The record-union., 1896-06-24
WELCOMED BY HIS
TOWNSPEOPLE

benefit of this district and this State.
do not wish to claim all the honor. 1
do not wish to say that / did it single
handed and alone. I received, as I have
already stated, great assistance from
Senator Perkins I also received
great assistance from Senator White.
I found him a man willing
to work for all parts of the
State, and he seemed to forget that I
was Republican and labored with me
hand in hand (Applause.)
But L did all that I could. And I
want you to understand that I do not
claim it ALL but I do claim that / did
all that l could do, and l do state that
after I was elected l forgot that I was
a Republican and forgot that / had any
party, except upon political questions,
and that / answered every letter,
whether it was from a Democrat or a
Populist or Republican, and 1 at
tended to everything just the same,
whether from one party or the other.
knew no party. l simply labored for
the interest of the district, for the in
terest of California, and 1 feel that l
did well for the district and for the
State. Great applause)
] have learned the ways there When
was a boy we used to go visiting in
the country, and the first thing that we
did was to learn the run of the barn, to
learn where the hens laid the eggs. to
learn where the hay was the softest,
and to learn where we could have the
most fun, and we used to call that
learning the run of the barn.
l think I have learned the run of the
barn in Washington / have learned
how they work. l have become ac-
quainted with their ways, their man
ners, their customs, the methods of
legislation there. 1 have found out
that, even If you cannot catch the
Speakers eye, you can sometimes get
legislation through; as the old saying
is, you can sometimes get over the diff
ficulty if you cannot get over the river
And L believe that / could accomplish
more in another term than | have sue
ceeded in this. l feel that there is
great deal of work yet 10 be done: that
many of these matters that 7 have men
toned to you are still incomplete, and
that they need to be taken up and
pushed forward
And / am going to say to you frankly
would like to go back and pick up the
work and carry it along, and [ know
that | can do more work in the second
term than I have been able to do in the
first. l know that l have learned how.
| know that | have learned the method
or work. / know that / have learned
exactly how to go to work to get these
things. While l do not claim to be any
smarter than the average man, / know
7 am as willing to work as anybody and
| know that | have found out how to
work
The reason that the East, the reason
that the men Of the South keep their
control upon legislation in Congress is
because they re-elect their Congress
men year after year. For promotion in
Congress- power and influence in Con-
greSs, power, influence and station in a
committee do not come from ability, do
not come from oratorical powers, do
not come from the mans knowledge of
the subject. but simply from the fact
that he has served more terms than
somebody else. They can these rank
ing" members. And if a man has been
| there two or three or four terms, he OBJ
d
| member can very, very, very seldom
| find any show of reaching.
! Therefore it is, that the East and the
| South keep their grip upon the legisla- :
| ton of Congress, because they re-elect
their members, and 1t would be wise for
California to follow their example Gap
plause)
| / feel that Sacramento is on the up
| grade During the eight months that
have been absent l can see that you
! have always been shouting "Cresendo, -
| HCresendo.'' and that every one has ap-
parently been working for the city that
we all love- and that all that is required
for us in the future is for every man,
woman and child in Sacramento to en-
roll themselves into one army, united,
! homogeneous, harmonious, working all
| together for the interest of the city and
| following a banner inscribed: I'VE are
| for Sacramento in order to carry on the
| prosperity and to march with the pro-
| gress of the Nation and of the world
We can make Sacramento City what
| it ought to be, the greatest city on the
! Pacific Coast, next to the Queen city of
| San Francisco. We have everything
here that needs to make up a city, and
| all we have to do is to stand by each
other stand by ourselves, work for the
| city, help those who help you, and sup
| port public servants who have done
their duty well, support public serv-
ants who have shown that they were
true to the interests of Sacramento and
| then all viii be well. Then we can say
| that Sacramento City has obtained its
| fa ;r -J,.a, of fba cf Lo
world
| And I want to say that when I was in
| Congress 7 reTnem bered at all times the
kind words that were said of me by
| my warm friend Senator Hart when he
| placed me in nomination and said that
| If ] was elected they would find that
| there was such a city as Sacramento
| upon the map, and, by the blessings
of God, doing my duty, I believe 1 have
| convinced them of the fact. Great APP
| plause.)
| I feel that if I am reelected, I can
! take up the work and do more for Sac
| ramento, much more, and accomplish
great good for this city and its people.
| | thank you for your attention. ]
thank you for having come out this hot
night. / thank you for this reception,
which, / belive, judging from the adver-
| tisement-and the first notice of the
meeting was the advertisement / saw in
| the paper-it is irrespective Of party
] thank you for coming out, as many OF
you have, on this night.
| Now. l wish to say, in conclusion not
desiring to interrupt or interfere with
| the business of this evening" do not
know what it isl wish to say that, as
| you know when I left home / rented
my house and | am now staying al
/ the Golden Ea ole and hat I hone every