The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 30, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CA‘-LI_, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1901 ENTHUSIASM FOR TOBIN INGREASES W BN THOUSANDS AGGORD H TOBIN CONTINUES TO INSPIRE THE PUBLIC WITH CONFIDENCE - IN A VICTO RY FOR HIS CAUSE —_— Addresses Three Enthusiastic Meetings in Widely Separated Districts and Gains for the Side of Honest Government Hundreds of Supporters —_—— F enthusiasm during a campaign is any criterion to support in the vot- ing booth, the election of Joseph S. Tobin to the chief magistracy of San Francisco is assured. In whatever aistrict the Democratic candidate for Mayor has appeared, to whatever class of audience he has spoken, the result has always been the same. He has appeared before audiences coldly critical, he has appeared before audiences prepared to rid- icule him. In every instance his frank, straight-from-the-shoulder, businesslike manner of discussing the issues of the campaign and stating his attitude toward them has turned criticism to open admira-~ tion and ridicule to warmest praise. Conservative business men have become infused with the candidate’s enthusiastic | advocacy of things honest and clean. He has inspired the workingmen with a be- lief in the sincerity of his declarations. He has made friends wherever he has ap- peared, among men of all classes and of every shade of political belief and as the | campaign progresses he is making more s for himself and the cause of clean, b like city government. D 3 ay in a vigorous can- the business districts. He was v at the Bullders’ Association on Bush street and at the Builders' Exchange on the cor- | ner of New Montgomery During the afternoon he made nd of the insurance offices and last evening addressed three enthusiastic meetings in three widely separated dis- tricts. He spoke first at Masonic Hall, Four- street and Rallroad avenue. In he fact that the two other polit- ings were advertised in the same d that he had appeared but a e d Clement street, was crowded to the doors and at Baratoga Hall, 828 Geary street, where he spoke last, his reception was such as has been accorded to no can te during the campaign. o Slis adaress at Masonic Hall was 2s follows: Keystone of Constitutional Arch. ladies and gentlemen: From elevating words, equal,” ihis country sprang Consider the words, ladies and are not “some men,” a par- proportion, a particular caste he words ‘are “All men are That 1s the keystone in utional arch upon which ntry rests. ““All men are born free and In this city to-day, ladles and gen- ere 1s @ ticket appealing to you for ich is In @irect contradiction, In direct sition to that principle. jch that ticket is based is that all men are free and equal; that all men are not equal, class and but. t one caste of ¥ & particular po- Other men are not be upon this ticket, not because they are honest men, not because they are not hon- e men, not because they are mot good citi- simply becax caste of society. n, remember it well. When the Dec- on of Independence was signed the men e they do not belong who created this country said, “All men are equal.” When the Labor Union ticket was placed in the field the men who created that t sald to the citizens of San Francisco, men are not equal.” That some men have a right to official positions in this city and in the government of this country, but others have ot, though they pa: Though they harge their duties as citizens in every re- , they are mot fit for a place in the gov- ent of this country because they do not ng 1o a particular caste of society. Issue That Confronted Forefathers. the greatest conflict through b ever passed was In defense proposition that “all men are born free qual.” The blood of this country was , the money of this country in an avalanche, the citizens ¢ s country piled their skulls mountain high upon the velley of the Mississippl and upon the valleys of all the Southern States in defense of the proposition that ‘all men are e and equal. Abraham Lincoln, one martyred Presidents, gave up his life e of the proposition that all men are equal. Gentlemen, the issue confronts you to-day as it confronted our forefathers when they stood upon the field of battie with their bayonets fixed in the face Of thelr .brother foe, The same proposition exactly confronts you now. It confronts you in snother form, but it is thers just the same. 1 say to you any ticket that appeals to you simply because it is made up of a distinct class of society, of a distinct clique in is Dot ‘bused upon American priscipier it 1 not based upon the principles that actuated our forefathers, who laid the cormerstons of this country. (Applause.) Gentiemen, this may appear to you to be a faise iseue. but do not mistake it. Bvery think- ing man will speak 1o you as I have spoken o you. If this country is to.become the battle- field upon which the classés will meet in po- litical conflict, one party representing one el ment of society, another party representing snother clement of goclety, that confiict lg bound to result in the destriction and the dls integration of the greatest democracy that has ever existed. The only danger, the only pos- sible rock upon which the ship of state may strike, is the possibility of conflict between class against class, and any ticket that appeals o you ae honest, patriotic cifizens simply be- cause it represents one distinct class of soclety makes to you a ‘false appeal, makes to you an &ppeal 10 which you should turn & deaf ear. more particularly in the case of &n election affecting only municipal _ offices. government consists simply in proper order our own household. much & domestic affair. it is as much an un. partisan affair, as the Eoeping 1n vou own cottage or your own hJL\‘.\P, i = Were Given Fair Hearing. Why should you people here i gistrices vote for ont thoket mmoriais cuying Every houscholder in the outlying districts 6f Ban Francisco owes a debt of gratitude to. the Democratic party (applause) for the simple rea. #on, If for no other, that they have reduced the taxes to §1 07 on every $100. Now, gentlemen, Temember that when You get your tax biile Bvery man who pays taxes In the city and county of San Francisco will find that his tax bill this year is reduced exactly so many dol. lars or 80 many cents as the case may be, and after all, ladies and gentlemen, municipal gov- ernment is a case—nothing more—of doliars and Remember when you get your tax bilis your taxes bave been reduced by the Democratic party for the last two vears 16 0 are wi to repay t gratifude which they D:’i to olflgl.:lflnwl:;bl:l\o'é made that reduction, you are bound to vote for the Democratic party. (Applause.) Re- member another thing: These things may ap- peal to you. Remember that when the men Municipal keeping _in 1t is as from the outlying districts @ppeared before the | Board of Supervisors and asked to have the pound limits extended to the coutity lne, they Wwere given & falr hearing. They were allowed to present their proofs, and don’t forget, gen- tiemen, that i the face of that hearing and in the face of the presentation of your proofs and your evidence & pull was exerted against you, the same pull which has proven €0 potent when exerted in other Boards of Supervisors. But | that pull was powerless in this boerd, as pow- eriess as- every other pull that has been ex- erted in that board. Your cate was decided upon its merits, and upon its merits it was de- cided in your favor. The candidate upon the Republican ticket this is the best said a few months ago that Board of Supervisors that has ever existed in San Francisco. Gentlemen, remember that is the testimony of the leading candidate upon the opposing ticket. But now he comes out &nd saye that the reason this board was bet- ter than any other board was because the law made them better. (Laughter.) Gentlemen, the argument is absolutely without founda- tion. Every moralist, every political economist, krows that & man cannot be made good by Jaw. It has been proven as and years in Ban Fanotsco fowg past Yt oo Jale and Mission | 1 men | The theory upon | fit to be upon | ter how honest, how upright, the law, if you have not got Bonest officlals, the result will | be dishonesty. So that to say that the offi- clals in office in the Board of Supervisors' chamber were honest because the law mada them honest is an absurd argument. Those men discharged their duty to you, gentlemen, in lowering your taxes, in extending your pound limits and in a great many other ways, and do not forget, gentlemen, when it comes the proper time to cast your vote—do not forget, gentlemen, that you owe something to the Democratic party that has effected this for you, 2nd notbing to the other two parties. Which claim your vote. (Applause.) At Fourth avenue and Clement streets an enthusiastic audience awalited the can- | aiaate for Mayor, who spoke as follows: | Keynote of Campaign. | Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen: There | 18 neither Democracy nor Republicanism in the operation and control of thedGeary-street fran- | chise. That is the keynote of this campaign. 1 have come here this evening to address you, not as the representative of a political party, but as a citizen desirous of effecting something for the better government of San Francisco. You people in the outlying districts of San | Francisco are directly interested in its pros- | perity and growth. The suburbs of San Fran- cisco for their future prosperity are dependent upon an increase of population, and if the gov- | ernment of San Francisco is such that the | water rates are higher, the facilities for light- ing poor, the streets dilapidated, the overflow- | ing population. will be sent to Oakland, Ala- meda, to San Mateo and elsewhere. There s one question that has already been solved to a great extent, and that is as to the closing of the cemeteries. It was not solved until after a long struggle. In that Question was there anything present but the issue of good citizenship? Was there anything of Democracy or Republicanism in that? It was simply & question of the better govern- ment of San Francisco, of the increased fa- ‘cmue. for ingress and egress to San ran- cisco from this part of the peninsyla. It was | the question of removing a bulwark' which pre- vented the proper growth of San Francisco in this direction, and, gentlemen, remember that the present Board of Supervisors solved that difficulty in your favor; remember that you attended there through your representatives, presented your case, and upon the evidence submitted the case was decided In your favor. No Boss Influence. Reémember that this Board of Supervisors was subject to no pull, was under the thumb of no | corporation, was influenced by no boss. It was | simply an honest aggregation of honest men, and that s the issue again presented to you in_this campaign. (Applause.) | 'The leading representative upon the Repub- lican ticket said the other evening that the | present Board of Supervisors was the best | board that San Francisco has ever seen. He | said that a few months ago in the Palace | Hotel—I heard him say it. In explanation of | that now, which was an honest statement and | & trutbful statement, in explanation of that | now he says that they were honest because the charter made them honest. Gentlemen, you kngw that this cannot be so. Men are | Dot homest because the letter of the law re- forme or purifies their character, hut because they have honest hearts and honest characters. You know that no matter if you piled the statute books mountains high, you cannot make one honest man. ‘Wells’” Argument Puerile. The argument that the present’ Board of Supervisors was honest because the char- ter made them honest is puerile and su- perficial. When the leading light upon the Republican ticket said that this was the best Board of Supervisors we ever had he did not then contemplate the fact that he would prob- ably meet them upon the stump. He is now endeavoring to explain away an honest state- ment of a patent fact. But, gentlemen, it is too late. He has spoken the truth, and you, gentlemen, will profit by his advice, take him at his word, and vote for that Board of Su- pervisors again. (Applause.) The Geary-street franchise, he also says, is not a question for deeision at this time—that the people will decide it hereafter; that he is willing to leave it to the people. Well, gentl men, why not submit it to the people nos (Applause.) Let us submit it at this election. (Applause.) If he has any opinion upon the subject let him state it now upon the stump and let the people decide upon the 5th of N vember, whether he is right or wrong. He is afraid to meet the issue. He says the charter does not compel him to meet the issue. I say the charter does compel him to meet the issue. The charter is pledged to the acqguisition and ownership of public utilities. You, gentlemen, every man of you who voted for the charter of the city and county of San Francisco and made that charter its fundamental law, pledged his citizenship that the acquisition and control of public utilities was a good thing for the city and county of San Franeisco. Submit It Now. And 1t the opposing candidate wants to sub- mit it to the vote of the people of the city and county of San Francisco, now is the time to do it. We won’t walt for another election; let us_submit it now. The Democratic platform has taken the stand that the acquisition and control of the Geary street franchise is & good thing for the city. The Republican platform ignores it and re- pudiates it. You, gentlemen, from this dis- trict, sent & letter to the Republican conven- tion asking them to put a plank in the plat- form pledging the party to the acquisition and control of the Geary street franchise, and the letter was ignored and thrown aside. Gentle- men, an issue like this must be met. If you nominate, or If you elect men who are indif- ferent—I won't say opposed, but I merely say indifferent—to the acquisition and control of the Geary street franchise, once they get in office they -will balk you and you can mever submit it to the vote of the people at the next munici- pal election. They will take advantage of every technicality, they will take advantage of every resource that the law affords them, and under the advice of astute corporation coun- many. That question will never be submitted to you #f you elect men who upon the stump say at this time that this question is not an issue, whereas the charter says that the citizens of San Francisco are committed to the acquisi- tion of public utilities. We submit to you that we stand for the fun- damental law as we find it. We meet the is- sue and respectfully submit that we are enti- tied to your suffrages in preference to those who have not only falled to meet the issue, but when confronted with it have stepped aside and ignored it. Gentlemen, I thank you, (Ap- plause.) The meeting at Saratoga Hall was prob- ably one of the most enthusiastic of the campaign. The audience greeted Tobin with cheers and at the conclusion of his vigorous address every man rose to -his feet and cheered the candidate. The au- dience was representative of the best class of local citizenship. There were men of every political faith and from every walk of life, all inspired with the same spirit that has been the keynote of To- | bin's entire campaign. The candldate spoke as follows: A Business Proposition. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I-de- sire to thank you for the coriality of this re- ception and to apologize for having delayed the meetiog to such a late hour. I have been compelled to go to various places in the city and have been unable to get here soonmer. 1 am endeavoring, ladies and gentlemen, to confine the fssue in this campaign to princi- pally one proposition. That point has been raised €0 often end your attention has been directed to it 8o often that it is not for me to repeat it now. It is simply for me to re- iterate it for a moment, simply to state that it 15 a business proposition, it is the proper government of your own household. With you all, ladles and gentlemen, municipal govern- | ment coneists in each man taking proper care of his own domestic circle, keeping in proper order his own household. Local questions are the only questions presented in this campalgn. The ‘object of every citizen who votes at this election is or shouid be the future erly, H ;hle fim:.rae k‘:m;wwm :x;flmme future beauti- ying ping clean e city and co | of San Francisco. ' il Issue a Serious One. In days gone by, ladies and gentlemen Francisce “.nam'{ many & g g | litical on, to econom l‘lmiox;’ days 010‘:1"‘"1'@. B front sel those resources, those subterfuges, will be,| CITIZENS' NON-PARTISAN PARTY WARNS PEOPLE OF CONSPIRACY —_— Calls Upon Voters to Crush Allied Forces of Corruption and Preserve . Safety of City by Supporting Tabin and Present Supervisors. THE LATE JOSEPH S. BRIT- TON, ONE OF THE NON-PAR- TISAN PARTY’S FOUNDERS. THE LATE A. S. HALLIDIE, ONE OF THE NON-PARTISAN PARTY'S FOUNDERS. i GEORGE K.‘ FITCH, LEADING MEMBER OF THE NON-PAR- TISAN PARTY. bined to force a government It has improved street As many as have been etection as Mayor. It has improved the streets. A { | It has improved the municipal buildings. It has paid the debts of the city. are the Mayoralty and the Board of Supervisors. CITIZENS’ NON-PARTISAN PARTY, O the Voters of San Francisco: The late Joseph Britton and A. S. Hallidie, founders of the non-partisan move- ment, left us a record of unselfish devotion to clean government. Having been instrumen- tal in securing the adoption of the new charter, and in electing an honest government to put it in motion, this party has not deemed it necessary to participate in recent elections. It has, however, maintained its organization, ready to act whenever any crisis in municipal affairs threatened the public good. This party believes that such a crisis has occurred. Aggressive and greedy corporations, controlling public utilities and franchises, in com- biriation with every degraded boss that has ever brought disgrace on this city, have com- on the people. If this conspiracy should meet success, honest government will be dead for years to come, and the people will be at the mercy of corporate and official rapacity. The Board of Supzrvisors now in office has been honest, intelligent and effective: It has lowered water rates. It has lowered gas rates. i It has lowered taxation. It has lowered carfares for school children. lighting. renominated should be FOR MAYOR. Joseph S. Tobin has been one of this best Board of Supervisors. We recommend his FOR SUPERVISORS. We recommend the election of the following eighteen Supervisors: James P. Booth . .....Incumbent. .Democrat Samuel Braunhart . ...Incumbent. .Democrat George R. Sanderson ..Incumbent. _Republican Dr. A. A. D’Ancona .. .Incumbent. _Democrat H. U. Brandenstein . .. Incumbent. .Democrat Horace Wilson. . .. ..Incumbent. .Republican Peter J. Curtis.. .. ..Incumbent._.Demacrat John Connor.... .. ..Incumbent._Democrat Lawrence J. Dwyer . . .Incumbent. _Democrat San Franciséo, Oct. 29, 1901, ° X o years and years. Every man who owned a Jollar's worth of property in San Francisco at that time had the value of that dollar cut in half by that agitation. Don't forget that, gentlemen, when you come to vote at this elec: tion. Don't forget that to Kearneylsm in San Francisco was due many a foreclosure of a mortgage on a homestead, many a suspension of a business, many an assignment and many a tatlure. A similar issue to a great extent is presented row before you. You are invited to do that which if you own property will depreciate the value of that property by 50 per cent. Every man who has a dollar’s worth of property in- vested in San Francisco must know that the election of a ticket which typifies discontent and agitation means stagnation in San Fran- cisco, means that San Francisco will be stigma- tized throughout the United States as a city where it is unsafe for capital to go, where men will not be protected {f they invest their capi- tal there, and where you will be confronted by an agitation and a discontent which may it mately end in the confiscation of any prope; that you may invest in there. Gentlemen, another thing. Remember that in days gone by men have been driven from this city, men of wealth, men of standing have been driven from this city by jealousy and by hyper- critictsm and by discontent. We want every. body who has been born here and made his money here and lived here as an honest citizen to remain here and dle here and spend hi money here and help make San Francisco the great city that it should be. (Applause.) No Corporation Baiters. Gentlemen, we are no corporation bafters, or baiters of millionaires or balters of any other We propose to represent no class in San Franclsco. There can be in any municipal gov- ernment in the United States—yes, in the whole United States there can be and there should be but one class, embracing everybedy who lives and dies under the Amesican’ flag. (Ap- plause. Gentiemen, if we are elected we pronose to represent the entire city of San Francisco; to devote our energies to the beautifying of the city; to the increasing of the rumber of parks; to the improvements! of the streets; io the faw directs they shall be Teguiated of ail cor- porations supplying water and light and other g::l%lgc necessities to the citizens of San Frag- Gentlemen, we appeal to you as_ cltizens, as men having the good of San Francisco at heart, to vote for us, not because we are Dem- ocrats or Republicans—there s no such ques- tlon involved—+but simply because we represent horiesty and independence—independence, gen- tlemen, that is the first requisite, becatise We represent independence in public life. reat applause.) ' The Issue Non-Partisan. In all parties, gentlemen, in days' gone by, there have been discontented spirits, there has been firritation, there have been just charges from one party agalnst another party, but, gentlemen, we insist now that things are and mone forever. That we stand here as representatives of the whole people of San Francisco, as the plain people of San Fran- c¢isco, as the representatives of the common people of San Francisco, and after all, gen- tlemen, the place where the plain, the com- mon péople of Ban Francisco and of the United States belong is beneath the flag of Democ~ racy. (Applause.) usue Tnat T have pressnted a5 hon-parsisan: ave ented as non- ey that bacases Srery wian ‘o this Gudlence re-elected. The all-important offices Henry J. Stafford .. ...Incumbent. .Democrat A. Comte Jr.... .. ..Incumbent..Democrat James Butler.... ... ... ..._.._Democrat John Landers.. .. ... ... .......Democrat Henry Payot..... ... ... .. M. V. Samuels... ... ... . Knox Maddox.... . Dr. Charles Boxton. W. N. McCarthy . CITIZENS NON-PARTISAN COUNTY COMMITTEE. in knows that the Republican Convention did not represent the Reg:wenn party. Every man knows that the Republican Convention was nothing else than a_coterle of corporations and coterfe of bosses. You know, gentlemen, that at convention districts refused to vots when called upon to vote because they knew they could not cast their vote with indepen ence and honesty, and if they could not that they refused to vote at all. Ask your Republican friends. Ask those who controlled the Republican Convention. Was it a free, in- dependent, outspoken convention? ';: know, lemen, controll The !:'A mm:omm unddnn“fn to choose nufi The Parting of the Ways. it the parti I the last two office. The* ¢ the RepubHcan ticket has tol ApATEE They are af ng of the ways. can be o you so. 3 Vg have had in years t ] ‘There Fenial of that. fact: mnrn&mcut" apon AT n - P -Democrat -Democrat s -Democrat Incumbent. . Republican Incumbent. . Democrat G. K. FITCH, Chairman. C. C. BURR, Secretary. you well, faithfully, honestl. lépend- ently 'and a set of Hominees who ‘vlvs’rl:d aned SRat i et B o oot by & rations Dosses. (Applause.) Bhginon corrupt —————— Public Administrator. John Farnham, Republican n Public Admmlstra.tg;, ought t:mll)l;ees:;t med he voters. It Is true that ention, i mamne s Sopiiot the e 3 g ‘a fight against 2 Farnham, but this opposition 1s ?:t grounded on principle. The position of attorney for ths Publle Administrator is one that Mr. Riordan aspires to fill. Frank McGowan also has aspirations fos he same positfon. It appears that Mr, arnham deciined to engage in advance of the election the Services of Mr. Rior- dan; therefore, the latter bolted the nom- fnatfon of a convention over which he was elected to preside. As party issues cut no nn;c in this local campaign,. the bolt fs not serious. If there were ten thou rdans wanting the job of at- torney the defection might be alarming, but as there is only one, Mr. Farnham not disturbed. citizens desiring falr and honest management of affairs . ni‘: utl% tsgtgfltlce gf:uhllc Adminis- ‘or John worthy and capable. | nham. as 2 ———— Pacific Parlor’s Anni o fic Parlor No. 10 e‘th:mim Golden West will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its institution the eVening of hext ¥riday. Fhe T na the dancing fa schedaied he of de for 8:30 o’ g o SR | Dr. C. C. O'Donnell is still in the fight gfl wmmwm this time. Be Tf: %4 7 [TH EACH OF HIS PUBLIG APPEARANGES M ROUSING WELCOMES AT MEETINGS HE ADDRESot: ICONTEST FOR MAYOR BETWEEN TOBIN AND SCHMITZ FOR WELLS IS NOW THIRD IN THE RACE Splendid Indorsement of Tobin's Candidacy by Last Night----Orderly HE magnitude of the demon- stration at Metropolitan Tem- ple last night in favor of Schmitz for Mayor and the character of the utterances made by the speakers should convince the con- servative and law-respecting citizens of San Francisco that it is their duty to put aside party preferences and support Joseph S, Tobin for Mayor of San Francisco. The elements of an- archy and industrial disorder are cor- centrating to bring about the election of a labor candidate. Nominee Schmitz in effect promises thmt if elected, the police shall not protect merchants. Schmitz will be defeated if the busi- néss men, property owners and law abiding citizens generally unite their forces in behalf of Mr. Tobin’s candi- dacy. If blind partisans, failing to comprehend the full meaning of the sentiments expressed at the Temple last night, continue to lend their sup- port to Wells and thus divide the forces of industrial order, the candi- date of the labor agitators may be elected. Joseph S. Tobin, nominee for Mayor, is securing large accessions of support from conservative Republicans. His election is now regarded as certain. The direct, un- qualified indorsement of Mr. Tobin’s can- didacy by the Citizens' Non-partisan Party insures his success at the polls next Tuesday. The lines of action are now clearly de- fined, Citizens who pay taxes to maln- tain the City Government and who hold that the administration of affairs should be clean, progressive and free from cor- orate dictation, are falling into line for ?llpxiyed against Tobin and chiefly be- hind Wells are the worst elements of the metropolis. The touts, gamblers and rounders who thrive in a “wide-open town” and have no respect or regard for the principles of clean municipal govern- ment, are telling_respectable, hard-work- ing citizens that Wells ought to be elected because his name is on a ticket designated as the Republican ticket. The Issue Cannot Be Obscured. The issue presented to the people Who are entitled to goyern San Francisco can- not be obscured by party designations, The Wells ticket is the ticket of the loot- ers and tax-eaters. In its make-up dele- gates chosen to the designated Republican I convention were rot consulted. W. F. Herrin and D. M. Burns, assisted by Revenue Collector Lynch and Warrant Shaver Max Goldberg, met in secret at a room in the Palace Hotel and passed out the programme to the convention. Every ballot was cast by the secretary. The judgment, intelligence and civic pat- HE Federation of Mission Im- )| provement Clubs, at its meeting Saturday night, appointed a com- mittee to interview the three can- didates for Mayor in regard to | their attitude in regard to the Southern | Pacific double irack through the Mission. | The committee has issued the following | statement of their work and the inter- | views secured: The committee of the Federation of the Mis- | sion Improvement Clubs, pursuant to the in- | structions received from the club. Saturday | evening last, called upon the several candl- | dates for Mayor to learn their sentiments and feeling in regard to the granting to the South- ern Pacific Company of permission to lay a double-track steam railroad through the Mis- sion district. The first of the candidates seen was Mr. Tobin, who said ameng other things: “I promise to use every legal means in my power, it elected Mayor, to cause to be re- moved the present tracks of the Southern Pa- cific Company used as a steam rallway pas: ing through the Mission district and to compel the sald company. to use its right of way on the bay shore, and also to fatthfully execute | the resolution of the Board of Supervisors re- | quiring the remioval of the said tracks from their present position.”” The committee next called upon and inter- viewed Mr. Wells, who said: “I have thought myself that those tracks should be removed, and that they have out- Iived their time and should be taken up: that is my conyiction. I do not want to make any pledges. I do not intend to veto any order where the people are interested, that is as agalnst the people. There are a great many things to be considered, and when a case comes up before me I want to be free. My conviction as & citizen is that those steam car tracks should be taken up. I have felt so for a long time, and I thought all the time that ths railroad company intended to do it. I kmow Mr. Lynch. _I think all my property down thers near Bay View would be benefited if they went that way. He tells me it is their in- fention to have their road removed over there. Says He Is Free From Influence. “I don’t think it is possible to get fifteen Supervisors to be in opposition to the wishes of the people; that is my firm conviction. ‘When you get the consent of fifteen Supervisors it seems to me that that is the wish of the people. They come from all parts of the city, and they are supposed to represent the wishes of the people. In a case of that kind, if I be. came convinced that it was against the will of the people 1 would want to interfere. I can assure you that I am just as free, as far as 1 know, from any Inftuence of the railroad as any of you gentlemen, and in all my public acts 1 wish to be in accord with the people who ars interested. My conviction s that those tracks should be removed from the Mission, and has been for some time. It is every litle while there is some one Killed. Now, gentlemen, I shall be just as much interested in the fight as if I owned praperty and lived there. When it comes befors me I shall endeagor to act as mear right as I possibly can for the Te. I am an&r no obligation that I know mo the raliroad people. They have never Insinuated any wish: that I should be interested for them. I never saw Mr. Herrin but once in my life, anl on that occasion he aid not ask anything from me. If I am elected Mayor I shall be interested in the affairs of the Time-Honored Non-Partisans Danger Signals 7 Citizens Advised to Unite e . riotism of the delegates were not invoked in the make-up of the ticket. An appea for Republicans to give their support to a ticket produced in this fashion is an in- sult. The plain truth is that Herrin and Burns fixed up the ticket to protect the corporations. Money was contributed by the corporations to hire Democrats to vote the Republican ticket at the P mary -election for delegates to the con- vention. Next Tuesday the voters will be asked to decide whether the corporations or the people shall rule the city for the next two years. Business men of the Repub- lican party cannot afford to vote for men who will reinstate the old order of mis- rulc and extravagance in municipal af- fairs. Some good has been accomplished vnder the new charter and the reforms secured should not be surrendcred. Re- publican merchants, workingmen and texpaying citizens generally should not Fonly give their support to Mr. Tobin, but they should devote their time and energy to the cause of good local government and help elect the Supervisors on the ticket ch Mr. Tobin heads. Ashamed of Herrin’s Ticket. It will be observed that the men wh%r fight the Republican battles and win th Republican victorles are not shouting !or‘ Herrin's ticket. They are heartlly ashamed of the ticket and deplore the ! fact that the silly oid gentleman who was picked out to make the race for Mayor refers to Herrin as the sole dispenser of nominations. Just before the recent change which Dlaced the news columns of the Bulletin under the business depart- ment a racy interview with Wells was published in that journal. The nominee balked and threatened to come off the ticket because he was not allowed to name one candidate for Su- pervisor. The scene at the Pleasanton Hotel was described. Max Goldberg, the warrant shaver and Wells' confidential political adviser, was alarmed. In his haste to find Herrin and repeat Wells threatened revolt he lost his presence of mind and hired a carriage to go to Her- rin’s house. There was no thought or hint of consulting Republican leaders or Republican delegates. Wells bluntly knowledged that Herrin agreed with him that B. P. Flint should go on the ticket. Wells Would Be Guided by Herrin. Wells obviously entertained the notion that the Republican party of San Fran- cisco is a corporation of which Herrin is the managing director. His election to the office of Mayor would not change. his mind in this respect. His recent public - utterances signify that what Httle mind he has is badly confused. His intentions may be the best in _the world, but if he should be elected Mayor he would be guided by Herrin and Burns to do the bidding of the corporations interested in municipal legislation. Fe fully recognizes Herrin's hand as the hand that held out to him the nomination. What can be expected of a Mayor that talks like Wells? If he now recognizes Herrin as the boss, will he not continue the recog- nition in the Mayor’'s office if the voters should foolishly- place him there? Every sense of duty devolving upon good eiti- ship suggests that Wells should be put Dpeople, and Shall give these matters the sams sttention ay if 1 was a judge on the bench.” Wells Refuses to Give Pledge. The committee then requested Mr. Wells to %v:] .Lh'e-lm an assurance in writing, and Mr. el “1'to not, think any of you B 5 (M R, 16 B o g At ma. 8 aside. His career of public usefulness has ended. .%P+4WHWH+H%WH‘PH% L ] CANDIDATES GIVE INTERVIEWS ~ ON DOUBLE TRACKS IN MISSION Tobin and Schmitz Qutspoken, While Wells Thinks He Is Free From Railroad Influence. they should have mo further privileges In the Misston district.” The committee then called upon Mr. Schmits, who stated: “1 am opposed to the granting to the Southern Pacific Company of any mors rights than they at the present time The sald company possesses a franchise to ope- rate a line along the bay shore and they should not be permitted to operate a road through & thickly settled portion of the city such as the Mission district. 1 further belleve, and if elected Mayor will promise, that I will compel the said railroad company, after the sald tracks have been removed, to repair -and put ¢t streets in good condition, and not leave the same in the condition they have left Bush street.”” Lackmann Supporters Meet. 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