The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
BOYS IN BLUE
TRUE As STEEL
Big Demonstration by the
Army and Navy
League.
Brief Speeches Ringing With
Patriotism of the Cd
Time Kind.
IysULTED BY DFMAGoGUEs.
Resolutions Denouncing the IaSulters
ofGenerals Howard, Alger and
Sickles.
IysULTED BY DFMAGoGUEs

One of the most successful meetings OF
the campaign in point of comradeship and
loval sentiment was that held in the
Auditorium last night by the Army and
NAVY Republican League of California
under the auspices of the Republican State
Central Committee.
The hall was packed to overlooking with
erizzled veterans of one of the fiercest,
bravest wars that was ever fought, and the
galleries were filed with the sisters and
daughters of the men who wore the blue
ana who fought against the prototypes of
the Tillmans, the Altgelds and the Bryans.
The folio wing vice presidents occupied
seats on the platform:
Major Frank Mclaughlin. Hon. Thomas
Shannon, General s. w. Baekus, Hon. Claus
Spreckels, Benjamin L. Mckinley, A. S. Halli-
die, Colonel C. L. Taylor, Hon. Ii. H. de Young,
George C. Morse, Colonel w. R. Parnell, W. H.
Wharf, Hon. Paris Kilburn, Charles Nc
Dougall, Major James Kip. John H. Gilmore,
Colonel W. R. Smedberg, Hon. C. S. Laumeis-
ter, William A. Deane, Colonel George Stone,
Zenas U. Dodge, Colonel w. Mcdonald, General
Theodore Reichert, George w. Elder, Captain
J. Cummings, Colonel ]. c. Cur-ier, J. L. Fields,
Colonel C. Mason Kinne, DR.. J. H. Soper,
Cha rles NJ. Depew, Judge J. P. McElroy, Colo
mel T. C. Masteller, w. F. Randall, Mark Hyde,
R. G. Melville, Captain Rossiter, Colonel John
D. Sp-eekels, Hon. S. N. Shortridge, NJ. S.
Leon E. Jones, Solomon Cohen, Captain E. &.
Me rriman, General n. p. Chipman, Z. H. Her
rick, General John f. Shcehan, Colonel ]. G.
Geisting, T. L. Turpin, Harry w. Mortimer, e.
Peabody, Colonel George Babcock General
John H. Dickinson, Charles McDougall Major
II. 7. Y. Schenck, John H. Dust, Meyer Jacobs,
Colonel ]. F. Fuller, Hugh Burke, Colonel J..
f. Evans, John ]. Seovilie, A Emms, John
Hope, Colonel ]. J. Lyons, George H. Brooman,
s. Donaldson, j. D. Pendergast. D. NJ. Cashin,
F. D. Bailey, A. 81. Baird, George Grail, II. r.
Masters, Thomas Morton, Cord II. Wetjen, A.
G. Booth, Joseph Spear Jr.
General Robert A. Friedrich, command
er-in-chief, presided over the meeting.
He began his remarks by congratulating
his hearers upon the fact that the day of
election was near at hand, and the 'argu-
ments were nearly all in. The verdict
would be against free trade, disaster and
starvation, in favor of law, OF decencY, the
glory of the stars and stripes, the welfare
of the working men and women of Amer
lea, ana against the red flag of anarchy.
The speaker told about an argument he
heard a day or two ago on one of the Oak
land ferry-boats, in which argument the
silver man said: "Pve got Slim my pocket
SIG instead OF 81" The Republican spoke
of the law of supply and demand and the
silver man said: "You just wait until
Bryan gets elected and he'll repeal that
law of supply and demand
Secretary MasteIlar read a note from
Judge j. a. Waymire, who was to have
presided at the meeting. The Judge ex-
planned in his letter that he was obliged 10
attend two meetings in Oakland, and that
he therefore would not be able to address
the Army and Navy League meeting.
The letter was replete with patriotic OBJ
servations and was loudly cheered.
W. II. ID. Hart was introduced and
drew out round of applause by the re-
mark that labor was king in the United
States. Eighty-hve per cent of the sol
diers of the Civil War were taken from the
ranks of the laboriug men. These men
should not be defrauded out of the right
full reward of their la Dor, and it should be
remembered that under the administra-
ton of the Republican party the laboring
man received sound money for his labor,
and the financial system OF the Nation
was in sound and solvent condition.
Mr.. Hart charged that the Democratic
party had never lived upto single prom
ise. If the Democratic party came into
power the tariff would be levied as it is
now, for revenue only, TO the great injury
of the working people, while if the Re-
publican party gets into power the tariff
will be levied for protection OF home in-
dustries.
striking illustration was given of the
protection policy. One thousand jack
knives made IN America at a cost of 81
cents each and sold in this country at 81.
Thus labor receives $3.50, every dollar of
which is retained in circulation among the
people.
But II the thousand knives ere made in
Sheffield, England, and sold in this coun-
try the money goes back to England to
pay English laborers and mechanics for
competing with the laborers and mecban-
les of the United States.
The speaker favored fencing in the
United States against the influx Of for
eign labor and pauper-labor products.
Ex-United States District Attorney
Charles A. Garter, the next speaker, re-
GREETED that he could not address his
hearers as Comrades" but it was the one
grief of his life that he could not explain
even to his own boy the reason why lie
could not qualify himself for membership
in the Army and Navy League. The
league understood its business and could
always be relied upon to stand up for the
flag and Republican principles.
Mr.. Garter raised a laugh and cheer by
remarking that it did not require man
to be SO supersensltive as 10 see the limbs
of fly walking on the ceiling or TO hear
the grass grow in order to be able to pre-
dict the result of the election on the Sd of
November. He confessed that for time
he had fallen O victim to Coin Harvey's
book. He admired the colossal assurance
with which Coin had turned down college
professors and insurance actuaries with
his blackboards and hydrostatic jars.
After the glamour OF CONS figures had
passed away and the subject was regarded
with the sober second thought, 1t was ap-
parent that what the country needed
more than anything else was the opening
OF the mills and not the opening of the
mints.
Bryan was represented as man who
was going around the country forcing the