The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-17
ENDORSED 7. B. O'BBIEN.
The Army and Navy League Out
for the Republican Can
didate.
Address of the Fourth Congressional
Nominee Before Leland Stan
ford Camp.

Leland Stanford Camp No. ., Army and
Navy Republican League of California,
Colonel NJ. s. Blackburn commanding,
held an enthusiastic meeting at 26 O'Far-
rell street, the department headquarters,
last night.
After the regular business of the league
was gone through with, speeches were
made by Colonel Charles E. Wilson,
Colonel J. c. Currier and Hon. Thomas
B. o. Brien, candidate for Congress from
the Fourth District
resolution was unanimously adopted
indorsing Mr.. 0'Brien's candidacy and
pledglng him the hearty support of the
league. His remarks in part were as
follows:
L deem it an honor to appear before the
saviors of the Union. The men who are before
me are sprinkled with dust from the rugged
publicanism for which they offered up their
lives TO perpetuate and preserve still en-
blaZons the sky. The soldiers in the legions
of Caesar fought for pillage and conquest, but
the soldiers of Grant, Sheridan and Sherman
fought to perpetuate liberty, an undivided
Union "Witn msltce toward none and charity
toward all"
Your achievements for liberty and law will
De sung by poets and narrated by sages along
the decades OF time, and after ages as they
rise exultingly will proclaim blessings on the
veterans name.
But 1 am not here this evening to eulogize.
but TO tell you that l am running for Con-
gress in the Fourth District, and know that
you are eager to hear OF the faith that is in me.
The people OF this State and Nation are anx-
iously awaiting the result OF your ballots in
next November. When l say the Nation
refer TO the majority who are nauseated with
the abominable curse OF English free trade
Unfortunately this district is misrepresent at
Washington by Jana teal disciple OF Golden
My opponent is philan hropist to the foreign
ers OF Europe and Asia, because he would con-
vert our Nation into free warehouse for their
products. He would allow the ship-builders
of the Clyde and Thames TO drive out on r
SCOTS and suppress the fires at the Union
Iron Works. He would permit our men and
women to starYe and he would feed the aliens
OF the world.
He has mania for theory and an aversion
for tact. He grows superfluous on remote i'm
probabilities, AID grows eloquent upon the
Chinese one-string fddle-his crazy quilt re-
striction.
Enumerated the mechanics of this district with
jawbone vapor, upon which they caunot subs list,
and has given them postoffice site filled with
Democratic auger-holes. The posuofices at
Sacramento and San Jose are completed and
occupied, but alas, ours is a permanent re-
minder of the ancient sand bed that gave shell
ter TO the army OF want whooccupied it under
Democratic rule.
This is an American year, and the gallant
soldier. Mckinley, who was your comrade
when foes from within and sympathizers from
without aimed to discover the Republic Won
your former comrades Grant, Hayes and Hair
rison. Under the regime OF the gallant Nc
Kinney we will have perpetua ted the system so
auspiciously begun by Lincoln,
When no caste barrier stays the poor mans son.
Till step by step the topmost heights are won.