The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08
THE CELEBRATION.

The celebration last evening of jubilant
Republicans put the finishing touch upon
the political campaign. We have now
fought the battle, won the victory and ex-
ulted In the triumph. That which re-
mains to do is to rally the people to the
standard OF industry, to go forward and
reap the benefits of a revived prosperity.
The tone of the speeches which gave ut
terance to the sentiments of the victors at
the polls was not that of mere partisan
triumph. 1t was more like the voice of a
general rejoicing over the end of long
depression and the beginning of a new era
of prosperity than the exultation of one
party of citizens over another. 1t was
altogether fitting that this tone should
prevail, for no other would adequately
| represent the feeling which prompted the
great rejoicing that was manifest in every
part and feature of the celebration.
During the hard times of the last three
years the people of this country have
learned the value of business. They now
understand its relation to the happiness of
the individual and the welfare of the home
better than before. They also compre-
hend its great Importance to the Nation,
inasmuch as the absence of business
breeds discomfort and gives power 10
agita.ors which threatens to be danger
Gus.
In his speech at the Cooper Union, New
York, during the cam mpaign, Colonel Rob-
ert Ingersoll forcibly and beautifully ex-
pressed the benefits conferred by business
in words which can be read with pleasure
this morning, for there is in them some
thing more than the argument which
passes with the occasion it was made for.
They express a truth with an eloquence
that will long be remembered.
There is no charity like business he
said. Business gives work to labor s
countless hands; business wipes the tears
from the eyes of widows and orphans !:
business dimples with Joy the cheek OF
sorrow; business puts a roof above the
heads of the homeless; business covers the
land with happy homes. We want busi-
ness. Wind and wave are our servants !;
let them work. Steam and electricity are
our slaves; let them toll. Let all the
| wheels whirl; let all the shuttles fly. Fill
the furnaces with flame; let them glow
The smoke arising from the factories
great plants forms the only cloud on
which has ever been seen the glittering bow
OF American promise"
1t was the realization of the truth of
| these words that moved the great majority
of the American people to vote for McKin-
ley and Hobart. 1t was the consciousness
that the Republican victory means a re-
turn of business and all that it implies
which inspired the rejoicing so abundantly
shown last evening. The people are now
certain the smoke of factories will arise
and that the great rainbow of American
promise will soon overarch the Republic
from ocean to ocean.
1t was for that reason the celebration
was made in the character of popular re-
loicing. All Americans, no matter how
they voted, will share in the benefits to
come. Let US turn away from politics
and party strifes and go forward to other
things. California bore her part bravely
in the political contest and will now march
with the most progressive of her sister
States in the movement onward and up
ward to those high levels of prosperity
which await the American people.