The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
It Demonstrated Keen Appreciation Of Errors
Abounding in the Democratic Policy, the
Same Being Well .Riddled by
the Logic Of Facts.

A large and brilliant audience assem-
bled last evening at the Auditorium to
listen to an address by General w. H. L.
Barnes on the issues OF the campaign. All
the seating capacity of the large building
was occupied long before the hour for be-
ginning the speaking, and hundreds of
men and many ladies stood in the rear of
the hall and even on the stairs leading to
The galleries The STAGE was thronged by
representative Republicans, many ladies
gracing it.
Judge James A. Waymire presided. He
spoke only briefly, saying that he had
been requested by the State Central Com
miUIee to preside, and assuring the audi
ence that they would listen to a speaker
OF absolute candor, ability and persuasive
power. He then introduced General
Barnes.
The speaker of the evening read mostly
from his notes a carefully prepared ad-
dress, but circumstances caused him to
spontaneously speak outside OF the set ad-
dress. During the speech he mentioned
the names OF the various Presidential and
Vice-Presidential candidates. When he
mentioned the name OF Bryan two or
three persons in the gallery applauded.
Bryan" said the speaker, ''is a free
trader, a Democrat, free silver man and
a Popuist-now applaud if you will"
No one applauding General Barnes went
on encouragingly: Il like to have people
say what they think. That is why 1 like
the Salvation Army. They love Jesus
and they are not afr aid to say so. They
are not like some of US who sneak into
church on Sunday and then act all the
week as if we we're trying to persuade
people that we had never been there"
There were taking phrases which caught
the ears of the audience and called out
their applause. This was particularly no.
ticeable when he described Sewall and
Watson as ''that comlcal pair of twins,
both Dy the same mother, but with diff
ferent father" and also said of them that
while Sewall sends to sea some ships
Watson is himself at sea; he has not been
notified of his nomination yet, but l am
pleased to see that he occasionally throws
a rocket or burns little red fire to let the
committee on nomination know where he
is at"
There was laughter at ''that part of the
circus allied TO the monkey that follows
around after the band wagon and
applause when he contrasted with BRYAN 8
campaigning 'the dignified way in which
Mckinley is acting while a candidate
The speaker also caused laughter when
he described the proceedings of the Chi
cago convention referring to 1.-The brute
from South Carolina who welded his
verbal tomahawk to scalp the only man
who has dragged the Democratic party TO
success in thirty-ive years." and describ-
ing the financial action OF that convention
by saying "the whole herd ran down the
hill and plunged into the sea of repudia-
tion."
He also provoked continuous laughter
! = CO, l.
White is fine fellow with many ideas as a
statesman, whose only fault is that he was
born a Democrat and that he would fol-
low the Democratic party, if it should
lead him, down smooth place into the
fires of roaring, raging hell and think he
was only being warmed when be was be-
ing roasted.
Much applause followed the speaker S
assertion that what this country needs is
q return to the tariff conditions Of 1892. {"
There was no doubt from the manifesto
tions that the audience was strongly in
favor of protection. The speech was very
long lasting two and a half hours. The
salient points are given below:
Fellow Citizens: Whatever the intelligence
and conservatism of the Republican party as
sembled in National convention decide is for
the best good OF the Nation, Tor the mainten-
ance of prosperity at home and honor abroad,
is good enough for me. That have in a gene
raj way hoped for the reconciliation of silver.
under proper conditions, do not deny. But
If for It's sake / must now accept the vicious
declarations OF the platform of the silver Dem
ocrats and Populisis and their candidate; if
must help to defeat William Mckinley; If
must aid by my vote to infiict upon the people
of the United States the undeserved chastise-
ment of four years more OF such wretched con-
ditions as the four now closing have laid upon
them; if / must help to place in power party
which without disguise proposes TO destroy
liberty and replace it with the tyranny oil law
lessness, 10 substitute for protection system
of free trade which assails and threatens to
destroy the prosperity Of every producer, man
ufacturer and wage-earner in the United
States, then no kind OF bimetallism, and es-