The San Francisco call., 1905-02-14

bent on seeing that the Union Wnich Ndsnlns
ton founded and which Lincoln saved from de-
struction shall grow nobler ana greater
throughout the ages.
REGARD FOR THE SOUTH.
I believe in this country with all my heart
and soul 1 believe that our people VIII In
the end rise level to every need will in the
end triumph every difficulty that rises
before them. I could not have such confident
faith in the destiny OF this mighty people II
/ had II merely regards one portion Of that
people Throughout land things on the
whole have grown better and not worse and
this is true Of one part of the country as
1t is Of another. 1 believe in the Southerner
as I believe in the Northerner. l claim the
right TO feel pride in his great qualities and in
HIS great deeds exactly as feel pride in the
great qualities and deeds Of every other Amer
lean
and We shall go up or go down together; and
believe that we shall go up and not down
that we shall 60 forward instead Of halting
ana falling back, because have an abiding
faith IN the generosity, the courage, the resolu-
tion and the common sense Of all my country
men.
The Southern States face difficult problems
and so do the Northern States. Some of the
problems are the same for the entire country.
ton: and yet others exist in greater inten-
sity in another section. But in the end they
viii all be solved; for fundamentally our peo-
pie are the same throughout this land: the
same in the qualities of heart and brain and
hand which have made this republic what it
is in the great to-day: which viii make il
what 1t is to be in the infinitely greater to-
morrow I admire and respect and believe in
and have faith u the men and women of the
South as / admire and respect and believe in
and have faith in the men and women of the
North. All Of us alike. Northerners and South
erners Fasteners and Westerners can best
prove our fealty to the nations past by the
way in which do the nations work in the
children children shall inherit Abraham Lin
coins single-hearted devotion to the great un-
changing creed that righteousness exalteth a
nation"
JOKED BY DOLLIVER.
The President received an ovation at
the end of his speech and many times
during his address he was forced to
pause until the diners had made mani
fest their approval of his utterances.
When the applause had Subsided, Sem
ator Dolliver was introduced The
President, who had an engagement to
address the Press Club, waited to hear
the Iowa speaker.
In the course of his speech, Senator
Dolliver made reference to the Senate's
vote on Saturday last on President
RooseVelts treaty proposition which
brought the diners to their feet and
caused the President to smile. The
Senator said:
Abraham Lincoln had a treaty Of
peace which was never sent to the Sen
ate. 1t made him the ally of the Lord
of Hosts
The President remained until Sena-
tor Dolliver had concluded, when he
left the banquet chamber
KNIGHT SPEAKS FOR COAST.
George A. knight Of California closed
the speaking. Knight said in part:
It needed no prophetic mind to know that
the work of the Republican party was TO main
tain the Union, preserve the dignity of its
labor. establish national credit equip and
maintain an army for civil war, the most stu
nan lows fn .
age, steadfastness OF purpose and patriotism
10 face the awful peril OF the hour but the
Republican party never faltered.
If no Republican party had been at Lincoln's
side a dissolution of this Union would have
been a fact after the first shot at our flag at
Sumter. Had there been no Democratic or
ganization in the North the war of the re-
beliion would not have lasted twenty minutes
may be inexact as TO time. but you get my
The craftsmanship OF our Republican lead
ers is more than magnihed by the conditions
confronting US on the Pacific Coast to-day.
me poHucst sagaeity OF Seward in the pur-
chase Of Alaska marked another era in our
acquisition of territory necessary for our ma
tlonal progress and prosperity. and had it not
been for the "scuttle policy that crept into
national policy at too early a day-when the
Importance of the Pacific Coast was scarcely
known and clearly nlisunderstood-we'd have
had an unbroken seacoast Ene from the Gulf
Of California TO Bering Sea and no alien flag
sailing from a foreign port competing with our
commerce could aid in driving the American
flag from the high seas.
Much has been said about the trade with
the Orient. but very few OF US have any definite
conception of the immensty of the business
that may be opened up to American merchants
and manufacturers in that region.
With Asia and Oceanica together the popu-
lation aggregates $50, 600, 0O0 in an area Of
1S,oo0.000 square miles The trade of these
countries is already immense. In this estimate
no allowance is made for the Pacific Coast of
the continents Of North and South America,
whose trade will bring the entire commerce
Of the Pacific to more than 81, SOC, 000, 900
year.
Come to California. and see an emerald set
round with the diamond of the Sierras
and the surf of the sea-an empire in herself
that bids you and yours godspeed and well
come She is Republican from principle and
believes in the policies of that party, and did
believe in them time when II was vital
TO the life of this very nation that she should
be loyal to the flag of the Union. She has
golden fruits. of mine and tree, and every re-
source within her domain that made this
nation great. We invite you OF the En-
pire State. representing the wealth, some of
the intelligence and more of trade to look
west of the Missouri River and the op-
portunities that beckon you, to help along the
triumphal procession Of the Republican party
of to-day.
Come to San Francisco the keeper of the
gate of gold; tarry with night; win
give you the key, and when morning dawns,
in the sacred presence of the memories of our
dear departed heroes, we will look out ard
upon that great ocean ana ask the God Of
Nations TO wed her to our commerce and our
flag.