The San Francisco call., 1898-08-10


 :. his campaign for the Governorship of this
 State Ills address at Metropolitan Tenn Die required one hour and three-Quarters
 in its delivery. He spoke eIoqUenty of the war and the noble part played in 1t by California men and California ships.
 lie abused his colleagues in the House but never one word on the question as to
 whether he will accept the Populist nom .ination-the question uppernost in the minds Of the people For the matter Of
 that he did not hint whether he was Q candidate for the Democratic nomination.
 either
 .. Preparations had been made to receive the Congressman at the ferry and escort .aim to the Hall Owing to delays the pro-
 cession did not leave Market and | fifth streets until o'clock. The result was that the uniformed clubs, consisting of the Democratic Central. German Central, 1Toquois. Thirty-frst District and the Ma grire Club met their guest before reach ing the ferry
 With Congressman Mcguire were Rob ert:f' f'erraI. Charles Holcomb and Senator T.. E. Treacy. The marching men wheeled i1to<liEe and with bands playing ana ban : Eers flying escorted the Congressman 10 Metropolitan Hall
 - The uniformed clubs, preceded by their bands. led the way into the hall the . 'tpEong rising and cheering Mcguire when " ne made his appearance At this time every available point O. vantage was oc- ~~ cupse6. The speaker of the evening was 'tntE9duced by Walter P. Stradley. MagUtTe acknowledged the warmth of nls"receptlOn, saying it was highly grati SEt2s' 10 be received SC kindly ln his own SEaE5: He look it to mean ratification Of . AiS course and that he had been received :. iT:CO the hearts of the masses.
 lu{.Ifll4g rom this the speaker entered . especially upon the matter or fucrease7 taxation Tor its maintenance upon the =fra . N Er --r tha rich and the poor should contribute n equal proportion to the support of the C}oTerEnent. II had not been done in this Its.alSe, tAe wealth or the rich having .: been exempted from taxation. He in si.--tcel the case Of Miss Helen Gould, " flo;1 ItldtEg that she was not required Q pay an adequate amount in war tax. had coCIted . hundred thousand dollars 10 %-t:e l lIoF Fer1ment- He knew Of no other
 lie touched the hearts of his auditors Wttls: his tribute to the California men n Cuba and the Philippines, Ills references 10 Admiral Dewey and his California cGiic' ship, Olympia, and the matChjesS Oregon on the Eastern station. drew forth ! thuhders of cheers As 70 the Philip |
 ''Tyhat shall 5e done with these is 1 lands ultimately am not prepared 10 | that they should be disposed of accord l Ing 70 the best interests Of our cOuu- l ' t-y, limited only by the consideration of l the "r-5-.ts Of the people of the several i possessions, rights that our country re- COgriZes and accOrds to all at home or | a5r0ad- Tn the settlement Of these questions those interests alone shall be considered, and. respecting the rights of l -. the people there. those questions shall be l settled according tO our final judgment l Of what Is the best interest of our own i , country without any foreign or extran- l ~' eCus Interference
 He attacked Senator Morgan of Ala bana for his change of heart on the re- funding bill, showing how for years he had opposed jt bitterly, and how he was
 r~ attacked Congressman Barham and Loud of this State, blaming them for the loss Cf the fight He said that they will have . to .. explain to their constituents how they voted for the refundiug measure. '~7Thefr. votes lost the opponents of the "Ineasure the votes Of men who were look .fng to the representatives Of California for guidance in the matter. Their votes alone, according to the speaker cost enough support from other States to unake the passage Of the measure pos bibie..-
 ?. :''EQual rights to all, special privileges . to none. must be the WatchwOrd of the Tuture campaigns of all parties that have the popular interest at heart, that stand for the rights Of the people against the GcTniniOn of man." he said in closing.
 The vice-presidents Of the meeting. seated upon the stage with MT Mcguire, wore:
 Charles A. Clinton, T. E. Treacy, ". C. Graves, James II. Barry, Max Pepper. Major P. J. Harney, John F. McGovern, . Thomas J. Walsh M. Greenblatt. M C. Hassett. William Fahey. Colonel William P Sullivan Jr. E. T. MInnehan, Joseph Leggett, Robert FerraI Henry c. Ges- ford. William F LaWior G9Vln LI,tS McNaP' Thomas J. Glynn. William M Hinton, J. M Nougues. A c. Freese, Dr. John A. ~AIilIer, George A. Clough. George D. Gtl- tsSPb5e. k5ib3,r taTo dTooker @ 4. E. Kinne. Charles .Harger. George T. Silvey. M- custer, pr. c. D. Cleveland, J; W Reay, Louis Crackbon, Dr. W N GTisE4Id; ;I' q DRLq9,1e hOfT William Craig, Samuel Braunharl, F. T. Flynn, Bart Burke, H. T. CreswelL He treated of the great fight against the funding bill, saying:
 t E not my purpose f fGnga5 35 sg6prdacnE so dfai e ss paign. Those issues, l trust, Will De IoItnu- lated wisely and well by the DemocrstIc State That after uIedging our Democratic party III California to the principles Q. me Sh'eage easo platform 10 the issues for which We nave stood and for which the great allieq rf 19regs stood in the last campaign. they Will wisely determine according to DsInocIIIc tbe how all other great questions eoncert.lns nm. @ tl-7 people here shall be settled said that cor porate interests, that the aggregates ana o5 Soll .. centrated wealth Of the country TePIeseLieSa S in its political energy by what has come L9 oe known as Hannalsrn in the National GOV ernment, has been taking adFantage oL .t4 tnT e1 Citeulant of the war and the patriotic entnusl, ssuf of the people causing them Ia the general interest and crisis of their country to forget :.their domestic danger to make inroads upon . popular rights. An illustration of that is to be found in the measure passed in the closing hours Of the last session of Congress, by which commission was created to refund the debts of the Central Pacific Railroad. That measure has been variously commented upon
 Senator Morgan Of Alabama, distinguished Senator who rendered for some years splendid support and assistance Tn our fight against the refunding Of the Pacific Railroad debt, stated this morning in interview that he considered that the measure recently passed had placed the Government Of the United States iTi a better position with reference 10 the Pa cidc Railroads than t had ever occupied Senator Morgan. in evil hour. per suaded to offer that very amendment to the general deficiency bill I was never more sur prised in my life than when found that Ssna- tor Morgan of Alabama in the act of ,iutrnduclng that measure in the United States Eeriate He defended it there upon grounds that indicated that he had been entirely de- eeived as to it's purpose and effect. He de- fent1ed 1t there upon the ground that 1t would bring about the settlement Of the Central Pacific Railroad debts to the Government that had been secured in the case of the Union Pa ciac- The very contrary was the fact The measure Of which speak was measure pro vidlnE for the creation of a commission to do but one thing, namely. to provide for refund ing the debt of the Central Pacific Railroad r~f-- I1rFgr ,TaNr rha Clry-