHT WITH GOLD.
"I have seen in this, my own State,
Legislature, by trade too iasrantly public
to need argument here, elect to the Senate
by Republican votes man whom the Re-
publican convention had denounced only
two years before.
Under these circumstance have asked
myself: Is 1t worth while for merit to
aspire? Can man by the sole use of tidel-
ity and liability in the service of the people
hope to attain the positions which seem
now to be placed by the yenal at the dis
pOsal of wealth alone? l have tried to
solve these questions AMI that the issue
might be brought fairly before the people
resolved to announce myself as candida te
to the United States Senate, aud since the
Constitution cannot be readily altered
so as to provide to elect Senators by the
people determined TO follow the method
which was nearest to a popular election
and to ask an Endorsement from the Demo-
cratic Convention, net for myself, rs has
been falsely said, but for some honest,
worthy and fearless Democrat.
THE PARTY ORGANS TREACHERY.
81 made my announcement and took
no underground means of making my can
vaSs. l wrote public letter setting forth
my position and my aims. Now remember,
at the time | did this there was no other
candidate i'll the field The San Francisco
ErGmiRer, which has been the most bitter
OF my opponents, had not, uD to that time
shown any particular desire for the election
Il
desire to boast Of my services to the party,
but am willing at sny time to spbmtt to
the Judgment of a Democratic convention
the contrast of my loyalty to the party and
that of the Examiner Prolonged Cheers
NEVER DIsLoYAL.
"It has now been charged that ! have
come into this canvass from spirit Of dis
loyalty to my friends and with the inten-
tion Of weakening the candidacy OF man
who has always been my friend. This is
false. | have never been dislOyal to the
party, nor have | ever been disloyal to any
claims of friendship. Heaven has given
many bright things to the human heart
which adorn life, but there is not among
them all any jewel which shines brighter
than loyalty to friendship. 1t Is In this be-
lief that live. 1t is in this that Iact in all
my doings with my fellOw-heings.
In another edition of that paper-the
Erdmuer-taunting me with egotism, asks
Who is Mr.. White? Gentlemen, do not
have to tell Democratic convention who
am.
COWARDLY THRUST.
"The Examiner asks again, Who asked
Mr.. White to be candidate for the Sen
atorshlpP l appeal to you, Democrats OF
gentlemen from Humboldt, and to'you also
who hail from Marin, and TO you Democrats
in all parts of the State who have written
to me asking me to make this contest, TO
answer this question for me. l Will not
speak concerning 1t. | rely upon those who
in the county conventions asked me to run
men whom / did net know, living In coun-
ties where l have no affiiiations-to answer
this charge. | rejoice to know that these
men are still loyal for Inc and that they are
prepared to stand for me now.
FALSE CHARGE
81 have been charged with being n sec
tiOnal candidate. Ii there was anything in
this pbgrpn wOUId nOt he here. How
could | be sectiOnalP Born in San Fran
cisco; raised just beyond these mountains
on the west; living in my mature years in
another part of the State-hOw can have
sectional loyalty, or prize one portion OF
this glorious State more than another?
This has been my position i'll this candi-
dacy.
"GeDtlemen who have been among my
friends have said that they were afraid
that if | was indorsed 1t would lose to the
party the support OF the Ecdmlner. What
ever l may think of the value of that sup
port or Of the danger OF its opposition, |
will not put myself in position which
might endangeT the party such support as
that l am not willing to cause to the
Democratic party the loss OF a single vote,
ana therefore that this fear may be ailayed
| give way to the views OF friends.
WILL STAY IN THE FIGHT.
"DO not think, however, gentlemen, from
what l have SAID, that | will not be III the
fight to the end. Do not doubt that | will
make an appeal to the people. Do not be-
lieve for moment that l VIII be daunted
in my effort to secure the United States
SenatOrship. You can carry back home
with you, my friends, the tidings that l
will give my support to the ticket you NOM
mate, and that will do all l can to elect
the men you place on It,
Gentlemen, you are my friends and |
am proud to feel That there are many here.
| assure you that | will do my almost to
further the interests of this organization,
and l Will leave it to you to decide the
question whether you and the people will
stand by me in this struggle, in which |
have thrown down the gauntlet against
corrupt political SYSTEM"
BUDD SECONDS THE NOTION.
When Mr.. White had closed there was
another burst of frantic cheering, and men
rushed forward to congratulate nlm on the
graceful manner in which he had with
drawn from trying position.
Jim Budd then secured the recognition of
the Chair and seconded the motion made
by Mr. White. That motion, so wisely
made, he thought had touched responsive
chord in every heart, and for tile young
men-Clunie, Foote and himself-who had
nnnoead Mr. White he WOuld saw that they