The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-09
DELMAS MAKES APPEAL
FOR CONGRESSMAN HEARST.

Mr.. Delmas said, in part:
For the first time In history Calitornis pre.
chief Executive OF the Republic one born and
| reared upon her soil. S"a bespeaks your In
I animate he- hopes and the claims which jus
tifv the aspirations OF her son.
past political career 'tands as an assurance o,
v.ct%Fy in the fgtn5e; I,e .. ~ stranger to pub
lie lfe. He is to-day the representative q in
the mDsEs s,ats s vSr %hes sop., !: n8s I
vote q or ha IS stain . Ge 10 look foT
tory next November. can he carry New f2-k,
Let the experience Of the past answer. LESS
.1c, {han Two 9cs Gcsrs the hso "a had the
democratic nominee for Msvor nt Hfsa. Ss.,r, Nv
carried ar b" more than 1900. Such majority
exceeds by more than 200 shaf bsrore siTsn N IN n.
arn.d nnd ,.,ns 6s Is. sg5.t
year later to the ,t pemor5a5, 5,o ,,e ean1-
sre ,est ,he iDs Weight which DostsTtv accord.
honored ana historic name % Tnas s majority rep
Wns ,,seI such percentage ever, before equsiee,
YES rgSh aj sy ee sysr befcr. scsrSss
n sonsIsssS9naa a. T5BiSx G,55s; n Sew .,. Yo. s
had been a candidate in the whole municipal
M ID Se Ssnd e;y aSf"!SiRs OF Se% fort ' s1
Of 20 'oco. Had he been running in tlIe sta'e
eaed Sr h
pueilcans in the rural district.-he wotill have
essd th. BY b. ras ma'f 0i the Stat. .,
Hew YORK !. Indispensable to your success.
Of chR Rll abi,y shi s to carry AIRY IL Win You rad MN in
atranEer to that stste: or W, IL, YOU ,, aad hini
di,.ate has thus already eciip.ed at the roies'
DO you want a nom nee OF proved and IN
Wh.re wiIi~yGu find one whose party f.a;ty
can claim superiority to his? In h." hou,, ThiSa
ship: in the days when ido'atrous alurern'n.s
were spread forth. others have fore.vorn The
temselTe. htlri II % tefore the golden caf-hi, ai.si
auce has known no WAGERING; ms osroIlcn srs sss
in adverstity. in sunshine and in storm. through
s9od and .h5oush .si, repu'e his Democracy
Not here the place to recount the nupbeE-
candidates nature and disposition have been
displayed. Tine would not permit even th'
OF asylums founded hospitals established. uni
p.fIi's sndowsd o. R,,s.s, .,.sg es'f rss ,nd seI
tered during the long and bitter winters OF
the great metropolis.
and even Of that l need not in person speak.
APPEALS TO DELEGATES
FROM LONE STAR STATE.
To you who sit under the constellation os
the Lone Star. to you. representatives Of that
great State whose imperial bounds sm.rscs
Grarde and the Caribbean Sea; to you tam
and BID YOU freak for me When on mat
the breath Of the hurricane swept the
southern coast. and the waters Of the deep, de-
fying the laws o. gravitston. stood Ike ridges
OK fluid mountains threatening to deluse tEs
Continent. and, In a few brief hours I'll. met
ropoiis Of the Gulf was made scene Of desc
laIion. when human sympathy was stricken
dumb and human energy stood psra'yEed in
the presence of the countless dead and tire
spectacle of universal havoc, who was the
first to come 10 the succor OF the ruined city?
York and from Chicago and from san Fran
cisco siInu taneous trains bearing stores OF
fU i and Of clothing, OF medicines and Q.
medical stores, OF nurses and physicians and
surgeons; sped like a trinity of m!nistsrns
angels flying on wings Of mercy to the r.iist
Men Of the South. you upon whose soii
American Democracy first saw the light. yov.
the hereditary custod.ans OF Its purest trad.
political life. is bound up with its fate. y1::
IN whose annals the events or tns day NAV
mark epoch more fatal than any wnicn
has gone by since the war-rnsn Of the Sou.i.
to vou next speak
Do YOU want your nomine. a man vho-e
descent. whose past career, and whose pres-nt
attitude afford :rref:agfbie guarantees OF
sympathy. and give proof OF accord upon the
great questions with which the very eIis encs
Of your people as race are involved? II yuu
OF California TO command your confidence and
enlist your support?
Upon the momentous questions which affec:
you every sentiment Of his heart is by the
sheer force OF heredity with YOU. The sane
blood tha, flows 'hroush your veins courses
forefathers belong to the South, on the ma
ternal side he comes from Virginia. On the
patcrnal, through senealogy, which parallels
that of her Jscksons and OF her Calhouns