The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27
George Knight Cites Claus
:. Spreckels as Typical of a
Nations Honor.
hKINLAY ON E'KINLEY.
The Santa Rosa Plint,r Tells the
Great Audience of the Money
Question.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRAYc5sco carr
QlS Rrr,rE

ONf LIZ NAN Il FRANCISCO OALL,
90S Broadway, Sept. 26.
Oakland was given up. to Republicanism
tonight. For fully half an hou1 before
the 7;30 train arrived at Broadway uni
formed clubs with bands were marching
through the streets, and from. housetops
and street corners rockets flew skyward.
and red fire wed with the moon in il
Illuminating the night.
In the recepJion-room at the Crellin
Hotel committee consisting of H. 4.
Powell, w. NJ. Dimmock, M c. Chapman
ana 3. k. Taylor welcomed the dis
tlnguished speakers as they cana in from
the train.
No time was wasted in starting on the
line OF march, and while the massive
torches OF the Alliance blew streams OF
nre high IN the air the speakers of the
evening entered the carriages, and, pre-
ceded by splendid band, the march COM
menced. The Alliance, eighty strong, led
the way. Following the Alliance was the
Young Mems Republican League in hand
some uniforms and carrying torches. 1t
was the first appearance of the club in
uniform, and they made a very pic
turesque showing.
The Forty eighth Assembly Club headed
by transparency declaring for the great
Ohio protectionist and for their Assembly
candidate, F. NJ. Leavitt, was next. They
were all neatly uniformed, and of course,
carried torches.
: Prominent in the parade was that grand
body OF Taen whose tread was not SO
: sprightly as that of the younger Repub-
hcans, and whose hair is sprinkled
literally with gray. They constituted the
Army and Navy League OF Veterans, and
each man Carried huge Chinese lantern.
The veterans stretched out for a couple of
blocks, and were loudly cheered.
After march OF about a dozen blocks
the parade reached the Tabernacle, at
each corner Of which was blazing a huge
bonfire. Although the Tabernacle is
capable of seating 5000 people, it was un-
able to accommodate the immense crowd
that attempted to gain admittance, and
while the great meeting was in progress, a
large overflow meeting was being addressed
by General Har;, TREY L. Ford and E. D.
Peixotto at the Alliance headquarters at
: Elite Hall.
The hall was very tastefuIly decorated
by the Army and Navy League, and on
every pillar, framed with the National
colors, were large pictures of those men
whose names are part OF the Republic.
The platform was filled with the uni
formed clubs, and in the front rows with
the speakers were Rev. Anna Shaw and
Mrs. Lloyd Baldwin, president Of Alameda
County Equality Society.
z. K. Taylor introduced Victor II. Met
calf as chairman of the meeting, and in
doing so referred to the fact that the fric-
= tion that had been among the Republican
parties in this county had disappeared,
and that the only friction at this time was
that Of the people as they tried to enter
hall already packed. Victor Metcalf, in
accepting the Craftsmanship of the meet
ing, called attention to the prosperous
condition of the country four years ago
when Cleveland was elected, and how
within few months thereafter the silua-
ton had changed; mills were closed,
money was boarded, armies of unemployed
were marching on to Washington TO de-
mand EN- ployment at the hands of the
;. Government. This he held was not due
TO the financial question, as it was the fear
of what M ight come later.
He referred to the law repeating the
Sherman law, wherein the Democratic
party had declared for bimetallism when
ever the nations could agree on the matter,
and said it was little wonder that thou
sands of good Democrats refused to in
dorse the Chicago platform or the wild
statements being made by their candidate
for President and other campaign speak
ers. They had declared solemly for BIZ
metallism by an act Of Congress, but now
repudiated IL for monometaIllsm on a
silver basis. He declared protection to be
the paramount issue OF the campaign and
expressed the belief that the votes of the
the mongrel party, with its free-silver and
free-tTade slogan, so far that 1t would
never again be heard of in this country.
.'Here he first mentioned Mckinley and
: Hobart and was interrupted with storm
OF applause. In closing ne referred to pro-
lection and prosperity and ELECTED en-
: fhusiastic applause.
The double musical quartet Of the
Young Mems Republican League sang
campaign songs, and George A. Knight
was introduced. He said:
If citizen of this State was in Wash ington,
D. c., in 1897, he would not want to acknowl-
edge it, II this great State did not nave the
good sense TO get on and ride. lApplause.l
give US and yet We are not fairly IN the race
with the other States. They want US 10 get on
and DO something now. Most places you go
you are told that they are the worst InlAen G ~. Up
of any people on earth. Woudn'tlt be shame
for California not 10 be in line this year as
Kepu bliean StaJe2
five years that Mckinley has not stood Tor. he
is a clean man and there is no relations
which you cannot hook that man ono on alsI thss
we would not pull When you come TO Ioyaity
and patriotism for the country, he hao III De-
fore he was II years OF age. That is our can
Not nine emo months ago there was not dyed
iu-the-Wool south of the Mason ana DIXON
line Democrat who did not give up IN oe-
spair and say the Republicans would win IN q
walk. Now all we want TO do is to keep Re
publicans in line and standing at the guns.
VWO-LQlrQS OF the OlQ IArpuD44SdA PoAey 80
Sleeping in Gods acre. Their brains are still
and their tongues are silent, never more TO
argue for the perpetuity of the great party that
has given the Nation its greatest statesmen
and that has done so much for the country at
large. This is greatly telt as the young men
OF to-day are not up IN the great pflhclPies "a
The Kepubiican psrty's idea of protection is
not confined TO locality. The santa Ctars
prune-grower shall be protected ana SO snai
The Pennsylvania ironmaster:
Because the State Convention indorsed the
free coinage of silver we are always met with
the charge that we are inconsistent. That is
not So 9he Republican party has always pro
tected silver and every other INDUSTRY. bow
csn tbe free coinage of the worlds silver BEN
eat This country? We don't believe in the
free coinage of the output OF pauper hands, no
matter whether silver, Chinese boots, austria
iian wool or anything else. would strain
point to protect wool, or oranges or w9eat,
and if American silver needs protection am
in favor OF projecting it. The people VINO aa-
yocate the Tree coinage of the worlds silver AZ
l6 TO / are demonetizing silver. Why not say
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