The San Francisco call., 1898-10-26
SANTA CLARA
 GREETS LOUD
 AND DAVIS Great Demonstration
 at San Jose. REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL THE CONGRESSMAN PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO MAGUIRE. MT. Davis Urges the People to Re- turn His Companion to Wash
REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL
THE CONGRESSMAN PAYS HIS
 RESPECTS TO MAGUIRE.
MT. Davis Urges the People to Re- turn His Companion to Wash ington to Aid the Ad-
 ministrarion.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

l Sl6I OdNlS, ASSlSld1Ib SCNACboAJ VI NNA~
 Interior, at the Auditorium this even 1 ing. The place was filled and the audi l ence was one of the most. intellectual 1 ever seen at political gathering. A 1 large number of ladies were present. 1 Great enthusiasm prevailed and the words of the speakers received rapt at | tention.
 The Army and Navy League, 200 | strong, under command of D. J. McGin- 1 ley, and headed by the Fifth Regiment 1 Band, escorted Congressman Loud and MT. Davis from the St. James Hotel to the Auditorium. The guests, with the reception committee, occupied car | riage drawn by four black horses. The following gentlemen composed the committee: G. M. Bowman, J. R. Patton, c. H. Phillips, H. J. Edwards, o. A. Hale, Archie Mcdonald, A. E. Eaton, D. J. Porter, Dan Mckinley, s. F. Leib, D. F. McGraw, D. L. Haas, l.. Callisch, T. S. Montgomery, Senator H. V. Warehouse and w. A. Bowden.
 The line of march was thronged with people, who cheered Congressman Loud and party.
 publican League, called the meeting to order. The list of vice presidents in- cluded prominent men from all over the county. $. F. Leib was then intro duced as chairman of the meeting He urged the people to elect a Republican Congress to uphold the policy of the administration. As long as we have industries to protect we don't want to Tall to elect that kind of Congressmen.
 Congressman Loud was then intro duced, and his popularity was at once apparent by the close attention and ap- plause he received. He said it was gratifying to Californians that San Joseans turned out in such force to do honor to the Republican party and one of the trusted lieutenants of Pres 1dent Mckinley, and it spoke louder than words that Santa Clara County, the garden spot of the world, approved or his course. A glance at the faces present showed a fair sample of the 10000 men and women who live in Santa Clara County.
 The speaker said he was here to talk a while regarding some of the issues confronting the people; to discuss the men who lead and enunciate the prin- ciples of the opposing party. The course of Mckinley and the policy of the administration was praised. The Democrats had charged the Republican party with not keeping it's pledges, but this was not so. The Republican party had made but one pledge, and that was to endeavor to bring peace, happiness and better times to the country. He did not believe any man could say this pledge had not been kept. They could not deny the administration was wise and the condition of the country better than it was in 1893. No industrial armies were marching through the country and every man felt assured of protection to life and happiness.
 Mcguire was then discussed. The speaker said the standard bearer of the combination party had discussed him doud), and he proposed to pay his re- spects to the fusion candidate Ma guire had addressed the people here a short time aPo. and he had a right to show the ~nople that they had been de- ceived by the pinto standard bearer He said Mcguire had performed his duties as well as the average Congress man, but the people of California had been led to believe he was the only man who ever represented California in that body.
 Mcguire had received more advertis- ing than any man who ever went from this State. The Democratic candidate for Governor had tried to drag the funding bill into the campaign. This measure had been settled by the high est authority in the land, and no party could hope to bring the question into political affairs. He then told about the passage of the bill in Congress. The matter came up just when the country was on the verge of war, and only after due deliberation of Congress was this settlement of the debt of the Union and Central Pacific railroads agreed upon. The action taken was deemed best to secure the $6O, 900, ,000 owed by the railroads. Senator White, the peer of any Democrat intellectu- ally, was more directly responsible for the adoption of the funding bill.
 Mcguire has come back from Con- gress the personification of honesty. He Is impressed with the idea that no other man has the interest of California at heart. He tells you that at two sessions of Congress he defeated the funding bill At those times he only spoke five minutes, and 1t is surprising that the eloquence of his voice should so easily defeat the bill. In this last Congress he had control of the time to speak you know how long he can talk when he gets started-and yet the bill passed
 Mcguire has secured the passage of the Mcguire act and had helped in other measures. He was willing to give him credit for 1t and everything else, except being Congress itself. If you elect Ma guire Governor you will go back to the conditions of 1896, of which he is the greatest living exponent to-day; elect him Governor and you will experience the IlIIl6S you Hdu lTOIH 1OJI 10 lSyO. Mcguire also said that if Craig was elected to Congress he would get a sur vey of Alviso Slough.
 This was not so. The question of the preliminary survey of Alviso Slough had been determined upon three times and each time was reported adversely by the engineers. The speaker had done all he could for the project. Over s5000 had already been expended on the harbor Next winter the question would be taken out of Santa Clara County politics, and no man could ex- pect to gain political preferment by raising it.
 The combination party presents to Californians one peculiar feature-com- mendation of the acts of Mckinley The fusionists know the temper of the people too we'll They say Mckinley is the best President the country ever had and then ask you to elect men to Con- gress who will upset his plans and poi- cies The Democrats say the Republi- cans claim the glory of the war. This is not so. They only favored war when nothing else would do. The