The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
PARADE, RED FIRE AND ORA TORY.
Cheers for Charles L. Patton and the
Municipal Nominees.

81 want to. say just this in conclusions
1 desire to thank the citizens of the
Fourth District for the great assistance
they have rendered us, and l feel that on
the Sth day of November the Fourth Dis
trict will again be redeemed to Repuoll.
can principles and that the people VIII
stand in line for progress, prosperity, pro-
lection and the Endorsement of the policy
of William Mckinley"
The chairman then introduced D. j.
Murphy and in part he said:
You will observe from my voice that
have been already doing service for my
party and I will take up but little of your
time in explaining to you that 1t is OF the
utmost Importance that you elect as your
representative to the national Legislature
a Republican who stands heart and soul
in accord with the policy already an
nounced and sustained by that hero OF
American rights and liberties, William
Mckinley. We have just passed through
an era devoted to warfare. On an island
just adjoining our land a little band OF
patriots stood fighting for freedom
Women and children begged on the
streets for food, being borne down by the
tyranny and oppression of European
nation. Their cry became so pathetic and
loud that the American citizens, head
ed by our glorious President, proclaimed
the wholesale murder stopped, and when
he received the defiant answer sent the
boys in blue to the front, and by achiev-
ing a victory unparalleled in the worlds
history, wiped out the last vestige of OPP
preston from American territory. The
question which confronts US now is this
Are we to elect men who will uphold the
arm of Mckinley and who will see that
the progressive doctrine sustaining the
policy that wherever American blood has
been spilled and where American flags
have been raised the foot of foreign pow
ers shall never set again? That which we
have acquired and possessed will be held
by American people.
with reference to the municipal plat
form Of the Republican party, even our
bitterest of foes, the Examiner, can say
nothing. It's salient features have been
discussed before this evening by ADLER
advocates of its adoption by the people
than l am, yet I cannot leave this plat
form without declaring it to be the best
that has ever been placed before the peo-
pie of this city. Our candidates have
been made the subject of caricatures;
they have been vilif1ed and maligned;
but not yet has there appeared the paper
or the man who dared to attack their
honesty. I would not be surprised to see
them accused of everything within the
next few days but 1 venture to say that
their reputation for honest deeds and
honest acts will remain intact
Judge ]. NJ. Trout said that he would
not touch upon political matters, but ex-
pressed pleasure at the thought that on
next Tuesday the people of California
would acknowledge the great work of the
present administration by electing to Of
flee the Republican nominees.
J. B. Carson followed on the list of
speakers, and spoke few words which
were loudly applauded. Master Joseph
Egan, the boy orator, told what he knew
of politics and was accorded the hearty
appreciation of those present. Henry NJ
Clement closed the meeting and concluded
by proposing three cheers for the success
of the municipal and State tickets.