The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-01
FREE COINAGE
IS AN UMBRELLA,
L. G. Schroeder Thinks
Silver Hides the
Real Issue.
J. S. STEPHENS ADDRESS.
Telling Speeches Made at the
Thirty. seventh Dis.
trict Club.
PROTECTION" IS THE SLOGAN
Graphic Recital of the Atlanta Poll.
tician's Plea for Free Coin.
age of Pig Iron.
PROTECTION" IS THE SLOGAN

There was never greater American
than James G. Blaine; he is recognized
to-day as being the man who was to the
American people what Bismarck is to
Germany and Gladstone is to England"
Such were the Introductory words of
Hon. James s. Stephens in his address
delivered before the members of the
Thirty-seventh District Republican Club
at Hildebrandt Hall, 430 Hayes street, last
evening.
And, )" continued the speaker, James
6. Blaine loved his country He under
stood her manifold needs; he knew where
to find market for her products, and he
knew what laws should be framed to place
us In the best light before the rest of the
civilized world.
The American people rejected this
noble man for the Presidency and placed
In the executive chair Grover Gle veland,
an owl who has sat on the dried limb Of
decadence and hooted calamity from the
morning to the evening OF his adminlstra-
ton-a man who has been rejected by his
own party and declared 10 be good for
nothing but fishing for cod or mackerel.
es, and he went in on promises-big
promises, small promises, hoary-headed
promises and promises in the bald-headed
stage The intention now is TO place in the
seat which he will shortly vacate William
}. Bryan, who has been on the stump only
short time, and yet already has record
for promises that would terow Growers
into the shade.
Bryan is not only a promise maker,
but be is demagogue, free-trader, a
Populo-Democrat and the foremost be-
lever in the free coinage OF silver in the
country. He is free silver man, saw.
free-siiyer man-one who is willing to
h-r,=
chaos in order Ito further his own selfish
aims"
With the remark that he would have
something further to say on this subject at
another period in his address the speaker
gave glowing description of the record of
the Republican party, stating that though
IT was conservative yet the list of reforms
lnaugurated under its administration
would make that of any other party sink
into lnsignlhcance in comparison. After
review OF the financial policy of the Demo-
cratic and Repu blican parties, the speaker
entered upon the issue between free trade
and protection, which he said is the only
important issue before the people,
at was free trade" he said, that shut
up the factories and turned the working
men out OF their doors. 1t was free trade
that brought this country where it is now
The Democrats know this, and this talk
about free SILVER is only subterfuge 10
cover the real issue beneath pile of
words"
Speaking of the opinions he had heard
individual Democrats express, the lawyer
said man told him the other dav that
free trade is good thing and that manu-
facturers should go to Japan where skilled
labor is cheap in order 10 manufacture
articles cheaply for the American people.
Now" he said. what would the farm
ers think OF man who should go to Claus
Sp-eckels and tell him that he should not
erect sugar factories in the Salinas Valley
and give 10000 farmers employment, but
should go 10 some other country where
la Dor is cheap, so that he could sell us all
cheaper SUGAR.
At the conclusion of Stephens remarks
l.. G. Shredder made short and fervent
! speech, in which he said the action of the
man who crept behind an um brella to
avoid a lion formed the precedent of the
| Dem ocrats. Ali the talk on free silver
he believed simply a make-believe to
| hide the ''abominable failure of free
! trade"
They had the issue of free trade and
protection in Sweden several years ago
and the poor people were for free trade
because they believed that under protec-
ton flour would be higher. Protection
won and in three years the country nad 81
per cent more manufactures than they
had before. They were so pleased thai
they established protection policy for ter
years to come"
The speaker then recited with telling eff
! feet the argument in favor of the free coin
age of pig iron made by an Atlanta man
and published in former issue of TIL
! CALL.
e. ]. Wolfe tn en- made few remarks
after which the following resolution wa
adopted unanimously:
We, the Thirty;;seventh District Republican
! Club, heartily indorse James Alva Watt anC
| T. E. Mccarthy as County Committeeme
| from the Thirty-seventh District.