The San Francisco call., 1899-10-15
HORACE DAVIS ADDRESSING THE REPUBLICANS METROPOLI


has come and we of this city have re-
ceived the benefit of it.
Il believe we have no conception of the
commerce that is destined to spring up
| between this coast and the teemlng mil
lions of Asia and we here shall receive the
! full share of It, Our country, thanks to
the wise policy of protection has become
an exporter of manufactured goods, and
the ships that so from this port over to
China-something like seven or eight each
month-are filed full with American
products bound for the millions of Asia
steel rails. cotton goods, flour, wine. all
the products of this American territory
are exported, and we receive in return
| the silks and the oil and the goods of
Asia. This trade is destined to increase
to an amount we can have to-day no i'm
aglnation Of, and with it our city will
grow, and II we are wise and If under this
new charter. we are able to provide just
and economical and wise government I
think, the widest Imagination of any
man MAJ n 9ere re- VIII fail to realize the possibili
Let us then be up and doing. Let us
ProVlde wise government and sound laws
Let us see that the city is kept in the
right and the sound course and with an
honest primary and good citizens taking
an interest in the new charter and a
sound ana economical government, the
increasing foreign trade, bringing millions
or wealth into our Golfers, l see in the
future San Francisco marching forward
with the 'front.' rank of modern great mu-
inequalities" (Applause)
Great Reception to I. M. Scott.
When the uproar of cheering had sub
sided Chairman Kahn arose and said:
when I was in Washington last win
ter I was surprised and delighted at the
attention which had been attracted to
California and San Francisco since the
breaking out Of the war with Spain. I
knew this was great city and 1 knew
some OF the reasons for it's greatness I
had seen the battleShips Oregon and the
olympia; but it was not until | saw the
oregon and Olympia in action that I un-
derstood, clearly what you Californians
mean when you eXclaim Great Scottp
daughter and applause.) Gentlemen. it
gives me great pleasure to introduce to
you Irving M. Scott" (Uproarious ap-
plause)
AS soon as he could make himself heard
Mr.. Scott said:
Il came down here tonight to ask
every Republican and every good citizen
to vote straight Republican ticket from
top to bottom at the next election There
is not a nominee on the ticket that any
one need feel ashamed for having voted
for. My Democratic friends claim the
credit for this new charter. / have been
connected with the framing of every
charter that has been presented to the
people of San Francisco until the last
one, and that is the only one that the
citizens voted in favor of. 1t is a good
law and only humbug would make the
assertion that the Republicans would not
enforce it. We showed the people what
we could do when we framed the charter
ana we Will snow tnem what intend
to do when we elect Horace Davis Maynr
Mr.. Davis, in his modesty, did not saw
that he was going to administer the new.
law, but l will say it for him. The city is
on the verge of liberation from the chains
that made her captive Of corruption and
political bosses. The Republican marty
has always been opposed to the misap-
preparation of public funds, and now Is
the time to elect men who can be trusted
and who are known to be true to every
trust that was ever imposed upon them
Let me tell you that Horace Davis has al
ways been on the firing line in the battle
for good government.
California Always in Front.
california has been foremost in MANY
of the most important events of the ma
ton. In our great civil strife the stream
of gold that we poured from our mines
into the national treasury was the tie
that bound together the two extremes of
the nation. California put the first VOL
unteer regiment in the field during the
Rebellion. In the late war with Spain it
was California built ship that carried
the day off Santiago. When the Oregon
trained her guns on the Spanish vessels
running at speed she had never reached
before, doing frightful execution with her
batteries, her work was the triumph of
California mechanics"
Charles j. King candidate for Super
visor, followed Mr.. Scott. He said he had
been resident of the city since 1S49, and
although a native of the District of CO.
lumbia had been raised in the city by
the Golden Gate.
''I have noticed all of the trials through