The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11
PIERCE SECONDS BURNS.

In seconding the nomination of Col
onel Burns. G. w. Pierce of Yolo spoke
as follows:
Mr.. Speaker and Members of the Assem-
piy; desire to second the nomination
OF the man who has contributed more dur
ing ing me ne past ten years, to the success of
the Republican party than has any other
individual in the State of California. |
desire to second the nomination of a man
ior this position who, by common consent
mas been acknowledged the leader of the
republican party of this State. l desire
70 second the nomination of a man whose
authority among men is unquestioned.
desire to second the nomination of a man
whose influence has been sought and felt
IN ooth State and national affairs. l de-
sire to second the nomination of man
whose ability is beyond question, and a
man man who will do us honor as a Senator
from this State should he be exalted to
the high position to which he now
aspires. refer to the Hon. D. M Burns.
(Applause)
Since he has been spoken of in this
connection the press of our State has seen
MT to indulge in a TRADE upon him which
Is at once undignified, unloyal and I'M
american, and the people of Yolo County
desire TO express their condemnation of
the course of the Republican press of this
state. L do not, my friends. have to take
my INTRODUCTION TO Hon. D. NJ. Burns from
the Republican press of the State of Cali
fornia. have known him since he first
came to the State of California a poor
bare-footed orphan boy, and years ago in
school together l knew him well. and
have known him and his career all along
from that time to the present day. 1t was
my good fortune and privilege during the
time of the Civil War to belong to little
band of Republican boys in the town of
Woodland, and that Republican band
chose for its leader then the man who
has ever since been leader in every walk
OF life in which he has taken his stand
and that leader was D. NJ. Burns (Ap-
plauSe.) And | come to say to you to-day
that we of Yolo repudiate the charges
that are made against him. Yolo has no
better friend in the State of California
that Hon. d. NJ. Burns. He has met with
reverses and during his time of need peo-
pie Of Yolo County, irrespective of party
came TO his support and years later
when fortune had smiled upon him, ne
returns to Yolo and let me tell you, my
friends, that YOU may thoroughly under
stand, he went throughout that county
and hunted up those who had helped him.
and In many cases all evidence of obliga-
ton had passed away-his debts were out
lawed-but he came there, and there is
not a man or woman to-day who can say
that he has not redeemed every obligation
he made. 1 can tell you, my friends, he
came there and sought those who had
assisted him. He paid them interest
compound interest-where they had
thrown the notes away and thought them
worthless. No man can do this and be
dishonest man. And we resent the charge
that he has ever owed the county of Yolo
anything that he has not repaid He
trusted to an employee and from that con-
f1dence he suffered, but like a man he
made good every dollar of the loss. We
believe that Dan Burns possesses the
ability to serve us well in Congress. We
know that he has served US well here as
a party. and If you would take from the
work of the Republican party during the
last ten years the efforts of Dan Burns
our series of successes would be materi-
ally diminished. In Yolo the word of Mr..
Burns is as good as his bond His bond
adds nothing to 1t. And in every walk of
life Mr.. Burns has been a true friend of
the people, an honest man. and l believe
the State Of California can do no better
than to honor him with the position to
which he now aspires. We are told that
Burns in any committee. selected where
you may, and when the report Of that
committee is made up it will bear the
impress of the work of Mr.. Burns. Gap
plauSe)