The San Francisco call., 1898-10-27
GEORGE 4. KNIGHT
 AT EVANSVILLE Makes a Stirring Cam
 paign Speech. NO LIVE ISSUE OVERLOOKED WORDS OF PRAISE AND cAUsTIC
 CRITICISM. Fallacies of the Single Tax Doctrine Pointed out-No Anglo-Saxon
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NO LIVE ISSUE OVERLOOKED
WORDS OF PRAISE AND CAUsTIC
 CRITICISM.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

EVANSVILLE, Oct. 26.-The Marys-
 vile Theater was packed from pit to
 dome tonight by an intelligent and en- thusiastic audience assembled to hear
 Hon. George A. Knight, San Fran cisco's eminent lawyer and orator. dis
 cuss the political issues of the day from
 a Republican standpoint. A band of
 music enlivened the streets prior to the
 meeting, and Democrats and Repub- licans vied for the choice seats next the
 speakers stand in the hall.
 Hon. Charles M. German, who was
 chairman of the meeting, invited the following vice presidents to seats on the stage: G. W. Hall, G. W. Harney, Phil Divver, D. c. McGanney, J. W. Greedy,
 Cunning Rideout, G. w. Wilson, J. F.. Eastman, M. F. Brown, Harry Garden, J. w. Cass, " L. Earnshields, Samuel
 Ewell, F. B. Moors, J. o. Gates, H. D.
 King, A. B. Miller, W. H. Parks Jr.
 ". c. Swain, G. R. Eckart, J. c. Bald win, N. V. Nelson, c. J. Mccoy, Charles Hapgood, c. F. Pierce and Fred Mon
 net.
 MT. Knight, who was the only speaker of the evening-Tirey l.. Ford failing to arrive on account of another ngagement-began his address with a
 glowing tribute to the Republican party, which he declared was as broad in it's principles as the country itself He took up the early banking laws and reviewed the nations politics down to the time when the people decided they wanted a change of administration. He said they got Grover Cleveland, who was the friend of Wall street and the bankers to the detriment of the navy, which was badly in need of ironclads.
 To John D. Spreckels and The Call MT. Knight paid handsome tribute, declaring MT. Spreckels to be one of the States best citizens, and that his paper is doing effective work in every cause that tends to benefit the Pacific Coast. Of the Republican nominees for Justices of the Supreme Court he had only words of the highest com mendation.
 Then followed a grand word painting eulogistic of the First Regiment of California Volunteers noble body of young men first to take the Stars and Stripes across the ocean, Mcguire it was. he said, who voted to starve that patriotic band. Mcguire it was who op- posed the teaching of the English lan- guage to the children in the schools of New Mexico. If Mcguire is the great friend of the people that the Democracy claims then his place is in Washing LCl, Wn0TS tue Dtllle IdSCS 4lOLlGSl, HUI in the gubernatorial chair, where he will have nothing to do but draw his salary, with the stipend he gets through the civil service.
 MT. Knight then paid a high compli- ment to Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Miss Jen- nie Flood and Mrs. Stanford for their princely gifts in the interest of educa- tion. Mrs. Stanford, the hereaved mother and widow, he said, had stood alone and fought her battle of circum- stances to carry out Senator Stanfords life desire; she had denied herself the courts allowance that the university might succeed, and at last preferred duty to sentiment by giving her home for the help of our growing children.
 The speaker next urged strong grounds against an Anglo-Saxon alli- ance, fayoring peace with all nations and purposing with the crops of Amer ica and the products of her artisans to both feed and develop all the worlds nations. He had words of praise for Russia, whose ironclads lay in our har- bors while England harbored our ene- We have never recovered.
 The fallacieS of the single tax doctrine were pointed out briefly, and, alluding to the railroad question: MT. Knight facetiouSly remarked that if the people are not careful they will have two rail- rOaQS 10 nSnC instead or one. The aC- tion of the Central Pacific in sending her trains of sealed cars to the East and secretly carrying to San Francisco the which Dewey must have to protect the nations honor alone atoned for all the people had said of it. |
 None of the live questions of the day escaped the notice of the gifted talker, l and when he had concluded three | hearty cheers were sent up for the Re- | party and it's standard bearer | in California.