The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-18

convention that was controlled ls by by nh the
go 3Uououap railroad M Ma a.
. Republicans : S fsmerit fhe to ot fsy
q and the = PIght toat had had
q Railroad. . declared dec.a ID tn that ANT 1t
s oooooooos S Mns. s good q S SeaI
proposition. This is the Republican par
tvs reply to that statement, If Mr.. Hunt
fngton ever made it; don't know wheth-
er he did or not: that he did is not
proved by Mr.. Maguires assertion on the
subject when he was on the stump, ana
l would like to have him hand up some
corroborative affidavits.
This is what the Republican party said
about that subject:
The last Congress having unanimously passed
law providing for the collection OF the in
debtedness due from the Central and Western
Pacific railroads TO the Government the Re
publican party favors the enforcement there-
Of and unless such law and all the provisions
thereof be promptly accepted and complied with
by such specified railroad companies. that the
law be strictly enforced and the lien on said
roads and properties be foreclosed and SAID
roads and mort gagged property be sold, accord
ing to law, and that all funds that now or
hereafter are realized from either or both OF
the said Pacific railroads or from the collection
OF their debt to the Government, whether vol
UNFAIRLY. by foreclosure. be applied to the
construction of the Nicaragua Canal
Do you suppose for a moment that
that resolution emanated from the office
of the distinguished counsel Of the South
Views were what Nj. Maggire charges
cry of the railroad, so far as this cam
paign is concerned, is a cry of mad dog
They think they tie the railroad question
to the tail of the Republican party as
boys tie tin kettle to the tail Of a
dog and set him running, and think
everybody. will believe he is mad because
he is afraid of the kettle.
Now. that is the condition. and the
Republicans of this State have no rea-
son to be ashamed of any man who is
on that platform. or of any declaration
contained in it. 1t is worthy to have the
support of every man who loves his par
ty or his country.
] am sorry that discussions have arisen
here between our two leading papers on
2 q q o0ooU q the subject OF the
. De Young . IS sfna tbem ta qas
oShou1d Fighto the Il ,I ground Sa THAT that
= in the Open. = is CANDIDATE
Q - for the United
q . ouoooooo fnaf tnst Senate o9ebs
to beat the Republican ticket in this city.
Mr., de Young is like every other citizen
Of this city or any other city. He has
a right to aspire to any office in the gift
of the people. The only thing that l say
he ought to do is to say that he is and
make MS ugnt IN the OpeIl SdillOIilid
need not be ashamed of the discretion it
has shown in selecting Senator'S hitherto.
1t has had a very good list Go back
to Casserly, Democrat; Hager, Democrat
Farley. Democrat; Sargent, Republican;
Stanford, Republican; FELTON,, Republi-
can; White, Democrat; Perkins Republi-
can; they are all gentlemen. They are
all men of character and standing, and /
don't care who the man is. l don't care
what newspaper he owns, If he doesn't
come up ~ the standard that has been
required Of the United States Senators
in this State hitherto he cannot be elect |
ed Senator, and all the bosses that God |
ever spawned on earth can't make him |
one. The man who responds to that test
may get 1t, and, as has been said, there
are others.
Here ex-senator Maher shouted, "Give
Mr.. Barnes continued:
ject because / shall have no other oppor-
tunity to say 1t here or probably get a |
hearing in any of the San Franciseo pa
pers except the Democratic one. That is |
this: l have never voted any ticket or for |
any man on any ticket but the Republi-
can. l have never swerved fer an hour I
from my allegiance to the party. l was !
for sixteen years president of the greatest |
political club that ever existed in this |
State-the Invincibles. have spent more
money, according to my means, for its |
success, and have travelled this State, as
l shall this year, in summer heat and |
dust, whirling from town to town and eat
lib OA-IlOtli olcdhS' eiiiu DciiiS tiOtltQ
around after the meeting to see the sa- |
loon keepers in the town who were good |
and spending some hours,
which produced disquieting reflections,
with those gentlemen, and leaving those
who waited on me that evening to sleep it
off the next day, while I had to travel to
the next town and go through the same
experience. l have done that In every
Presidential campaign and every guber-
campaign. This year, when as a
Joke it started in that way on the part
of the Examiner to tease Mr.. de Young
that was the only object of tit an
nounced that / would be candidate for
the United States Senate OF which l had
no more idea than that / should be can
didate this year for Emperor of China
People began to talk to me about it. the
disease of ambition began to take hold of
q u q q q q q q q q me and | thought !