The San Francisco call., 1896-11-08

meet and proper. But we shall not wait
till the 26;h, but shall here and now rejoice
and give thaEks. In doing SO we must
not fail to remember the splendid services,
the sacrifices l may say, of those Demo-
Gratis, who forsook their party and joined
with US for the preservation of the in
tegrity of the Nation Tor law and for good
government. They deserve the best that
may be said of them
George Knight was introduced. He
said that in times past there had never
been any room for doubt on the part of
the audience he had had the honor to ad-
dress, concerning his partisanship. In
this campaign, however, he had been at
sea as partisan. In his travels up and
down the State he had found leading Re-
pnblicans making special point o. say
Ing kind things about the Democratic
President, Mr.. Cleveland, and standing
ready to hold up his hands in his finan-
cial policy. He found Democrats lending
their best efforts toward the election of
Mckinley and the success of the Republi-
can party-not as such, but simply that
right might prevail and wrong be tram
pied under foot.
he paid strong tribute to the man.
ayers OF the State campaign, the tact and
energy and courage of Hon. Frank Nc
Laugnlin, chairman of the State Commit
tee, particularly. California has done
nobly," he said; "has planted her feet on
sure ground and fallen in lire with the
noble company of States that stand for
law and National honor. Tonight the
United States of America feels no shame
upon her brow. The sunshine of a pleas
ing day is before her and she carries your
welfare at~her heart" Great applause
M. M. Estee followed: I'VE have won
great victory" he said, 'in battle in
which we have taken no prisoners and in
which there was no enemy engaged. Now
that it is all over 1 am sure there will be
few heartburnings. This is not jollifica-
tion OF the Republican party, but a
iollification of the people. MIR. Mckinley
was the candidate of the people. and he
will be the peoples President. The man
who serves his country best, best serves
his party. In this country, wish to say,
we have no classes and no masses. We
are all plain American citizens. My
friends, you have a great responsibility
placed upon you. 1t Is for you to see to it
that law and order are maintained in this
country.
ave have esta a5lished the dollar of this
country on sound basis, so that We
know what it is when we get it. We have
elected man who is eminently fitted to
guide the country back into paths of secur-
ity and prosperity than whom no other in
the country is better equipped in State
craft. He is neither an old man nor a boy,
but IN the fullness OF his manhood. With
him at the helm we are certain to see a
return of activity in our manufactures
and general prosperity"
c. E. Cushman. who was introduced as
the Abraham Lincoln of the Northwest,
said:
My friends ladies and gentlemen: Here
some one shouted "Lorder.'1 pll key my
voice up in few minutes, but nave left my
voice in good cause scattered ali over the
State. lApplause.I
This Is jollification tonight; not only of
Republicans, but OF all good and patriotic cili-
zens. In the last four years you have seen the
iree-trade policy go down in ruins. l am glad
showed their good sense this time by voting
for William Mckinley.
Speaking of the party which carried
the banner of free silver he declared that
in his infancy he was taught 10 say moth
ing unkind of the dead. -Four years
ago. he continued, ''they werc out for
free trade. This year they came out for
will probably come out for free whisky
And God knows We would need free
whisky it they had won this election
The word confidence had been greatly
abused. 1t was confidence that started
the Genoese navigator on his great voy-
age of discovery; it was confidence that
gave Washington his victory at Valley
Forge; it was confidence that gave Grant
his victory at Appomattox; it was con-
hdence in Mckinley and protection that
gave the Republicans their great victory
Applause.
After song by quartet entitled
"BryaDs in the Cold, Cold Ground. -
Colonel Kowalsky spoke. He said never
in the history of the country had the
promise of a party been so quickly re-
deemed as this year. THE election was
held on Tuesday," he added, "and on
Wednesday the rusty hinges OF the facto-
rles that had been closed for many
month were made to creak, and the doors
OF these factories swung open to admit the
workingmen again.
Congressman e. +. Loud referred to the
efforts OF the Bryanites to stir up Sec
tional and class feelings and added:
When We find in our own State, be it said to
our shame, our own chief executive pandering
to even lower feelings we have cause TO be on
our guard. While we have the lower house
of Congress we have not got ma jority in the
Senate, and we shall not, even with a Repub-
be able to enact any affirmative legislation
but we shall be held responsible for this fail,
ure by the masses. We have now a United
States Senate which has declared that unless
we agree to enact legislation for the free coin
age OF silver at 16 10 1 it would starye the
country in to submiss on.
Let us hope that the silver issue has been
buried so deep that it cannot be resurrected
again.
Ellen Coursen Roeckel sang "The Star
spangled Banner" and double quartet
Joined in the chorus
Charles M. Shortridge. editor of THE
CALI, was then introduced. He said:
Mr.: President, ladies and gentlemen: The
last time l had the pleasure of being in this
hall addressing Republican audience took
occasion then to say that l would not in all
probability meet you again until about the
4th or 5tn of November, when we would meet
here and whoop 1t up for Mckinley. That was
prediction that was written in my heart
l remember that during the campaign some
one advised some one else to wear q Mckinley
button on his coat and have the picture OF
Bryan in his heart, but 1t seems to me that
great many had the picture of Mckinley
both on their coats and in their hearts
Ny friends, / might say that am middle
of-the-road Republican. [Applause.l / don't
find it hard at all TO keep right along with he
party. l simply follow the band-wagon lam