The San Francisco call., 1898-11-01
Assistant Secretary Of the Interior Prophesies a Great Victory for Gage
 and Neff.
He Discusses the Past Record of the Democratic Party and Shows That Prosperity Has Only Been
 Had Under Republican Admin. !
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 =Hon.:- Webster: Davis, Assistant secre- tary. of the Interior. addressed a large ? and. enthusiastic gathering of citizens. at Woodwardfs ;: Pavilion last night For nearly one and: a half hours he discussed the principles of the Republican party as # opposed to- those. of the Democratic: His remarks were forcible. terse and logical, and evoked the greatest enthusiasm.
 EX-Justiee Van R Paterson, the chair man of the evening, was introduced to the meeting; by Colonel George Stone, and while the crowd was waiting for MT. Davis. he spoke briefly on the issues at stake in this camp of the principles involved and of the necessity of every man doing his best to secure the triumph : of the Republican party. Prior to the in : troduction of MT: Paterson, the Knicker- " booker quartet enlivened* the occasion *by singing a number of campaign songs. =: . The arrival of MT: Davis was announced by loud and prolonged cheering from the street. : He was escorted to the Pavilion :: by the Oakland, Phoenix and Union League Republican clubs. These organ fZations came into the Pavilion headed by their respective bands, and each of them " gave cheers for the ticket, Gage and Davis, in which the crowd Eustily joined The entrance of MT. Davis was the signal for the. widest outburst of enthusiasm When this had quieted, Mir, Paterson arose" and said that he had the pleasure : of Introducing to those present a distin- guished member of the Presidents house :, hold, 9 man who was a bold and true Re publican as: well as. a gifted orator: t1e : then besought those present: who indorsed the administration of President Mckln- :. ley. to give Mr. Davis an attentive hear ing. The speaker of the evening then"rose :: and. stepped to the front of the platform. :As*he did so the crowd broke forth into :: an out burst of cheers and applause that :. lasted for fully five minutes. When IL had subsided MT. Davis thanked those present for his kind reception and said: :-~ 7 1T have been over a portion of your : State during the last week, and leave to- " morrow for the State of Washington, and /: ! can say truthfully without attempting to :. deceive you that if the rest of California is: anything like what l have: seen during .. the last .Week-anyt thing like the people >'. Who: have. attended the other seven meet ~ ings held in your State. California will ." give Gage and Nen 20 900 or t25,0O0 ma :: jority: (Great cheering.C And that is not : all. The Republicans will gain at least ;. three members" of Congress in this state They will also gain a Repuolcan 5,Oniteg : States Senator in California And when .: C,aiifornta has done this. as she cerJalniy R the head of the table and ask for any thing she wants. lApplause.)
 5stI [ will be an indorsement of the na- fionaI administration, strong and for :.ctble:, SO much SC that the people ot all the States. in. the Union will know that the
 
 Z of politics. believe in upholding the Presi- dent:of the United States, who has stood b them so I9yaly 6y day san ana h 0y tba mlgiht in teresr:of this great republic and the glory .tDurfng the last few months the war with a foreign land has come and gone. The guns. of American vessels have been heard on foreign seas, and the guns of - American free men have been heard in foreign lands. and in places where people were. once ground under the heel of tyr amy and oppressioEl; To-day freedom and stripes waves in glory there, and It stirs the breasts of liberty-loving people like the morning stars of God, and its stripes are beams of morning light-and this administration placed 1t there. (Ap- plause.)
 ands known as the Hawaiian Islands have become a part and parcel of this 7 great republic, and the possession of these islands-even the possession of 'coaling station there-will be greater defense to this country than all the forti- f1cauons you may erect or construct or build upon the Pacific Coast. If any for -eign power owned these islands, or owned coaling station there, it would be a constant menace to the peace of this country and American commerce. To uphold the ownership of these islands and uphold the new possessions in the Pacific Ocean will later on enable us to control absolutely the commerce of the Pacific Ocean, which is destined to. be the greatest commerce in the world
 
 us and it will require united country, a united patriotism, united courage and united intelligence on the part of the American people to solve these great problems as they must be solved in the interests of this country and in the inter ests of our people Now, my friends, the only way to bring that about is to send to Congress of the United States-to the Senate and to the House of Representa- tives-men who will not obstruct things, who will not throw obstacles in the way of q the hands of the President, but who will on the contrary support the President, who will uphold him in his efforts to carry on to a solution these great problems; men who will stand by him and stand by this great country, men who will stand by the flag and by the people of this great nation. The way to do this is to send to Congress such men as MT. Loud and MT. Kahn : (Applause)
 MT. Davis next scored the Democratic and Populistic members of Congress, who, by their filibustering tactics, had at tempted to. oppose every method adyocat- ed by the President, and in this particular he showed that the Democratic members from this State were no exception. Upon this portion Of his subject he spoke as fol- lows:
 My friends, the majority of the Demo- cratic and Popu1ist members of Con- gress during the last year have not stood by the adminstration; they nave not stood . the contrary. they have become obstruc- tionists and filibusters; they have opposed almost every measure advocated by the President except the first one. They, all voted the S5O0o0,00O to the President with which to carry on the war with Spain. The patriotic Democrats and the patriotic Populists would have com pelled them to do that; but after that measure had been passed they. became obstructlonists. They opposed almost every single solitary measure known as q war measure that was advocated by the President of tie United States. Now, don ask you to take. my word for this, my friends; all you have got to do is to search the Congressional Record-search the Record and you will find my state ment is absolutely true-that they were obstructionists and flibusters and your members of California; with but few ex- ceptiolns, were among the obstructionists
 .Mhen the time. came to rro,.iaa funds