The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
THE PEOPLE MUS
DECIDE.

two cdr0indI principles. Inc one PAO-
lection to American industries. For by
that protection the laborer is secured IN
steady employment at wages rullng lar
higher than those of other countries. For
the Republican party holds to the solemn
words of the Bible, HE that taketh away
his neighbours living slayetn him; and ne
that defraudeth the laborer of his hlre Is
a shedder of blood"
The other-that the monetary standard
should forever remain the best, truest
and least fiuctuating standard which the
demonstrated-the gold standard. And we
say more than that We say that TINS
financial agitation is foreign TO the
sphere of politics and is danger TO the
prosperity of the country. AS we'll might
Mr.. Bryan and his kind fix the price OF
wheat by law, as arbitrarily and without
regard to market values try 10 TX the
price Of silver in terms of gold. But so
long as our mistaken adversaries con-
tinue to force this agitation and feist this
issue so long will the Republican party
rity of the nation in the held of finance
as ever she has done on the field of bat
tie.
which the war has presented, with whom
shall the solution be left? With the Re
publican party, of glorious history in the
past, of splendid performance IN the
present and of magnificent promise for
the future: or with this hardy band OF
political workers, with no past, no pres
ent and no promise for the future, whose
sole WaICnWOTu anu DclAlAC 10y 49, -
public office is a private snap"
Surely this has been an extraordinary
campaign through which we have just
passed. We have gone out to meet men
and found shadows We have asked for
arguments and have met with scurrlle
abuse. Against us has been waged a
Chinese warfare. There has been much
dust, the loud beating of many tom-toms
and the hurting of many srlnkpots. Ana
through it all the design has been ap-
parent-to darken counsel and obscure
reason But what has it amounted to !!
IT has been "a tale told by an idiot; full
of sound and fury signifying nothing.
Shall our great war President and his ad-
ministration be discredited by suchF 1t
is for YOU on next Tuesday to answer
the question.
When the applause had subsidized DR..
Pardee arose and turning to the next
speaker said:
Senator Perkins, the people of Califor-
MIA are always glad to have you ap-
pear before them, and tonight they are
ready to hear you, in your own home,
sneak on the principles of the Republi-
can party and the issues OF the cam
paign."
Senator Perkins was warmly applaud
ed. He first pointed out the universal de-
sire of all parties for good laws and con-
servative government, in the accomplish
ment of which the Republican party had
proved itself of the highest superiority.
He admonished the young men who vote
for the first time to consider the step as
a religious duty and to consider well this
privilege that the crowned heads or Eu-
ropean sovereignty may envy.
1.-THE Democrats do not refer to their
record. and l do not blame them" said
Senator Perkins
But with the Republican party, how
different Only a short while ago the
farmers were idle, the mills were closed
-n0 n Q6
money in banks drew 1t out and buried
II in the earth. We were running be-
hind. But the people in their majesty
said they wanted a legislative change, so
we elected President William Mckinley.
Then there was a change. You could feel
it in the atmosphere. Confidence was re-
stored, and men looked ahead to good
times generally"
The speaker next pointed out briefly IN
what particulars McKinley's administra-
ton had been specially beneficial to Cali
fornia, and he gave an account OF his
own stewardship as Senator. II never
want to live long enough to betray any
trust that you good people have confided
in me" said he. He described the adj
vantages Of the Dingley bill, without the
passage of which there would not to-day
be operated in this country a sugar rae
tory.
erected at Salinas, San Bernardino and
other places, and what does it mean? 1t
means so much money distributed among
the people of California. Salinas turns
out 1000 tons of sugar beets per day, and
the Others II 900 tons. 1t means $SS0OO
a day distributed among the people of
a sugar campaign of five or six months.
Last year the United States paid out
s1Oo 900 600 for foreign sugar, and the Re-
publican party believed in keeping this
money at home"
The speaker touched upon the question
of the free coinage of silver, the railroad
and the funding bill. and finally urged
that every one vote at this election to
place in office Republican Legislature
and a Republican Congress to support
the grand and patriotic administration of
President Mckinley.
AS he spoke of Dewey's victory, Major
E. A. Sherman presented Senator Perkins
with a Spanish flag taken from a ship
sunk by Dewey at Manila, which he re-
cefved from e. L. Thompson, an Oakland
boy who is with Company of the Sec
ond Oregon Volunteers.