The herald., 1898-09-30

The return home from San Diego OF
Henry I. Gage was celebrated by the Re-
publicans at Hazards pavilion last night
There was no procession, no pyrotechncs
except those Of oratory, and little enthusl-
asm other than that awakened by General
W. H. L. Barnes as he told funny story
or when at a signal the Amer.cus club Of
Pasadena let loose its war cry.
While the pavilion was crowded from
floor to gallery. one-third Of the audience
was composed Of ladies' 1t was not such an
audience as that which assembled to hear
Mcguire last week. That was an audience
mainly composed Of voters, who went to
hear the issues of the campaign clearly
defined by candidate for the governor
ship. This was an audience attracted by
the rhetorical reputation Of perhaps. the
most ornate orator In California-General
Barnes.
Last nights audience proved its appre-
c!ation at the close of the meeting by CIV
ing three cheers for General Barnes. and
then, as II an afterthought, three cheers
for Mr.. Gage.
Judge ]. w. Mckinley opened the meet
ing with an apology for the lack of a
RoAouSS thdhhiH6 tuC <AHcT.CuS CluD u
Pasadena for acting as an escort to Mr..
Gage ION half an hours notice" Some in
Quiries were heard why the parade was
abandoned, with the extended time the
committees had at their disposal to find an
escort for Mr.. Gage among the Repub-
leans Of his own home 1t had been conf
IDENTIFY expected that citizens of Los An
geles would escort him from the hotel
TO the hall, but somehow they failed to
materialze, and hence the rush" order
I'd the Americus club from Markham's
home.
when that campaigner can't dig up an
escort" said Pasadena man, mo one else
need try" But Mr.. Markham was not
upon the stage. To the two other Ms Of
the triumv.rate-Meserve and Mckinley
he left the work of welcome Mckinley
faithfully introduced the speakers and
Meserve as faithfully led the applause
from the stage, the leader CT the AmerI-
Gus club watching his cues with COM
mendable fidelity.
NO time was lost in introducing Mr. Gage
lie was well but not enthusiastically, re-
ce'ved by the audience. They were obvi-
ously there to hear Barnes. and while
realizing that they must hear Gage, we're
tLhPdticHI u utluy. Inc COterle or rigid
Republicans seated on the main floor were
enthusiastic enough in their greetings, but
there was noticeable absence of hand
clapp!ng. cheering, waving Of handker-
chiefs. etc, IN the rear CT the hall and
the balconies
Mr.. Gage made a speech exactly as It
Is reported In another column. Subse-
QuentIy his speech was scrupulously and
elaborately edited before being given cut
to the press, and many paragraphs were
entirely stricken out from the stenogra-
piers report, notably the very opening
sentences Of his speech. The Herald pre-
sents the uncensorized report of three oom-
petent stenographers.
Last evening. before the pavilion meet
ing, Mr.. Gage was seen in reference to his
now celebrated San Diego speech and the
Calls account of 1t, and he was asked to
explain why 1t was that the reports in the
various papers differed so absolutely from
that published in the Call.
There was no accurate report Of +
= my San Diego address published in \
= any paper" said Mr. Gage. (The re- \
= port published in yesterdays Herald i
= was taken by stenographers.) "There j.
= were portions of the Calls report 4
= which were correct, notably those \
= sections where I referred to Mr.. Ma i
= guire's congressional action regard i
= Ing the funding bill and his vote on \
Z the war measures. In the other pa +
= pers there were some portions cor 4
= rectly printed" i
= How do you account for the i
= Calls version being so widely variant \
from the stenographer's report ?'' he 4
= was asked. i
II am not explaining newspaper i
management" he answered. II shall \
= have something to say about the mat i
= ter In the speech tonight, which I y
= think will be sufficient" i
But Mr.. Gage did not say anything about
his San Diego speech in his address last
night. The only reference he made to his
campaign was to say that he had travelled