The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19

Mcguire conspicuous among our citizens. Coming from the bay, we of san Fran milton which 1t has given to it's foremost son and raised him to the highest pima gle within the gift, Of the ptopie o or ,d bh9 convinced of the justice of his cause in the consciences of the people. of his in- tegrity and fidelity to public trusts, that he will be elected the next Governor of the State of California Gentlemen, your
 Judge Maguire stepred forward amid vociferous applause and cheers and said:
 MT Chairman fellow oNt,o epfsN'cra5s, nS, vention, thank you for the great honor which you have conferred ppon me. l feel sense of personal 5aatitdude which Ehnal l cannot express to you ln1Woros,g know which you expect, and thsJt Is that I shall be faithful to the trust which you nave reposed on. me; that shall carry your standard unsullied either to victory or to defeat in the coming campaign, without finching and without hesitation. That, shall endeavor to do, with all eaTnestnlesss ls the privilege, through the courtesy of the committee on platform and resolution, to read the platform which you have adopt- ed, and I say, after careful reading, that I indorse its every plank; that shall in the approaching campaign do. everything in my power to. v1ndlcate lts after the campaign is over, and l shall be charged with the execution Of it's promises, as l believe l will loud ap- plause) 1 will endeavor faithfully to com ply with the promises which you have made therein to the people l can give no further assurance of what l will do in that behalf than to say that in all my public career l have endeavored faithful ly to comply with every promise that l have made to the people; that l have en- deavored to do so earnestly and energeti- cally. In addition to saying that l in dorse the platform, am pleased to say that in the platform I find set forth some of the most important principles and pur- poses relating to the interests of the peo- pie of California, to whom l have been devoted, during the whole period of my public service in the past, and to which l will be glad to devote myself in the fu- ture. I am pleased with the enthusiastic spirit of patriotism manifested in the opening blanks of the platform, in the ab- solutely bipartisan recognition of the glory and the honor of American man. hood displayed in the war that has just closed. (Applause)
 I share in the sentiments of gratitude and qualification expressed in the plat form of the heroic services of our soldiers and sailors in giving their lives, their blood and their service for our flag and siasticalIy upon the first calf in her hour of emeTgency Ra7g etI eItrol,Gngedt 4,n ap
 to review the platform. I would not de tain you in the great work which you are here to perform, and which you have so well performed up to this hour, ex.. the work to which I am here to respond. (Laughter.) But desire to touch briefly upon one or two propositions in the plat form. The great Democratic platform of 1896, which you have specifically indorsed and whose blanks you have reaff1rmed, was a declaration of war upon monopoly such as had not previously been put forth by any great political party in this coun- try. The platform adopted by this con on the detailed execution of very import ant portion of the Chicago platform It presents, in my opinion, the principles ;ii!oa $ monopoly mono must De settled throughout the Union If chosen as the chief executive or the State I will take particular delight in that plank of the platform. (Applause and cheers.) It presents no mere theory. It presents no proposition for mere ex- pertinent. It presents well considered plan which has been practically executed in one State of the American Union where the Democraic party as pprobe
 refer to the State of Texas (applause) and to the glorious. fight that was made there for the Prnclplffis wnco gom nao plank of your platform. to-day The plank relating to the refundlng or the I will deal with. of course. through out the campaign. Your plank upon, that question specifically represents my views; N,S; In vollr criticism of the war revenue Dill YOU have presented proposition of equity which no man, whatever may be his political views, can answer.
 The war revenue bill of the Repubilcan majority in the national Congress was a measure such as never before found SUD- port port in a legislative body representing popular sovereignty. It was, more than any other piece of legislation Of. which l I have any knowledge, a measure of class favoritism avowedly intended to levy the burdens of the cost, of the war ! upon the masses of the people to the ex- 1, emotion of the accumulated wealth and l great incomes of the country. It will not i De defended and 1t cannot be. Upon all
 other questions relating to the war 1 am | pleased to say that common sentiment of patriotism prompted Democrats, Re