The San Francisco call., 1904-02-23


clshed. Warriors exchanged impreca-
lions The brave men Of the Bryan
: tribe cast slUrs at the committee on
resolutions because the report present
ed by the committee did not contain
a direct Endorsement Of the Kansas
City platform Of 1900. The warriors
.w-.o Were seeking TO promote peace in
the councils OF the Iroquois were de-
nounced as cowardIy skuIkers. The
feeling was so intense for a while that
the spectators We're in mortal dread
p least the epithet "Old squaw" would
be shot across the room at one Of the
suspected goldbugs from San Joaquin
County. William Jennings Bryan was
exalted as the grandest man OF the
world. In contemplating the greatness
Of Bryan many Of the warriors failed
TO remember the Democratic achieve
ments Of jefferson and jackson. Cleve-
lands name was never mentioned and
not the slightest allusion was made
? 10 any Democratic administration since
the days Of Andrew Jackson. There
was a mild form Of applause when the
name OF Hearst was mentioned in the
committees report. The name Of Liv-
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Of adulation. The real hero OF the
hour was Oscar Hooks. A great tu-
mutt OF applause hailed the announce
ment OF his election 10 the proud posi-
. tion Of grand sachem of the Iroquois
League Of California.
The brandish Of the tomahawk and
the .gleam Of the scaIping knife did
not strike terror TO the hearts Of the
committeeman. They fought vigorous
ly against Endorsement Of the silver
craze OF 1896 and 1900, and succeeded
by a vote Of - 70 is IN placing on the
table the proposition to amend the COM
mittee's report.
So the message has gone forth TO
kindred tribes that Bryan IS no longer
the great medicine man Of the IrOQuOis.
There was a small picture OF William
Randolph Hearst-a picture no bigger
than q mans hand-on the wall Of the
wigwam.
TAKERS TO THE FRONT.
The chief order Of exercises yester-
p day afternoon was talk, more talk and
. plenty Of taik. J. Aubury Jones Of Al
ameda County held his own against all
-comers. He wondered what spell had
come over the American people that
would permit them 10 tolerate a re-
Lusal on the part OF Congress to ad-
journ in honor Of WashingtOns birth
day. is ii not true, he asked, that the
words Of Washington's immortal fare
well address are a rebulIe TO the spirit
of. cOmmercialism, greed and graft,
now so rampant in the country. The
Alameda orator saw many danger sig
gals. Ii was not hidden from his un-
Outstanding that the dominant party
vas preparing for an alliance with
formidable European powers. He sus-
pected that the administration was
'-etting ready 20 mix in the Russian
japanese war IN order to obtain a
sphere Of influence IN the Chinese en-
pire.
Resolutions introduced by Mr.. Jones
and amended on motion of J. c. Rud-
dick Of Mendocino were adopted. These
resolutions favor a Quickening Of the
spirit Of patriotism and advise that the
Governor Of the State shall parade the
militia on Washington's birthday: that
every citizen should spread the flag TO
the breeze and that Congress should
either adjourn or hold fitting memorial
services
There was no chance for a scrim-
.7nage on the proposition to honor
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Joseph German suggested that the
:. school children should walk out on that
. immortal anniversary.
The event Of the afternoon was the
report Of the committee on resolutions,
~ ". J. Locke San Francisco, chairman.
Others Of the committee were Judge
John z. Raker. Modoc; Frank Garrett,
Los Angeles; W. N. Gibson, Stockton;
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San Francisco. J. B. Sanford, Ukiah,
and William Cannon. San Francisco.
Sixteen subjects are treated in the
report. The course pursued by the
dominant partv IS regarded as alarm
ing. Trusts are denounced. There is a
declaration that the tariff laws should
be amended. The action OF Congress
man Hearst IN introducing e bill to
abolish the Elkins amendment and re-
store the Imprisonment penalty in the
antitrust law is indOrsed. The con-
tfnued building up Of the navy is IA
vored with recommendation that the
work be given TO national shipyards.
The immediate construction OF an
fnteroceanic canal is approved. The
Democracy Of the country is congratu-
lated on the seating Of +. J. Livernash
from the Fourth Congressional district
Of California Scandals in the Post
Office Department are pronounced de-
plorable. A Just and wise income tax
is favored. The right OF labor to Or
ganize is conceded The recommenda-
rfon Of the committee in this respect
was received with profound silence.
An intelligent system Of improving the
arid lands Of the West is commended.
. one paragraph Of the report reads as
b follows:
We deplore the fact that any official head Of
cr1r Government should frame its policy upon
rhe proposition that the end 5usti1es the
rneans'-snd while firm in belief
in the benefits 10 be derived from an inter-
oceanic canal. We regret that such an end
should be brought about by the means that
the administration has seen nf 70 employ in its
Gealings with the republic OF Colombia Ad-
raurages obtained by the sacrifice OF national
- honor are too highly paid for.