The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1904, Page 11

Pages11t020 > - C \ L l Pages 11t02 SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 1904. OLOEN' JUBILEE OF REPUBLIGAN PARTY [5 GELERRATED WITH ENTHUSIAS I dll Republican candidates. C L AT ALAMBRA THEATER AND THE PRESIDENTIAL GANDIDATES ARE INDORSED {E Republican party was born on June 6, 1854, at the little city of Jackson, Mich. Its Golden Jubilee was celebrated yesterday in every part of the nation. The Republicans of ! Francisco, in a great mass meeting last night at the Alhambra Theater, honored the anniversary, pledging renewed devotion to Republican principles and loyal suppor* to the } Samuel M. Shortridge, George A. Knight, John T. Dare, Henry C. Dibble, Julius Kahn, E. I.. Wolfe and Cary Van Fleet were loudly cheered as they he party’s services to the country and predicted the triumphant election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks. & —— - + Prominent Speakers Tell of the Good Work ||Roosevelt’s Name Accomplished During the Last | biac ; Is %‘fieteq With Fifty Years. @ VOITE .« oo || b b 4 - s || Applause Follows v Tost cvesing &t tha A1 Blght. Aa as cxper on palien . | pesen by Hapeblian s o Con’ '1 Reference to ::j;. ‘(:1. iors and pe y demonstrations, he gress and signed by Republican Presi- MCKinley_ PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS. ag S 1 g g w K g ex str ciledge the trik & ice genius. PEERLESS ORATOR. esented as political no other ngs fre is w d noble untry H eff L. ts e d his other reec by the homa Many in_ the audi- « recalled the fact that Shor nce a d to repre- the ate of Legislature fancy the n gave ‘ n to for- mer the State, George « ¥ 4 weda It was viv- 1y ught to t mind of many that the peerless orator ac- with serene and He did not sulk his tent or seek solace in the camp s political adversaries. He went ward to the duty of proclaiming the rtues of Republican aspirants more nate than himself until it was in- ly inscribed on the records of the campaign committee of the patty: “Where Shortridge speaks, Republican orities grow.” dial greetings were given to John T. Dare, Julius Kahn, Henry C. Dibble and C Van Fleet, and whenever the name of Roosevelt was spoken the Re- publican hosts applauded in their ht Jacob Steppacher, assistant secretary | ing opposition to ) 1 ko pronour t victory in rally as significant o ing election. — SENATOR WOLF ADDRESS. Announces Object of Meeting and Ex- presses Patriotic Sentiments. zens who failed Theater of the moment the mention of the party ght forth che h speech was ap- in every nook iditorium and angled folds appreciation nged applause. Wolfe was in his T announced each tchy way When ng to order he stated n requested to act as to the absence of who was attending in Los Angeles. Ci similar meeting tinuing, he said dies and Ge ns In the the chairmar Central n- and Fellow of General the Republi- ee, the d to me first Re- this cam- however, a chairman of the and at his absence of this, ple of pr publican paign. 1 message from the Central Committee deliver it to you. If your party and desire to see triumphant at the coming election you must register and you must see that vour friends and your neighbors and vour employes and your employers register, for unless you do so you can not vote at the coming election, and . te of California and the city Francisco in particular owes so much to the Republican party that y right and proper that on n mber it should roll up for our present standard bearer as hand some a majority as it did four years ago for our beloved, much lamented nd martyred President, William Mc- Kinley. OBJECTS OF MEETING. “We have met here to-night, as they meeting all over this nation, for a ¢ 1 purpose: To commemorate the fiftieth aninversary of the birth of the Republican party and to ratify the | nominations recently made at the Re- publican National Convention at Chi- cago. We are celebrating to-night what may be called the golden wed- {ding of the American people to a great political party; a union that has re- | sulted in the greatest degree of pros- perity and national greatness and brought complete happiness and con- tentment to millions of firesides in this nation. 7 | “The Republican party came into be- |ing as a protest against the extension |of the slave laws into the territory then existing, and to voice the grow- the institution of siding over L demonstration of bring to vou, State request 1 you of the Republican State Central Com- | slavery in this land. Open the history mittee, returned from the East yes-|of this country for the last fifty years Republican he | a it | L v \ il ‘ RN AR JULIUS IGARNN TOWISQ PusTa & | T ‘ Joun~ T. [ DREE ! TABER. .. PHOTO. | ! §— — — = WELL-KNOWN_CALIFORNIA TO P NDIDATES. g ORATORS, WHO LONGED CHEERS FOR STIRRED THE PARTY, THE ITS PRINCIPL GREAT REPUBLICAN HOST AT THE ALHAMBRA THEA- | “IPLES, ITS ACHIEVEMENTS AND ITS PR ESIDENTIAL | dents, the sole purpose of which has been the betterment of the condition | of the American people, setting higher the standard of civilization and opening up to the American people new fields 0 prospe and effort. The Repub- lican party has been a party of action, a party of deeds, not of words, a party that has always built up and never | tcrn down, a party through whose ef- | forts this nation has grown vigorous |and prospered until to-day it is the | greatest nation on the face of the earth. It has won the confidence of the people of this land, it has preserved the integrity of this nation and won | the respect of all nations of the earth. “It was the party of Abraham Lin- | coln and it struck the shackles from millions of slaves; it was the party of Grant and it led the hosts of American patriots to preserve this nation for the destiny that Providence has in store for it; it was the party of Blaine, that stood for statesmanship of the highest character and patriotism of the purest type; it was the party of McKinley, that stood for protection to American industries and to American-labor, Mc- Kinley, under whose leadership we be- came a power among the nations, | striving for peace with honor, but pre- pared through our army and citizen soldiers on land and our navy on the | sea to fight for what was deemed the cause of right. | rHistory affords no parallel in any | age or country for the growth in na- | tional greatness and power and honor, | coupled with the betterment of the con- dition of our people, their opportunities for education in our common schools, the high moral atmosphere pervading all classes, the purity of the home life, the possession of civil and religious | liberty, with honest labor dignified and respected and ample employment for all who wanted work which have { marked the life of the American peo- ple during the long period of Repub- lican control. We may thank God to- night that under his guidance men | have been found inspired by ideals that have enabled them so to direct affairs of state in this land under Republican auspices that a nation has grown up whose start is ever in the ascendant and upon whose greatness the sun never sets, and our prayers go up that these conditions may continue for all 'time among a godfearing, lawabiding and respecting patriotic people. “We have met, also, to-night as I have indicated to ratify the nomina- | to-aay tions recently made at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Our friends the enemy, who are in session in St. Louis trying to find a safe and sane man to offer up as a sac- rifice upon the altar of the Republican party, have said of the Republican Na- tional Convention that it was a cut and dried affair, without any interest or enthusiasm; that it was a pro- gramme convention. My friends, it was a programme convention, but it was not a programme made by politi- cians or political bosses. It was not a programme made by great corpora- tions or trust magnates. The people of this lJand made the programme and the convention obeyed the voice of the people and renominated, as our candi- date for President, that scholar, states- man and author, that brave and gal- lant soldier, that loyal and patriotic citizen, whose motto through life has been that ‘the voice of the people is the voice of God,’ that pure-minded, honest, fearless and most perfect type of American manhood, Theodore Roosevelt of New York. ““But there is still another programme that has been made by the American péople and that will be carried out as sure as day follows night and night follows day, and that is the election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks to the high offices of President and Vice President respectively of the United States, in November next by the largest popular majority ever given to any candidates. “But I am reminded of the fact that my duty to-night is to preside and not to talk and therefore I will con- clude with the hope that we may all be inspired by what we shall hear from the eloquent gentlemen who are to address us and that we may go to our homes determined to make a still greater effort to perpetuate in power that party which has done so much, not alone for this nation but for all humankind the Wworld over.” The sweet strains of “The Star- Spangled Banner” floated through the hall as the band at a sign from the chairman began the national anthem. With one accord the audience arose and joined their voices in singing fhe hymn that stirs every patriotic soul. As the chairman stepped to the front of the stage to announce the first speaker of the evening, George A. Knight came on the stage from the wings and was spied by the audience as he took his seat. Cheer after cheer + went up and the enthusiasts would not be still until he advanced to the | speakers’ table and said: “Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Re- publicans—This is indeed a gratifica- tion. I think you very much.” The De Koven Quartet of Berkeley sang a selection and the audience wanted more. Chairman Wolfe prom- ised they should sing again during the evening and quiet ensued. AR P AR SHORTRIDGE TALKS. Speaker Tells of Good Performed by the Republican Party. Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge was in- troduced and said in part: “I share in your impatience and join in your desires to listen to that stai- wart Republican who has just return- ed from Chicag> with fresh laurels— George A. Knight. we can boast with the ancient Romans, ‘To be an American, is better than to be a‘king.” It was not always so. Onzce we were poor and despised; to-day we are rich and honored. Once we were sneered at, but to-day all nations want to waltz with Uncle Sam. To-day we are materjally majestic and territorial- ly we almest encompass the earth. Once this starry banner was looked down upon and had no standing on earth. To-day it is recognized as the greatest emblem on earth. It now floats proudly on distant shores and it will stay where it is for the next four years under the charge of that valiant soldier and statesman, Theodore Roosevelt. “This nation is what it is to-day, great and honored at home, loved and feared abroad, by virtue of the pat- riotism and martyrdom of Republi- cans. It gathered to it the greatest of men, that splendid being, that hope- ful, loving character, Abraham Lin- coln. From then until this hour the party has furnished statesmenship to make majestic the American people. “I for one take unspeakable pride in joining you in commemorating the birth of the party and in ratifying the nominations made at Chicago. The great deeds of the party are associated with the preservation of the Govern- ment and so long as the Governmert lives the names of the party's leaders will last. The present is upon us and as in the past when duty calls the Re- publican party is ever ready. Is thers ‘Without arrogance | | h— +- ——p greatest fair ever held is being exhib- ed. That fair could not have been held had it not been for the Republican party.” The speaker went into the history of | the Republican ty from the time of its birth at Jackson, Mich., July 6, 1854, down to the present time, dwelling on the civil war and the stand taken by the Democratic party at that time. “The Republican was the progressive 1 ! | | | | party during all those years while the | Democratic party was the ‘party of | obstruet In all of the fif | my observat it has k growled and ed. It was for flat money—16 to 1 a Republican part d any old thing. The as stood for protec- tion and prosperity for the people. When Clevel s President you all remember the houses. When the | Spanish war threatened the Democratic | brethren stood as a it and fought for ‘Old Glory' and the honor of the nation. But when the war closed, they vilified the administration. They even adopted Aguinaldo as their hero. While no doubt President McKinley suf- fered and worried over the criticism heaped upon him, he stood firm, and when he was taken from us Roosevelt | took up the work and stands firm to- day.” Portions of Roosevelt's speech at the | | Philadelphia convention were quoted | and Dibble concluded “I believe this republic has been builded and set apart for the uplifting of human Where the Republican | party ¥ yea ago stood alone against the sl power, so to-day it stands alone for the upbuilding of hu- manity.” i CHEERS GREET JULIUS KAHN. | Says That the Republican Party | Stands for Progress. do in November? To doubt what she [ The name of Julius Kahn was greet- will do would be to doubt the integrity | ed with cheers which were continued | of the people of the State. some minutes after he walked to the “With these few words I leave this | speaker's stand. He said subject with you, with the thought that “The Repub party stands for no nation can be great unless its in- | progress. The best interests of the stitutions produce great men to man- | commonv are vested in the Re- age its affairs. Unless it chooses great | publican pa men to guide it, it cannot prosper. We | Champ ( has stated that the | | Garfield, or Harrison, | Ratification Meeting, any question of what California will stand in the forefront of the nations of the world. Our flag floats everywhere, vet we have this splendid Government to guard at home and abroad. We must see to it that men of brains and stamina are selected. “With the reins of government in the hands of Roosevelt and Fairbanks we have the men who will advance this country to glory. It may be that the face of Lincoln looks down on us to- night, or that of Seward, or Grant, or or our McKin- They were Republicans.” o T TELEGRAM IS READ. ley. Acting Governor Anderson Greeting and Regrets. Chairman Wolfe read letters of re- gret from Victor H. Metcalf, who is in Washington, D. C., and Senator George C. Perkins, who is in Los An- geles. The following telegram was received from Acting Governor Alden Anderson: “SACRAMENTO, July 6.—Hon. Ed- ward I. Wolfe, Chairman Republican Care Alhambra Theater—I regret exceedingly that duties here prevent my being with you this evening. I hope the anniversary celebration of the birth of the Re- publican party will be an unbounded success and that the ratification of the nomination of Roosevelt and Fair- Sends | banks will speak in no uncertain tones | of the disposition of the people of San Francisco to assist in giving them the largest majorities in the history of po- litical parties in California at the election next November. ALD ANDERSON.” e JUDGE DIBBLE SPEAKS. History of the Party Is Given and Comparisons Are Made. Judge Henry C. Dibble was intro- duced and said in part: “We have as- sembled to .celebrate our golden jubi- lee and to indorse that grand states- man and brilliant soldier Theodore Roosevelt. “By the providence of God, Roosevelt is the President of the United States to-day and he will be continued by the American people. The welfare of our government demands that the safety of our government must rest in the hands of the Republiean party. I think it right to sketch the record of the Re- publican party for the last fifty years and compare it with that of the Demo- cratic party now in session in Mis- souri and in that city in which the greatest cala American republic tion of Grover Cleve that has befallen the as the second ele Yesterday at Louis, when ned I | cheers re wonder h Bryan this, surrounded by his gates? “The Democrats don't care for a plat- form. What they want is a candidate that can win. All they want are the loaves and fishes. They have an or- | ganized appetite. In their convention they h. attacked Mr. Root. They seem rget that during the regime of the Republican party the public debt has been reduced, s has been fostered, the navy 1 bullt up, a great civil gover has been given to the Philippines, the Monroe doctrine has been strengthened and the stand and po 1 of our Government has promoted peace among the nations of the earth. The Republican party has no fear of results. The splendid record | of Theodore Roosevelt speaks for itself.” Great cheering followed and the band played “The S Spangled Banner | ———— | VAN FLEET IS HUMOROUS. Train of Thought Is Jocular and | Pleases Fancy of Auditors. | William Cary Van Fleet was the next speaker. His line of talk was largely in a jocular vein, which seem- ed to fully meet the train of thought of his audience. He said in part “After this convention the Demo- cratic party will disappear forever like foamy oceans of beer. Parker represents the ideas of D. B. Hill. The American nation the foremost in the world to-day. As we stand now we are emulated by the nations abroad. The Japanese are shooting American projectiles into the heart of the Russian bear. The Republicans stand for the completion of the Pan- |ama canal. No hopes are too high | for the Republican pafty. The Ameri- Icrm idea will be the uplifting idea of ) this century. The Republican party { will continue to work out the splen- d destiny of this great republie.” The De Koven Glee Club followed vocal selections. e TS APPLAUSE. di | with some fir DARE | Pays Tribute to Women Who Support the Issues at Stake. John T. Dare opened up his speech | Continued @ Page 13, Column & |}