The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
OLD SOLDIERS ARE
 LOYAL TO THE FLAG
HOUSING MEETING AND CAMP
 FIRE IN SARATOGA HALL.
The Democratic United States Attor- ney Says the Democratic Party
 Does Not Exist Here.

l The Army and Navy Republican League, | composed of veterans and sons or Veter- ans of the civil war had grand rally and campfire at Saratoga Hall last night, After the speaking in which nearly all the candidates on the municipal tickets took part, several hundred invited guests sat down to the campfire. where many good things were eaten to keep company with the many good things that had been said
 Colonel T. c. Masteller of the City Com paign Committee called the meeting 10 order and introduced chairman or the meeting Colonel M. s. Blackburn or Le- land Stanford Camp, Army and Navy League, which camp numbers S07 mem bers.
 Colonel Blackburn, after expressing thanks for the honor, introduced Colonei Curry, chairpan of the campaign com Colonel Curry aroused the enthusiasm of his hearers at the very outset or HIS remarks: He began by saying R mercan tmsT tars and a better year to be Rep9Dncana American. The late crushing defeat or Spain by the vaIor of American arms was touched upon by the speaker The war was the offspring of the desire or the people of the United States to right cruel wrong, to rescue a country rom tyranny and to declare that the red and yellow flag of Spain Is the emblem or superstition, ignorance and tyranny.
  for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on the Republican ticket, were mentioned and their names were greeted Wlth spontaneous outburSt of applause.
 We have the enemy on the run, said the speaker, and we are going to win. From all over the State the most cheer ing adviceS come to us, from the north, the South the east and the west. We, in our turn, wish to show the interior or the State that We all are alive and ready to do our work, and to roll up big round majority for the Republican ticket;
 John B. Carson, Republican candidate for Superior Judge, made brief speech, prefaced by the statement that etiquette among the candidates for the superior Judgeship forbade discussion Of poliu- cal questions, but did not prohibit him from asking his hearers to vote the straight Republican ticket. He expressed the hope that on election day the Re- publicans of the State of California and of the city and county of San Francisco would show that they admired and ap- proved of the acts of that sterling old soldier, President Mckinley. The speaker added that he had never held political of. fee although he had had the honor of being delegate to the Republican State convention. He was proud of that honor and proud also of the fact that from the time he first knew how to discuss poliu- cal question he had been a Republican. since 1856, when he was but one year old, and he had been continuously en- gagged in the practice of the law for twen- ty-two years. The only record that he had was his personal reputation.
 Comrade H. T. Smith followed with a ringing, soldierly address. Tn the war fighting for the highest type of civilization on earth, and on the sands of Cuba where murder had run rife for years. 1 am proud and we all are proud that President Mckinley was careful about going into war. But we were so eager to pitch in and whip Spain that we criticized him harshly."
 The speaker closed by urging his hear CTS to do all in their power to support the rolling up a Republican majority in this State.
 Julius Kahn, candidate for Congress from the Fourth District, was received with hearty cheering, and made stirring speech, In which he showed the necessity ministration that had gained for the United States so much valuable territory in the late war with Spain.
 Henry S. Foote United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, an appointee of ex-President Cleveland; was introduced as the next speaker, and was received by the veterans with .s4 burst til, that the well-known brother or "; w. Foote had ever addressed a Republican meeting in harmony with US pTIlnclpieEs, E ought to be- MT. Foote said that he was not making an address from the platform of any political party; party; onca be,ongaa- the Democratic. party'-he sag, no longer exists in the State of California He desired. he said, to stand up for that man who represented all that is true ana patriotic in this country, end that man was William Mckinley, President or the United States. T, ciIrry' A. E. Treadwell, Henry S. Mar tin. H N Clement, Charles l.. Patton, k. H. Webster, William A. Deane, Judge D. J. Murphy and others; .,o raa+es+ The hall was crowded ana the greatest anf a