The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
MT. Gage Exploits Ma
 guire's Theory.
GIVEN A GREAT RECEPTION
BRASS BANDS AND CHEERING
 THRoNGS ESCORT HIM.
Victor Metcalf Advocates the Build ing of Battle-ship at the Mare Island Navy
 Yard.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call
 VALLEJO, Oct. 26.-The cheering of
 Butte County Republicans had hardly
 subsided when Henry T. Gage rose to
 board the f a. m. train to-day from
 OrovilIe to Vallejo, via San Francisco.
 The Oroville demonstration, one of the
 greatest ever held in Northern Cali
 fornia, closed the standard bearers
 tour of the Sacramento Valley.
 The series of meetings beginning at
 Sacramento and continuing at Au-
 burn, Nevada City, Grass Valley,
 Woodland, Bedding and Red Bluff and
 ending at Oroville, enlisted the enthu-
 siasm of the masses. MT. Cages able
 exposition of the dangers of the single
 tax produced a profound impression
 among the home-owning and home
 respecting people of the valley and
 mountains. The scheme which threat
 ems to place all the burdens of taxa
 ton on land alone is now accepted as
 the vital issue of the campaign, hence
 the public manifests great interest in the discussion of the subject
 Apart from the mass meetings, aMr. Gage during his tour had the pleasure of meeting and shaking hands with thousands of his fellow citizens. In every place, Willows excepted, he re- ceiVed assurances that Old-line Demo cratS, PopuliStS and Silver Republicans had broken away from the fusion pro gramme and resolved to give their sup port in this campaign to Gage and Neff Everywhere MT. Gage was rec ognized as the candidate of the people, one who had never sought public office and never drawn a dollar from the public treasury.
 MT. Gage was met at Vallejo Junc- tion this evening by A. L. Hathaway, chairman of the Republican County Committee, G. J. Campbell and H. F. Stahl of the Vallejo Morning News. The candidate was accorded a hearty welcome. The trip from the Junction to North Vallejo was spent very plea sanity, MT. Gage meeting many who pledged him their friendship and ex- pressed their intention of casting a vote for him on the Sth of November.
 At North Vallejo MT. Gage was met by other members of the County Com mittee and escorted to the Bernard l House parlors. After short rest he | was escorted to Armory Hall by two | siastic citizens. A salute of twenty 1 one guns was fired by Harry Wilson l in honor of Mir. Gage and Victor Met 1 calf, while bonfires were burning on al- l most every corner in town.
 When the distinguished gentleman | d1I4NSQ at 2IulOIy I1dll He WetS SF6GlHQ with most enthusiastic ovation; l cheer upon cheer rent the hall and it i was some minutes before it Subsided | After a few remarks by George J. | Campbell, Mir. Gage proceeded with his l speech, which was listened to atten- | lively. He thanked the citizens of | Vallejo, on behalf of the Republican 1 party, for the reception rendered him and stated that it was forerunner of success for the State county and leg iSIatlVe ticket. The reasons, he said, were numerous, for the feeling pos sessed by the people was that there was danger in the fusion movement and that many liberties would be cut off. The Republican party was in favor of law and order, while the Democratic party was not. The fusion or Demo- cratic party denied the right of the land owned to the soil which he has paid for. This fusion party would block the progress of the State for years to come It believes in free trade, ruin of the shipbuilders of Cali fornia and also the mechanic; it is aI- lied to the anarchistic doctrine
 Continuing, MT. Gage devoted con- siderable attention to the railroad :s sue, in which he said that Mcguire en- deayored to make it prominent factor or the campaign, and showed in 2 plain and concise manner that the nominee on the Democratic ticket was trying to mislead the voting people. MT. Mcguire, he said, dare not combat his theories, and the railroad question, In this campaign was only a subter- fuge. He furthermore called attention To the fact that Mcguire, if he so de- sired, while in Congress, could by ob- lection have prevented the passage of the funding bill. He scored many teD- ing points against Mcguire, all of which were greeted with tremendous applause.
 MT. Gage showed that he never was employed by the railroad and that cor poration had no affection for him in the least. No railroad company has paid me a fee in my life" said Mr. Gage, put have received a great deal of their money as judgment in damage eases brought against them Does that look as though the railroad companv likes me? Do justice by me and that is all l ask"
 He also showed in capable manner MT. Maguire's un-American stand in the recent war. The speaker was SO entertaining that the audience was dis inclined to part with him. After inc meeting a reception was rendered the visiting speakers at the Bernard House parlors. The Benicia Glee Club, con- sisting of Messrs. Gise, Rueger, Rulof- son and Stanley, rendered several cam paign songs.
 Victor Metcalf the Republican nomi nee for Congress, followed MT Gage in a stirring speech, in which he spoke ex- tensively on the silver question, and also advocated the building of a bat tleship at the Mare Island Navy Yard. Here is the place to build such a ves- sel," said the speaker. You have all the facilities that are necessary for an undertaking of that nature and rank as the best mechanics in the world.'' His remarks were greeted with i'm mense applause