The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-12
nomination Irving NJ. Scott. In ring
ing voice he said:

We have come here to perform SOL
emn duty. l think we are at this time
confronted with a crisis which bids us
pause and ask ourselves in all sincerity
if, for once in the history of the State of
California. the office should seek the man,
and not the man seek the office. The peo-
pie of this great State are looking to
you to do your duty upon this floor.
Y~u were elected to represent constitu-
encies; you are not here to be subjected
to any intimidation. They send you the
word to let nothing dictate your vote eX-
cept the brain that is in your head:
You know that the administration of
President Mckinley and the administra-
ton of the war were issues in this cam
paign, and nothing that you can do or say
in behalf of any favored candidate can
wipe that proposition out from the minds
Of the people of the State of California.
The question that was submitted to the
American electorate on this Pacific Coast
and in every other State that cast its
vote for Governor in this campaign was
whether or not Mckinley was right in
all that he had done in the conduct of the
war, and whether or not he was right in
all that he intimated to us so far as the
results of the war were concerned and
the vote of California sent the message
back with 10000 majority for the head Of
the Republican ucket-sent the message
back, re-echoing, to Washington that as
long as Mckinley stood Tor America, as
long as he stood against foreign insolence
and oppression, as long as he held the
vultures of trade could not mar 1t, he
was entitled to the unswerving loyalty
and undying allegiance of every Cahfor-
MAN on this coast. (Applause.)
Now, when you stop to think Of the
names that have been made illustrious
during the war, the achievements that
have been made by Dewey and the fleet
at Santiago, l ask you who it is that
built the machines and gave them power
to make the name for the State of Cali
fornia. (Applause) Have you forgotten
| the trip of that monument of steel and
of American genius that covered herself
and California with glory? And who, all
through this campaign, has been in the
minds of the people of the State of Cali
| fornia, as a man who began at the bot
| tom of the ladder and built himself up
! until to-day, and who stands in the eyes
! of the world one of the most prominent
men on the Pacific Coast? Starting with
| the little iron works. of old Peter Dona-
| hue in South San Francisco, with hand
full Of men, by his own genius, working
! under the guidance of his own BRAIN I'M
aided by any influence outside of him
self, he has built up there an industry
| which to-day stands foremost in the eyes
of the world and at this moment has
! in the city and county of San Francisco.
Y GU cannot point to name in the State
| of California that will SO dignity labor
and all that 1t represents as that OF Irv-
ing M, Scott. If we are to have man
| of action: if we are to have a man of
achievement, then / submit to this Senate
! and this Assembly the name OF
| a. man who has proven himself a world
| beaten and has done more to put Calffor-
| MIA and the laborer of California in the
| forefront of the land than any other man
| in the State Of California. Let us cast
our vote for a representative of the State
| of California-Irving NJ Scott.
GILLETTE NoMINATES KNIGHT.
Senator Gillette of Humboldt, in plac-
ing the name Of George A. Knight in
nomination, said:
| AT this time questions of great moment
must be met and settled; questions of in
| ternational Importance will confront us
and 1t is the duty of every State in the
! United States TO see that representatives
are sent there who are capable, who have
| the ability, who have the learning and
| the brain to settle these questions so