The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
BARNES FLkYS
THE BOY ORATOR
The General Assails the
Democratic Policy of
Reputation.
Strikes at the O flce-Seekers
Who Array Section Against
Section.
SANTA cRuZs BIG RALLY.
Boisterous Greeting to the San
Franciscan and the Oakland
Alliance.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Oct. IT, Santa
Cruz saw to-day the greatest local politi-
cal demonstration of this campaign, and
heard the greatest exposition of political
issues. General w. II. L. Barnes escorted
by the Republican Alliance Of Oakland,
ITO strong, commanded by E. Y. w. Gas
kell, arrived at 6 p. NJ.
The visitors were escorted from the
depot to the Pacific Ocean House by the
Neutrality-suspicious. Club and crowd
OF some 5000 enthusiasts followed.
General Barnes and the Alliance ClIb
were dined by the Mckinley Hobart Club
at the Pacific Ocean House, and President
Galbraith of the MeKinley-Hobart Club
gave hearty welcome to the guests. Cen
eral Barnes responded.
At 8 P. NJ. so dense were the crowds on
Pacific avenue that the band of the al.
lance Club had difficulty in making its
advance to the pavilion. The entire route
was lined with spectators from Sequel,
Aptos, Boulder Greek and other districts.
Fifteen hundred men were in the Re-
publican parade. The pavilion was packed
to tbs doors, and hundreds were turned
away. President Galbraith in introduce
ing General Barnes paid high tribute to
his answering loyalty to the Republican
cause, praised Senator Perkins and
thanked the peerless Oakland Alliance for
its visit to Santa Cruz.
When General Barnes stepped to the
front of the platform he was given an en-
thusiastic reception. Three cheers were
given for Barnes, followed by three times
three for Mckinley and Hobart Again
and again the general essayed to speak,
only to be received with volumes of cheers
and the waving of banners and flags.
Upon order being restored, the General
plunged at once into the silver question.
He said:
The great stigma which rests upon the
Democratic party OF to-day is its policy OF re-
pudiation, its effort to breed sectional strife,
its desire to array the classes against the
masses.
Never had this silver question assumed Sc
rious proportions until the overproduction of
silver in Nevada, and subsequently Stewart
and Jones tanned the flames which are fast
leading the silver Democrats into scorching
fire oil public damnation- These men were the
fathers OF the silver agitation, as Alt eld and
Tiilman were the fathers of the anarchfstic
brood who seek to dismenber the Republic.
The speaker referred to the fact that at
the time the Bland-AIlison bill went into
effect silver was at liz and in 1890 it had
deprs ciated to 95 and the inflow of silver
could not be checked. The Sherman bill
fatheied baby in $50 o00,0 600 OF dollars,
which the United States was now asked
to iced.
That baby was bred In error and nur-
tured in gross ignorance OF the CONNER
cial laws OF this country.
Referring 10 Bryan, General Barnes
quoted the fact that the Democratic Presi-
Dental nominee was no business man.
He was shiity and only four months ago
he tried to obtain position on the staff
OF New York journal as theatrical critic
and failed. Yet this same failure, this
same Bryan, by his smooth tongue be-
guiled the Democrats and Populists into
nominating and indorsing him for the
highest gift in the power OF the voters of
this grand Republic to bestow.
The producers of silver are insatable and
Bryan is but the puppet OF the Nevada silver
in which savagery predominated; II was
convention bewhlskered by Populistic gangs,
stampeded by wave of socialism and con-
ggered oy the red rag OF those who preached ned
Masses" prolonged cheering.l
The Chicago convention desired the degra-
dation of the Supreme Court OF the United
States and the gloridcation OF Altgeldfsm.
Kansas to-day, after wave OF Populism, is
only TO De impaired to Goldsmfth's Deserted
Village. The towns and villages are depopu-
lated, as ii pestilence had swept whole sec
tions.
Bryan. the blatant Nebrsskan grasshopper,
was but preaching anarchy when he desired q
complete financial change OF the coinage of
this country. IL was but choice between
Bryan the unknown and Mckinley, whose bill
was known, whose record was clear, the cham
pion OF al, the protector OF those needing pro
lection, the defamer of none, whom none die
tated TO or could point to anything but pride.
Fellow citizens: do not believe that an
allwise Providence, who watched over US in
the storm of war, who guided us in the days
OF peace who has healed the pang caused
by civil dissension and who has guided this
great Republic into the van of commerclal al
nations, win infict upon us this scourge OF