The record-union., 1898-08-19
THE FUSION
PROGRAM WAS
CARRIED OUT.

fusion, took the floor to nominate
James G. Mcguire for Governor. Mr..
Afford whose voice had improved and
accustomed itself to it's surroundings
took his usual position, with his left
arm behind his back and his right
clinched as though to drive home his
words, and made a good, If not mag
netic speech in nominating the "logl-
CALI candidate Mr.. Afford spoke in
full as follows:
AFFORDS NOMINATING SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conventions: l have the honor Of pro-
posing for your consideration a candi-
date for the high office of Governor.
The Democracy of this State has
conferred upon US a great privilege, but
in doing so it has imposed a grave re-
sponsibility. We are about to select
the general in the most important po-
litical battle ever waged by the people
of the State Of California.
1T is the first the paramount duty
of every delegate upon this floor, in ap-
preaching this important portion of
his duty to his constituents, to lay
aside, as garments unfit for his pres
ence, self-interest and factional hate.
Our duty is important, but our path
way is plain. Behind US beam the
mellow lights of history, before us
CLEAN the campfres of progress. We
must not act without reflection, but we
must act without fear.
Industrial freedom is the only true
object of government. (Applause) Be
yond it's accomplishment, her functions
are formal, her problems are solved. In
this fact are to be found both the ORR
gin Of Democracy and the origin of its
dscord. Call it by whatever name
you will, organize it into whatever par
ty you desire; clothe it in whatever
garb your fancy may dictate.
Democracy ceases to be Democracy
when it has any other object than the
industrial freedom Of mankind Gap
plause) Democrats cannot differ upon
this, but until they have agreed as to
the method of attaining this end, there
will be discord in Democratic organi-
cations, for as Christians follow the
great Author of their religion by diff
ferent ways, so the devotees of Dem
ocracy will differ as to methods, while
their object is forever the same.
Great truths are parts of the inf
mite. Their reception by the finite
minds of men can neither be sudden
nor regular. They struggle for rec
ognition, are DETECTED by the atmo-
sphere of environment, and appear from
SO many directions that discords seem
endless, harmony impossible This is
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pears in disorder: but through this dis
order the eye that looks may behold it's
beauty, the ear that lists may hear a
perfect melody. The great fundamental
truth Of Democracy is that industrial
freedom can and will be accomplished
I'm selecting candidate, we should
not only select a man who stands for
this truth, but we should select man
whom the people know personifies this
truth. (Applause) We should select
a man who is acceptable to every class
and agreeable to every faction. We
should select a man to whom the De-
mocracy Of California is willing to in
trust its banner. We should select a
man with whom Democracy is superior
to self, superior to friends, superior
even to party, synonymous only with
country. We must select a man who
is not Democrat because he votes the
Democratic ticket, but who votes the
Democratic ticket because he is Dem
ocrat. (Applause.)
1--WE must nominate man whose
life has been a challenge, whose
record is a platform, and whose name
is an inspiration. (Applause) We
must nominate a man who is Dem
ocrat in himself; and If political parties
could be blotted out, if all his record
could be swept away, and he could rise
before us at this hour, his innate char
acter would so shine out that nature
might stand up and say to all the
world; This is a Democrat CAP
plause)
I'm this hour Of commercial gloom;
IN this midnight of industrial darkness
we must nominate the man toward
whom the eyes of suffering thousands
turn, in whom the light rays Of purified
/ Democracy converge.
Gentlemen of the convention, Dem
ocrats of California, at the almost
unanimous demand Of my party, /
nominate for the high office of Gov
ernor the Hon. James G. Mcguire (Tre-
mendous cheering)
I II know If a stranger should come
into this hall, he would have known
from your applause that you have
named your candidate. 1 might 60
over his long history, so we'll known
/ to us all. I might review his record
that is a household knowledge all over
this State; but gentlemen, it would
be only a review, for eulogy stands
mute before It's pure white splendor
He is your candidate to-day, and yet
there Is not man in the State of Cali
fornia; there does not live in the State
Of California a man to-day who can
say that his support in this conven-
ton was ever solicited by James G.
Mcguire He is not only your candi-
date; he is the candidate of the ma
jority of the Democrats of this State;
he is the candidate Of the majority OF
the voters of this State. (Applause)
Nominate him to-day, declare him
the choice of this convention, and then
go home, If you will, and take no part
in the campaign; retire to your farms
to your stores, your offices, your shops
and never lift a hand from now until
the 9Th of November, construct for him
no breastwork, and lift no shield
in his defense; lay bare his breast to
every shaft of corporate greed; un-
loose the filthy bloodhounds of monop-
oily; fill the columns of every libelous