The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11
VALENTINE NAMES BULLA

r. N. Bulla was placed in nomination
by L. H. Valentine of Los Angeles. He
said:
Mr.. Speaker and Members of the Assem-
bly,: desire to place in nomination a gen.
tleman for the position of United States
Senator who has the characteristics Of
one who should be elected to that posi-
ton, and who possesses a qualification
that it is absolutely essential to success
in the halls of Congress; man with
ability and character. All these quail
fications are necessary, but there is
still another to which I wish to
refer and which is possessed to an emf
nent degree by the gentleman whom |
take pleasure and pride in naming, and
that is experience in legislation. The
gentleman whom l shall name is one who
has sat in this hall for two terms and
in the Senate of this great State of ours
for one term and one session, and is now
occupying his seat for the second session
And l say that of all legislators of this
great State, from those golden days Of
'49 to the present. there has been no one
who has stood higher in the estimation
of the people for his splendid ability. care
full judgment and shrewd discrimination
as legislator and for a strict adherence
to all questions of right and firm determi-
nation and stand against all questions of
wrong. 1t has been stated that when he
sat here as member of this Legislature, a
member of this branch especially in his
second term, that all eyes were turned
important questions, and as he voted so
voted those who were DESTROYS of doing
right and standing for the best interests
and welfare of the people of the State of
California His name is a name that is
made illustriOuS from one end of the State
of California to the other by his own
hand. He is a man that stands to-day
we'll known from Siskiyou to San Diego.
He is a man that If elected to the United
States Senate will be an honor to the
State of California. And I say to you.
gentlemen. that now when all eyes are
turned to California as a center almost of
civilization, It behOOVeS us TO look to the
qualifications of our Senators. Now,
gentlemen, I shall detain you but mo-
ment. l wish to say that the gentleman
position Is one who is loved by all who
know him. His own people in our great
county of Los Angeles, where he has been
returned to the Legislature time and
again by the unanimous wish of the con-
vention and by almost unanimous wish
of the people, love him for what he has
done In the last convention of our
county which was the largest convention
ever assembled in the county of Los
Angeles, the most representative body of
casion to bring to the public eye the
splendid qualifications Of my candidate
and to indorse him unqualifiedly for this
high and distinguished position. And,
gentlemen of the Assembly, can but re-
peat to you and say that in the nomina-
ton of Robert N. BuIla for United States
Senator (applause) and in his election you
will select q man that stands the peer or
any man in this great State OF California
in point of the essential elements that go
to make up great man and great sen sen
ator. Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, 1 take
great pleasure in nominating the ZION;
Robert n BuIla for the position of United
States Senator.