The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-11
Words Of Eulogy That Rang Well in the Ears Of the
Aspirants
Morehouse Carried Off the Palm His Tribute the Qualities Of General
Barnes While Others Told of the GOOD Traits of Their FayOriS
in Terms That Would Fit the Best Of Men,

| the Republican, all Joined in one special
| plea to our representatives in the highest
| halls of our National Congress TO support
this administration to maintain and pro-
tect our flag and extend our territory and
to let the world know that the American
| eagles cry shall be heard and that the
American eagle shall be carried TO the
| front as the Roman eagle was carried
until the world shall know that the
United States of America is the grandest,
the best and the greatest people on God S
| green EARTH
Nor are we alone on that question. 1
beg you to remember that a Senator now
is called upon to perform duty that no
Senator has been called upon to perform
! for more than a quarter of a century. We
are to deal with our relations with for
eign territories; and the man who stands
where our Webster stood, and the man
who stands where Blaine stood and the
man who stands where a Sumner stood,
must be a man big enough-he must be
man broad enough, he must be a man eio-
| Quent enough to represent our nation in
its relation to all the nations of the
| earth. Nor is that all. Out over the isles
| of the sea must be established a new 0ol-
icy. There must our flag be upheld; there
we will be brought into relations with
! these governments that will require man
! in the United States Senate that knows
! international law.
! We are to bring forth treaties; we are
to establish governments-some probably
| civil, others probably political, and as a
| protectorate, and in all this we need
man as big as the nation itself. Nor
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| gone forth. our matchless armies have
! carried victory before them, our navy has
astonished the world, until to-day all the
| eyes of civilization are looking up to the
! grandeur, the dignity, the character, the
| nobility and the patriotism of our land
| and of our country.
we need a man of experience; we need
man whose past life is but an earnest OF
man who can stand in the shoes of Web
ster in wisdom, who can stand there, IN
the fiery, burning eloquence of Clay. and
startle the world and let them know that
this empire here on the Pacific, this grand
California, has within it's borders as
any time in the history of the world; a
! Republican who learned his lesson of Re.
publicansm as it fell-golden truths Of
Abraham Lincoln, the matchless patriot
Wv When e lincoln made that memorable
e e1R Of that ms he might ns not be be assass
! mated when he arrived in the city
Of Washington, there was q. one r. then s only
to receive him, one who saw the great
patriot stand in his majesty and his>die-
nifty and heard the words of patriotism
and wisdom fall from his lips-and that
was General w. H. l.. Barnes or Califor-
MIA. (Applause)
For more than a quarter of century
his eloquent voice has held thousands
and thousands of people thrilled with its
beauty, with it's patriotism, with it's
For For more than quarter of a century
he has led the Republican party Of Cali
fornia. There is not a hamlet, there is
not a village, there is not a city-yea,
there is not a place in this State where
eloquence could be heard, where match
less beauty of expression might be ut
tered where patriotism could be aroused,
where the public mind could be thrilled
with marvellous oratory and beauty or
thought, where General Barnes has not
stood to represent the principles o. Of the
quarter of a century he has led our hosts
out in the front of battle. Like my friend,
| George a. Knight, whom ! love and
whose ability no man questons.so has
strange as it may seem-it is strange to
me- it is marvelously strange-that this
old Republican party of California, when
1t comes to the election of United States
Senator, forgets who its leaders have
been and who have stood the 6ru9t e, OF
battle to carry aloft t the c 3anner OF the
My friend Bulla comes from Los An
geIes-clean, kind, gentle. and able-and
Mr. Grantmwe all love S,s hi ntbay We r a
know that, when he was dying on the
banks of the Hudson and the doctors
finger touched the parting pulse OF that
whole world bowed It's head in sorrow and
in sympathy. We have no unkind words.
sented here. For Colonel Dan Burns, who
has made many fight in the Republican
party and whose organizing capacity and
whose executive ability and whose energy
none of us deny-we have no unktnd
words for him. But who, I pray, in all
this matchless galaxy Of good men can
better represent not only the Republican
party of California but represent the
State than General Barnes?
l arise, then, to present to this
many Democratic friends in the
Senate as well for their considera-
ton because If Barnes is elected we know
that the moment the ballot has been cast
he ceases to be a Repubican-he stands
as the representative OF every man, or
every woman. of every child in this great
State; and he will go to Washington, and
when he stands upon the floor Of the Sem
ate only short period of time will have
elapsed before the world will know that
ster in wisdom is there, and that patriot
like Lincoln and a patriot like Grant and
a patriot like Sumner represents the great
State of California In the United States
Senate.
triotisrn, 1 appeal to you in the name of
elouuence, l appeal to you in the name OF
the history of the Republican party-et
US not forget to send man, If we cannot
send General Barnes, to send man like
General Barnes. But I ask you to send
him to take the place of that honored
statesman and capable man who for the
last six years has given honor and glory
to California, the Hon. Stephen NJ White
and l ask, in his stead, and in the name
of the Republican party. let US elect Cen
eral W. H. l.. Barnes of San Francisco.
Senator Luchsinger-Mr President.
desire to second the nomination of w.
H. L. Barnes.
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