The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04

out in the glare of much red fire. and
the Mexican colony has been offering up
a.; ayes to Republican success since the cam
paign opened, but 1t remained for the
Slavs to cap the climax in the enthusiasm
of foreign-born voters for all things Re
: publican with a booming rally last even
ing at Pioneer Hall.
And the party paid a tribute to the
. power for good that San Francisco
Slavic population Yields in affairs by
. sending to speak to those who came its
. standard bearer, Henry T. Gage, and the
full list of It's municipal nominees. Julius
Kahn and TREY L. Ford were also there,
and Myron H. Woolf. whose splendid
oratory has been heard in every section
of the State since the campaign opened.
was down as the leading speaker of the
evening.
There was not hitch to mar the ar
. rangements that had been made by Presi-
dent Zan,' of the Slavonic Republican
Club, and his numerous list of vice-presi-
dents. Those who assisted him in the
success of the evening were Charles Bliss,
@. j. Matulich. A. Sorich, Count j. K.
ZedwitZ, F. Lastufka, J. ]. Justice,
Adolph Kaconr. F. Katner. R. Dumarez,
=. s. Vucosagevich NJ. Tasovaz, A. Ocean,
= NJ. FARO, S. Sargentich r. Marolvich, DR..
J. J. Gergrerevich, S. Gerunovich and r.
:. s.. Sawbuck.
The meeting was opened. by Charles
= Bliss, who introduced the president of the
:. evening, Frank Fan, and he, in an elo-
quent exposition of the current political
issues, presented to his audience the
speaker of the evening. II. Myron Woolf.
Said Mr.. Woolf: I'VE are in a peculiar
and critical campaign for the reason that
81 the great American people have in the
past few months been engaged in an I'M
usual occupation, that of making history.
and this election that we are about to hold
is 10 giYe.us an opportunity to voice our
sentiments.
"And. I believe from what I have heard
and what l have seen all over the State
in the past few weeks that we are. al
most as a whole people, going to indorse.
, our great President and the statesman
like course that he has pursued, and send
: to him in Congress a solid delegation
that will stand with him in the plans
that he has for the broadening of this
country and it's resources.
= The Republican party has always
stood for one solid principle from the time
it was. born fighting against slavery, and
in this campaign we find 1t standing for
one principle still. Opposed to it is that
Popocratic and erratic conglomeration
known as the Fusion party. standing for
all sorts Of things and hardly any two of
them agreeing. The Populists repudiate
the course of the present Governor of this
State; the Democrats indorse it; yet the
Governor accepts both parties as one The
kinney, the Democrats condemn him, vet
we find Mcguire straddling the platform
OF both those parties. This confusion
means the death of the new Democracy,
and I think you will be called to sit as a
Coroner's jury on the remains after the
Sth.''
Charles L. Patton's arrival and enthu-
slastic reception cut short Mr.. Woolf's
powerful argument for a solid Republican
vote and he snnilingly gave way to the
new conner.
Thank you.' said Mr.. Patton, when
things had quieted enough for him to be
heard. Every meeting that 1 attend
lately reminds me that our Democratic
friends are not so jubilant as they used to
be. This walkover that was to have been
is not to be If this spirit that you have
shown is to prevail. This fight has re-
solved itself so far as the other side is
concerned into a fight between James D.
Phelan and his millions and Charles L.
Patton and his friends, and am going to
go right along making friends as fast as I
can. i think I have got a few of them
here in this audience.
II am in favor of the confirmation of
the charter and if elected I shall do every
thing in my power to have it confirmed.
That charter is going to make a good
many things possible that we have wanted
for a long time. 1t will make it possible
for the public to own all public utilities,
and it Will make it possible to force the
great corporations to satisfy themselves
with an interest of per cent instead OF
demanding the enormous profits that they
get now. These things I am in favor of
and shall work for with all there is in
me-"
Mr.. Patton assured his hearers that he
was not and would not be bound by the
influence Of any corporation or bosses,
and pledged himself to an economic and
business-like administration. He had
scarcely finished when the band, the audi
g: ence and everything else in the hall that
could make noise announced the ex-
pected arrival of Mr.. Gage. A delegation
of the clubs officers had been stationed
at the door all the evening waiting his
arrival, and they escorted him to the
stage through a mob of excited partisans,
who were eager for handshake.
Mr.. Gage had seven meetings to appear
before last evening, and his talks were
short. He thanked his hearers for their
splendid demonstration to Republican
principles, and told them that If they
would do their share on Tuesday next
success would be assured, for outside of
: San Francisco the State would go Repub
lican to certainty. 1t was perfectly evil
dent, he said, that his audience was fully
awake to the dangers Of the success Of
the fusion ticket, and he thought they
needed no explanation of the many ques-
lions that had come up in the campaign.
He reiterated his assurance of undoubted
party. success in the State at large and
said that he spoke from Information that
could not be questioned. With hearty
good-by and bow to the wild applause.
he left the stage to TREY L., Ford and
took a carriage for his next stand.
Mr.. Ford said that II was privilege he
had sought to appear before the represent
tatives Of people that had been always
the warmest friend of this country. He
referred to the time, during the late Civil
War, when the North was threatened by
the interference of a great naval power
from across the sea and the great Russian
bear raised his paw in this country's pro-
lection
1--WE were fighting for freedom then"
said Mr.. Ford. "It was the fight of the
Republican party against slavery, and the
love that Russia showed US then is ours
to-day. What more natural than that you
who have left that country should aff1l-
late with the Republican party when
YOU arrive here?" Mr.. Ford also men
toned that America had shaken hands