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

Senator Boyce of Santa Barbara
spoke as follows in seconding Grants
nomination.:
Realizing the responsibility which rests
upon myself and believing as l do that
my fellow Senators are conscious of that
lact this is indeed an important hour. We
are called upon at this time to act and to
exercise what | believe to be the highest
political function that we enjoy We
must at such time as this, reflect upon
as this, fellow Senators, it behooves us
all to consider the attitude in which we
stand upon this floor. We are all here
IN a delegated capacity; we are here as
the agents of the people and we believe
at least | believe, and l think 1t is in
unison with the intelligent opinion of
every man-that when we exercise this
junction We should do SO with regard to
the effect thereof upon our principals.
Coming as l do from the southland, l rec
ognize the territorial eXpanse of our State
those airy regions which the eloquence of
my friend from Pasadena SO beautifully
depicted-but l do recognize the actual
conditions which confront US.
The physical conditions of our State are
such that our interests are diverse, and
there is no question but what the prece-
dent has been established in this State
that each of the sections Of the State
gress ought to be perpetuated. There are
questions affecting Southern California
which require familiarity and which de-
mand that a local representative should
stand In the Senate of the United States
in order that an intelligent treatment
thereof might be felt and understood. 1
believe, Mr.. President, that in the south
land we are entitled to have the seat
which has been 80 honorably and worthily
filled by the Hon. Stephen NJ. White filled
again with a candidate from that section
of the State; and, Mr.. President, l have
listened with some degree of interest to
the descriptions given in the nominating
speeches of the gentlemen who have been
named for this exalted place, and while
/ felt that some of those descriptions ex-
aCtly applied to the gentleman whom
ator, l felt that the only defect and the
only popularity of those speeches was the
tail-end where the distinction took place.
Now / believe and say here that my
constituents, whom | represent and for
whom l speak, have uttered their opinion
on this. subject l believe that we are
under obligations to listen to the voice Of
the people. | believe it is our duty to con-
constituents and that we, in fact, are
acting in a representative capacity. Be-
lieYing, and, I say, my constituents be-
lieVing that when the object and purpose
of our act is considered a man most emf
nently fitted to carry for our State into
the halls of Congress the passport issued
by the sovereign State of California which
will entitle him to represent us in that
august assembly, believe that that man
based upon a knowledge of him. based
upon what we know of hints Ulysses
S. Grant Jr. of San Diego.
Therefore, Mr.. President, It gives me
pleasure TO second his nomination. I be-
lieve at this time it is well said that ac-
Mr.. President any rejecting man knows
that action unguided by truth and honor
becomes destructive; and although the
steam engine, under the control of the