The record-union., 1894-06-22


support of the whole Republican ticket
all the energy and the enthusiasm which
possess. lApplause.l
II shall be my duty in this campaign,
fellow Republicans, if nominated to this
office, to advocate the principles of the
Republican party as enunciated in the
Platform adopted by this convention.
Ii shall be my duty 10 denounce a party
that has put out the furnace fires and
closed the furnaces and factories all over
our land, and sent thousands of American
worklngmen marching with banners on
to Washington. 1t shall be my duty in
this campaign to denounee party that
spent months in attempting to reinstatea a
Darbarous Queen upon deserted throne,
because of its hatred and jealousy OF cool
American statesmen, one now living, the
other dead-peace to his ashes-Benjamin
Harrison and james q. Blaine. APP
plause and cheers. II nominated for
this position it shall be my duty to advo-
cate the principles of the party that never
has and never Will haul down the Ameri-
can flag. Applause and cheers.
1t shall be my duty to advocate the
principles OF that party that believes in
America 1Or Americans. Applause.
That believes in the American principle
OF protection TO our American industries,
our American laborerS, our American
homes, and our American men, and
whose renowned leader is William Nc
kinIey of Ohio. Loud applause and
cheers.
at the conclusion of mis- address Mr..
Millard was made the conventions nomi-
nee for Lieutenant-Gove by unana-
nous viva voce vote.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
The next order of business was the
nomination of two Justices of the Su-
preme Court.
Mr.. Metcalf of Alameda took the plat
form and said:
MIR. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: You aud l are here to exer-
else our personal preferences in regard to
the candidates that are placed before this
convention. We have already done SO in
the case OF the leaders of our political
fight. We have nominated our General;
we have planted our standard; the lines
of battle are forming. Behind them stand
the great Republican party of this State,
ready to march forward with victorious
columns.
You are now about TO exercise your in
diVldual preference upon an entirely diff
ferent question. 1t is not political. 1t is
question affecting the vital interests not
only of the party of the State but of a
larger and grander constituency-the
citizens OF the State of California. These
men whom you are TO choose to-day will
for twelve years have an abiding and en-
during influence upon the character and
the current OF Judicial decisions which
shall affect every interest of this State
i'll our domestic and social relations in
our civil duty, our relations as neigh
bors, our individual relations TO all, our
property interests, our public duties.
For twelve years this current of decision
will be rolling along ceaselessly with
out interruption. But does it stop
there? No. For generations yet to
come the effect of chose decisions
may yet grow, and grow. and grow
stronger and stronger and stronger, and
our children will have to abide by them,
aud our children's children. for the law of
statute decisis is not one which is SO easily
set aside. The supreme judiciary is a
conservative body. Upon this body of
men and upon their character the ties OF
party fealty rest lightly. The citizens of
| this State view these names with criti-
cism. They. view them with care and
consideration. 1t is for us. then, to act
with care and deliberation. 1t is for us
to act with care and consideration. The
question of the hour is the kind of judi
cary which we are TO nominate; the men
of the time. 1t is not a question of where
they come from, but it is a question of
what they are. | have nothing to say in
regard to the distinguished men who
shall be nominated for your sutfrages. |
am here to advocate only one of them. If
it be said that there other considerations
entering into this question, [ say the first
proposition is an able. an honest and an
incorruptible bench lapplausel, bench
that shall receive the commendation of
all our felloW-citiZenS without distinc-
ton. If it be said there are other
considerations entering into this, that
political expediency, political questions
of policy, then l say very well.
Here is great, populous, pros
porous and progressive Republican
county, with almost one-tenth of the
population OF this great State, casting in
times past almost one-ninth of the entire
Republican vote. For twenty years the
representatives of this county have been
the very back bone and sinew OF Repub-
lican victories in this State. For twenty
years they have come up to these con-
ventions; they have asked recognition
at the hands of Republican Conventions;
they have asked for consideration in
your councils. They have been given
for the most part, what? Has it not al
wavS been true that this loyal, stanch,
stalwarJ Republican county has always
marched, Notwithstanding any question
of that kind, in the van of victory. For
twenty years our delegations have come
up to these conventions asking for your
support United? No. Disunited? Yes.
Why? Because they have asked too
much, You knew that they could be
defended anyway, whether they asked
much or little. They have asked too
much. But, gentlemen, we have come
here now, representative delegation,
men who have not been in the habit of
entering these conventions, and we say
h,t No n a ir,u
is not on the part OF any individual; it is
not on the part of any private interest; it
is not on the part Of any public interest
to demand of this convention anything
as matter of right. 1t is the part OF the
people OF this State TO demand OF this
convention that you should choose to-
day the very best material at your hands.
l am here TO name gentleman from our
county. He is a man OF experience, a
man OF conservative Judgment. Il man of
broad intelligence, a man OF quick per-
ception, d man of acute discerning intel
lect, a man Of great logical powers. a man
skilled in the thrust and parry OF civil
discussions, l man OF integrity, man OF
pure life, u man courteous and affable
and agreeable to all. "a man who has above
all that peculiar disposition a temp pera-
ment. termed judicial temperament; he
is a man on whom the citizens of Ala
media County depend; he is a man whom
they can recommend to you as Il man to
care for the interests of this State; he is
not a citizen of Alameda County, he is a
citizen OF the State of CALIFORNIA;; lie is
man of broad and liberal views: he is
man OF education; he Is "a man of inteili-
gence and above all, gentlemen, he is a
man OF integrity. We know him. We
have come here To counsel with you and
to advise you that he is man on whom
you can safely depend. In 1879. when he
graduated from the State Univer-
sIty, the distinguished and able
Professor lie Conte said, that time, he
was beyond all question the most
hrilIiant nIan That nad ever naSsad