The record-union., 1898-08-25


ed It; we will meet the combination on
the battlefields Of California and exter-
inmate it and it's leaders. (Cheers.)
do you pause for one moment, my
fellow citizens, to breathe the atmos-
phere in which we are to-day, in this
splendid atmosphere of patriotic fervor
awakening the best impulses in the
American heart? Do you know where
they were born? Born in the birth OF
the Republican party, confronting a
crisis such as the civilized world never
saw before, seiZing it, demonstrating It's
ability, and solving it for the glory OF
the Constitution and flag, calling from
the dark valley of human bondage out
upon the uplands three dusky millions,
leading them up to the nights where
the sun Of human liberty shed bright
it's golden sunshine for their light and
enjoyment; retaining, beside, the ma
tional credit unimpaired, untouched and
unstained, furnishing to the people q
currency which in the marts of the
world could purchase, at 100 cents on
the dollar, American warships to defend
the American flag. (Applause.)
1.-THE man who espouses the principles
of this party; the man who lifts the
standard Of leadership, must be in har-
mony with sound money, in harmony
with protection, in harmony with the
Constitution and such a man 1 name
in Henry T. Gage of Los Angeles (Tre-
mendous cheers.)
He is Of the plain people-a man
who has known from his boyhood what
it is to be the architect Of his own for
tunes. The Empire State gave him
birth. Her motto is 'Excelsior!' and it
has been that of Henry T. Gage in all
his days. A boy of fourteen years OF
age, he stood upon the frontiers of CIV
ilization to commence his career and
make for himself a home and a name.
Thirty years ago he came to California,
and for thirty years her splendid career
of progress has been along the lines
where Henry T. Gage has travelled from
the obscurity of the pioneer boy up
into the successful man. the lawyer, the
miner and the farmer
He has not been in the public eye
of this people; but you shall not always
determine the merits of men by the
oftlces they hold. Men stand upon
platforms and claim for their lives the
i.
Gage never stood upon the platform of
any convention which nominated him,
but he comes fresh from the people,
plain, unassuming, earnest, courageous,
eloquent; not upon platform for the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver at
the ratio of Is to l, nor on a plat
form for the free and unlimited coinage
of brass at Is to Qaughter), but he
stands upon the platform which is for
an honest dollar paying an honest days
wages to an American wage Garner in
an American workshop. (Applause.)
His sympathies are broad Let it
be said Of him to his honor. that while
he has enjoyed a lucrative practice
in his profession Of the law. he never
foreclosed a mortgage on a mans
home in all his life I would rather
take the record of such a life. for
sympathy with the masses, than all
the demagogic utterances of men who
stand upon any platform and for any
stripe of politics and vaunt their cour-
age and their qualities from their own
lips.
He is Of the stalwart type Of Re
publican as well. I saw him in the
National Convention Of 1888, the last
Californian IN that splendid body who
cast a vote for this State and this
nations idol, James G. Blaine (cheers): :
and the same stalwart Repubucanis1n
which marked him there has marked
him through all his life, from the mo-
ment he made his first public speech,
twenty-five years ago, until this day
He is a winner; his reputation in his
profession is unsurpassed. As O'Con-
nell once said: a good thing is a good
speech, but the verdict is the thing
And the man who, in the presence of
his fellowm men, can mold their hearts
to his side and sympathy, will be the
man who, on the platforms of this
State in this campaign, will meet and
overthrow the sophistries Of our op-
ponents, and lead this splendid party
up to victory. (Applause)
His race in this campaign, when
his voice shall be heard, will be like
that of Clark upon the Oregon; and
in the strife you will find him, where
you find the American sailor in battle
behind the gun and on the deck of
action. (Applause.) He is independ-
ent Of corporate influence, but he is
not demagogue. He recognizes, as
every citizen should recognize under
the law, tnaI men may unite capllaI
with brains and do business; but when
that union infringes upon the right of
the individual no man will stand more
earnestly for the people from which he
springs and with whom he syrppa-
thizes; no man more courageously de-
fend their rights, than Henry T. Gage,
the plain man of the common people.
applause.
My fellow-citizens, we have upon