The San Francisco call., 1904-10-16
Be|shaw and Davis
Address Voters
of SauSaIito.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAUSALITO, Oct. 15.-The largest
and most enthusiastic Republican
mass-meeting of the campaign was
held here tonight in honor of Charles
M. Belshaw; Republican candidate for
reelection for joint Senator from
Marin and Contra Costa counties. The
Sausalito band met Mr.. Belshaw at
the depot and escorted him to the hail.
where a vast audience awaited him,
and when he took his seat upon the
platform he was heartily cheered.
w. J. Martin, chairman of the even
ing, called the meeting to order and
in few we'll chosen words introduced
Mr.. Belshaw, who spoke in part as
follows:
The present campaign is not ma
terially different from that of four
years ago, and 1 am constrained to be-
lieve that the result will be the same.
The trials and hardships of SO.
'94 and '95 should still be fresh in the
minds of all and l do not believe there
is any desire on the part of our citi-
zens to return to them. We cannot
afford to retrograde. We are too we'll
satisfied with progress and prosperity.
And this we have had in the fullest
measure during the last eight years
under Republican administration.
Protection TO American labor and
American industry is still our watch
word and under its beneficent inf1u-
ence we shall continue to build UP and
strengthen our nation. A fair days
pay and a chance to earn it is still
guaranteed by the policies of the Re-
publican party. The home market is
that for which we contend and we
shall not surrender it to foreign ma
tions by a reckless reduction of our
protective tariff. History tells us that
since the establishment of our Govern
ment our years of progress and pros
perity have been under the influences
of protective tariffs; tariffs enacted for
the purpose of protecting our laboring
men against the pauper wages of for
eign countries. History also tells us
that all of our periods Of depression
and hard times have been during
those years when the tariff was on the
revenue only basis, or at least it was
not constructed with the idea of pro-
tecting our industries and laborers
Our Democratic friends have de-
nounced our present tariff as rob-
berry They assert that on account of
the high tariff the people are COM
PEELED to pay too much for what they
must buy; that reduction of the
tariff would bring about a much
needed reduction in the price of COM
modities and that the people would
therefore be the gamers
1T is. much better state Of affairs
to have prices high and money to buy
with than to have prices cheap and no
money. High prices and high wages
are the best evidences of general pros
perity, and general prosperity is the
best indication of the welfare of
country and its people. The prosperity
of our United States and the general
condition of our people surpass that of
any nation on earth. The necessities
of our laboring men would be consid-
cred luxuries by the laborlng people of
other lands. And the many luxuries
which are enjoyed by our laborers are
often not had by the upper and middle
classes of Europe. Our universal con-
dition of plenty is the direct result of
the protective policy of the Republican
party. Our people are aware of this;
they are satisfied with their condition,
and l don't believe they are going to
vote against the party whose policies
and administration have made life so
pleasant and enjoyable for them.
Theodore Roosevelt stands to-day
the foremost of Americans. His sturdy
character and perfect manhood are not