The record-union., 1896-10-18

have been through Calaveras and Anna
dor. have been in Placer. have been
With the men that mine; I have been
with the men that todl 1 have been
with the farmers of the country. And
everywhere ! found the fire of the Re-
publican party burning bright. I found
the party united, hopeful enthusiastic,
ana | bring you good tidings from all
the counties of this Congressional dis
trct, and they say unto me, '"Tell the
t.epupllcans of Sacramento County to
be up and doing. AS was said to the Is
raeiites OF old, To your tents, o Israel,
so tney say to the people of Sacrament
to, To your tents, 0 Sacramento and
stand with us, and we will achieve a
Republican victory in this district that
will mark a red letter day in the annals
of the people of the State of Cadfor-
MIA. (Vociferous applause)
I have no duobt Of the result, If Sac
ramento is united. If the city and
c".unty of Sacramento stands true to
her own interests stands true to the
candidate of her choice, stands true by
the man who now addresses you as your
candidate, there Is no doubt of the re-
suit sacramento alone can decide this
contest. sacramento City alone can
eject a Congressman, If you stand by
the RepubHcan nominee. And it rests
with you, We toilerS of the CITY, 1t rests
with you, We men who earn your living
by the sweat of your brow 1t rests
with you, We men who are fighting now
for your wives and your children and
your homes. 1t rests with YOU as to
whether or not the Republican Con-
gresham shall be elected this year in
this district. Because if you stand by
him as loyalty as 1 know you will this
city alone will roll up majority enough
to elect Grove L. Johnson by 1000 ma
jority in this district. Great applause
| aEd cheerS)
l do not underrate the forces opposed
to me. L am better than greenhorn at
estimating political majorities and po-
litlcal work. And 1 say to you frankly
| to-n1ght-and let my enemies make the
| most or 1t in their notebook say to
you Tonight that you people of Sacra-
mento hold this election in the hollow
of your hand. If the people of Sacra-
mento stand by me, as / feel they will,
all is well. Into your hands have COM
mitted the contest Into your hands I
give my fate.
| 1t is related of the Empress Maria
Therese of Austria Hungary that when
going to overwhelm her country and
drive her from it and dethrone the son
that she loved; when it seemed as
though internal disSension would dis
rupt her power and defeat her army
she called together the mobiles of Hun
gary. She brought to them the little
| boy, her son, their future King, and,
speaking to them as only q mother could,
she said: Into your hands, and to
your swords, commit this infant, your
| King" And they flashed their swords
before them and swore that that boy
| should be protected, that his kingdom
should be maintained. And they kept
their promise and it was maintained.
| To you tonight 1 commit this fight.
To you tonight 1 commit my destinies
as candidate for Congress. Into your
hands. into your hearts, upon your votes
| / rest my cause. And 1 have that faith
| in your manhood, l have that faith in
your love for your wives and your child
rem, have that faith in your friend
ship for me- 1 have that faith In your
love for Sacramento, that / know you
will answer the call, and know that on
November 3D. Sacramento will roll UP
an unprecedented majority in favor of
your candidate for Congress, myself.
(Great cheering and applause.)
I want no man to misunderstood my
position. I am friendly to silver. 1
voted for silver in the last Congress. l
shall vote for silver in the next Con-
gress. I believe. however, In protection.
Great applause and cheers.)
l believe that protection and silver go
hand in hand, just as the two legs Of a
human body make the human frame
1%~x,- y,
legs you are perfect-you are a perfect
man; you can walk, you can run, you
can leap, you can dance. Cut off one
leg, you are cripple. You are handi-
capped in the race for life. Therefore,
we cannot afford to lose protection, for,
if we do, we lose silver. Without protec-
ton we cannot have silver With pro-
lection we can.
l am reminded-and beg your par
don for taking the time-of story that
is told of two men carrying on the
clothing business on Chatham street. in
New York. rivals Of each other. Each
man had cut a hole in the board parti-
ton that separated them, and each lis
tened to the doings of the other in or
der to get pointers" 1t is related
that one time soldier who had lost his
leg in the war came along and spoke
to the first man. The second man went
into his store and put his ear up
| against the crack to listen. The
wounded soldier said to the first man:
Have you any one-legged pants for
soldier who has lost his leg in the
WARP" The man replied: "No. I usu-
ally have, but I have sold out" The
man next door heard it, and he thought
he saw his chance to make money. He
said to his son: "Jakey, run quick, cut
eff the leg of a pair of pants and sew
it up; cut off the leg Of that iron-gray
pair and sew up the leg; I've got
chance to make a sale" He then went
to the front door and stood there rub
bing his hands and smiling. The SOL
der came along and said to him:
Have you any one-legged pants for
wounded soldier who has lost his leg
in the war;" The man replied: Yes,
keep the largest assortment of one
legged pants of any man in the city of
New York. Here, Jakey, bring me
pair OF one-legged pants. Bring me
that iron-gray pair; I think they will
mt this soldier" Jakey brought the
pair, and he held them up in front Of
his father. The old man looked at the
pants then he looked at the soldier,
and he threw his hands to heaven and
said: Good God, Jakey, you have cut
eff the wrong leg." cloud laughter)
And so, my fellow-c citizens, this coun-
try cut Off the wrong leg when it cut
off the protective leg Of the United
States. Great applause.)