The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-13

tor, and he on his part thereupon stands
charged with all of the responsibilities
of his position. Our choice then, should
be in favor of one who is worthy of the
honor, and who can fifty perform his
part In carrying out and perpetuating
the principles upon which our Govern
ment is founded
Let us further understand that the
Republican party by its successes is
committed to certain great principles.
not the old platforms and the old issues,
for they have passed away. AS an or
ganization, however we have made
promises to the people of this State. to
the people of this coast, and to the peo-
pie of the United States
while / speak as legislator, and not
as partisan, still believing, l may af-
firm. that the Republican party to which
SO many Of us here belong has, for over
thirty years. redeemed every promise.
It's every prophecy has been fulfilled and
1t stands to-day before the nation and
before civilization with its integrity I'M
questioned
The duty then of our Senator at
Washington will in great part be to per
form our promises to do as the party
has done in the past, have its platforms
pass into history, have its declarations
pass into precedents, and find their way
into constitutional amendments and sta
tutory enactmentS. But if George G.
Perkins is, as he must be. elected a
United States Senator, it will not be
alone as Republican, nor on behalf of
the Republican party only, but it will be
Californian nd N
Then and now we with our Senator will
be only standing upon common plat
form, and advocates of a common cause,
ana that cause advancement, success,
prosperity, humanity, and higher and
a nobler civilization.
Let us now, casting aside partisan
snip, believe that we are on the thresh-
hold of greater national career and
that we point now to the star of hope for
American manufacturers. for American
labor, for American commerce. and for
the completed grandeur of the American
people as whole
While | would like to see the career
OF our party perpetuated, still / would
far more and beyond this see the glory
OF California and the United States and
the glory and happiness of our people
perpetuated and advanced. regardless of
party.
Holding as do these views. believing
as do in these principles, having as 1
have supreme confidence in the man
of my choice. 1 nominate for the high
office of United States Senator from
the State of California the Hon George
c. Perkins,
VERY MILD APPLAUSE.
After the mild wave of applause be-
fore mentioned had rolled away and
lost itself in the filagree work at the
top of the chamber, Bulla of Los An
geles arose in his place. Most of those
present had listened to Bulla's we'll
rounded sentences before. and smiled
In anticipation of what they were to
near. Nor were they mistaken. Bulla
knew what to say, and said it in his
straightforward manner, as follows:
BULLA'S SECOND.
Il desire to second the nomina ton of
the distinguished gentleman whose
name has been 50 ably presented by the
eloquent Senator from the Twenty-sev-
enth District. In doing 50 I shall at
tempt no eulogium upon his life or char
d
my hands before this assemblage. or the
people of the State of California, for
vast as is the area of our great COM
monWealth there is within its confines
no hamlet so remote but that the name
of George c. Perkins is a household
word therein. In every community there
are men who by their industry. foresight
and sound judgment, rise above the
commonplace of their SURROUNDINGS and
achieve success in life, where men of
less ability and force of character meet
only with failure. Such men make his
tory, and the history of such men Is
the truest and best history of the time
and place in which they live. And in
modern times, at least there has been
no more unique or thrilling chapter Of
history fndited than that describing the
experiences of those sturdy pioneers.
who, almost half a century ago. left
their homes of comfort or luxury in the
East and braved the hardships and per-
lis of journey to the new FL Dorado
which had been discovered on the shores
of the broad Pacific. Humor pathos.
burlesQue and tragedy were all enacted
in the lives of these men. and we Cali
fOrnians of to-day who are eniOying the
marvellous results of their courage and
determination. owe them a debt of graft
tude which has been but scantiIv recog-
niZed and which can never be renaid
Among those hardy men there came
sometime in the fifties penniless youth
from the rugged and rockbound shores
of Maine, fired with the persistencv of
purpose and determination of character
which are the heritage of every New
England boy. | need not recount the
events OF his life from the time of his ar
rival in California to the present. They
are party of the everyday history of
his adopted State. AS neWsbov. cIe,,l,
merchant, miner, legislator. Governor
and United States Senator. his name
is identified with every step of progress
and advancement in our wonderful
State-material, social, educa tional or
political-for the last quarter of a GEN.
fury. Few men have had more varied |
experiences - none has preserved
through them all a more honorable /
name or more unsullied reputation. His
holding of office has always been because |
that indescribable, but au-powerf1l
agency, public sentiment, has demanded |
his appointment or election. Many of |
us who sit in this chamber to-day re- !
member we'll, how two years ago. we |
were chosen members of the California |
Legislature upon the express condition |
that our votes should be cast for George
C. Perkins for United States Senator: |
and how, Notwithstanding the most
strenuous efforts of other able and wor-
thy aspirants for the office. he was re-
turned to the position he had so salts
factorily filled.
And now, fellow members of the Sem
ate it AGAIN deXolVes uron ns in o,,,.