The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

that thev would finally solve it to the best
interests of the entire people. Amid ap-
plause, he said:
"The cause of hard times is not the
scarcity of money, but the trouble this
moment is the groundless fear that Bryan
will be elected President of the United
States. [Great cheering.l
You all love the flag and the consti-
tuition, as | do; then what do you think OF
a party that will denounce President for
upholding the constitution
This question resulted in prolonged ap-
plause. and shortly thereafter the speaker
closed, amid great enthu lasm, the waving
of flags and beating of drums.
Before Mr.. Shortridge had gone lar the
clamor for speakers at the overflow meet
ing became so great that they had to be
supplied, and hundreds outside the pa
vilion were addressed by local speakers,
among them Judge Carpenter, w. L. VIII
liams and w. S. Barnes. The crowd was
so large that it was impossible for any one
to enter the pavilion after o'clock.
The next speaker was ex-Mayor w. Il.
Davis of Oakland, who said: "Tbe Demo-
cratic party is Insecure and it is to-day
permeated with sectionallsm. This party
has for many years nominated It's candl-
dates for President from New York, show
ing its sectioaalism.
They now come out West because they
were repudiated in 1894, showing again
that they are sectional. Their campaigns
are run on the basis of common ward
politics, com bining with the Populists
and showing that they cannot grasp the
situation. In this campaign they have at
tackled property rights and assailed the
highest tribunal of the United States.
This is not the kind of a campaign that
appeals to the thous htful patriots OF the
land, and no party can win by assalllng
the learned and unassailable integrity OF
the United States Supreme Court"
The speaker dwelt on the fact that
Bryan failed at the law. "He was a
grounding in the law, an experiment in
Congress and then for eighteen months
an editor. Is such a man, admitted 10 the
bar but few years ago, and who has been
failure, fit to handle the ship of state 2"
rCries of mo" and great cheering.]
The speaker dwelt for some minutes on
the financial question and showed that
the free coinage of silver at 16 to would
not benefit the man who has no bullion
that the Government had no power to
make silver dollar good one inch beyond
its territory. He showed the evils of
wildcat money and proved that Bryan's
ideas on money were as wild as those he
put forth on the tariff. He showed at
some length that the cause of falling
in something besides the cry of free silver.
He inclined 20 the belief that cheap prod
ucts from afar, an overproduction of prod
ucts, were to be sought as the true cause
of hard times.
In conclusion he showed that the great
est thinkers of the Democratic party were
to-day for Mckinley and sound money.
For these reasons the speaker urged the
audience to regard the Republican cam
a G q n m 0Q ion
honor, conducted by patriots irrespective
of party affiliations. He believed the peo-
pie would respond to the sentiment at the
polls.
The chairman said that he regretted that
George A. knight and General w. ID. l..
Barnes were unavoidabiy detained away
from the meeting. District Attorney w. S.
Barnes, following, said:
Ladies' and gentlemen: If you will give
me half a chance, you can hear me.
had intended to speak of silver from the
year l until now, but it is too late, and
do not want to keep you up until Sunday.
But am a Republican by choice and by
descent. l am proud that my party has
preserved bertY under the constitution,
the liberty OF Washington and his
brothers. I have discovered that the Re-
publican party is now carrying ont a
scriptural Injunction found in the seventh
chapter of Kings, where it says that
Silver was as common as the stones, be-
ing abundant in Jerusalem Laughter. !
sit is your duty to vote for Mckinney,
thereby saving the country as the gray
haired members OF the Grand Army saved
it before"
At this point some one yelled Bryan" ("
whereupon the speaker said: "Let my
friend wait while, and he can weep over
Bryan's political grave. The man who
interrupts a public speaker is gen orally a
blackguard. [Great cheering
Jud e r. B. Carpenter was the last
speaker. and he made characteristic ad-
dress. He affirmed the principles of Ee-
publicanism, and predicted the success OF
Mckinley, saying that no man ever drew
his money out of bank for fear that a
Republican would be elected President,
aud no REPUBLICAN ever interrupted a
Democratic meeting.
The meeting adjourned with great
shouting after the Judges parting sally
1.-THE Chicago convention was dominated
by anarchists, and few of the noisy con-
tingert came here to interrupt this meet.
ing. This SHOWS the stuff the Bryan
cohorts are made Of"