The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23

to come to the cheek of any American citizen.
There is not one thing in all its history which
it is ashamed of or would undo ii 1t had the
opportunity.
Fellow citizens, If there is such a thing as
fidelity, If there be such thing as devotion
to country, liberty and God, is there party
on the face OF the earth to-day that n has done
party under whose blessed banner and you
are proud to walk.
The Hon. TREY L. Ford, Senator from
Sierra County, spoke as follows:
Not in the heat and turmoil of an excited
and excitabie convention, not under the hyp-
motto spell df impassioned eloquence, was
William Mckinley chosen the standard
bearer of the Republican party. From the
quiet of million firesides, from anxious faces
in the workshop, in the factory and i all the
the ceaseless and irresistible demand for pro-
tection's greatest general Like the onward
flow of some mighty river, the steady current {
OF public opinion swept ASIDE al obstacles ss
those who would turn it from its true
course.
Citizens of San Francisco and of California:
We ask you to seriously consider the grave ana
far-reaching issues of the campaign upon
which we are now entering, and when election
day shall have arrived and you come to exer-
else the highest duty OF citizen we ASK you 10
vote for the American home and all tnat II I'M
plies, for the American laborer in his strug-
gle against the sharp competition which low
tariff has forced upon him, for American ln-
dustry, for National honor and National pros
perity; in short, for him who typifies all these
and more, William Mckinley of Ohio.
The Rev. Anna Shaw was introduced by
Mr.. knight. Miss Shaw spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, Gentlemen and Ladies: The
greeting which you have given me to-nlgnt is
not for me alone-it is the greeting to the
principle, to that plank IN the piaLIorm OF l tne
Repu blican party which stand here to rep
resent.
"Mr. Shortridge has given you therecord
of the Republican party from its begin.
ming to the present hour along the lines OF
finance, along the lines of protection. He
spoke of that immortal hero, the man VINO
set the pattern of what Republican
should be, and fixed the high standard to
which all Republicans should aspire. the
great leader of this Nation, Abraham Lin
coin.
"This grand man said: 4 believe every
one who bears the burdens OF the Govern
ment should share its privileges, by no
means excepting women Abraham Lin
coin gave the keynote for the Republican
partv and in 1863 Republican Governor
of Wyoming signed the bill which gave
the women of that Territory the right OF
suffrage on equal terms with its men and
put Wyoming in the front rank of civil
lied States.
"In 1872 the National Repu blican party
for the first time recommended the grant
ing of the ballot to the women of this Ma
ton. This year at st. Louis they up
held the right of all citizens to the ballot.
"You of California, it must be remem-
bered, set the fashion for the Nation You
have taken up the cause of half the citi-
zens at least as loyal as that which now
wields the ballot.
"The women OF California believe Mr..
Shortridge when he says the Republican
party keeps it's promises. We know it
will stand by its solemn engagements.
The men OF California will not fail to
crown their sisters and their mothers with
the glorious diadem of citizenship.
"The Republican party will never regret
the suffrage plank in its platform"
The meeting then broke up with three
cheers for Mckinley and Hobart and the
singing of the "Star-spangled Banner"