The San Francisco call., 1896-06-20
THE MEETINGS TONIGHT.

With the raliying cry of patriotism.
protection and prosperity" the people Of
California will meet tonight to ratify the
work of the st. Louis convention and ex-
press with enthusiasm their approval of
the nominations of Mckinley and Hobart
for President and President of the
United States. 1t will be in name Re-
publican rally. 1t will be in form the
demonstration of a political party. In
spirit and IN sentiment, however, it will
be the uprising of the people, the union of
labor and capital, the mbination of in
telligent men of all trades, industries, in
terests and enterprises, joining together
with one accord to pledge themselves to
the welfare of America and the welfare of
the home, and to greet with exultant ac-
carnations the names of the statesmen
who stand for America against the world.
1t IS right and fitting that these ratifica-
ton meetings throughout the State should
be attended bv all business men and by all
workingmen, no matter what their former
party affiliations may have been. The
platform adopted at st. Louis calls for the
protection and promotion of the welfare of
all sections of the Union and of all the in
dustries of its people. Every man who
has felt the suffering and undergone the
losses inflicted upon the people during the
wretched years of Democratic administra-
ton should unite in this manifes tation of
popular rejoicing over the domination of
man who stands for everything opposed to
Olevelandism-in favor of everything that
is summed up in the word Americanism.
The st. Louis platform and the St. Louis
OF
pledged to "a deathless Loyalty to all that
is truly American and a patriotism as
eternal as the stars" No fair-minded
man can read the platform or study the
characters and the records of the candi-
dates without feeling conscious of the
truth of that statement. The grand old
party that freed the slave, saved the
Union, established prosperity, protected
industry, fostered enterprise, reduced the
public debt and llghtened the burden of
taxation upon the people, never was more
fifty led and never more firmly and wisely
met the emergencies of the Republic than
at this time. 1t well deserves the honor of
every loyal citizen and the support of
every man who desires a return OF pros
perity to the homes and firesides of the
people.
The ratification meetings tonight should
be great popular demonstrations. The
Republican party will extend cordial
welcome TO its ranks to all Democrats or
Populists who have profited by the dis
astrous experience of the last four years
and now see the necessity of establishing
the protective system firmly upon the
statute-books of the Nation before we un-
dertake to deal with any other political
problem whatever. The home comes first
and the home is destroyed when the in
dustrles and the wages that maintain it
are destroyed. This truth is now known
to the American people and they will be
false to themselves if they are false to it.
Come forth. therefore, men of every in
dustry and of every interest; men who
represent every form of American home
from the mansion to the cottage come
forth and unite in the meeting which rat-
ties the nomination of men whose every
prosperity in the American home. Make
the assembly true expression of the
popular will. Make it a rebuke to De-
mocracy and to Populism, a condemna-
ton of Cleveland and free trade, al up
holding of American manhood against
pauper labor, an assertion that the Ameri-
can Governme 1t shall stand for American
industries. and an unmistakable proof
that the Am erican people are united on the
broadly National platform of patriotism,
protection and prosperity"