The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1896, Page 1

m——— e o s a0V, AL = i\ VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 154. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNI G, ' NOVEMBER 1, 1896—THIRTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1OM REED MAKES A HIT A Discussion of Live Is- sues at Woodwards Pavilion. BOURBON ERRORS PUT TO FLIGHT. Samue! M. Shortridge Introduces the Speaker to a Mul- titude. D ( GREAT APPLAUSE AS POINTS \ ARE SCORED. Fitting Ending of a Glorious Day of the Great Campaign for Pro- tection and Prosperity. Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed, superb of stature, of ample proportions, magnificent in inteliect—Speaker T. B. Reed, the able, masterful parliamentarian, the terror of lawless Congressional bushwhackers—Tom Reed, the magretic orator, eloquent, in- cisive and logical—Reed, the man of the people and the well-loved champion of bonest money and American protection, spoke to a listening world last night. It is true thai his urterances were de- livered primarily to a S8an Francisco aundi- ence at Woodward’s Pavilion, but the winged words were taken: up by the elec- tric current and horne acrcss the spread- ing coutinent, disseminated throughout the centers ‘of “population”antt thought in his own dear native land, and still, not halting for a moment,were wafted beneath the billows of the wide Atlantic tothe readers of the habitable globe. Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine, Who Handled Democratic Obstructiohists in_Congress- With: Steel Gloves and Proved Himself to Be the Right Man for an Emergency. ‘When these wise words of Mr. Reed are presented to the readers of THE CaALy, and while the people are perusing these stately | periods, 30 replete with facts and teeming | with indisputable, irrefutable arguments, the peoples of every nation of the world will be enjoying the same privilege. Nor is the universal recognition of this masterly effort undeserved. It isa speech worthy of the man, the occasion and the theme. Never in the history of S8an Francisco was there so great an audiehce asscmbled to greet a great man. Never before was there so much enthusiasm, never before was there heard in this City such a storm of cheers, never before did the American flag wave over a more unanimous as- semblage of American citizens, who joined their voices and their hearts if} willing tributes to Wiliiam McKinley, the stand- ard bearer of the Republican party, and to Thomas B. Reed, the man of the hour. On the rostrum were a number of promi- nent citizens, including Major Frank Mo- Laughlin, J. D. Spreckels, M. R. Higgins, Samuel M. Shortridge, W. W. Montague, F. W. Van Sicklen, P. N. Lilienthal, W. M. Ranck, M. H. de Young and Charles M. Shor tridge. . ' The Knickerbocker Male Quartet, com- posed of Messrs. D. M. Lawrence, C. M. Eliiott, D. B. Crane and L. A. Larsen, and the-California Male Quintet, composed of audience with some inspiring campaign songs. When Major McLaughlin, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, introduced Hon. Samuel M. Bhorirfdge as the Chairman of the meeting,there was an outburst of spontaneous applause which for several moments interrupted further proceedings. Mr. Shortridge’s opening sentence renewed and redoubled this en- thusizsm, for when he said that “San Francisco is safe, California is safe and the Union is safe for McKinley,”” he touched the keynote of the great universal human heart throbbing to the music of patriotism and enlightenment. With & few well chosen words Mr. Shortridge gave the true text of the cam- paign and the evening. Mr. Shortridge said: “Fellow citizens: Ban Francisco is safe |japplause], California is safe [applause], the Union is safe [great applause] for the constitution and its supremacy, for the law and its enforcement, for National honor and its upholding, for National faith and its inviolab lity, for the Repubii- can party and its lofty and spotiess, its great and soldier-statesman leader, Wil- liam McKinley: [Uproarious applause.] “Under the constitution of our fathers all'men are secure; beneath the flag of our country ail men are free. [Great and con- tinued applause.] Imminent danger threatens the reputation of the Republic and menaces the industries of all her peo- ple. Shall the constitution be shattered? Messrs. Booth, Preston, Bmith, Gage and MacBean, joined forces and favored the [Loud cries of ‘Noi no!’] Shall the flag be dishonored? Shall the industries of our people be destroyed? [Loud shouts of *Never! never!'] “No! responded Vermont. No! thun- dered Maine. No! No! will answer the American people. *'Is there any doubt as to what San Francisco and OCalifornia will do next Tuesday? [Answers of ‘No, not one!’] “In this hour of the Nation’s supreme peril patriotism rises above pariy pride, and with the cherished and iriumphant banner of their country above them and a deathless love of their country in their hearts Californians have marched to-day and will vote on Tuesday for liberty under law, for honest, sound and safe money, for protection to American farms, Ameri- can factories and American firesides. [Avpplause.] “This is a land of free men. Abraham Lincoln—"" here Mr. Shortridge was inter- rupted by a spontaneous outburst of ap- plause that lasted several minutes. When all was quiet he continued: ‘“‘Abraham Lincoln died to make it free. No slave crouches, no slave marches under the American flag. Rich and poor, merchant and mechanic, white and black, native and foreign born stand erect, side by side, under tbis emblem of liberty and union; and as they have marched so will they vote on Tuesday. [Continued applause.] “This is one country [applause], and no fanauic shall divide it; this is aland of constitutional government, and no theorist shall overturn it [applause]; this is a peo- vle of honor and righteousness, and no voice can lead them into repudiation. [Great applause.] % 3 fornia greets Maine to-night. I have the honor to present to you the Union’s champion and defender, brave, true-hearted, masterful Thomas B. Reed.” [Applause and continued cheering.] Mr. Reed could not have been more en- thusiastically received if he had really been the Czar of all the Russias entering the holy vportals of the Kremlin on the way to his own coronation. Cheer affer cheer rent th- air, flags were waved to and fro, the Oakland Alliance gave their war- cry that Reed is all right and McKinley will ‘bl President, while the Plumed Knights, the Pheen.x Club and the Bear Club, who had escorted Mr. Reed and his party to the hall, marched and counter- marched with resounding music and with panners flving. Wave after wave'ol applause and cheer- ing swept over the vast audience, and it was with aifficulty that the happy feelings of the audience could be curbed suffi- ciently to allow the speaker to proceed. Just as the people appeared to be set- tling down a man in the rear of the house shouted, “Mr. Reed, do you think you Lave got a quorum?” and there was a ripple of genuine laughter throughout the crowd. Another slight diversion was made by a man who called out for three cheers for' Mr. Bryan, but he was quickly and quietly suppressed, and it being -seen that Mr. Reed was about to proceed, a hush fell upon the people and the’ great argument was begun. The vein of gentle irony which ran through Mr.' Reed’s speech, the aggressive logic that main- tained it throughout and the Attic salt ' with which it was flavored proved pleas.| of drums stood confidently and faced the ing to his hearers. Mr. Reed said: Fellow-citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen: I{ gymphant notes a message of peace and thank you most heartily for the kind way in which you have greeted me. THIRTY-FIVE T HOUSAND MEN Labor's Cohorts Marched to the Mu sic of Pro- tection. LARGEST TURNOUT EVER SEEN HERE. One Hundred Thousand People Cheered the Legions of McKinley. GOLDEN CHRYSANTHEMUMS BLOOMED BESIDE THE FLAG. Honest Workingmen Demand the Honest Dollar and Protection for Products Made at Home. Yesterday’s monster procession was im- pressiye as the earnest voice of thousands 1n acclaim for a just cause, and the parade | itself was as beautiful a movement for lib- erty as was ever witnessed on American soil, an orderly, yet enthusiastic protest against the party of shadows and an ear- nest turning toward the light. To the most casual observer the im- pressive feature was the absence of party bitterness and the presence of evidences that thousands of citizens can cast aside | party for country when the flag of their pative land is assailed by the hosts of error. Thousands of Democrats were in line, marching shoulder to shoulder with men whom they had fought on political battle« fields for a lifetime—united at last in the glorious fight for National honor and the general welfare of the people. The procession was nothing less than a spontaneous outpouring of the lovers of | liberty 1rrespective of party. Men of all ranks and conditions in life were in the | lines, employer with employe, capitalist with laborer, protectionist with free- trader—all in accord on the one proposi- tion that the election of McKinley and Hobart is the common duly of patriots this year. From every quarter of the City, and from scores of cities and towns adjacent, | citizens sent representatives to cheer the cause of progress and to witness the most | imposing parade ever seen in California. When uniformed buglers and musicians poured forth the melodies of old, patriotic airs they touched a responsive chord in the hearts of the thousands who marched and of thousands more who watched. As the legions passed, hour after bour, brave men and gentle women cheered the band and drum corps and divisions of patriotic marchers, rejoiced when the voices of silver-throated buglers awoke the } City and stirred patriotism as in the days of old. Before noon the City was astir, as if moved by some strange spell, and two hours later the streets were lined with countless thousands, while every window and balcony was alive with human inter- est. By 2 o’clock the clouds that threatened an hour before had melted, so that the buglers and blowers of horns and beaters purpling sky, wafting to the anxious ears of exvectant thousands and in tri- good-will to patriots everywhere. There were cheers as the eyes of thou- and in the footsteps of laborers who marched to show that they want honest pay for honest work that they may pros- per and that National honor be pre- seryed. Deraocrats and Republicans alike agree that such a demonstration as yesterday’s parade for McKinley and Hobart was never seen in the Golden ‘West, and the memory of the legions of patriots with flags and banners wiil live in the minds of thousands long. after other memories have passed away. e A GOLDEN SMILE. How the Parade Appeared From the Crowded Housetops. San Francisco smiled yesterday when she saw 35,000 McKinley voters in line, and her smile was golden, Not being the season for the poppies of California, which also are golden, the mammoth yellow chrysanthemum wasthe flower of the parade. Most of the men who marched over the rough and uneven pavement of Market street, one of the finest and most poorly paved thorough- fares in the United States, wore the yellow flower as a buttonhole boaquet all by it- self, so that the line of march was lighted up with a golden glow. There was also a great demand for the beautiful flower on the part of thousands who did not take part in the parade. The Italian boys who make Lotta’s Fountain, in the very heart of the bustle ana roar of the business center, a garden spot with big baskets of flowers in the depth of win- ter to the delight ana surprise of tourists, disposed of every vellow flower they had NEW TO-DAY. 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Ishall not juegle with their crowns ing rain, undulated proudly in the breeze. Then came a crash of trumpets; rifts of plain and simple sense. [Shouts of “Good!| gleaming banners; colors dip and rise; the streets echo to the tramp of steed and sion may be better suited to the present con- | men and sound of marching bands. Thir- Qdition of the people, because we are not now | ty-five thousand men in badges marched all carrying flags, all wearing badges. Within the City 100,000 | citizens debouched upon the streets, a countless throng invading every available miles. Thousanas not have taken pains to do it. You would have found it out before I had got throngh a of thorns or crosses of gold. What I shall have to say to you will be good!” from the audience.} Perhaps to many minds my style of discus- involving ourselves in any discussion which involves human liberty or which involves any of those things about which long sentences can be put out with much sound and very lit- tle meaning. What concerns us is simply everyday happiness—happiness which comes of 8 well.filled larder and bonestly furnished | YieW - Point ior. A house and & livelihood assured to us from day | guests were stirring, too, to cheer as in- spinng strains of music echoed through the streets. The City was a wilderness of banners and flags, the October sky, aflame with blue and golden tints, brooding over all. _Amid these stirring scenes but two names were spoken. were inscribed upon the banners of the men of #il beliefs who marched for their country. ‘Those names were McKiniey “"and Hobart, symbols of prosperity. Those names and the sentiment they stand for were blazoned high upon the floats and echoed in the tramp of thousands, voiced alike in the rumbling of chariot wheels to day. The people of this country for the last four years have been looking about them to sée what the causes are of what has so plainly and visibly happened. There are a great many methods of educa. tion. 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