The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-21
HENRY 7. CAGE
IS WELCOMED
EVERYWHERE
Nevada County Greets
Standard-Bearer.
R0USING MEETINGS HELD
MANY FRIENDS GAINED By THE
REPUBLICAN STALWARTS.
The Coming Governor Is Aided by
Mr.. Neff and General Barnes
in His Campaign of Truth
and Victory.
MANY FRIENDS GAINED BY THE
REPUBLICAN STALWARTS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEVADA CITY, Oct. 20.-When Henry
T. Gage. Jacob H Ner and General w.
II. L. Barnes sought their respective
rooms at Auburn last night for few
hours rest the cheering Republicans
continued the great Placer County
demonstration. While waiting for out
going trains the bands played and the
young people danced on the platform
at the Freeman Hotel.
AT daylight this morning the Repub-
lican standard bearer, accompanied by
Mr.. Neff and General Barnes, boarded
the train for Colfax, connecting there
with the narrow-gauge train for Grass
Valley and Nevada City. In anticipa-
ton of the early arrival of the distin-
guished party a large throng of citi-
zenS assembled at the Nevada City
depot. Among those to greet the stand
ard bearer were Sherman Marsh (chair-
man of the Republican Committee). b.
N. Shoecraft, Frank Wadsworth, d. E.
Morgan, J. C. Dean and Henry Lane.
The speakers were escorted to the Nes-
tional Exchange Hotel, where they met
many of the people Of Nevada County.
In honor of the arrival of Mr.. Gage a
Governors salute of seventeen guns
was fired.
The daylight meeting in the theater
of Nevada City this afternoon was an
other remarkable demonstration, match
ing in point of public interest and Re-
publican enthusiasm the great daylight
rallies which rendered the towns of the
San Joaquin Valley so memorable. The
spacious theater was crowded to its ut
most capacity at p. m, the hour ap-
pointed for the speaking.
procession was formed at the hotel,
and, headed by Goyne's band, the coll
umn of cheering Republicans marched
to the meeting place. The vast audi
ence was called to order by Sherman
Marsh, who introduced ex-senator E.
M. Preston as the presiding officer of
the occasion. Mr.. Marsh named the
following vice presidents: M. l. Marsh,
Charles E. Mulloy, N. P. Brown, W. T.
Monk, Thomas Daniels, w. e. Meser-
vey, r. C. Walrath, David Richards,
DR.. R. NJ. Hunt, ]. s. Gregory, Richard
PIummer, Rev. ]. Sims, P. G. Scadden,
L J. Rolfe, ]. S. Mcbride, Joseph O'Con-
nell, Fred Zeitler, ]. c. Rich, r. L.
Cooper, Ed J. Baker, Charles Guenther.
]. c. Dean, J. S. Goodwin, A. Folene,
]. NJ. Burlington. B. n. Shoecraft, D.
E. Morgan, e. A. Tompkins, II. X.
Shockiey, A. Tam, J. J. Hanley, John
Evans, A. B. Wolf, B. F. Smell, Judge
Walling. George Nihill, John Waters,
John T. Reddenick, John Caldwell.
Judge F. S. Nilon and A. C. Cooper.
Mr.. Preston. in accepting The duties
of presiding officer. made, a brief speech.
in which he mentioned political speech
recently made by Governor Budd in
San Francisco in which the Governor
said: I'VE are now lined up against
the common enemy" Mr.. Preston
asked: ITO whom does the Governor
refer when he speaks of the common
enemy? The Republican acknowledges
no enemy but the enemies of our flag
and the enemies of prosperity. The Re-
publican party has no uncompromising
way of dealing with it's enemies, as we
will again demonstrate on the Sth of
November" (Great cheers.)
Jacob Neff, Republican nominee for
Lieutenant Governor, was the first
speaker introduced. He received a tre-
mendous ovation from the audience. In
a few words he thanked the people for
the cordial greeting. AS at Auburn
last night he resented the attacks of
Mcguire on the integrity and inte1h-
gence of the Republican State conven-
ton. He predicted a triumph for the
Republican party and assured the peo-
pie that an honest administration OF