The San Francisco call., 1896-10-25

party has ever passed in favor OF silver.
You cannot find it. All yen have is
promises, and who knows what those
promises amount tor"
Mr.. knight next paid his respects to the
and said:
"When Cleveland was elected the
Democratic made great hullabaloo
as to what would be accom-
plished. Money was going into the
treasury and we were on Easy street,
and Cleveland, fat, corpulent and petu-
liant. began to complain about the surplus
in the treasury, and wanted to reduce it
and his own surplus.
Then Harrison was elected, a good,
pure statesman and business man, who
could fill any Office from Coroner 10 Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court but he was
not of that ail-fellow-well-met kind, or
Hello Jim, are you in; come-in- and-see-
me- sort, and he was not reelected, but
Cleveland was. Then people began to
hide what they had, and they are hiding
it yet.
"What happened? For the first time in
the history of this Nation thousands of
starving men marched across the country
to Washington. and all the consolation
they got was Keep off the grass The
Democracy then proceeded to reduce the
surplus, and they did it with the Wilson
bill, which Cleveland didn't have the man.
hood to veto or the courage TO sign, and it
became law without either..
Mr.. knight next spoke of this same
party, with all its sins on its back, going
to Chicago and appealing to the people to
take them back.
''The Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States was rotten-egged the other
day while speaking in his own State. Was
that the American way to treat an officer
of this Government?
Cries. of "No, mol" "Shame!" greeted
this announcement.
Mr.. Knight spoke of Thomas v. Gators
recent declaration that if Bryan was not
elected he would appeal TO arms and he
would be in the saddle. .Yes," continued
Mr.. Knight, 'he will be in the saddle in
Mexico"
This was illustrative of the character of
the men who are making Bryan's fight.
The speaker then paid attribute to Major
Mckinley and said:
"For the past twenty-five years there
is no legislation but what bears the ear
marks of the handiwork of William Nc
Kinley. You may talk of the money of
Mark Hanna or the wealth of the million
aires, but money cannot make brains; it
cannot give you history; it can't make a
man go back for tnirty-five years and fight
the battles of his country. 1t cannot
insert it's dirty shiny fingers into the
glorious record of the past and give you
history that is not the truth.
sMajor Mckinley will be elected. The
only thing would feel ashamed of would
be to have this State, with its need of pro-
lection, to be misrepresented by it's vote.
You have honored me three times by
sending me back to represent this State in
National conventions, and I have always
felt 1t an honor. When the roll of Cali
fornia is called the whole convention
looks forward to see how California is
going 10 vote. We voted for Mckinley in
st. Louis. Then this mushroom party
comes up We became drunk with our
power, and some of US thought there
might be something in a new party, but
to-day they are dropping the lead-line in
their judgment and finding how this 16 to
1 system will not be good thing for the
country.
Next March some of you will be in
Washington and you'll feel like sheep
killing dog when they ask you why Cali
fornia won't off wrong in the election
when you need protection so much.
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