The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1902. - ORATORS, VIGOROUS OF VOICE AND FERTILE OF RESONANT SWEET PHRASES Nominations for State Execu- tive Made. Hall of Convention Resounds With Praises. ROBT. <. BURDETTE | | ! .* BESTOW LAUDATION ON' FAVORITES FOR THE GOVER SNAPSHOTS OF CONVENTION CITY SCENES TAKEN BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER ACCOMPANYING THE CALL’S SPECIAL STAFF OF # ARTISTS. NORSHIP OF THE STATE ' SpeechesArouse Enthusiasm of Delfigafes. Important Session Is Marked by Har- mony. e by Belshaw of Con- | o’clock, but | this met w osition and | w wn w ates for Gov- | ‘perhaps you | rman’s | replied Neff amid | roll of Assem- | all having ced to nomi- | lost ed that the gat “that if‘ ed in fifteen min- | pointed to go out | ° to reluctantly de- | ut of order,” replied | u then advanced to the | made the first nominating | e convention. He presented | th name of Edson in the following ! ere seems be a little backwardness_in tes for Governor. We 2 the ndrthern part of roud enough to come in nominaticn. A man past life, who would have been a who happened to be born be- Call was born, or be- where California would appear Our candidate has held an politically, as that he has filled the po- | t Jeast with credit, | | | i { an_approving con- | came to California in the copnpadEERBYaY ploneer who has wrought the north, known all over for his honesty, his in- business judgment, in ss Interests of the yrung from the ranks er zealous guardian n of the Civil War, he that cardinal principle , law and order. the prosperity that is because of its pro- m to terests, and because the ing m: iving to-day greater com- ation for his manual toll than ever before, who believes in all Jaws and their per- n—that shall sustain him in the posi- He is at the beck and call of no man. corporation has any strings upon him. He | well known throughout the State of Cali- a as & fair man, a conscientious man. The Railroad Com- | | . SACRA- | - 5 N e hour h of nomi- B rman Neft | g = d t lidate for Gov- erx came in a chorus as spoken of his simplicity, his honesty, California and says to them that hat they will have faith in him. tagonistic to no faction, bound to no fon of the Republicans, confirmed in He believes, and we believe, we of orth, that if he is honored with the high- sition within your gift, we will have a November, and we solicit for your on the name of E. B. Edson of pplause and cheers.) NOMINATION OF PARDEE. John A. Britton of Alameda nominated dee as follows: me of and on behalf of that im- s: of Republicanism, Alameda behal? of thousands of loyal ing hearts, from the rocky soll and the of Siskirou to the orange groves enrods of Ban Diego, I present for your consideration to-day the name of & man who needs roduction at my hands; who has been ou many a time and oft, whose honor, whose probity, )l,nd whose Republicanism is as well known as PRINCIPLES ENUNCIATED IN PARTY PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION ¥, the Republican party of the State of California, in convention assembled, hereby ndopt the follow- ing platform and resolutions: We congratulate the pcople of the State npon the fact that this country is in a condition of gen- eral prosperity. Such condition has existed since the first election of Willlam McKinley to the Presidency of the United Stntes, in 1896. We declare that such condition is largely due to the beneficent legislation induced by the Republican party and to the general con- fidence of the people in the sound, able and conserva- tive administration of the public affairs by the Repub- Jican party. We deplore the untimely death of our great and beloved leader, William McKinley, and express our hor- ror at the crime of his assassination. We mourn the loss to the country, coming in the fullness of his power and usefulness. We most heartily indorse the administration of President Roosevelt, whom we regard s a wise and worthy successor to the Iamented Willinm McKinley, as being judicious, patriotic and forceful, and in con- sonance with the best traditions of the Republican party. President Roosevelt has pursued a broad and enlightened foreizgn and domestic policy and has shown himself to be a friend of the great West by his frank indorsement of such measures peculiarly favored by the Pacific Coast, as the reclamation of arid lands, the Isth- mian canal and the exclusion of Chinese cheap labor; and he, therefore, deserves at our hands the support and indorsement which he has earned by his efforts to broaden the sphere of our national activities and to develop the resources of this particular section of our glorious Union. In recognition of his eminent services and sympathy with the West and its people he has earned and is entitled to the earnest support of the people of this State. We rejoice that the firm but en- lightened policy pursued in the Philippines has secured peace in the islunds and that the work of education, civilization, upbuilding and development is begun. We urge that contention over our policy in the Philippines should mow cense and the hemeficent plans of the civil Government be given the united and cordial support of all the people. We declare that a fair and just recognition of the mervices of the Federal soldiers and sailors of the late Civil War and those of the war with Spain requires that a liberal provision be made with pensions for the disabled soldiers and the widows and orphans of those who fell for the flag. in human nature, and he responds to | %" — We commend the brilliant and patriotic services of our army and navy in maintaining the dignity and honor of our flag on the seas and in our foreign posses- sions, and we condemn the malignant attacks now being made upon our soldiers and sailors. We condemn all conspiracies and combines to re- strict business, to create monopolies, to limit produc- tion, or to control prices, and favor such legislation as will effectually restrain and prevent all such abuses, protect and promote competition and secare the rights to vroducers, laborers and all who are cngaged in in- dustry nnd commerce, and we approve and commend the efforts of President Rocsevelt to enforce the laws against illegal combinations in restraint of trade and pledge him our hearty support in all his efforts to pro- tect the people from all oppressive combinations of eapital. We rejoice in the fact that the act providing for the cutting of a canal between the North and South Ameri- can continents was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Republican President. We advoeate the construction of Government ships in Government navy yards. We urge upon Congress that the national eight-hour law be extended to apply to all Government work, whether performed in public or pri- vate establishments. We most heartily commend our Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress for their untiring zeal in behalf of every material interest of California. We declare our firm opposition to all reciprocity treaties inconsistent with the protection to American labor and industry to which the Republican party siands pledged, and especially to any reciprocity ar- rangement with Cuba, or any other foreign country, as being destruétive to the interests of the beet sugar, rai- sin, citrus and dried fruit industries of California, in which large amounts of ecapital have bheen invested under the assurance that the same would be safe- guarded by the protective tariff as other industrieés are protected; and we further declare our opposition to any reciprocal policy other than that laid down in the Re- publican mational platform of 1900, which says: “We favor the rssociated policy of reciprocity, wo directed as to open our markets on favorable terms for what we do not ourselves produce in return for free foreign markets.” We recognize the great and increasing importance of the petroleum oil industry in this State. It has not only ‘become one of the large direct wealth-producing sources, but has proved of incalculable benefit to our manufacturing and other industrial interests, and, we believe, will be a continued source of advantage, en- larging the manufacturing industries and extending the commerce of this State. We appreciate the emergy, courage and industry displayed by the petroleum miners of this State and rec- ognize that we are indebted to them in no small degree for the remarkable development of this industry. We commend the course of our Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress nnd the administration of the Secretary of the Interior, whereby the attempted taking of large areas of valuable petroleum otl lands under pretended selections of agricultural lznds have been prevented. We favor legislation which will so regulate the process of injunction as to prevent Its exercise in abridgment of the right of free speech or peaceful as- semblage., Belleving that the people of thiy State are entitled to the best available service in all public positions, we favor the principle of the competitive merit system of appointment and promotion in all positions of a clerical or technieal nature. We “avor just and liberal appropriations for the proper maintenance of the University of California; and we recommend that the growing needs and functions of the university be supplied from permanent sources of revenue. In view of the generally recognized fact that the prosperity and progress of California depend so largely upon the development of its water resources and the preservation of its forests, we favor a liberal appro- priation to be made by the State, to be used in co-opera- tion with the Federal Government, for the purpose of investigating suitable locations for storage reservoirs and the cost of the same and in preparing some plan for the preservation of the forests. We protest against the adoption of the proposed Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 28. This amend- ment, if adopted, would confer unhecard-of and arbitrary powers upon both the Governor of the State and the pro- posed commission. It would be subversive of the well- established rights of both cities and counties, and would be a revolutionary change in the methods of dealing with quasi-public corporations. We indorse the improving of the Sacramento and San Joaguin rivers, and the tributaries thereof, and urge that ample appropriations be made for increasing the drainage and flood carrying capacities of our rivers. We pledge the nominees of this convention to an economical administration of the affairs of the State. ‘We indorse the Republican administration of the State government presided over by H. T. Gage. i | | | | | | | | is his name throughout the length and breadth of this land. I name for you Dr. George C. Pardee, (Applause and cheers.) Dr. George C. Pardee is the logical, the geo- graphical, and the practical candidate of t) convention for the position of Governor of Cal ifornfa. I recall to you the scene of this sit- ting, this assemblage four years ago, when accoutered as & leader with the epaulettes of & leader upon his coat, he voluntarily came upon this platform. tore off the badge of au- thority, and by self-abasement made it possible for the Republican party to lead itself on to victory in November, 1698. (Applause.) As men, as citizens and as loyal Republi- cans, 1 appeal to you. Is not the act of such a man worthy of your commendation? Should not the sluggish blood in your veins boil and surge and crash, to know that there §s among the Republicans of this State, that there s a man s0 loth to self-interest, so moble In the care and patronage of his party, that he would Iay down the crown of victory'Just e it was being placed upon his brow to aliow the par- ty,ngunwnlmly. evenly, and as a unit, tg march forth to the glorious victory that it met ir 18937 (Applause and cheers.) We cannot be insensible to that act, my fel- low citizens and Rpeublicans. Did they sull in their tents? Did Alameda County hold back upon its traces and balk? No. I call upon you to look upon the.roll call of Alameda County in tke returns last November. Where does it stand? At the foot? No! Proudly at the top, the banner county of California; the one that gave to Henry T. Gage the largest majority that ever was given by any county in the State of Californfa for any nominee of the Republican party, or Democratic party, either. All this through the results of Dr. George C. Pardee and no other. I can assuro for Alameda County to-day that, when the roll is called next November it will stand in the Republican roll call at the top, as it has ever stood before, And if tils favored son is named by this convention, as he should be, your choice for Governor, ten thousand majority will be the figure Alameda County will plle up in the Republican column. (Applause.) I appeal, finally, to the young men of this | convention, whose loins are girded about with the sinews of war. I appeal tc the wise coun- selors who have stood In this convention and ruled the destinies of this convention for years, and I appeal to the gray headed men who have gone down along Republicanism from its in- ception. I say to them as I said at the out- set, “Is not George C. Pardee the logical, ths geographical and the practical candidate for Governor of this State?’ (Applause and cries of ““‘Good boy. good boy.”") McKenna of Solano County rose and said: “Mr. Chairman, I desire to second the nomination of George C. Pardee. If he is named 1 am satisfled that he will Eive the party the largest majority in the istory of the State.” It was moved and seconded that the nominations close. The chair moved that the motion was out of order. FLINT TO THE FORE. Lacey of Monterey nominated Flint in the following speech: 1If this convention shall be fortunate enough to select as its nominee for Governor the man who will prove most acceptable to the Re- publican voters of this State we may two months hence look back upon the work of to- day with the satisfaction which all times comes from 2 consciousness of duty well performed. The political turmoil in which we have all been more or less enxaged during the past few weeks s hapolly ended, and there s mow placed upon our shoulders without the power, even had we the inclination to shift it some- where else, the responsibility of taking such measures and of nominating such men as wiil best subserve the interests of the Republicaa party, the greatest political organization which ever existed, the enforcement of whose policies has builded up this nation and has made it the greatest Government upon the face of the earth; the party to which you and I proclaim our un’ faltering devotlon; the party which, if no mis- take is made, will continue to triumob. not only in this State, but over the whole country. ‘We are here to-day in a double capacity. —_— First, as citizens of the State, gathered in | convention, the result of whose deliberations may in no small measure invelve the weifare of this commonwealth for the next four years, next as the chosen representatives of approxi mately 175,000 Republican voters of this State, we enjoy the distinction of representing an intelligent, a patriotic and withal a singularly independent body of men. As we go forward Witk our work, let us not forget that those who sent us here will finally pass upon the wisdom of our actions and will ultimately de- termine who shall govern this State for the next four years. I am without authority to speak for any other than myself, but I believe that the men who shall have a right to expect and do ex- pect that In spite of the healthy—aye, the fear- less rivalry for this office, the greatest prize within the gift of this body—the deliberations of this convention will be carried on in a spirit of fairness and conclliation, and that while we all have our individual preferences, as it is right we should have, we should consult to- gether and not let ?m- enthusiasm for any + particular candidate blind us to the necessity and the political and moral duty of nominat- ing for Governor the man who can be most easily elected Everything else being equal, then I take it to be our moral and our political duty to nom- inate the man who cam poll the most votes. That, I think, is zood politics. It is expected of all political conventions. I am not here to belittle the candidacy of any one. I am not here to disparage the claims of any gentleman whose name has been presented or whose name may be presented for your consideration. Who- ever is honored by being made the choice of this convention ought to receive and will re- ceive the loyal and the enthusiastic support of every loyal Republican of this State. (Ap- plause.) I pretend to be reasonably familiar with the merits of each one of the gentlemen, and with their political standing. I claim to possess | ordimary Information with reference to the po- litical strength of each of them, and to the source from which it comes, and considering | these things, after all has been said and done, I submit to your juogment that at this partic- ular time the {deal candidate is Senator Tom Flint of San Benito (applause and _cheers), whom I ask the privilege of naming for Gov- erner of this State. STATE KNOWS THE MAN. Tom Flint needs no Introduction to you nor to the people of this State. Were it not for the custom, I would say nothing further con- cerning him. There is no man, I think, within California who has a more extensive or a more favorable acquaintance throughout the State. I venture the assertion that there is not a voting precinct from the northernmost point of the State to the southernmost and from the east to the est in which Tom Flint has not a champlon, who would go twenty miles to help in a cause in which he was interested. (Ap- plause.) He possesses in mo little degree the quall- t¥ We all know to be 5o necessary in a_can- didate for office—; magnetism. He is a born vote-getter. and always has been. It is said to be a §0od test of a man's character —that is, a good test may be obtained by con- sulting the opinion of his neighbors. If this be true, Senator Flint may well feel flattered. For sixteen years he has been our representa- tive in the upper house of the Legislature. The candidates of the Democracy have gone down before him time and time again. Democrats, Populists and Siver Republicans have joined forces against Tdm Flint. but they have at all times gome down to certain and hopeless de- feat. He has gome, In our estimation, higher and higher, until at the present time he en- joys a complete and permanent conquest of the affections of the people of his district, ir- respective of party. During all the time that he has been in the State Senate he has stood for good, clean government on all occasions. The smoke of scandal never touched his gar- ments. You have always known where to find | Senator Tom Flint. (Applause.) In presenting his claims I may say, as was sald by one of the gentlemen just preceding me, there is no corporation—there is no man nor set of men, that has any strings om Tom Flint. He is acquainted with the needs of the State, knows the methods of legislation: he would be the Governor of the State, and of no particular section of it. In thus present- ing the claims of my old friend, Tom Flint, I am not unmindful of the claims of the othér gentlemen; but, belleving that he will most certainly be elécted, I submit to you that it will be good politics, and if he be nominated, I pledge for him an active, vigorous and enthu- siastic canvass of the whole State. Elected, my knowledge of him places me in a position (o vouch for a good, clean, square, honest, dignified administration of the office of Governor. To elect him would be a tribute to _manhood; it would be compensation for faithtul pubiic service; it would prove an in- spiration to the younger men of the State, and in behalf of his public service, his character as a man, I bespeak for him the consideration to which his merits as a man entitle him. (Applause.) HUMOR FROM BURDETTE. Robert J. Burdette of Pasadena made the hit of the convention in his speech seconding Flint's nomination. It was full of humor and wit and he kept the com- vention in a roar. 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