The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06

" hat surprise party this convention
must be to Tammany Hall.
The Mckinley button fits every Ameri-
can coat as if it were made for it.
We do not need more money 80 much
as more circulation OF the money we have.
Calling free silver "Populism" will not
catch Popuhst votes for mossback Demo
crat.
Some men are born great, some achieve
greatness and others are mentioned at
Chicago.
So far as California is.concerned, pro-
lection is not only the main issue but the
only issue.
While the heated East talks politics,
California recreates herself with a festival
OF patriotism.
Every Republican club helps to restore
the era of good work and good wages Tor
American labor.
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles 1 his
Cromwell and Mr.. Cleveland has heard of
a man named Altgeld.
Begin the week by getting your name
on the register and urging your Republi-
can friends to do likewise.
Monterey promises US something more
than frolic. There Will be patriotism as
we'll as beauty in her festival.
Russell and Pattison may have thrown
their booms away. but Grover has packed
his in careful preservation for 1900.
Don't forget that this is to be cam
paign for home industry and that the well
fare of every home is concerned in it.
Every Republican club includes good
many converts to the protective system.
and the campaign has hardly begun yet.
1t is wise in the Democratic leaders to
get out of the way of protection sentiment.
1t is case where they must either dodge
or be crushed.
Practically speaking the country is about
as much concerned in the wrangle at Chi
cago as it is in Corbett and Fitzsimmons
jawing match.
Mckinley never speaks without using
the word prosperity" 1t is the object of
his thoughts and his policies and his cleo
tion will mean it.
After the Chicago convention we shall
have to look to st. Lonis again. The
Populists will have to pop before all the
fat will be in the fire.
Some of the Democrats who are now
seeking Presidential nomination will be
glad OF chance to run for poundmaster
IN the next campaign.
The repeal OF the protective tariff pre-
cipitated the industrial depression, and
the re-establishment of protection will
cause an industrial revival
When the votes are counted after cleo
ton day it viii be seen that California
has understood the situation clearly and
cast her ballot for business revival.
1t is hard to tell why Cleveland's friends
are going to the Democratic Convention
unless they think it proper to treat the
affair as funeral which they ought to
attend.
When a Democratic National Conven-
tion deliberately ignores New York we can
safely say new era has begun. Such a
thing as this has never been known before
in all our history.
All California industries need protection
in order to yield fair profits while paying
good wages, and it is for protection there
fore that business men and working men
will unite in this campaign.
Cleveland may have been sincere in say
ing he has no higher ambition than to be a
private III the ranks of Democracy, but it
remains to be seen whether his admins
tration has left any ranks in that party.
"our appeal" says Mckinley, sis not
TO a false philosophy or to vain theories,
but to the masses of the American peo-
ple-the plain, practical people whom
Lincoln loved and trusted. and whom the
Republican party has always faithfully
striven to serve" That appeal this wear
will be responded to as it was in the days
of Lincoln. The people are for America
against the world.