The San Francisco call., 1898-09-24
VENTURANS
 GREET GAGE
 AND BARNES Thousands Cheer the
 Speakers. HOUSING REPUBLICAN RALLY HALL TOO SMALL TO HOLD ALL WHO WOULD HEAR. Republican Nominee Places Maguiro on the Gridiron and the Gen. eral Draws Few Com
 parisons.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

morning. The incident was agreeable, but not exciting. Mr. Gage was alight- ing from the passenger coach when MT. Maguire was about to step aboard. They recognized each other simulta- neously and exchanged the compu- ments of the day.
 MT. Gage on his arrival from Santa Barbara on the morning train was met at the depot by delegation of leading Republicans and escorted to the Hotel Rose. The gentlemen meeting the nominee were: o. Orr, B. T. Williams. w. H. Barnes, F. S. Cook, F. W. Baker, E. s. Hall, J. s. Collins, E. M. Jones, D. s. Blackburn and J. H. Mason.
 MT. Gage is acquainted with many residents of this city and the region roundabout, and so put in the better part of the day chatting with old friends. Early in the afternoon the arrival of voters from neighboring dis trictS began. A special train of the Ojai Valley brought 100 people. Dele gations came from Santa Paula and Hueneme. It soon became manifest that the demonstration in honor of the Republican nominee would be one of the greatest ever held in this county. A delegation headed by D. s. Hall,
 
 Central Committee, went down the road to Santa Paula and escorted Gen. eral Barnes to Ventura.
 Among the prominent Republicans who participated in the reception to MT. Gage and who attended the mass meeting tonight were: c. D. Bone stel, J. R. Willoughby, Guadalupe FL well, Frank Hobart, w. D. F. Richards, J. c. Youngken, James Hobart, J. K. Cries, John Carnes, w C. Richmond, T. R. Bard, D. W. Matt, J. s. Collins, D. T. Perkins, James Walker, N. Black stock, Lloyd Selby, H. c. Sexton, Will liam Ramsey. c. c. Teague, N. ". Fairbanks. K. Snow Jr., E. R. Hill, Ralph Hill, J. s. Blackstock, c. B. Greenwen, T. s. Newby, t'. w. An drews, J. J. Burke, R. Freeman and Earle Soule.
 Shortly before 8 o'clock Henry T. Gage, General w. H. L. Barnes and MT. Blackstock were escorted to Arm ory Hall, the Ventura City band lead ing the procession. The hall at this hour was filled to overfiowing by as fine an audience as ever assembled in California. The crush was so great that many seeking admission could find no room inside and had to content themselves with position near the main doors, where something of the speeches could be heard.
 There was no delay after the arrival of the speakers. AS soon as the cur tain was raised disclosing to the view of the audience a stage crowded by Myrtle Bagley Mason stepped to the front and sang 'The Star-spangled Banner" She was accompanied by the Ventura band. The rendition evoked tremendous applause.
 E. s. Hall called the meeting to or der and announced F. S. Cook of Ven tura as chairman. MT. Cook was brief in his remarks. He introduced Henry T. Gage as the next Governor of Cali fornia. Cheering and applause were maintained for several minutes indi- cated the popularity of the nominee and the ardent enthusiasm of the Ven tura Republicans.
 MT. Gage thanked the audience for the generous greeting, and announced at once that his remarks would not be extended, as he desired to gratify the people present by giving all the time to the matchless and eloquent orator, General Barnes. Gratitude was ex- pressed for the support which the dele gation from Ventura County gave him in the State convention at Sacramento. MT. Gage said 1t was incumbent upon him to repel the charge that the Ven tura Republicans in that convention were dominated by corrupt influences. The speaker asked:
 What right, in the name of common justice, or in the name of common hu- manity, has Mcguire to say that the 788 men who composed the Republican State convention were railroad hire lings? It would be dishonorable for me to say such things of the body of men who nominated MT. Mcguire. It is no less unjustifiable in him to say such things of the men who composed the Republican convention at Sacramento. He has been trying to find some justi- fcation for his remarks about railroad htrelingS. He says The Call and Elk aminer named the ticket before it was nominated. Because these two papers, after delegates caucussed, predicted the ticket MT. Mcguire drew the infer ence that the ticket was named by the railroad"
 Mention was made that MT. Maguires nomination was made five weeks be- fore the Democratic convention assem- bled and the conclusion suggested that, according to MT. Maguire's logic the railroad demanded his nomination.
 Referring to the selection of Osborne and Parker on the executive commit tee to manage the Republican campaign Mcguire was quoted as having said that such selection indicated that the railroad was dominant, and to sustain his assertion he had cited the Los An geles Times Mr. Gage remarked that the Los Angeles Times had pronounced Mcguire an anarchist and asked if a Democratic nominee desired to accept the Times as an authority. Attention was called to the fact that Parker aid Osborne were on the committee in 1896 and assisted in securing the election of President Mckinley, the great Presi- dent. If they were good enough to con- tribute to the national welfare in 1896 they were good enough to help in the battle this year. In closing MT. Gage announced, as he did at Santa Barbara last night, that he would, if elected Governor, be dominated by no other in- fiuence than a determination to give the people of California a clean, eco nomical and businesslike administra- tion of the affairs of this State.
 A solo by Mrs. D. B. Clarke, with violin and piano accompaniment, was the next feature in the order of exer- cises.
 General W. H. L. Barnes of San Francisco was then introduced. He was greeted with prolonged cheers, a dem onstration that inspired the orator to one of the happiest speeches of his life. At the outset he denounced the South ern Pacific Railroad for the outrageous delays at Saugus. and spoke of the