The San Francisco call., 1904-10-16


alone admired by the people of his own
country, but by the people of the world
No President of these United States has
ever attracted the attention of the peo-
pie of the world generally and gained
their admiration and esteem more than
has Theodore Roosevelt. He is dis
tinctively a man from the people, and
by training and association has emf
nently fitted himself for the position
which he now holds and to which the
people will re-elect him on the Sth day
of next November
Hon. John F. Davis followed in a
masterful address. He was born and
spent his early youth in Marin Coun-
ty and was soon at home with his
audience. He first said a good word
for Mr.. Olmsted, the candidate for
the Assembly, and then paid a glowing
/ tribute to the faithfulness and rugged
honesty of his friend, Senator Bel
shaw
| He explained at length how the
present unwieldy size of the House of
7 Representatives has compelled the
adoption of a working plan under
| which the form and even the text of
all important bills is determined in
! the caucus of the predominant party
and how constituency is handicapped
unless it is represented by one who
can on account of his afhliation with
the party in power go into such a
caucus and there take part in the
formation of the bill itself He showed
how of late years diligent Democratic
| rT1a arrlh
pealing to United States Senators to
tack their amendments. when accept
able to the majority, on to the bill in
the Senate, and thus accomplishing
what little they can; that if in the
future the membership of the House
shall be reduced to something like it's
former size. then the House can re-
sumo its mission as deliberative
body, and minority members ag.in
have some influence in debate on the
! floor, but until that time minority
member on the floor is simply a voice
crying in the wilderness. for the de-
| liberation takes place in the caucus,
and the vote on the floor is ratihca-
tion of the caucus deliberation.
IF you are a non-partisan, there
fore, but believe that this administra-
ton has done so we'll that the Re-
| publicans will control the next House,
then you should vote for a Republi-
can in Congress. for he can be present
| in person at the political council board
| and more effectively help shape leg
| islation in favor of your local inter-
ests than the most brilliant Demo-
crat, who may not enter. If you are
Republican and believe in the main
| tenance of the principles and policies
, of your party, and in sustaining the
hands of your President, then it is
political idiocy to vote for any Demo-
crat for Representative, no matter
how able, for if the Democrats gain
control of the House, they can, under
the present system, clog and block the
wheels of every beneficent policy con-
The argument on national matters
was a straightforward discussion of
policies and events, and the appeal
was not to Republicans, but was ad-
dressed to those Democrats who had
voted for Mckinley on the one hand,
and'lto those Democrats who had fol-
lowed Bryan and still believed that his
policies are right on the other.
why has this campaign thus far
been so quiet? Simply because the
Democrats have been unable to agree
among themselves upon anything that
can be given the semblance of an is
sue. Those things that could be made
an issue they cannot agree upon, and
the few things upon which they can
agree cannot be tortured into an is
sue. That is the uncontrovertibIe fact
, Roosevelt and his party are of one
mind-they agree-they represent a
definite policy upon everything. On
the main questions that can arise
| Parker and his party are not in ac-
cord. The Democratic party is, for
example, rent in twain on the all-in-
portant question of finance.
Let me for the moment address my
self to those of you who voted for Nc
Kinley on account of your opinions on
the question of sound money. You re-
member the famous debate in the com
mittee on resolutions at the st. Louis
convention. The views upon that SUBJ
ject there expressed represented every
thing from Bedlam to Belmont
80 hopelessly was the party divided
that finally after the most strenuous
debate of the session, after demon
strating to the country by the length of