The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-02

The speaker then laid down what he
conceived to be the principles of the Re-
publican party. cit favcrs free speech
and free hands, he said, land above all is
for a tariff that will revive the slum berlng
industries of the country. fApplause.J
The Republican party is to-day the genu-
Inc party of bimetallism; 1T favors
goId and silver and such legislation
as will keep them at par, so that
a silver dollar will be worth 100 cents IN
every land where comm 'rce is known. 1t
believes IN preserving all forms of the cur
rency of this country at par, so that the
workingmen's silver dollar shall be worth
as much as the bankers gold In the vault
There is more money in this country to-
day than there has ever been before, and
the money question is not the cause OF our
troubles"
Here some one in the audience in
CURED, ''Where is all this money!
81 will tell you where it is" replied the
speaker with spirit and amid cheers.
when the Democrats struck down the
industries of the country by passing the
Wilson bill, they closed the factories,
drove capital out of business, made work
men idle and brought universal bank
ruptcy and despair"
At this point there was prolonged APP
phase and great cheering. The speaker
then explained how the Democrats, hav-
ing failed to conduct the affairs of the
Government on the tariff theory, recently
cast about for new battle-cry and chose
the silver issue.
But the people have memories" he
said, land 1 do not believe they will
try the Democratic panacea again.
The people want domestic and foreign
commerce; they want revival of indus
tries. and, above all, protection against
the cheap labor OF foreign lands. [Cheers.
In California particularly we need a de-
velopment of one great industry-the pro-
duction of sugar beets-a business that
would in time give employment to thou
sands and enable this State to furnish
o sugar for the entire Union. Applause.
1--WE want such policy as will open the
factories OF the country, and until the in
dustries of workshops and field are revived
1t will not help any one to Increase. the
money of the country even to billions of
dollars" [Cheers.l
The speaker explained that it was the
stamp of the Government that made all
American money interchangeable at par
and that he, with his party, believed in
maintaining gold and silver at par. In
this country there were no classes, and
there should be no sections.
THE Democrats are trying to create
doubt and confusion in the minds of the
people by appealing to the envy in our
hearts. This thought l want you to bear
IN mind; the thought that we need pro-
lection. Bear in mind that the Demo-
Gratis have reaffirmed their free-trade no.
tons in their Chicago platform-the same
old party trying TO sneak back to power
under new and false issue. [Applanse.
"If you are dissatisfied with these laws,
If you are tired of seeing this Nation bor-
row money to pay running expenses In
times OF profound peace, vote the Demo-
cratic party out of power and put back the
Republicans, who will restore confidence
and bring prosperity to the land again"
Throughout the delivery of the speech
there was the greatest imaginable entbu-
slasm, and Mr.. Shortridge,s concluding
remarks moved the audience to prolonged
cheering. In substance be said:
"Fellow-citiZens, you cannot tear down
one section of the country without injur-
ing the other; yod cannot put out the
fires of the furnaces without affecting the
farmer. We must preserve this great
country for our own people. We must
devise ways and means to give employ
ment to our own people, and it is
infinitely better, wiser. it is more patri-
otto, to make it matter of sentiment to
give employment to the men of New Eng
land and the South and West, and to
California, than it is to start the factories
OF England going or open the mills of
Germany.
Now, fellow-citizens, beg to appeal to
the Republicans of this city and county
and I ask you to remember that the Re
publican party is worthy of your conf
dence and support now as it has been
in the past. Applause. l ask you, men
and women, under the banner of tie early
Eafh . h., Al
stand firm In this campaign.
Il ask the young men of the Republican
party to remem Der that they have brave
and serious duty TO perform, and that
the party of their fathers is worthy OF their
allegiance. l ask the thoughtful Demo
Gratis who are here, who love their State,
who belIeVe IN tie constitution, men
who believe in the supremacy OF the
law, men who believe IN the faith
and in the honor of the Marion,
to stand under the Republican banner. l
ask you to consider the position of the Re-
publican party and what it has done; to
consider that it is the friend of silver; that
it is the friend of all the currency we have,
and TO remember that all of this currency
Is at par because of the laws which the
Republican party enacted.
with our boundless prairies it is sad
and pathetic thing to know that men are
begging for the poor privilege of toiling
wants to earn the credit of his country
men he will give honest men a
chance to toll, and William Nc
Kinley is a man to give the people
of this country, under his leadership,
under the principles which he espouses, a
chance to work, and a chance to earn an
honest living. Applause. Republicans,
let me ask you 10 organize; and. if there
be any lack of harmony, to harmonic.
Let me ask you to march shoulder to
shoulder, and march confidently, and lift
the banner high and proudly, because it
is the banner of protection, the banner of
bimetallism, the banner of prosperity, and
the banner which, in the hands OF Nc
Kinley, will be lifted higher than all the
banners of the earth, so that if the other
great powers of the world do not love it,
they will learn to respect and to fear it.
Applause.
$50, ladies and gentlemen, the case, so
lar as l am concerned, is submitted. You
are the jury; you will consider these
things. Others will address you, you will
read, you will think, you will consider,
judge these questions calmly in thelisht
OF experience, and if you do, have no
doubt that the Republican party will not
only sweep this county, that you will not