The morning call., 1894-10-21
SHORTRIDGE SPEAKS.
Republican Mass Meeting at the
AlcaZar Theater.

AicaZar Theater.
A large audience in which were many
ladies, filed The Alcazar Theater last night.
The Republican Central Committee had
announced a mass-meeiing for the discus
sion OF The issues of the campaign, and
had advertised s. NJ Shortridge as the
principal speaker Of the evening Secre-
tary Steppacher of the committee had
personal charge, and had some difficulty
in finding room for the auditors in the
lower part of the house. ID. NJ. Delmas.
Mr. Shortridge and John ID. Spreckels oc-
cupied one of the prosceuium boxes.
A. q. Booth presided, and after few
remarks, in which he predicted land
slide for the Republic n party at the ap-
| preaching election. introduced the CallfOr-
MA Rarnblean Quartet, under the leader
| snip OF Samuel Booth. The quintet sang
/ Don't YOu Hear Dem Brlls?" The bur
den OF the song was that "d'm bells were
| ringing out for "Estee and Milard."
| The audience was highly amused and
encored The singers, who gave humorous
| selection at the expense CT Buckley,
Rainey. Poprer ct al.
William S. Woods, the Republican nom-
| inee for the Senate from the Twenty-sec-
| ond District was then introduced. He
said the pending campaign lacked the es-
| se1tlal points of a dispute. Estee had
given his opponent e. understand that he
would base his campaign on certain issues.
| The Democrats had avoided those issues.
| They didn't care to discuss the living queS-
| tiOnS of the dav. SO far as his observa-
| tion had gone he was inclined to believe
| that the people wanted to hear these is
| sues discussed. whether the Democrats
| chose to take up the discussion or not.
The speaker then went on to point out
that it was the boast of the Republican
| party that it never made promise that il
| did not intend 10 carry out, and 1t was lis
| further boast that it had never been con-
| frOnted with question with which Il was
! not able to successfully cope. Inc Demo-
! Gratis stood discredited before the nation.
Mr.. W OOds discussed the tariff at consid-
erable length and at the close of his speech
| Chairman Boob Introduced Samuel NJ.
! Shortridge, who said: Proud uf that
| great party, the Republican partv, lift
up the banner OF NJ. NJ. EStee, l lit up
the banner of Abraham Lincoln, lift up
the banner of the soldier and statesman,
| BeDj jamin NJ. Harrison; lift up The BAN
ner of Tom Reed, master of rhetoric and
sarcasm; / lit ~ the banner of that Ma
pOlean Of finance, William Mckinley"
Prolonged applause followed the orators
ornate beginning, and he hen said:
This is no small local contest. Grea,
| issues are being con -idered. Every where
| in every State ana Territory of the United
States The icunOclastic Democratic party /.
on trial. The American lahOring and
| thinking men OF ali classes, all who be-
leve that their couniry'S interests should
be considered first and asl. are rising ul
/ against the cause of the Democratic party
The NapoleOns. the Bismarcks, the
| Baines of the world are the men who louE
to their own people for april use, and no
To London banquet nails. When this sec
ond Moses, this great peanut fnancler o.
| Wesi Virsini'. Wi liam l.. Wilson, was a
that banquet in London Governor McKiD
ley was in this country fighting the battle!
| of his p ,rty. Strange fatality that cause:
the Democratic leaders 10 20 on the wrOns
side of everything.
You've heard. l suppose, from Maine
I suppose the Democratic party has hearC
from Maine? The Republicans swept tn,
State. They considered the tariff tnere
| They considered it in Iowa. The Repub
licans OF California Will consider it AM
Morris NJ. Estee will carry the Sta te b,
10000"
Mr.. Shortridge spoke for more than AT
hour. He ridiculed Budd and declared
that if the Stockton man were running il
Wales he might be elected. The speecl
was we'll received.