The record-union., 1898-08-19

black men alike a slavery that is far
more degrading because it wears upon
it's hideous face the mask Of liberty.
Industrial slavery is the offspring
Of monopoly. 1t will perish when mo-
nopoly is destroyed. We ksye achieved
political freedom; we have achieved re-
| ligious freedom.
There Is just one more step to take,
and across the banner Of Democracy
as it moves down the future I can
read in letters of living light the words,
Industrial Freedom.
I'm the name Of every enemy Of boss
ism; in the name Of every foe of spe-
cial privileges; in the name Of every op-
ponent Of monopoly; in the name of
every champion Of liberty; in the name
Of Democracy in its broadest, highest.
purest form, I nominate for the office
of Governor of California, the Hon.
James G. Mcguire tremendous APP
| plause)
WHITES SECONDING SPEECH.
| When the applause following Affords
nominating speech had died away,
| United States Senator Stephen M.
White walked down the aisle to make
| eAS SCSOholu5 SPCOSiit eiliSA w 90 iSNNAfSN
with a storm. of cheers. Senator White,
his voice as strong as when, six years
ago, he stood in the Capitol building,
| and said, "This, the hour of my tri
umph, is my revenge" though the gray
in his hair was much more in evidence,
| delivered an address that was pune
tuated with applause. His gestures
were as usual, few and far between,
| a ho orix- Of
| ton of the convention. He spoke as
| follows:
Mr.. President and gentlemen of the
conventions: 1t is a subject of deep re-
gret to me that 1 am unable upon this
most important and suspicious occasion
to express my views to you as force
fully as I could were I in my ordinary
physical condition. But cannot per-
NIT this moment to pass without Sec
onding the nomination of man whom
I have known from his earliest child
hood, whom / have followed in his early
years, whom have seen pass from one
place to another, until to-day he is SUI
perlatively endeared in the heart Of the
people of California. (Applause.)
For Governor what do the people Of
California desire? Do they wish an
liOAiCot HAL IL ~. tliCy nave tildI
man in James G. Mcguire. (Cheers).
Do they wish man who has familiar
lied himself with the interests of the
people? If they do, they have that
man in James G. Mcguire. From his
childhood to his present proud position,
he has been an honest and intelligent
and honorable toiler, ever moving on
ward, ever moving upward. Do they
ryich rry1,A 1oc- no. ~,
public affairs? If so, they find that
man in James G. Mcguire. Elected
when he was but little more than boy
to the legislative councils of this State,
almost his native State, he performed
those duties in that period Of compare
tive inexperience, so that they have
passed unchallenged to the day, and
are at this moment the subject of en-
comiums. He did not stop there. He
showed that he had legislative ability
Later on he was chosen to the bench.
Do the people of California wish a man
| occupying the position Of Governor
who possessed judicial attainments-the
ability to weigh this cause and that
| cause, this man and that man, and to
| honestly, correctly and intelligently
judge them upon the evidence before
in James G. Mcguire.
/ He was upon the Superior Bench of
the city and county Of San Francisco
for years. He adorned that bench.
have heard many a lawyer who dis
sents in toto from his political views,
and from our political views say that
if Mcguire were candidate for Judge
he would vote for him any time, be-
cause he knew that he was able; that
he was just; that he was clear-headed,
and that he was competent to discharge
that most onerous, perhaps, Of all the
duties imposed upon the American off,
cial
Furthermore, do you wish a man
who has experience beyond the limits
of the State Of California, and whose
broad conception takes in the situation
Of the nation in its bearings upon the
State and in it's relations to all those
many avenues through which public
duties flow, which are to some extent
wrapped up in national affairs? If so,
you find that man, too, in James G.
Mcguire. Elected, elected and elected,
never possible to be defeated, to the
Congress of the United States, he pre-
sents upon the national escutcheon q
proud and stainless record. (Applause.)
"In the council halls Of this nation
he has been the defender of his State
and the advocate of her interests. In
that council hall, when national mat
ters were before Congress, he stood the
defender Of the public interest, regard
less Of section, locality or special privi-
lege. Who above him stands in the
Congress of the United States in the
matter Of the defense of the people
against the entertainments Of monopoly
and the influence of railroad power?
No one. No one challenges his record.
No one doubts his pre-eminence; no
one questions his mental worth, the
honesty Of his expressions, or the abil-
ity Of the views which he there an
nounced.
"Fellow-citizens, is there anything in
his personal character which can be
assaulted? For we must have a man
stainless in the performance Of public
duty, and pure in his personal rela-
tons. No man, even in the midst Of
the fierce conflict and wild passion of
party struggle, will ever impugn the
honesty Of the personal or private
character Of James G. Mcguire.
''These are not ornate praises; they
are not the culled extracts of classical
expressions, but they are didactfc facts,
the solemn proofs Of which are pre-
scented to the people Of this State, and
unon which we demand an issue and