The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
GILLETT GREETED
BY PARADERS.
By Martin Madsen.

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 5.-The capital
city gave James n. Gillett a reception
tonight that was beyond even the ex-
pectations of his friends A great pa
rade, faring with enthusiasm, a large
audience waving thousands of flags in
its abundant cheering and a general
acclaim of approval marked the close
of the very successful tour the stand
ard-bearer has made of the great val
ley of the north.
Il am not the candidate of any corpo-
ration, of any man or of any set of
didate in his vigorous fashion, and in
stantly the audience was on its feet
cheering him again and again.
IF I am elected Governor of this
State" he continued, IT will represent
only one interest, and that is the inter
est of the people of California"
Again there was a tremendous re-
sponse to the words that rang with
deep earnestness.
"I only wish my wife and daughter
and little son were here with me to-
night" Mr.. Gillett proceeded. ito meet
the cordial people with whom we are
TO make our home the next four years.
wish they were here to see this kindly
demonstration toward me. When take
the high office of Governor next Janu-
ary my family will be here with me
and Sacramento shall be our home.
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE CLEAN.
1T shall be my ambition to make as
good a Governor as / can. And when
my administration shall be concluded 1
shall want the people to say that 1t has
been as good an administration and as
clean an administration as that which
Governor Pardee has given the State.
1t shall be my aim to have the people
of this great State of California to re-
spect me as their chief executive as
they have respected Governor Pardee.
/ want to make my administration an
honor to myself and a phase Of my life
on which I and my children can look
back and not be ashamed"
These utterances had a kindling eff
feet and the audience was in tumultu-
Gus applause. Many women were pres
ent and they rose to their feet and
Joined the men in the demonstrations.
Another sentiment that was heartily
applauded was that the speaker cared
not for what a hostile press or an op-
posing party might say, he would con-
duct his campaign honorably and with
out mud-slinging.
I wonder what Jefferson and jack
son and the other great Democrats of
the past would say of affairs If they
should come back to earth7" he asked
Suppose they should inquire what the
issues of the campaign were? What
would the present day leaders of
Democracy have for reply? There would
be scratching of heads and then
would be a desperate answer Hearst
Herrin, the Santa Cruz convention and
an imaginary line with Hearst on one
side and Bell on the other making
faces at each other
MUST ABUSE SOMEBODY.
The unhappy Democratic partv nust
have somebody TO abuse. 1t cannot find
sufiicient object for attack outside its
own ranks and therefore has turned
back on its own fold. But so far as I
am concerned I will say that both my
opponents are young men whom / es-
TEEN and they can rest assured that I
shall engage in no ud-slinging tactics
against them for mere political enter
prise"
Mr.. Gillett went at length into the
labor question, expressing his unquali-
fed approval of the organization of
labor and upholding the declarations
Of President Roosevelt on the subject.