The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1901. NOMINEES FOR MAYOR SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE. viduals. city. teachers and creditors of the provements and schoolhouses. TOBIN LEADS HIS COMPETITORS IN THE RACE }ECORDS OF SUPERVISORS MUST INSURE RE-ELECTION ET me briefly enumerate the services by which this Board of Supervisors have entitled themselves to your recognition of their services. They have decreased taxation and brought the rate to the lowest point reached by any large American city. “They have permitted no property of any kind to escape taxation, enforcing the public urdens equally upon the rich and the poor, equally upon powerful corporations and defenseless indi- They have also lowered water rates, thereby effecting a saving of $270,000 to the They have lowered gas and electric light rates and vastly improved the servic have, while keeping within the dollar limit, saved $655,000 for streets, sewers, public im- They have saved and economized $320,000 to pay school-, In fine, as if to place a.final and worthy crown upon their services, they have reduced the carfare to two and one-half cents for school children, enabling the offspring of the poorest among you to avail themselves at the smallest possible cost of all the advantages of your admirable School Department,—Ex- tract from the speech of Mr. Delmas at Metropolitan Temple last night. city for old indebtedness. ey ELOQUENCE OF DELMAS AROUSES ENTHUSIASM. Continued From Page One. and his heart and his tools than a man who Tobin, the next | (Applause and cries o Mayor of San “'Sure.") end rancisc ar. o, is. TOBIN WILL SURELY BE THE NEXT MAYOR South of Market Will Turn Loose for . Him on Election Day. There is no more doubt of the election of Mr. there was (f my election when I an for Governor of this State. And the very ame people that Gid not ikink that I was too much of a dude to receive the labor vote Bouth of Market street are the very same pec: ‘e that will turn loose for Joe Tobin in the election of next November and make him Mayor of San Francisco. (Cheers) And why He is a young man born and raised of o father that worked his way from a lab ng man to a position He is a man of ability, Integrity and intelligence. He is a lawyer of experience und education He is a membs the present Board of Su- such is one of thos: to whom due for the good work of the He has already served the city ) as_its Mayor pro tempore. ber that as president of the he is Mayor during the t ;r and as such has dis- Quties of the office. of Mayor is the most fmportant in of California. 1 do not except that { tate. San Francisco rnias * As San Franci . as it prospers, the Sta thrive and grow and pros- needs a man of experience e, a man of energy, a man we are looking across the ic to the Russian railroad to turn loose into the vesscis it there the commerce of Eu- | are looking to the Orient, we are | to the islands of the sea for an im- | volume of trade. If the city of 0 can get that trade it will time of New York and the gre ies. It will depend upon the energy and | depend on the ability of the officials | you select, it will Gepend upon the Board ‘that you may elect, it will dc- g qualities, for the bene- of its Mayor as to whether or a side place in the commerce of or the Queen of the Great West; will be the “controller of the Pa- king be ppens to be the attorney for a bank, as my | | nom | and honest." and again in the course of this campaign, and | 1 repeat it now, this is not a political issu it is a business issue. Every man who has h | money invested in San Francieco, who owns | property in San Francisco, who has his chil- dren at school in San Francisco Is interested in | | this campaign, not as a political partisan, but | as a man and citizen interested In the welfare | of San Francisco. (Applause.) I have gone about during the past few weeks, | 2nd it has been to me a liberal education. I | have gone about among all the classes, all the professions and all the grades of society; and, while the interviews that I have had have been more than encouraging to me politically, they" have been a source of honest pride to ine in another respect. Almost every man that I have met when he has been interrogated as to his political leanings has replied: “In na- tional afairs I am a Demoerat” or “I am a Republican,” as the case may be, ‘‘but in mu- nicipal life' I consider who is the honest man and who will best discharge his duty free from | the influence of corporate agsression.” (Ap- plause) 1 say, gentlemen, that is a source of pride to me and should be a source of pride to each one of us. It shows that the seed that has been sown ls bearing fruit, that men no | | longer look upon their ticket to find the dis- tinctive mark Republican or Democrat, but they look for the distinctive mark of honesty | cr dishonesty. (Cheers.) As I have traveled | from place to place in the city of Saw Fran- cisco it makes no difference whether the man £t00d before the door of a rurnace with dis- | tended 'veins and set muscles or whether he | worked in the heated shop, or whether he sat at a merchant's desk, the invariable reply has | been, “'We want practical business men in office, men that we know are not bound by any pledge, men that we know do not owe their ations to the influence of corporations or | | bosses, but men who have been chosen for the | reputaticn they bear as men, free, independent | | | 1 am in this fight to (Cheers.) I am !n this fight to work to win. I hope to win by all honorable, manly means. But if to win I must descend to per- sonalities; if to win I must pledge my honor to get votes: if to win I must bow my neck te a corporation power; if to win I must forfeit | my place as an honest, reputable citizen—then, in the words of that great warrior of seivic | virtue, that great political leader, Samuel J. Tilden, if that be the cost, gentlemen, then let me retire and take my piace in the ranks of plundered fellow citizens. (Great cheer- I shall win, but not at such a cost. I shall win, I.hope, without forfeiting an ounce of the respect that any man in the audience | had for me when I started this campaign. (Ap- plause.) And, ladies and gentlemen, if 1 do win, at the end of two years, 1 hope to see such an audience as this, and if I have in any way abused the trust that you have placed in | me; if T have betrayed my honor as a citizen; | if T bave sold myself to a corporation; if I have cast my honor before a boss—then, ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will rise up andy Ladies and Gentlemen: win. ther it will be a village. I Wells the other evening. I believe all, told the citizens who ilstened to | hat in order to accomplish any results ecessary that the Mayor and the Board of the same po- | all that is conceded, according to | Wells, to take him at his own words, he it, if he has already filed a certificate nation=and that fact I really doubt. | Two and a ball cents for car fare ~Have | you thought of that? Have the peopie south ket street thought of what two and a ts each day for a school child means? its @ day, if they go and take thel with them. Five cents a day: | : more than = dollar a month; | n twelve dollars a year for any one | that a man wants to send to the public | If for no other reason in the world hat this Board of Supervisors and Mr. . who is cne of the members, should be lected. (Applause.) For two children it be twice as much, and the amount saved h man, each mechanic, each laborer, each an, is more than sufficient to pay the | in njnety-nine cases oyt of a hun- for the suppor# of this mu- A BELIEVER IN UNIONS fays Organized Labor Makes Big Mistake by Going Into Politics. They say, my unfon friend, that you will vote for Mr. Schmidt. Why? Because he is Is that any reason? I myself am as firm a believer in unions and aiways have been as anybody in the world. I believe them so_strongly that I would fortify them law and cause them to be incorporated so t they might mot only represent labor it- gelf, but be responsible for any wrongdoings f their organization. O pions “ae the conservators of labor and they are the protectors of capital. But they never can in this world fulfill thelr purposes by going into politics as an independent, ‘sep- (Applapse. *T'say the unione make a mistake. That is not their province. Neither capital on the one side, nor labor on the other, as organizaticns, bt in politics. Each has a right A self from aggrandizement of yicious men and vicious parties. “ The fight to-day, my friends, s between Schmitz, the Primary Republican League and Mr. Tobin. Wélls s not in it. You may have some doubt about this proposition, but when you go around town and ask your nelghbor quietly, who is perfectluy willing to discuss the proposition with you, *‘Who are you going to vote for for Mayor?” I don't think you will find very many that ere going to vote for Mr. Wells. 1 think that you will ind that the m: jority are going to vote for Mr. Tobin (Ap. plause) The vote will stand: Tobln first, Schmitz second and Wells flagged. (Laughter and epplause.) T agreed when I got up here this evening to talk that I wouldn't speak Over five-minutes, &nd 1 intended to keep my promise, but like 21l politiclans I sometimes break it (laughter), unintentionally, though. At this point Mr. Tobin appeared upon the platform. The audience arose en masse and cheered the- candidate for Mayor repeatedly. Budd, about to take his seat, was recalled by shouts of “Go on, Jim,” but sai ’ You said ‘Go ahead, Jim’; you meant ‘Joe,’ didn’t you?” Governor Budd then introduced Mr. To- bin as the next Mayor of San Francisco, When the cheering, which lasted several minutes, had subsided, Tobin addressed the meeting as follows: 2 union man? by HAS BUT ONE PLEDGE TO GIVETO THE PEOPLE Honest Discharge of Duty if Elected Is Tobin’s Sole Campaign Slogan. Mr. Chairman, ladles and gentlemen: Such an audience as this must set a man’s heart beating with_hope, aspiration and patriotism. (Appisuse.) Encouraged by your civic patriot- ssm which brings you here this evening, what man could stand upon this platform insensible to the demand made upon him by the great, the hopetul, the rich, the proud city of San Francisco. (Applause.) I have not gome hers, ladies and gentlemen, this evening to make & Set speech; my pres- ence is demanded elsewhere; but it is my pleasure this evening to come before you full as 1 am with the patriotism and buoyaney of youth, to give you & pledge of my determina- tion, if I am eiected to office to diecharge my duty honestly. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the oniy pledge that I have given in the course of this campaign. (Applavse) That is the only pledge that I shall give in the course ot this campaign. I am indebted to mo set of men, ' mo_cliques, no corparation, no class of ociéty for my momination, and I shall dis- charge my duty to but the city of San Francisco and its citizens. (Renewed applause,) That may be an old story in your ears, but it is @ new story upon my lips, and it comes from | Mayor. > drive me in_dishonor and disgrace from this | hall, (Round after round of cheers for Tobin, | the ‘audience rising to their feet.) The chairman—Well, you have heard the next v, ladies ‘and gentlemen, what do you think of him? (Renewed cheering.) He | talked like a man from the shoes up, didn't {he? (Cheers and cries of ““You bet!) You | aian’t see any of the English dude about him. That gentleman talks like a mah. He is an | athlete. He goes out in the field and is mot | afraid of tumbling off a horse and breaking his neck playing polo and having somebody say he is English for doing it. I would rather see him playing polo on the back of a mustang than Stapding on the corner smoking cigarettes. It is & maniy sport and gives him vigor to go about his business. He is young. He tells you to drive him out of the hall. No man of his position in the community, of his age, of his antecedents can afford to surrender that which the people of his native city have given to himi. This man, it elected Mayor, will make the best Mayor that \San Francisco has ever had or ever will have. (Cheers.) This man, 1 elected Mayor, will be the Mayor of the city and will bring to_this city the trade of the Pacific, the islands of the sea, of the Orient, and the Ruselan trade. He is a commercial man in commercial busi- ness, and he has sh wn you to-n‘sit that he tands square-footed, like a_soldier to the front. He don’t desert, and he don't retreat, (Applause.) The next’ on the list (cries of Delmas, Delmas). We will give you one more, before Mr. Delmas, because if Mr. Delmas starts in you never will leave your seatd. He is the greatest orator in the United States, and 1 have heard them all. T now desire to ntroduce to you a member of the Typographi- cal Union, Mr. Marble. cds i MARBLE SAYS SCHMITZ . IS A WHOLE ORCHESTRA Gives a Union, Man’s Idea of the Head of the Labor Ticket. 'John H. Marble of the Typographicai Unfon was next introduced and spoke in thoughtful, earnest strain, and in spite of cries of “Delmas” toward the end of his speech, was listened to attentively and finished amid rousing cheers. He called the attention of his auditors to the importance of eclecting a Mayor and Board of Supervisors pledged to the | ecquisition of public utilities. He spoke, he sald, as a union man to union men. Speaking of Schmitz, ne said: I am told that Mr. Schmitz is a very fine musician. Indeed, he is proving it to u!yevery day by the skill with which he is playing on all these different strings in the campaign. He is asking the Germans to vote for him be- cause his name is Schmitz and because he be- longs to a German society, and he is asking the Irish to vote for him because he has Irish relatives, and he is asking the employers to vote for him because he owns a prosperous manufacturing business, and he is asking utnion men to vote for him because in spite of the fact that he owns a prosperous manufac- turing business he belongs to a union and holds a job which otherwise some man not for- tunate enough to own a manufacturing busi- ness would have. You all remember the Primary League. Mr.~Schmitz was a member of the Primary | League, but he was not annihilated by the defeat. You have all seen the gentleman in the orchestra who plays the triangle and the cymbals and the drum, and you know the fa- cility with which he lays down one and takes up the other. Mr. Schmitz is playing that very orchestra. He s leading the labor forces, the Germans, the Irishmen, the employers, ' the Primary League, and is champion of labor. (Laughter and applause.) Why, the man is more than a musician, he is a whole orchestra. As between two such candidates as he and Mr. Wells one would have to cohose neither. Luckily we can choose neither, and still can vote for good, honest, progressive government and for governme: on® the American plan. Mr. Tobin in thesé respects is as strong and as straightforward and as desirable a candi- date as his opponents are weak and impossible. DELMAS SPEAKS OF HIS . INTEREST IN CAMPAIGN Cannot Remain Silent When Su Great Issues as at Present Ar Involved. Ex-Governor Budd then introduc . M. Delmas. As the speaker of the evening advanced to the front of the platform the audience greeted him with an enthusiasm which grew as the brilliant speaker talked till it culminated in as rousing a cheer as the walls of Metropolitan Hall ever. re- echoed. One individual interrupted the speaker, but he was sorry he spoke, “Let’s hear from John H. Wise,” came a man in the front row. Delmas stopped in the middle of a sen- tence, bowed to Mr. Wise, who was on my heart. 1 stand here, and I can say it without pride, selfishness or egotism, I stand here as the fieyn:enudve of !ndewndqn) honesty in pub- life. (Renewed applause. Satics and mentlemen, T bave sald it again the platform, and, turning to the volun- teer speaker, said in tones of ponderous W&mfl d, John H. Wise is b , John ‘wise you, i Bets silent.” Tahay | therefore, After mildly rebuking those whose cries: of “Delmas” had interrupted the former speaker and begging for himself an un-| interrupted hearing, Delmas spoke as fol- o Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Since my residence is in the Valley of Santa Clara and there my voting place, and since 1 own littie property in this city and can exercise here no political rights, some may be tempted to ask whether 1 do not realize that my ap- pearance upon this platform is an intrusion into other people’s affairs, or fail to appre- ciate that I am attempting to take a hand In matters not of my concern. To such my reply must be that these very frounds were urged by me uvon the gentlemen who were kind enough to eytend to me the invitation to ad- dress you this evening, and that they in their wisdom saw proper to overrule them. Upon reflection I cannot but believe that there @re some good and proper grounds. to. justify their decision. A year and more ago it was my privilege standing on these very boards to meet the assembled people of this eity,” crowd- ing then as they do now every available spot in"this spacious hall, and to address them upon the great principle of democracy. From that day to this whenever called upon.to raise my voice in the same cause I have never re- mained silent. It would ill_have become me, to refuse now. The principles in- volved in this election are—I use the word in its broad sense as indicating a system of gov- ments, and not in its narrow and political meaning—demoeratic. As outlined- by public opinion the isgue is, shall the future govern- ment of this city be henest or corrupt? Shall it be intrusted to men selected by ‘the people representing the interests of the people and the whole people, or shall it be turned over to those who have been selected by political schemers to obey the behests and further the narrow and selfish interests of a_ few con- sclenceless corporations, or even.shall it be intrusted to those who, selected from a special and exclusive class, are to wield it for the particuiar interest of that class? 3 If this be the issue the battle then is truly between the principle of true democracy on: the cne side and the principle opposed to true | democracy on_ the gther. In such a battle wherever fought I am, ‘in spirit at' least, en- listed. In such, If the fleld -isa'within-my reach, I stand ready at all times to: shoulder my musket and take my place in the ranks. Therefore it is that I have accepted the Invi- tation to address you to-night. - After all. 1 know of no reason why I should feel like a stranger among strangers. Stand- ing here surrounded ‘as 1 am, locking upon this familiar multitude, greeted by the accus- tomed welcome of friendly voices, coming here to contend for those prineiples of good gover ment which I have advocated all my 'lfe, I know of no reason why I should mot feel like the McGregor-when his foot is upon his natiye heath—none which should make me doubt that wherever the people of California are assem- bled upon any public occasion, standing among them I am at home. ELECTION OF D;liOCRATIC TICKET IS ‘A NECESSITY Gives as His Reason That It Stands for the Interests of Good Gov- ernment. I have come here to advocate the election of that ticket which happens to have been placed before the people by the reguiarly organizeq Democratic party of this city. I have come to do so, because the interests of good govern- ment, in my opinion, require it. I have come | to do =o because the welfare of this city, in my judgment, depends upon the issue of to-day. I desire ‘to address a few words to the men Wwho belong to each of the recognized political parties now in the field. I shall begin with you Republicans. To you, the honest and independent Republican voters of this city, T shall first speak. I know that in national political issues we do not agree. Our différence may be waived, for none of those issues are here involved. Taking a broader view of our relations and political faiths, how- ever. there is one point upon which we cer- tainly are at one. You claim as the greatest Republican your illustrious founder, Abraham Lincoln. I 1ook upon him as the greatest Dem- ocrat. There must. then, be something com- mon between us. What is it? I believe it is this: Lincoln’s broad and generous humanity his constant love of the plain people and un swerving devotion to their interests; the dedi- cation of his life to the enforcement of the doc- trine of the universal equality of man; his struggle for good government and pure and exalted pblitical faiths, Reading your duty by the light of the great principles which governed him, can you see your way clear, my Republican friénds, to supporting the ticket which the Republican organi- zation places to-day before the people of this city? Let me begin with the nominees for Super- visors, 1 do not know them; am mot aware that I have even heard their mames. I have been told and have read that there is a sprink- ling of good men among them. But, accord- ing to the judgment of those most competent to pass upon the subject, they are, taken in the mass, most unfit to constitute the legisla- tive power of this metropolls. Take first the judgment of your candidate for Mayor, Mr. Wells. In its issue of the 22d of the present month The San Francisco Call quotes Mr. Wells as sayin “If I had seen the list of names (of nomi- nees for the Board of Supervisors upon the Republican ticket) I would no more have ac- cepted the nomination (for Mayor) than give 6p my hope of going to heaven when I dle.’” This statement has never been denied by Mr. Wells.. On the contrary, when confronted with it he has remained silént, and by his silence confirmed Its accuracy. In the judgment of the head of the ticket, “then, his associates well deserve the appellation of political highbinders which was conferred upon them by the Chron- icle in its issue of the 15th of this month. CALLS SOME NOMINEES POLITICAL HIGHBINDERS Candidate Wells’ Demand for Their Removal Was Peremptorily De- nied by the Bosses. ‘What, indeed, do these candidates, according to ‘the 'best Republican authority, stand for? In its issue of the 1sth of this month the Chronicle, after asserting that these men were selected largely from disreputable walks of life, and fcllowed in the main disreputable or degrading oceupations, asserts that “they have subscribed to the following programme: To repeal the sidedoor ordinance. To repeal the anti-pool selling ordinance. To open Ingleside to unlimited racing. To 1enew the Geary-street railway franchise. To keep the water rates as they are except ln;_rea!‘ed y?lymen(l h{ L!he c}:y.l 4 ‘o give all contracts for city lighting to ola gas and electric light. company, S hy keep out al interlopers. " To let the telephone company do it pleases, and.retuse tranchises 10 ail rivais Dienas. s statement of the Chronicle {s re) ¢ in its lssue of a week later, and has never pre contradicted to this date’ It is no wondcr then, that your candidate for Mayor, in sur- veying this motley crowd of highbinders ex- pressed something of the same feelings that Falstaff did when he surveyed his army a BB e O Piles ‘Cured Without the Knife, Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. No_Cure, No Pay. All dru; are author- ized by the manufacturers Pazo Ointment to refund money where it falls to cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standing, Cures ordinary cases in six days; the worst cases In fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relleves itching instantly. This is a mew discovery and is the only pile remedy £0ld on a positive guarantee, No cure no pay. A free sample will be sent by mail to any one Sending their name and address. Price, 80c. It our druggist don’t keep it in stock send us.5c i’n stamps and we will forward a ful size box by mail. Manufactured by Paris Medicine Co., St.Louis,Mo.,who also manufacture the celebra- ted cold ‘cure, Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. | CATTPAIGN BECOr1ING EXCITING Night Ride of Wells in Pursuit of the Peddlers’ Union. = g S S the campaign progresses Joseph S. Tobin, nominee for Mayor, gains in public favor. Two years ago, as a candidate for Supervisor, he received 25,127 .. out of a total of 52,008 votes. At that election Asa R. Wells, candidate for Auditor, received 24,717 votes. For the coming municipal election 78,000 citizens are registered. It is estimated that the vote will approximate 60,000. Indications at“this hour point to Tobin’s success, as he'is daily gaining votes while Schmitz . | and Wells are losing ground. The supporters of Tobin have completed arrangements for active work In every district of the city from this time until election day. The campaign is to be en- livened and the enthusiasm of citizens in- spired by the eloquence of gifted orators. Mr. Tobin is a good talker himself and wins strength wherever he speaks. The Native Sons will contribute to the fund of oratory in behalf of the principles of ,800d government which Mr. Tobin rep- resents. Candidate Wells made a speech last night at Garibaldi Hall. The speech was brief. Only “a few words were ut- tered by the nominee. Three tigpes he said, “Gentlemen, I am very glad to see you.” The gladness of Mr. Wells jast night can be understood in view of his disappointment the night -before, when he was out after dark in quest of an au- dienice of peddlers. Indeed the candidate was glad to see somebody last night to make up for the-disappointments of the' night before. ~Excluding the three times that he said, ‘“Gentlemen, I am °very glad to see you,” the_speech cansisted of*-about 200" words, With the consent of the campaign committee the speech may be -repeated next week. Cobb should eliminate - from Wells' address of 200 wotds all reference to Tar Flat. There will not be much of the speech left when these words are eliminated, but the wrath ‘of good citizens in a fine section of the city south of Market street may be appeased. o, The cigar dealers say the programme to be carried out, should Wells happen to be elected Mayor, is the appointment of Mose Gunst to the Police Commission. The policemen would then be expected 1o smoke the General Arthur cigar. Wells Was Bunkoed. An enterprising politician of the “push” species known'as “‘Spuds” Burke induecd Asa R. Wells and Guardian W. H. Cobb to make an expedition to Folsom street, near. Fourth, night before last, to appear before the *Peddlers’ Union and receive the peddlers’ indorsement. of- Wells , for Mayor. ‘Mr. Wells hired a coupe and along with Cobb visited several halls, but falled -to find -the place where the ‘pod- dlers weredn session. The story goes that -“Spuds’’ gbtained $50 for the promised in- -dorsement. When Wells and Cobb fournd they had been bunkoed they drove rapialy away from the scene. The facts of the visit leaked out. Now comes the presi- dent of the Peddlers’ Union with the fol- lowing statement: SAN FRANCISCO, Oct..25, 1901 Editor..of The Call—} . Your_attention- is qalled ta‘the fact that this morning’s issue con- nected one Thomas Burke, ' alias ‘‘Spuds' Burke, with sthe Pegdlers’ Association of this city. T desire to sa¥ as the president of this corporation. that Burke s in no manner con- nected with ‘our organization and he is not authorized to_use the name of the ‘‘Peddlers’ Protective Association.”” The Peddlers’ ciation has taken no interest in the local po- litical fight and will indorse no ticket or can- didates for office this year. Any person using the name of our organization Is an impostor and candidates should exercise caution and care in dealing with persons claiming to represent us. Very truly, MEYER BLOOM, President, 406 Drumm street. The advice given by Meyer Bloom is good and sound. Welis and Cobb should profit by it. ‘“‘Candidates should exercise caution and care in dealing with persous claiming to represent the Peddlers’ Asso- ciation.” As to the $30 reported to have been given for the indorsement, “‘Spuds” Burke may spend it where it will do the most good for the cause he represent: It is true that Joseph . Tobin and E gene E. Schmitz declined- to plank up . but that declination did not discourags “Spuds.” He was reprehensible, however, for the fact that he was not on the spof himself to give Wells and Cobb three cheers when they “alighted from the coupe. Even in that district, which Mr. Wells speaks of as Tar Flat, the ordinary courtesies of the campaign should bc re- spected by the push element. @ Il @ NORTH BEACH VOTERS GREET : —_— Continued From Page. One. John?” some -one asked from the audi- ence: - . ““Well, as to my record, that is for you to_judge,” replied the modest Sheriff. Joseph S. Nyland, Thomas W. Collins, Fred Eggers, George Alpers, John 'F. Ahearn, Charles H. Stanyan, F. N. Bent and W. H, George, candidates for Super- visors; Bd J. Smith, for Tax Collector; A. B. Mahoney, for County Clerk; Harry Baehr, for Auditor, and Charles A. Low, for Police Judge, aiso spoke. il el @ o : ventry, You remember the words of that other elderly gentleman upon that occasion: “It 1 be not ashamed of my army, I am a soused gurnet.” But of Mr. Wells himself, what manner of man is he? What are his qualifl ions’ to oc- cupy the responsible position to’ which he aspires? 1 think that his true character is de- noted by one single episode of his life, which lately took place. On the 34 of this month the San Francisco Bulletin, now his warm apd devoted supporter, published that Mr. Well§ had learned on the preceding day that his friend, Mr. Flint, had not been placed upon the Supervisorial ticket; that in the evening he had sent for Mr. Max Goldberg (who is Max Goldberg?) and in- formed him that unless a place was made on the ticket for Mr. Flint, he, Wells, would with- draw from the contest—his emphatic words be- ing: “‘Mr. Flint goes on or I go offt.’ Mr. Goldberg, the Bulletin continues, at once tele- phoned to Mr. Herrin, and then started for the latter's house. The next morning Mr. Gold- Dberg and Chairman Riordan met at Mr. Wells' office, and there Mr. Wells reiterated that un- less Mr. Flint was at once put on he would withdraw for good. Shortly after this inter- view Mr. Wells, so the Bulletin's story con- tinues, informed the Bulletin representative that the leaders of the party agreed with the position he had taken, and Mr. Herrin go ex- pressed himself, and that if the change was not made he should certainly—L quote his own words as reported in the Bulletin verbatim— “retire not only from the contest but from politics for all time to com Gentlemen, one-half of that prediction has proved untitie, Mr. Wells has not retired from the contest. It remains for you to determine whether he shall prove a good prophet as to the other half—whether you will give him on election day leave to retire from politics for all time to come. I submit to your This ~ single episode, candid judgment, is in itself sufficient Through it his true to denote the man. weak, vac'llating and subservient character is seen as through a glass. It fully justifies the Judgment pronounced upon him by’ the Chronm icle of October 23, when it said: ‘“He may wince, he may flounce, but in the end he obeys orders.” And right here the fmportant questlon arises: Whose orders has Mr. Wells obeyed in_thls matter? Whose orders is he obeying now? Whose orders is he likely to obey hereafter? It is strongly suggested in the Bulletin's ar- ticles that the men whose orders Mr. Wells has followed in this matter so far are a Mr. Max Goldberg—whom I may be pardoned for never having heard of before—and another gentleman who occupies the important position of chlef counsel of a number of railroad com- panies and other vast corporations doing busi- ness in this city. If these be indeed the men who control' and are likely to control Mr. Wells' actions, in whose interests do you }imagine those actions will be? When expired franchises are to be renewed or abolished, ‘when .memsbw lines, waterworks, telephones or other public utilities are to be a the city, or left to be managed for citizens, READY TO STAND, IF ELECTED, | UPON RECORD HE WILL MAKE AM in this fight to win. I am in this fight to work to win. I hope to win by all honor- * able, manly means. But if to win I must descend to personalities; if to win I must pledge my honor to get votes;- if to win I must bow my neck to corporation power; if'to win I must forfeit my place as an honest, reputable citizen—then, in the words of that great warrior of civic virtue, that great political leader, Samuel J. Tilden; if that be the cost, gentlemen, then let me retire and take my place in the ranks of my plundered fellow- zens. 1 shall win, but not at such a cost. I shall win, I hope, without forfeiting an ounce of the respect that any man in the audience had for me when I started this campaign. And if I do win, at the end of two years I hope to see such an audience as this, and if I have in any way abused the trust that you have placed in me; if I have betrayed my honor as a citi- - zen; if I have sold myself to a corporation; if I have cast my honor before a boss, then I hope you will rise up and drive me in dishonor and disgrace from this hall—Extract from the speech of Mr. Tobin at Metropolitan Temple last night. -+ : CANDIDATE EUGENE E. SCHMITZ EXTENDS GLAD HAND. Continuéd From Page One. the time; you can fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time."” The lads whistled ferociously at this wise saw.and when Schmitz said he would | as Mavor represent all the people and not a class oniy, a capitalist in the rear of the hall created a commotion by falling off his chair. Then Schmitz extended the glad hand to his hearers and said his elec- tion would strike the fear of God in the hearts of professional politicians. The Schmitzian voice, which has been failing sradually, gave out at this juncture and the orator retired amid the whistling of the crowd. At Duveneck Hall, corner of Church and Twenty-fourth streets, a crowd of young men, few of whom had attained their ma- jority, shouted with gusto when the tall | candidate arrived, in time to interrupt the peroration of J. T. McEntee, candidate for | Supervisor, who was urging his hearers I not to allow the politicians “to crucify | 1abor on a cross of gold.” Schmitz took the stand and repeated his speech. There was some enthusiasm, but it lacked soul. It was of that quality which depresses rather than inspires. Other speakers were Robert J. Loughery, Thon F. Eagan, John F. Dillon, William J. Kenney, W. D. Getchell, Charles Harcourt, J. M. Murph: | George B. McClellan and Thomas Reagan. B e e e e e e S e e of private individuals, when the properly"!( corporations 18 to be taxed at its proper value or allowed practically togscape taxation, when water, gas and electric fites are to be fixed, when 'contracts for public lighting and other | public services ure to be let, whose will be | the ordsrs that Mr. Wells will obey? Whose | will be the ‘wishes thut he will comply with? Whose the interests that he will subserve? Will it be those of the people of this city or those of the clients of the men whose orders he so far has taken? How does it happen that ‘such =u- desirable nominations were made? Is it because thereareno good men in the Republican party, no men competent to fill these or any other public sta- tions? The fact seems—indeed, it is conceded—to be that the convention which placed these men in nomina- tien was composed of mere dummies; that their work was cut and dried be- forehand, and that they merely went through the idle ceremony and empty | tarce of ratifying a choice not of their own choosing and placing before the | people nominees not of their own selection. This charge has been so | often and so openly made, it is so fully substantiated by the character | of the nominees, that it would be dec- ing violence to common sense to doubt it to be true. To you, then, I appeal. the honest, inde- pendent, self-reifant Republican, voters ‘'of San Francisco, Will you allow yourselves to be used as the members of that convention were used? Will you, too, Crm;:'!fmlm .Dlfiy‘:xerte'l‘{ the perfunctory: part of biindly ratilying Workof bosses and political trickaters? - Wili 7ou deliberately place the government of this city for two years to come under the manage- ment of a gang o2 men which one of the lead- ing papers of your own party has justly de- nominated a gang of political highbinders? I do not believe it; 1 cannot believe it. But if You repudiate these, to what quarter will you turn? Before you determine that question I beg you to listen to what 1 am about to say to the Democratic portion of this audience. EXCELLENT CHARACTER OF OPPOSING TICKET Democrats Have Reason to. Exuit Over Praise Given Their Nomi- nees by Their Opponents. To you now, my Demacratic friends, I speak. You have reason to be proud of the contrast which your ticket presents to that which I have just dealt with. You have reason to exult over the praise which your political ad- versaries of old have bestowed upon the work of your convention and the character of its nominees. Let me begin with examining the personnel of the Board of Supervisors which your party presents for the public approval. In an edi- torial of the 23d of this month The Call, after dwelling at length upon the fact that the Republicans had received their nominations at the hands of certain bosses and political ma- nipulators, proceeded to say: “*The men named by the Democratic party for Supervisors are men whom the stanchest Re- publican can vote for without any sacrifice of party loyaity or any lack of civic patriotism. No scandal stains the record of their service.’ Permit me briefly to laythat record before you and to rehearse in a few words the public his- tory of that board. Before doing so, however, | permit me . to dwell upon the fact that a ma- Jority of that board have been renominated and | constitute the majority of the nominees upon | the present Democratic ticket. This renomina- tion of a former board constitutes a new de- parture in the political annals of San Fran- cisco. I cast no slander upon this city when 1 say that mever before within the memory of living men has any party here renominated a Board of Supervisors after its term had ex- pired. Such bodies had generally become no- toriously so corrupt that their renomination would have invited derision and insured defeat. My recollection goes back to eightsen or twen- ty years before the present charter. During that period this city had invariably been in- flicted with boards which in the end never failed to forfeit the confidence of the people. Under the old regime had not the Solid Nine become one of the chronic cancers of the body politic? Was not every public sheet filled week after week and month after month with de- nunclation of their methods? Was not the pub- lic mind kept in constant alarm with apprehen- sions of their schemes of favoritism of corrupt practices and of public plunder? Was it not notorious that they were manipulated at will by the vile stipendiaries of plundering corpora- tions, \and that in return for favors granted or bribes received they stripped the city of fran- chises .of incalculable value, basely connived at evasions of taxation, and, In the interest of private proft, unjustly refused to lighten pub- lic burdens? I have read its annals awry, if such has not been the history of the Board of Super- visors of this city for the elghteen or twenty years preceding the charter. I speak, therefore, of that Which you all do know when'I say that at no time during that period would any party, Democrat or Republican, have darcd—no party in fact did dare—to renominate a Board of Su- pervisors after its term had expired. The pub- lic invariably heaved a sigh of relief at the disappearance of the old board and generally with fatal fatuity straighway proceeded to Dbend their necks to a yoke which, though wreathed with garlands of flowers, was no less galling than before, It is a fact, therefore, calculated to arrest attention that, for the first time in the his- tory of the city a party has ventured to re- nominae its old Board of Supervisors. Why? The reason is given in the words of the Repub- lican paper which I have already quoted: ‘'No scandal stains the record of theirservice.”” They have discharged their duties faithfully. They have served the people according to the dic. tates of their consclence. They have acted in accordance with the great principles of the Democracy to which they belong. Have you heard that during their term public franchises had been given away to favorites? Have you heard that great corporations have been al- lowed to shirk the burdens of taxation? Have you heard that they had vielded to the cor- rupt wiles of the emissaries of the money power? Have you heard that they have failed to stand up in behalf of rights of the people against corporation blandjsh- ments or corporate bribes? What, on the con- trary, have you heard? What do you know? What do even their political adversaries con- cede? Let me briefly enumerate the i Dy which this board have entitled themsglves to your recognition of their services. They have decreased taxation and brought the rate uired. by-| Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. Mo %mm« e o oy, Prce s oente o Ay X to the lowest point reached by any large A, ican city. They have permitted no property o any kind to escape taxation, enforcing the public .burdens equally upon the rich.and the or, equally upon powerful corporations and Setenseless ndividuals. They - have I ered water rates, thereby effecting a saving of $270,000 to the city. They Bave lowered gas L e o e e e S S * Stops the Cough works oft the cold. Laxative And Bromo and electric light rates and vastly improved the service. They have, while keeping within the dollar limit, saved $635,000 for _streets, sewers, public improvements and schoolhouses. They have saved and economized $320,000 to pay school teachers and_creditors of the city for old indebtedness. In fine, as if to place a final and worthy crown upon their services, they have reduced the car fare to 21 cents for school children, enabling the offspring of the poorest among you to avail themselves at the smallest possible cost of all the advantages of your admirable Public School Department. May I not say, then, with prophetic confl- dence that as it Is the first time in the his- tory of the city that a Board of Supervisors has been renominaed, so it will be the first time that a board will be re-elected. HIGH STANDING OF MEN CHOSEN AS CANDIDATES They Represent the Commercial In- terests of the City and Are of EKnown Probity. The new names which have been placed upon our Supervisorial ticket are not ail familiar to me. If, however, 1 am to judge of them in the mass by those that I do know, I cannot but believe that they are not unworthy to be writ- ten side by side with those of the old mem- bers. - Take, for instance, Henry Payot. The whole community knows him as a merchant lons established here—a gentleman of spotless reputation, whose name Is accepted everywhere as the synonym of legitimate enterprise, intez- rity and fair dealing; whose reputation Is that of ‘a man of broad capaeity for affairs, exten- sive information and liberal and enlightened views. Take next John Landers. Every man in San Francisco knows Colonel Landers. He has been for more than a quarter of a century one of the most efficient and most honored of the insurance men of this city. Having for years had great trusts confided to his hands he has successfully carried on the varied affairs of one of the largest assurance companies of this city. No one who has ever met him, either socially ‘or In business, but would 'gladly bear witness to his fairness and his liberality, o the generosity of his impulses and to the kindness of his heart. Payot and Landers are men whose hair is already silvered with age. But take a representative of more recent birth. Take, for instance, my young friend, Knox Maddox, who returned but a year ago covered with honors from the halls of that venerable university which Is_this very week celebrating its bi-centennial. Born in the county which has been my home for so many years, and from parents who were associates of my early life, in him and his career I may be pardoned for’ taking an especial interest. I am glad to see him+so soon entering a public career. I am proud to behold him enlisted in this, his first campaign, under a banner uplifted in the cause of good government. 1 am beyond meas- ure delighted to contemplate nim thus early following in the honored footsteps of his father and grandfather, both of whom successively represented—ably and honestly represented—the county of Santa Clara in the Senate of this State. Far, indeed, would the State have to g0 to find worthier and abler representatives of her cause than these. And, therefore, judging of the others with whom I hold slighter ac- quaintance, I take leave to repeat that these names are ‘a sufficlent guarantee of the general excellency of the rest. COMPARES WELLS’ CAREER | WITH THAT OF TOBIN Latter’s Legal H.n_t{ Financial Trair- ing Makes Him an Ideal Man for Mayor. It is gratifying to note that the election of this ticket seems to be conceded on all hands as a foregone conclusion. Why this conces- sion? Clearly because party spirit is not suf- ficlent to overcome public spirit. Clearly be- cause partisan politics aré not ' suffictent to blind the eyes of homest Republicans to the corrupt origin of their own party ticket, the unwerthy character of the materials compos- ing it nor the destructive consequences which wouid attend its election. And now having contrasted the nominees of the Board of Supervisors, let me contrast the nominees who stand at the head of the ticket. My opinion of Mr. Wells I have already suffi- clently indicated. Who, then, is Mr. Tobin?,| You all know. A young man born in this city 33 years ago, educatéd here, practicing among you an honorable profession, married and hav- ing his home in your midst. He has already served the public with credit to himself and honor to the city. He is one of that Board of Supervisors whose record Republi- can journals proclaim to be without stain. Nor is he otherwise wanting in the management of affairs. He has heen for years connected with one of the largest financial institutions, not only of this city, but of the world. He is now the chief counsel of that great repository of the people’s money—the Hibernia Bank. Allow me to dwell for a moment upon that point. Do you all realize what the Hibernia Bauk 1s? you all appreciate its magni- tude? It is essentially a bank of the people. It is the Keeper of the money of persons of modest means and meager ificome; 75,000 de- positors appear upon_its rolls; $60,000,000 con- stitute its deposits. It is g power in the land and has been so froi a time coeval almost with the existence of the State itself. It is a power, besides, which has always been exercised on the side of right, jus- tice and good government. It is a power which, during the panic of 1893, was strong enough with its vast resources and prudent foresight to save the city from the most direful fina: cial disaster that had ever threatened to en- gulf its prosperity. To be connected with such an institution as Mr. Tobin is is in itself a liberal education. To be connected with. such an institution is in itself a guaranty of faith- ful public service. To be conmected with such an Institution Is in_itself a pledge of loftiness of character and fitness for public service. It has been charged in, some quarters that the family of which Mr. Tobin is a member flll important positions and exercise 2 commanding influence in the management of the affairs of that bank. Let me ask of those who make such an accusation, why, in the name of justice and common sense, shouid they not? Have they not been connected with that Institution from its Infancy? Have they not watched over its cradle? Have they not seen it by gradual and honest expansion grow up to its present commanding height? Have they not for nearly half a century successfully Great was already Emperor of the French. At his age Alexander Hamilton had already fllied the highest public station in the administration of Washington. At his age Willianr Pitt had already been for ten years Prime Minister of England. At his age Alexander had aliready conquered the world. What folly, then, is it & make of his youth a crime or a bar to his le- gitimate ambition to serve the public. But if by training and by business associations of himself and his family for many years the in- | terests of Mr. Tobin are inseparably interwoven with those of the great mass of the popul: of this city, so is he by birth and origin. He comes of that great stock from which many of the most fllustrious soldiers, _enlightened statesmen, brilliant orators and renowned finan- clers have descended—the stock of the plain yeomanry of Ireland. Of that origin he is Justly proud. His words spoken in one of the public halls of this city yesterday evening should ring in the ears of all those who have undertaken to be his detractors. He then said: ““The people I am proud to call my own com- menced their life in this land in as humble circumstances as any man in this hall. By their efforts they have risen to a condition of comparative wealth. Their prosperity I have shared. But, gentlemen, I have never forgot- ten that my father entered this city a poor man. I have pever forgotten that my father Worked on the streets of this city, and any man that says I am not the friend of the work- ingman lfes.”” So much for the past. So much for what bas been done by the Board of Supervisors of whom Mr. Tobin was one. What of the fu- ture? Time will not permit my examining in detall the principles embodied in the platform to whose support Mr. Tobin and his fellow nominees are pledged. Let me take one single illustration: I refer to the Geary-street fran- chise. The acquisition of this franchise will be the first step in the great work of acquir- ing the public. utilities of this city, which destined to purify and revolutionize its whol government. What say: the platform upon that subject? It says. We pledge our nomi- nees to assume, on behalf of the city, owner- ship and operation of the Geary-street road and to propose necessary extemsions, in order: tq give all parts of the city a car line operated in the public Interest.”” " What says the head of the Democratic ticket upon the same point” Meeting the question in a fair and manlike way he states: “Upon the planks pledging nomi- nees of the Democratic DArly ta pho swadunt acquisition of municipal utilities 1 can do no more than quote and indorse the language of the charter, the established will of the people of this city and county, * * * Upon the sub- ject of the Geary-street franchise I desire to say that * * * the road snould be acquired by the city, transformed into an electric road, placing the wires underground, and operated for the city and by the city.”” Upon this great and momentous question nothing could be more straightforward or explicit. Contrast it with the utterance of Mr. Wells upon the same sub- ject, who said: t my home a Democratic friend told me that the question of the Geary- street cable road franchise was cutting a fiz- ure in politics this year. If that is so I have not heard of it. * '+ ¢ I don’t see why the matter should cut any figure in politics.’” THIRD CLASS OF VOTERS THAT DEMAND ATTENTION Politics Fail to Advance the Labor- ing Classes Toward the Goal They Are Seeking. And now there is a third class of voters whoss attention I would enlist for a few moments, and to whom I would address with an espe- cial appeal a few words: Workingmen of San Erancisco, where in this contest do you purposé to stand? Putting the question in different form, where do your true interests lie? A convention composed of delegates from some of your unions—by no means all—has nom- inated and placed in the fleld a municipal ticket purposely composed of men selected ex- clusively from your own ranks, and pledged to support your own especial interests. This ticket makes an especial appeal for your sup- port. Of the names which compoese it I have no knowledge which would justify me to speak otherwise than in terms of entire respect. That from among the ranks of labor%andi- dates can be selected who in point of charac- ter, integrity and devotion to principle need fear no comparison with any equal party of men selected by amy political party or organi- zation I fully believe and do not hesitate to proclaim. That sdch a selection has been made in the present case it would not aid my argu- ment to deny. Yet I cannot give that ticket my support. Sympathizing fully with the ef- forts of all who labor and are heavy ladem, in full accord with the grand and noble move- ment which is now going on over the face of the whole civilized globe to uplift into the light and sunshine of a happler condition the great mass of tolling and suffering humanity, & follower of Jefferson, holding with unswer ing devotion to the faith proclaimed by him that all men: are created equal and that govern- ments should protect the equal rights of all and confer specfal privileges upon none, believ ing that the npolitical equality which has rewarded the struggles of the century which has just expired is destined to be crowned In the century now just born by corresponding economie equality, look- ing upon labor as the true source of ail life. the foundation of all wealth and the condition of all civilization. I yet do not hesitate to proclaim that this effort cannot but fail to advance the laboring classes toward the goal for which they are striving. Why I hold these views, it may be proper for you to ask, and it is justics to myself that I should answer. ‘When upon the fleld of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln uttered the ever memorable sentiment that this nation was dedicated to the proposi- tion that all men are created equal and im- plored heaven not to permit the government of the people, by the people and for the people to perish. from the earth, he pronounced the most memorable condemnation of al! class go Enlightened by his teaching and inspired b, his lofty sentiments, you, the workingmen San Francisco, and your fellow laborers 1% every State and city of this Union, have ever Justly condemned a government by the money class for the benefit of the money power. For the selfsame reason that I agree with you in that condemnation I must disagree with you when you yourselves seek to establish a govern- ment by your own clasa for the benefit of your own class. The wrong in one case Is no less than in the other. The principle which con- X Continued on Page Five. m Dragged-Down Feeling steered its bark through all storms without disaster, Without wreck, even without panic? ‘What dictate, then, of business, of prudence or of justice should require that they abandon a trust which they have for so many years filled [rith such unswerving fdelity, such command_ ing intel rence and unvarying success’ But it has been said by others that Mr, Tobin is too young to be a Mayor of this city. Depositors in the Hibernia Bank, of which large number are now undoubtedly befors me, is he deemed t0o young to stand guard and protect your interests? Has he been proved un- worthy of that trust? And if worthy of that, by what token do you decide that he fs too young to occupy the public position to which he aspirec? He Is, on the contrary, in the very prime of manhod. At his age Napoleon the dency. It is time you were doing something. The kidneys were “anciently cslled the reins—in your case they are holding the reins and driving you into serious trouble. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Acts with the most ernment that ever fell from the lips of ma l ) >