The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-27
SAN FRANCISCO
PAYS HOOVER
GREATTRIBUTE
Candidate Sees Obligation to
Party Which Gave Him
Nomination
HOOVER ERA H ERE
Mayor of Golden Gate City
Sees It in Reviewing
Accomplishments

San Francisco, July 27.-(AP)-
Making his first reference to politics
in public address since his nomina-
tion, Herbert Hoover told the people
of San Francisco at his home coming
celebration here today that an obli-
cation rested upon him not only to
represent the great party which has
designated him for leadership, but
to do it in such fashion as to bring
credit and distinction to the people
Of California.
Speaking in the vast rotunda of
the city hall. in reply to an address
of welcome by Mayor James Rolph
Jr., the Republican presidential nom-
inee warmly thanked the people of
California for the honor they had
done him in presenting his name to
the Kansas City convention.
"Mr. Mayor, you were among
those gentlemen who did me the
great honor of selecting me for
leadership Of great political party
through my nomination as president
of the United States" Hoover said.
My name was presented to that
political party by the people of
California. It was a mark Of their
confidence and their esteem.
Acknowledges Obligation
"An obligation rests on my side
that l shall not only represent the
great political party which has dcs-
ignated me for leadership, but that
! shall do it in such fashion as to
bring credit and distinction to the
people of California"
Before making his pledge as to
the conduct Of his campaign, Hoover
briefly reviewed his early life in
San Francisco, referred to his work
in the commerce department, and
declared that the outlook of the
world today was "for the greatest
era of commercial expansion in
history.
'sThe rest Of the. world will be-
come better customers" he said.
"They will have larger demands, but
they also will become stronger COM
petitors for the markets of the
orient. In this new era Of expan-
sion, the whole Pacific coast will
have large part to play"
In welcoming the presidential
nominee on behalf Of the city and
people of San Francisco, Mayor
Rolph said the nation was entering
an era unique in the story Of Amer
lean progress.
THAT era will bear a great name, y
he said. 1T is to be the Hoover
era"
Mayor Praises Hoover
At the outset the Mayor reviewed
the early struggles of Hoover in
San Francisco, at Stanford univer-
sity and later as a budding mining
engineer, and then paid high tribute
to his accomplishments in the mael-
strom Of the European war, in which
he was caught while abroad as the
representative of the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition here.
THE country called upon his
genius to save the lives of millions
in Belgium, later in Germany and
central Europe, and still later to
direct American famine relief in
Russia" Mayor Rolph said. "How
magnificently he accomplished that
public service, the world will testify.
"Then came a call from the presi-
dent to work at home. He taught
the American people how to save.
Two presidents invited him to pre-
side over the department of COM
n1erce, another avenue for public
service. But in the midst Of q
splendid work came the emergency
OF the Mississippi disaster, the
greatest in the history Of the United
States. The president and the
country turned to the man who knew
what to do, and again suffering
human beings, our own people, found
hope and salvation in his guiding
hand"