The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 22, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, LOYAL CIT/ZENS RALLYING FOR PROTECTION Big Republican Jollification | in the Auditorium Last Night. STOWELL OF MINNESOTA | SPOKE. | He Told How the Act of 1873: Passed Through Both | Houses. | WEHAT JEFFERSON AND JACK-| SON DID. | Uniformed Drill Corps Marched Into the Hall and Created Wild Scenes of Enthusiasm. The officers of the Republican campaign committee, under whose auspices the grand Republican rally was held last | night made a mistake when they engaged the Auditorium as the place for the rally. | men who have been } ward and bowed his acknowledgmeats. It was much too small, several hundred moment. It was gotten up without seri- ious and careful consideration, but rather as an outburst of loyalty to the principles for which we are all tighting together and of enthusiasm over the 1ssues of the day. And yet i see before me as large and as enthusiastic an audience as ever met to do honor to the Republican party in this City. I will further say that there are many other enthusiastic mass-meetings of Re- publicans in San Francisco to-night, else this hall would be altogetber too small to contain the crowds that would throng round the doors for admission. *You will see here later on the various uniform clubs of the City after they have | attended the other gatherings. “Now it 18 my pleasure to introduce to you one of the war horses of the Repub- can party, the Hon. W. H. H. Stowel! of | Minnesota. He has been one of the true supporting party principles and fighting for party and country in Congress for many years. Be- fore further trespassing on your time I will introduce him to vou.” The house ap- plaudea loudly as Mr. Stowell stepned for- Mr. Stowell said: “Mr. Chairman and ladies and gentle- men: I certanly must return my thanks to you for this very oordialr cception, which, while it is equally flattering to me | as an individual, I canuot take to myself in any measure, for 1 am a stranger to | you, and I know that your enthusiasm is | not tor me, but for the cause which we hava so much at hear’, | “I am well nigh on to 60 years of age, | and it has been twelve or fifteen years since I made a speech untii I made one about & week ago in your City. I never expected again to take part in any politi- cal campaign, but when I saw and heard a great public party put a falsehood at the base of its platform aud build up all of 1ts the House, and the day it was discussed ' China and Jar in the House, just as well as I remember this scene before me to-night, and the rea- son I remember it so well is because Sam- uel Hooper, who was chairman of the Committee on Coinage and Weights and Measures, was a man whom I personally knew and respected.” 2 Here Mr. Stowell was interrupted by the entrance of adrill corps. *“I yield to su- perior noise,” he said, amid laughter. After the applause bad subsidea Mr. Stowell proceeded : “So, I left my seat, he being a man of threescore_and ten years, and not speak- ing verv distinctly, in order that I might be nearer him so as to hear what he was saying."’ T Bropose three cheers for the Thirty- {'\\fih istrict Club,” shouted James Alva Vatt. 7 The cheers were given with a will and the drill corps responded with cheers for McKinley. Mr. Stowell went on: ‘‘After our Government was formed in 1792 one of the first things brought under consideration was the question of money, and after very careful deliberation Hamil- ton and Jefferson, who were the two lead- | ing spirits on different sides of the party, agreed upon a basis of value between gold ana silver at 15 to 1. It happened that at that &me all the other nauons of the world were on a basis of 15)4 to 1, and have remained there ever since, nearly all of them. *‘Now, what happened? The man who had 2 pound of gold took it to France and wouid get fifteen and a half pounds of sil- ver forit. He put a hali pound of silver into_his pocket, took the fifteen pounds to the United States and had it coined into dollars, and with these doliars he bought another pound of gold. which he took to France and sold for fificen and a haif pounds of silver. Then he put the half pound into bis pocket and went througn the same performance again—a_kind of perpetual motion in finance. [Laughter and applause. ] *‘In 1806 Thomas Jefferson by his own executive act put a stop to the free coin- age of silver, as you might call it, and from that time on there was no siiver coined in this country tospeak of. In 1834, under the Presidency of Audrew Jackson, another tolerably good Democrat, al- though of course he didn’t know as much as Mr. Bryan [laughter] and under the leadership of Thnomas Benton in the Sen- ate they changed the ratio from 15101 to 16 to 1. “Then what happened? Just the re- verse would take place. A man wouid bring the gold into tne United States and | the silver wonld go to France and the rest of Europe and we were practically on a gold basis and remained so and no silver | was coined because silver was worth more than gold in the United States. A “Then when the war came on the coin- age of both goid and silver was sus- pended. From 1834 on, all the silver was driven out of the country. In 1867, soon after the war epnded. the leading states- nien of the country came to the conclu- sion that they would better take time by the forelock and codify the laws and the monetary system. B:fore that time all the mints in this country were running independently, and it was proposed to bring all the different mints and assay offices under one bureau in Washington, and to codify all the Jaws that had been | passea and make a new system of coinage. 18986. n and Mexico, and for that reason they wanted the dollar to contain 420 grains and to nse itas a trade dollar, and have it limited as a lezal tender, an that was the dollar that was finally adopted. That dollar was of full free and unlimited coinage. “During the eighty years from 1792 to 1873 the Government coined 8,000,000 standard dollars, and from 1873 to 1878 35,000,000 of trade dollars were coined. “That bill was recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury in 1869-70, and it was before Congress five different ses- sions. It was brought up in the Senate for consideration four times in the second session of the Forty-first Congress and nine times in the House, and in the third session of the Forty-first Congress ten times in the Senate and eight times in the House; in the second session of the Forty-second fourteen times in the House and eight times in the Senate, and in the third session of the Forty-second twelye times in the Senate and fourteen times in the House. It was before the two houses of Congress seventy-nine times in three years. “] got these data more particularly from. the files of the Congressional Record in the Public Library in this City. There is not a free-silver country in the world that has a free public library. [Continued up- planse.] “The discussion upon the question oc- cupied sixty-six columns in tue Congres- sional Record in the Senate, participated in by seventeen Senators. The debates in the "House, participated in by twenty- eight members, occupied seventy-eignt columns, and guite a large portion of that discussion was taken up by Senators Nye and Stewart of Nevada, by Corbett and ‘Williams of Oregon and Cole and Casserly of California. “So yon can see how much secrecy there was in this dcbate.” The speaker said that he could not be- lieve that such & man would father a fraud. 5 The sveaker was given a grand ovation as he retired after reciting a patriotic ad- aress to the Union. The applause was lovd and most cordial and it was some time before the band took the place of this uproar with an inspiring air. Ed I. Wolfe, candidate for State Sena- tor, was then introduced as the next speaker of the evening. He said he felt he was in a rather awkward position, hav- ing been preceded by the eloguent gentie- man from the East'and Colonel Eddy of the West was ready to follow him. “'I agsee with the gentleman who pre- ceded me,” said Mr. Wolfe, ‘‘that the real issue now confronting us is how many dollars we can put each day into the pockets of American workingmen. It has been truthfully said this.is a campaign of education, and the people will wholly de- cide the questions that have arisen; and the last four years’ experience under Dem- ocratic administration will teach us_in California to vote for McKinley and Ho- bart and protection to American_indus- tries and for prosperity to the Nation. [Cheers.] ‘“There is but one issue in this cam- paign—protection to American industries. [Applause.] The speaker has said that California nad a fight against the bar- barism of Asia, that the mighty moun- tains of the Pacitic Coast suggested to $1 50 a bushe!, the workingmen will have money and be happy,” he said four years ago. Idon’t like to say he is a liar, but the experience of the last four years dem- onstrates that his prophecy was false. ‘‘Now this orator has got a new medi- cine; he gave us a dose o’f' free trade some time ago; now it is free ailver. What will he give us next?” “*Free lunch,” came from the hall. “That's right,” added the speaker. “Free soup, and there will have o be some mighty hard scratching, I'm afraid, to get free sounif they give us free silver.” A" glowing tribute was paid by the speaker to California’s intelligence, man- hood and honor, and consequentiy the State should be at the top of the column on November 3 and so be a briiliant star in the galaxy of States that will support McKinley, under whose banner it is glori- ous to march. 3 Turning to the local Republican ticket Mr. Eddy said he hoped every man on it would be elected to otfice. Any man who would split the party in this campaign when so much depends upon the weal or woe of the party is not a good Republican at heart. [Loud and prolonged applause.] He added he never did train with any one butstraight Republicans and henever will. While he did not know all the candidates personally ne declared that the nomina- tion in itseif on a Republican ticket was a sufficient guarantee of character. Colonel Taylor was complimented for his reputa- tion in public and private life. William Deane’s name set the audience and particularly the uniformed clubs wild, and cheers were given for thenominee for Auditor. “If there is any cutting of Re- pablicans’ salaries to be done, let it be done by a Republican and a good fellow,’” remarked the speaker when the applause subsided. George W. Elder, nominee for Superin- tendent of Streets, and John Aitken, for District Attorney; the Buperior Judges, Carroll Cook, Judge Finn, Judge Hunt, Judge Bonestell, were spoken of in very complimentary terms. The nominees for Police Judges and the Legisiature were mentioned. “I want to know in the name of all that i3 good—do you want Cator?” asked the speaker. “No!” shouted some one in the audi- el Jo you want a Democrat?” hom do you want?”’ “A Republican.” . “Yes, you want a Republican, because in the next Senate you want 2 man who will stand by McKinley. Then, when Caiifornia has given her electoral vote to yckmley, you will have done your whole uty. My friends, our political opponents are losing heart. They see their strength fading away from them from day to day. and now there is nothing left to them or in them but noize. They would not belong to Brran’s party i dia not make noise. T of a steamboat on sippi thatv had a three-horsepower engine and a seven-horse whistle and whenever the captain wanted to whistle he had to stop the boat. It took more power to blow the whistle than to run the boat. 1t is the same with these free-silver curbstone ora- tors. When you hear them speaking about him the idea of a providential barrier against the Asiatic hordes. You all well 16 te 1 you’d think that the National. Guard of California was turned loose upon VUl e 1 The Audience Cheering the Uniformed Republican Clubs as They Entered the Auditorium While Ex-Congressman Stowell of Minnesota Was Speaking. persons having been obliged to stand against the wall in the rear, not to speak of the crowd that was not able to get in at all. Notwithstanding the large crowd in the building the best of order prevailed.. It was an enthusiastic, jubilant audience, quick to appreciate the telling points in the speeches and generous in its encour- agement of its speakers. It was aroused to a great pitch of enthusiasm when the Pheenix Club Drill Corps and the drill corps of the Thirty-fifth District entered the building marching after fife and drum and carrying torches and transparencies. Ex-Congressman W. H. H. Stowell of Minnesota was interrupted twice in his peech by the entrance of the uniformed Republicans, and once by the audience rising to its feet and cheering William A. Deane, Republican candiaate for Auditor, when he took his seat on the platform. The speaker took the interruptions good naturedly, and seemed to enjoy those spontaneous outbursts of Republican en- thusiasm. Mr. Stowell is a fine looking man, ap- parently abcut 45 years of age, and he made his hearers catch their breath when he announced that he was approaching his sixtieth year, He has a remarkably sweet and persuasive voice, with very dis- tinct articulation. ‘When J. Alva Watt, who acted as chair- man of the meeting, walked to the speak- er’sstand he was greeted with a cordial hand-clapping that was only an earnest of what was to come from the houre later in the evening. ‘‘Ladies and gentlemen,” he 'said, ‘it affords me great pleasure to meet you here to-night. for we meet not only in the in- terest of the Republican National ticket, about which we are each and every one most enthusiastic, but also in the interest of the local ticket, which has already re- ceived the unanimous indorsement oty the people of San Francisco. “This meeting is the inspiration of s arguments upon that falsehood, I felt it was my duty as one of the participants in the act of 1873, to defend it from the as- persions that had been cast upon it. [Ap- plsuse.] “This has been in the East a campalgn of hate and of falsehocd. I have been in your midst only abont ten days, having been called here because of sickness in my family, and up to the time 1 left the East we have had the most remarkable cam- paign that has ever existed in American politics and the most important'campaign since 1861. I say that this has been a campaign largely of hate and misrepre- sentation. ‘I make that assertion because the mov- ing spirits in the Chicago convention were Tillman of South Carolina and Altgeld of Illinois, and the only appeal and the only argument that Senator Tillman used in the earlier days of the campaign was to array section against section. The only arzument used by Governor Altgeld in the earher part of the campaign was to array class against class and the classes against the masses. “In_order to show that their- platform i was founded upon misrepresentation, I will read from the platform itself, so that you can see that 1 do not misstate it: “‘We declare that the act of 1873, demonetiz- ing silver without the knowledge or approval | of the American people, has resulted in the a preciation of gold and a corresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of tax- ation and of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the money-lending class at home and abroad; the prostration of industry and the impoverishment of the people. ‘“‘Now, there are iwo misstatements in that. In the first place, the act of 1873. was not passed in secrecy and in fraud. As I'happened to be amember of Congress from 1871 to 1877and was in Congress when thatact was passed, and voted for it with afull knowledge of what it con- tained, I think that I am a living witness of the falsehood of that platform which has been the basis of their whole cam- paign. [Applause.] 3 *I remember the day that bill passed *‘For this purpose an international com- mission met at Paris; Mr. Ruggles being the American Commissioner. The object in view was to establish & uniform coin in weight and fineness. For instance, the pound sterfing is worth about $4 86 in our money, because it has just that weight and fineness, The idea was to have the pound sterling and the half eagle and the 25-franc French piece to contain just the same i quantity of gold—to be of the same weight and fineness—so that they might circulate everywhere in the world; but that com- mission failed. - “J.J. Knox of Minnesota,who was Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, presented a bill to Mr. Boutwell, Secretary ot the ‘I'reasury, together with a volume contain- ing the testimony of experts from all over the world on that subject. That bilj pro- vided for the dropping of the standard dollar of 412)4 grains free coinage, and it dropped the 5 cent and 3 cent silver pieces, and in all the discussions that took place in Congress there was no argument what- ever against the dfopping of the standard silver dollar. On the other hand, every member that svoke upon the question— about tweny-eight members of the House and seventeen Senators—said that that was the proper thing to do, and that the goldedollar should be the unit of measure. ‘‘There were a few men in Congress who thought that the creation of a new bureau and the appointment of & few extra men to oifice might increase theé expenses of the Government, ana they objected. There was quite a discussion as to the number of grains of silver that should be put into the dollar that was finally adopted. The first proposition was to make the dollar 384 grains, instead of 412, and the, reason for that was that*silver was worth more than gold, and they wanted to put just enough silver in so as to make it Prel(y nearly the value of a dollar, and still make it under- weight, so that it would not be melted up into siiver spoons. ‘“‘Another set of men who were from the Pacific Coast said that we- had recently concluded a treaty with China, and that remember the slogan of a few years ago when this whole coast rose up and cried with one voics, ‘The Chinese must go!’ We all know how party was sunk then on that question, and we all were a unit on that fight; and I ask ybu now, what is the diflirence if we throw down the bar- riers of protection and allow the goods manufactured in Asia to come intothis glorious land in competiiion with the product of free American labor, and still keep up barriers against the people of the Orent? Mr. Wolfe was given a parting cheer in recognition of his eloquent defense of Re- publican principles and of the honor of the party. In conclusion, he appealed to the house for its suppors of himself in his campaign for State Senator. Colonel C. L. Taylor, the nominee for Mayor, was received with applause when introduced. He thanked the house for the hearty lgmefing, and said he expected the votes of all present,and their assistance also, and farther remarked that he left it 1o themselves to say whether he had done his duty in the last two years. Anyhow, he gave hisassurance thatif elected Mayor hcmwlu do his duty. to the best of his ability. “Talk of the boy oratorof the Platte, but,” the chairman’said, ‘‘Bryan wasnot in it with the young orator of the Pacific Coast, Hon, T. V. Eday.” The Phenix Club yeiled cheers for their president, and Mr. Eddy explained that there was evi- dently some mistake. He was notrun- ning for office, but had the honor to be president of this grand Republican club. “My friends, I bring you'greeting from, the mterior of California and that 1s Mc- Kinley is going to b elected President of the United States, and that California is going to give him her vote. The people of thiscommonwealth havegrown tired of the last four years of misrule, four yeas of bitter experience to America. The people are sick aud tired of the prophecies of this young man who is going t speaking irom the platform of a Paliman car leav- ing a blaze of oratory behind him all we were trying to build up a trade with | across the ccuntry. ‘Wheat will go to the streets. To go into a discussion of the free-silyer question is worse than foolish; itis not needed by men who have paid any attention to the vital issues.of the campaign, I believe there are ene- mies of this great free country going about the land to-day. When men are stirring up strife, preaching to the Nation that man must stand up and fight against his fellow-man, I say that that man is no friend of the Republic. My friends, this country has cost too much to preserve it and hold it one; hundreds of thousands of lives were lost on the Southern plains. Shall it be said that this young man of Nebraska shall preach a new dogma to the people; this man scarce 36 years of age, who is not old enough to remember what it cost to save this country ? “Do you know that the women of this country are for McKinley? [Applause.] Ican tell you why. Thereisnota woman in this land that would be afraid 1o trust her little chiid in the hands of this good man, Mr. McKinley; they know that he is a good Christian gentleman who has done his auty. And if these rood women are willing to stand for McKinley, what ::l:n“?k’! is it for us poor rats to support m 2" Mr. Eddy was cheered by the whole audience as he closed in a burst of elo- quence, assuring his hearers that Cali- fornia would give McKinley a full vote, and that the success of the Republican party is certain. b George W. Eider said that his recora for the past two years was well known, and he wanted the people toexamineit. It satisfactory he wanted their votes. The chairman announced that the meeting was at an end, and the large aun- dience dispersed cheering for McKinley, Hobart and protection. The Comforts of Paso Robles. The perfect comfort attending the hot mud and mineral water bathing at Paso Robles Hot Springs is a decidedl; ular feature. Th new bathhouse and tlny Eg?al service are 'fm't ualed on this coast. Reduced winter rates— , $12 50, $15. x P NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. 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