The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-28
HIT THEM HARD,
Democrats Scored by Ora
: tor Freud.
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN GUN.
Tariff Tinkering Running the
Country.
WANTS THE DOIJBI 2 STANDARD
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN GUN.
WANTS THE DOUBLE STANDARD.
Gavin McNab Denies That He Nomi-
mated Congress- man Mcguire on
Jim Eudd's Proxy.

Gavin McNab stoutly denies that he
nominated James g. Mcguire for Cover
= nor at the Democratic convent ton on the
proxy of James H. Budd. The story has
been distributed around town with varv-
Ing degrees of intensity, and McNab's
enemies have said mean things about him
on that account. McNaD's own account
:of the affair is not without interest. and
be gives it emphaucally.
Il did have the proxy Of Jim Budd, but L
did HOt have it when [ nominated Ma
guire," said he yesterday. ION the first
day of the convention l happened to mem
ton before him that the delegate for whom
j was TO proxy had not yet arrived. lie
then wrote out for me his proxy. only
had it that day. I held the proxy Of Fair
child Of SiskiyOu when | nominated
Mcguire and had returned Budd's proxy
after the first day. Whoever says l nomi-
mated Mcguire on Budd'5 proxy is telling
an unqualified lie"
''Is it true that you nominated Maguire
for the purpose of keeping him out of the
Congressional fght?' was asked. for
story to that effect has been In circulation.
mo, sir; it is not true a. all. l always
have been stanch Mcguire man. No
one could have undertaken to run against
him in his district, anyhow, with any
chance OF success i have heard some
thing about these stories, and l want to
say right now that there is not a particle
of truth in anything of the kind"
The biggest political event yesterday
was the campaign gun fired al Metr0poli-
tan Hail last night by the Republicans.
Hot shot were poured into the Democratic
party by j. Richard Freud, whom w. S.
Barnes. who presided, introduced
to the audience as lone of the
young men eloquent Of the Republican
party" The hall was we'll flied aDd the
: platform and great organ were artstically
decorated with the stars and stripes. a
huge bonfire blazing at the corner of Fifth
snd Market streets and brass band out
sl-.e the hsll door mad goOd deal Of effect
iii attracting the crowd. BIT. Freud spoke
at considerable length on the issues of the
day. In opening he said:
"A crisis In our country's life has come
The three vital issues of tariff. money and
monopoly confront US. Protection or free
trade. bimetallism or the gold standard
the sovereignty of the people or the des-
=. potism Of mono poly-these are the three
great problems confronting the American
! people and demanding our serious thought.
Upon their solution depends the safety OF
this American republic. 1t behOoves all
=. TO pay attention 10 these, and every
: man, woman and child must arise
-f2 the occasion. The merchant and the
mechanic. the manufacturer and the labor
:er. are all on this imperiled ship of state
tossed on the waters of ignorance aud ava
rice. As California goes this November
SO goes the United States in 1896. AS goes
the State so goes the nation. We are en-
gagged in fight for principle. principle
that must live forever. The vital Ques-
tons at stake are as bright as a star"
-. The speaker asked which one of the two
shall we choose, protection or free trade.
: The free American laborer could not be
expected TO compete with imported pauper
labor NO man can live on a dollar
day." cried the orator. He may be able to
serve the Queen Of England on a shilling a
day or the Gar of Russia on quarter of a
rouble. but an American citizen cannot
live honestly on a dollar day. II may be
enough for the ASistic cody or the serf of
Europe. | have often seen wives and
mothers dragging teams with men and
horses IN EuTopeI Do you want that to
happen in this country? Yet if you bring
that kind of labor into competition with
free American labor that will be the re-
suit. Free tariff means cheap labor. The
tariff bill will crush American labor, mis-
cry will result, and from that despotismv %
D.: He appealed 80 his hearers not 30 crim-
inally blunder as they did two years ago.
They told you" he said, 'that its vic
tory meant higher wages and happier
homes. kemember, that it was your votes
that elected the first Democratic Congress
in thirty years. First of all the misery
you have brought upon yourselves and
wives and children by that criminal blum
:. der. Look at the result of Democratic tam
;: pering with the tariff laws ofthe country"
Mr.. Freud spoke of the prevalent bank
:Tuptcy in factories and industries and char
: .acteriZed it as the umblings of the volcano.
.-''Let but the Democratic party carry out
its threat and the republic Itself may not
- survive" cried he. 90 party that makes
free trade should be swept off the face of
the earth. [Cheers.l The man who would
: vote for such party deserves his misery,
but have faith enough in the common
. sense of the American people to believe
that they will not again elect Democratic
ticket" GCheers The speaker regretted
.. that the Populsts had not declared them
selves on this point. In Congress the
The Popuists were in favor evidently of
free trade. He bad been asked 10 join the
Populists, but had refused on the ground
that he could not join party that would
not declare itself in favor OF protection for
American labor.
The great bugaboo. the speaker went
on TO say, of free trade was free raw ma
terals. 1t was this cry that sedueed the
: voters. This falIacy has. however, been
- exposed. The people know that free raw
materials do not not make articles manu-
70 featured therefrom cheaper. Duty upon
them does not make them dearer The
United States produced last year $1,000
100000 pounds of wheat, 300 000, 900
pounds OF wool and 100, 100000 tons
- of coal. Remove the duty on these
things and the only result is to dis
place a certain amount of home raw
material by foreign raw material. 1t is
not free raw material the people want
but work. "All over the land comes the
pniful cry for Bread" cried Mr. Freud.
.They want work, work, work. They
have more than enough of free raw ma
terial."