The herald., 1898-08-25
CALLED TO ORDER
The Morning Session Taken Up With
Speech Making

oPCSCA &aAG6IlS
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. N.-The Re-
publican State Convention was called to
order at $3.50.
The Committee on Credentials recon-
mended that neither Of the claimants from
Nevada county be seated but that the ma
tority OF the delegation be allowed TO cast
the vote to which the delegate at large
would be entitled; that the Rea delegation
from Santa Clara be seated, and that the
State convention provide rules and regua-
tons for the government OF Republican
primary elections throughout the state.
The recommendations were adopted.
The report of the Committee on Perma-
nent Organization was adopted. 1t recon-
mended that the temporary officers be made
the permanent officers and submitted rules
for the selection, of the State Central Com
mittee.
Barnes Speaks
While the convention waited for the re-
port CT the Committee on Platform General
w. H. L. Barnes addressed the conven-
ton. His sallies and wit at his own ex-
pense and others created much merriment.
Under the administration OF the Republi-
can party, he said. the most splendid VIC
tories had been achieved on sea and land.
The flag had a wider meaning. 1t floats
over islands as yet unknown to the most
civilized countries. Is 1t going to hurt us
II that flag Still continues to wave over
those islands? (Cries Of mo, no.')
General Barnes reviewed In eloquent
terms the story Of the acquisition OF Louis
lana, Florida, Texas, California and Alas
ka; declared that we made mistake in
not taking Cuba long ago. This asser-
ton was greeted with applause. There
was less opposition today to acquiring
territory outside of the United States than
was ever manifested against extending
our boundaries on this continent. He de-
nounced the Spanish government as the
vilest government ever known. The Gen.
eral said this government should be COM
PEELED to retain whatever soil 1t obtained
either by diplomacy or the act of war.
The Generals speech and sentiments
evoked tremendous applause.
General Barnes was concluding but the
convention would not allow him to quit.
He then paid his compliments to Mcguire.
He said what there was of him was very
good. The only trouble was that there was
not enough of him. Naughter.)
The speaker compared the course Of she
fusionists to the sport Of boys who took
a watermelon. scooped It out, put in holes
for nose and eyes, a slit for mouth and
then stuck in candle. The Populists had
furnished the watermelon and the Demo-
carts cut the face.
He remarked in the course Of his speech
that the United States had gone into the
war without anger and concluded It with
out resentment. The people were not mad
when war was declared and they were
not mad now. They had expended mill
lions and did not care. Ours was the most
magnanlmous nation on the face of the
earth. He predicted that within ten years
the commercial supremacy Of the United
States would excite the jealousy Of all Eu-
rope, and that we would have to fight an
other war to maintain our proud position.
He hoped to God that we would be better
prepared for that conflict than we had been
for the war with Spain. 1t made his heart
sick, he said, to see regiment OF Tennes-
seeans, led by that gallant old Confederate
Colonel Smith, marching to Its camp In San
Francisco. their faces luminous with patr1-
otic fire, hatless, blanketless and as shoe
less as Washington's soldiers at Valley
Forge. They were drilled until every pore
rocked with perspfration and then, without
be exposed to the fog and chilling winds
from the ocean. Their treatment was
reproach to the whole country.
The speaker dweft with touching pathos
on the death OF a young soldier in camp,
a victim Of ill-treatment and neglect, who
as his breath left his body, heard the senti-
mel without exclaim, Twelve o'clock, and
oil Is WELL"
"But," added the speaker, "all ds not well
and will never be we'll until the life OF the
humblest private soldier in the ranks Of
the American army Is considered as pre-
cious as the life Of the nation ITSELF"
He concluded by eulogizing President Nc
Kinley. coupling his name with those of
Lincoln and Grant
Calls were made for George Knight, but
he was not In the hail.
A Recess Taken
The chairman reported that the Commit
tee on Platform would not be ready to re-
port until o'clock this afternoon. A re-
cess was taken until that hour.
Afternoon Session
The delay caused by the failure Of the
platform committee to report on time this
morning was due to the fact that all the
work had to be revised and pruned after
the first draft had been prepared. Those in
the confidence of the formulators objected
to It's embarrassment OF verpiage, Its great
length, and to some OF the planks as not
entitled to place In declaration OF prin-
ciples, and to the absence Of others 30 en-
titled. The committee thsreupon went into