The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-04
FREE SILVER ABANDONED.


could talk o. nothing but free silver. and
they prophesied all manner Of evils II gold
were made the standard This year you cant
get them 70 Say a word about silver. But
they trying 20 make an issue out OF
Roosevelt
I. for che. an glad they are. They say that
he Is tnpetuous. Maybe Re Is But where
hes his inpstuosity gene Erong7 We wanted
the Postofhce thieves prosecuted. Roosevelt
was inperuous enough 70 send q half dozen
O. them 70 Jail We wanted the railroad
mergers broken Up Roosevelt's inpetuosity
cd L. We wanted The coal strike settled.
Rooseyelts irnpetuosity settled IT. We wanted
the isthmus canal. Had il not been Tor Roose-
velts impetuosity Il would stu be in the
dim and misty future I Ike that kind Of
impetuos.ry. Il is the kind o. impetuosity
that does things Il is the kind OF iupetuosity
that sounds good 20 Americans and gives them
feeling that we have as President a man
who can be depended upon 70 do whatever is
necessary 70 be done.
Lincoln once said 10 some ore Eha implanted
20 him that Grant was drinking whisky: You
don't know what kind he drinks. DO you2 I'd
send hogshssd OF il 70 each OF our generals
Z I thought il would make them as good
generals he is" And. Tor ne. I would
Ike 70 give al public men a dose Of
Roosevelte impetuosity Il il would make them
% the things he has done
Las year California was hono-ed BY the
presence o. the President You saw him. you
heard him and you recognized in him q true
American. patriotic. with only the highest and
best motives ever uppermost in his mind.
Clean. honest and with that kind OF in
petuosity which does things With a sound
mind in q sound body. il Is safe 10 say that
Roosevelt's coming four years as President will
be successful his past three have been.
told him q few weeks ago that California
would give him majority that would over
shadow al other Republican ua5orities she
ever gave Was I right? VIII she do it?
Cries Of yes. yes
Secretary OF the Treasury Shaw one Of the
Presidents official family has come to Calf
fornis 70 tell something more than We al
ready know O. his chief. and 70 recall 10 our
minds things which II q national campaign
& Is well for US 70 remember. Mr.. Secretary.
san Francisco audience Is before you. feel
sure that you viii soon be friends. Ladies
and gentlemen. Secretary Shaw.
The references in the Governors
speech 10 President Roosevelt's sterling
character and the brief review OF his
work in the direction Of the isthmian
canal enterprise elected mighty shouts
OF approval. There was a tumult Of
applause, repeated and renewed, when
Secretary Shaw stepped forward in re-
Spouse to the Governors Introductory
remarks The Secretary invited silence
by the motion Of his hands. When
tranquility was renewed he paid a
merited compliment 10 the audience.
OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
Secretary Shaw then spoke as fol-
lows:
PERHAPS few % Us recognize the importance
% political campaigns. Neither mathematics
nor science. nor ststecrzft are among the
natural munitions Of the human mind. They
must al be acquired. And about TIE only
ttrne that the American people study statecraft
Is during national campaign self-govern-
ns1t Is the hardest task ever yet undertaken
BY Esa ard = the American people continue
ssif-goTe-ling and self-governed people II
vii be because the rank ard nle study the
science o. ssf-g0vernEent- You insist thar
your representatives in Congress shall under
stand the propositions before the Congress
and you demand that they vote as 70 best
conserve your interests. 7 an here Insisting
that YOU Al the polls shall 50 vote as TO con-
serve my Interests. ! am here 70 demand the
same character not the same degree OF
Craftsmanship a. the polls as you demand on
the floors CT legislative bodies. State and
national.
Politics IS not Z squabble for Office. Politics
Is the science Of self-goveTnment- The issues
O. a campaign do not have their beginning
ana endinE In the election O., men TO Office
Candidates are usually acceptable men The
Issues OF e campaign are between measures
not between men political party must be
something more than an aggregation OF Office
seekers. A political uarty ought a. least 10
represent some principle OF SELF government
and il ought TO stand for the same principles
o. self-government continuously.
Tor half century the Republican party
and the Democrats party have been rivals in
seeking the sufIrzces OF the people To the
extent that they have sought the suffreEes OF
the people IL support OF the principles ana
economic ideas taught By them thew have
been IN the truest and best sense political
parties; bat 10 the extent that they have
sought the SURFACES o. the people for the
emolUmenfs q oltce OF for the hoao-s OF
political supremacy they have been sggrega-
fions Of demagcgnes and unworthy Of the SUI
frsEes Of anybody
EEsTy active citizen Is both q producer sns