The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
B. F. Hudelson Unanimously Re.
elected to the Office of
State President.
IN ENTHUSIASTIC OVATION.
A Spirited Contest Over the Subordi.
nate Positions and Delegates to
the Supreme Council.

The State Council of the American Pro-
tective Association continued its session
yesterday at B'nai Birth Hal.
Upon rollcall of the delegates it was
voted to suspend the regular order of busi-
ness and go into the lection of officers.
For the Office of State president B. F.
Hudelson had no opposition and was
therefore declared elected.
The election of President Hudelson was
the signal for an outburst of enthusiasm
seldom surpassed in political conven-
ton. Having been called upon Mr.. Hudel-
son expressed himself as follows:
Mr.. President and Friends: There are those
times In ones life when the circumstances,
surroundings and emotions almost overcome
them. This is a time when feel, perhaps, as
never before in my life. The absolute poverty
OF language at my command to express my ap-
probation of what you have this day done for
me-not in the election only, but in the in
dorsement of my administration.
AS husband and father l love my home,
and 1 love homehfe. l have felt during the
past year that have been making sacrifice
indeed when thought of what my loved ones
had to undergo by me being an absolute
stranger in my home, and their anxiety for my
safety; but to-day ii could place all the sacri-
fees that have made before me. should feel
that by this indorseme OF my course, L have
been 10000 times more than paid for all.
lCheers.]
promised the State Council of the Ameri-
can Protective Association one year ago, and
in making that promise TO the State Council 1
made promise TO the patriotic men and wo-
men of California, that should give my time,
my thought, my energy to this work if elected
Immediately upon my selection for tn is posi-
ton of State President l stepped out of all
other occupations and have, during the entire
year, given my whole time to this work. Zap
plause.l
Abraham Lincoln [cheers] in giving advice
to Ex-Governor Oglesby, approached him In
that peculiar and familiar way by which he
convinced the people whom he addressed that
he was their friend, and said: "You are a
young man and just entering into public life.
ing your entire life keep very close to the
people,"
You will find that during the entire year 1
have tried TO keep close to the people. Jap
plause.] have kept close to the masses of this
organization. The humblest man in all our
ranks has been made to feel as have tried to
make him feel, that have been his friend.
tCheers.1
The year that is now before us is the year of
our great political battle. have only this 10
promise you, that, in the name of home, in
the name of our schools, in the name of our
country and our country's flag, in the name of
God-turning neither to the right nor to the
left-1 shall do my duty as know it. [Great
applause.] In this work l am ready to give
my entire time; / am willing TO give my
thoughts and my best energy, and If the time
comes let it be anywhere in the mountains of
the north or in the orange groves of the
south, fro:a the mountains TO the sea- ii the
time comes that my blood shall mark some
spot in California where l won my crown for
the American Protective Association, my life
will be willingly given upon Its altar; lap
plause.l Friends, l thank you for your hearty
cooperation, and let me saw 20 the friends
who have seen fit to express themselves as op-
posed to me that they have but exercised
their right and their privilege as American
citizens, and / now can take them by the hand
genislly as il they had not opposed me, for