The herald., 1898-09-30
Last Nights Republican Rally at
the Pavilion
CANDIDATE PLAYED SECOND FIDDLE
With the San Francisco Generals Trunpet
in the Middle
Hazards Pavilion Crowded to Enjoy Barnes Rhetorical
Flghts-Verbatim Report Of MIR. Cages Imprompu
Speech-Pasadena Supplied the Escort

through seven counties and talked In all
Of them.
But Call representative, who is blamed
by Mr.. Gage as not having correctly re-
ported him, has slightly different story
to tell. This gentleman says that a copy
or Cages San Diego speech was on the
wire"-being telegraphed to the Call-at 6
o'clock OF the evening that Mr. Gage deliv-
cred the address. In other words, Mr..
Gage had furnished the Call copy of what
he intended to say or wanted the people to
believe he said. and the other papers pub
lished what he did say.
Somewhat similar discrepancies may be
discovered, in all probability. in the ac-
counts Of Mr.. Cages speech last night. The
Herald publishes what he said and not
his factory or censorized speech.
In opening his address Mr. Gage once
! more appealed to his friends and "neigh-
bors," and made the rather unique declara-
tion, for lawyer. that 1t was difficult for
him ito speak in defense of a cause In
which he was deeply interested" Passing
| rapidly on to Mcguire, he again attempted
to ridicule him, but the people who were
listening to him had heard Mcguire and
| Mr.. Cages effort fell fiat. so fiat that even
| the speaker saw the futility of pursuing
| that line Of argument.
After stating that for once in his life
he had learned to obey ORDERS" Mr.. Gage
took up his charge that Mcguire, in Con-
gress. had talked in opposition to the
lines In which American bullets were fly
ing" and first dealt with Maguire's oppo-
siton to the bond issue, but quickly
dropped 1t when, after saying that Ma
guire had voted against the bend issue, a
voice cried out, "And he was right, too," a
ripple Of applause following.
Mr.. Gage then said he would read from
the record to prove Maguire's acts in con-
gress. But he didn't. Instead OF reading
from the Congressional Record, Mr. Gage
produced a typewriter manuscript and
even from that he read only the number
and titles Of the bills upon which he was
attacking Mcguire.
Mr.. Gage was astonished at the cheers
which greeted his mention Of Morgan Of
Alabama, and he was still more surprised
at the laughter which greeted his state
ment that Stephen NJ. White was "stal-
rwarr repuuIlcan Iiethen seemed to rea-
llze that the anxious and audible prompt
from General Barnes ito quit was in
order, ard sat down.
Then Mr.. Mckinley introduced General
Barnes as the man with trumpet voice."
The audience gave General Barnes a rous-
ing welcome.
General Barnes stigmatized the asser-
tions that the Southern Pacific railroad
was in politics this year as "all fuss and
feathers. froth and fury" but distinctly
avoided making specific denial that the
To-, a. xaIo t.,
1t was that Gage "for once in his life had
learned to obey orders"
After oratorical flights through geog-
raphy, astronomy geology. zoology, meta
physics and evolution. from the creation
Of the world as "whirlng ball of water"
General Barnes finally reached his dear
friend Mr.. Cage" but after he had at
tained the climax h( let 1t severely alone,
His eloQueuce was mostly devoted to the
fact that Mcguire had made him, General
Barnes, an issue in this campaign, and he
couldn't see why, since Mr.. Gage was
making his own impromptu speeches, what
he had to do with them. The audience re-
turned a unanimous verdict Of nothing"
by their laughter and Barnes seemed sat-
isfied that his position was clearly under
stood.
In the course OF his remarks General
Barnes called the people opposed to Gage
"a crowd Of lunatics under Magu!re's
banner Then he turned around and
paid Mcguire a glowing tribute as Judge
before whom he had pract!ced for many
years, and whom he had always found
just and honorable.
The general said that "the worst Repub-
lican he ever saw was a better man for
him than the best Democrat" He also
remarked that the Democratic party was
a bob on the tail of the Populist kite" and
then he made pathetic appeal to Silver
Republicans to return to the fold and send
Mckinley a message of confidence.
Cleveland, as a gold Democrat, came
in for a eulogist!c dose, somewhat anti
dotal to the many and Oft repeated physic
which the Republicans have been wont to
prescribe for the late president.