The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

factional feeling. was not disap-
pointed, for 1 received it. I wanted the
support of all classes and of all IN
terests, because If nominated and elect
ed / would be the Governor of all
classes and of all interests.
wanted the good will of the farmer,
the miner. the laborer the merGnant
and those at the head of our railway
systems and / got support from all, put
am owned by none. l believe That az
thought | would be fair, as l nave
always tried to be in public life; and
this is all any one can ASK, ana tnis, II
elected, 1 propose to be.
l believe in developing every interest
in our State. of giving loyal support TO
every industry. to tn the end END tfas sssr. our
again that l am not the candidate of
any man. of any faction or OF any
corporation, but the candidate OF the
Republican party, and if elected will be
the Governor of the people, irrespective
of party-just the same as Governor
Pardee has been; and hope and trust
that my administration will reach the
high standard which he has set.
But this is the opening of the Re-
publican campaign. and 1t is with re-
spect to our party and It's pollcleS that
l now desire TO address myself, believ.
ing that our party is right and that
its cause is just We will now submit
the reasons for. our belief, and the
grounds upon which we hope to receive
the support of a large majority or
the votes of this State.
PARTY KEEPS PLEDGES.
We have kept the pledges made by
| our party in 1886, when William Nc
Kinley was nominated as our standard
| bearer; and before mentioning those
! pledges / desire to refer to conditions
! existing just prior to 1893, when Gro
yer Cleveland and a Democratic House
The nation was prosperous under
President Harrison's administration
Farmers were doing WELL laborers
our mills were all in operation our
! commerce, both foreign and domestic
was in a healthy condition. There was
at the end of 1892 $1,000. 100000 in Cir
culation and the amount per capita was
The people had gradually Increased
their deposits in the savings banks
from year to year up to 1893 In 1882
the clearing g-house returns of the
United States showed in round num-
| bers $4,000, ,000, 900.
notwithstanding our prosperity
/ which had continued over number ol
years, the people in 1892 were demand.
ing change. The Democratic party
had been insidiously at work; it ha6
! denounced the Republican party as the
friend of the rich and strong, and al
enemy to the poor and weak. as 1t Ii
4 doing today. It's advocates said thai
Il its laws were passed to make the ricf
| richer and the poor poorer. The,
p
robber tariff and denounced the Nc
Kinley bill as an outrage upon thu
i working classes, the farmers and the
poor consumers.
PEOPLE WE'RE FOOLED.
For once in the history of our coun
try the people, who usually are right
were fooled; they stopped to listen t
Democratic arguments, they were car
ried away by Democratic sophistries
they believed that the tariff was /;
robber and that Republican policies
were simply stones slowly but steadil.
grinding away the life and substance
OF the common people; they were per
suaded that it. was best to- return
again to good old Democratic doctrines
and TO support the old party of jackson
and Jefferson. the party of the people
they were promised that the great bur
den placed upon them by the. Nick inle,
bill should be removed. that the rob
Der tariff should be arrested smanaclet
and imprisoned, and that their wage
should be increased and the cost o
living decreased.
Believing all of this, in November o
1882, date never to be forgotten b,
this generation, the people of this ma
ton, the sovereigns of this country
marched to the polls and by their vote
I smote down the Republican party ans
all 1t stood for. turned the;rascals out
returned once more to good old Dem
cratic doctrines and then gathere,
around their f1resides to rejoice owe
the good work done and to wait 70
the great tide OF prosperity which wa