The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1901, Page 2

THE N TRANCISCO C LL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1901 et PLAIN BUSINESS ISSUES OF MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN LAID BEFORE THE PEOPLE HONEST ADMINISTRATION IN ABLE SPEECHE TOBIN PUTS IN STRENUOUS DAY AND NIGHT AMONG THE VOTERS AND EASILY HOLDS FIRST PLACE Candidate Is Received With Expressions of Con- fidence and His Election Seems to Be Accepted as a Foregone Conclusion in All the Districts N J of five Assembly districts. campaign. He laid stress on the cials should have nothing to do with politics, that municipal govern- ment was a business proposition rested the responsibility of selecting business men to administer civic Although the candidate for Mayor yesterday went affairs. through a particularly trying day sical standpoint, he was as vigorous after his last speech as when he started out early in the day to OSEPH 8. TOBIN put in last night about the hardest work of his cam- paign. He addressed meetings in the Thirtieth, Thirty-second, Thir- ty-third, Thirty-fifth and Thirty- districts. After he delivered his peech, which was at Sixth and streets about 11 o'clock, the can- for Mayor was apparently as fresh started. Wherever he spoke he was well received; whatever he said was in the same frank, vigorous strain that His round of meetings last night was in the nature of a triumphal procession, and wherever he appeared all the signs told of Joseph . Tobin, next Mayor of San co. spent the whole day in Butcher- town, and was there treated with all the | nction due the choice of the people ief magistrate. meeting last night was at uder Hall on Bernal Heights. He ted by a large delegation of citi- f the Thirty-fifth District, and when mmenced to c the hall was crowded to its full At the close of , in which he s of the campaign, he nerbund Hall, Twenty- Potrero avenue. This from the Thirty- hird districts. When peak a small body of r-lunged young men tried to raise heer for Schmitz. The cheer was given, but was answered with a Tobin r which was still echoing through the hall when he commenced to speak. W uded somebody remarked, * hmitz, anyhow?” Tobin spoke as nan, ladies and gentlemen: Let us nd talk business. What is gn? What do we rep- sent? What property holders, are you citi- you pay taxes? Then let us talk to are the men that we want.to talk recard. There it is. ‘orm. You have read it, Smnés Upon the Record. that we have con’ San Francisco upon the fact s 1o the lowest city of -San e stand upon the you the lowest water s have ever paid be- the fact nd upon n_the fact that we We stand upon the come now before you to cast n or to discuss the I have met them and n“and honest men as far ot ‘the question, in: they elect must be hon- st be independent. for those men upon offered us? I have nothing t the persomal repute of fairly and I them, and t T will & (Applause.) Question of Business. , that this is I say 1 econom W nes: moderately with n did gheir duty hands behind their e and with no ause.) when some years ago this coun- stood there & young, vigorous, as yet untried democracy before the etrained eyes of Europe walting the hour of trial, when for the first time In its history in modern years the gage of battle was thrown at its feet, and When the President called upon the citizens 1o jump forward, spring to their feet and grasp thelr arms, 4id he say “Democrats, Republi- cans, labor unio he sald * b thet to 3 The duty it confronted the whole duty is to defend t ngeinst corporate ag: corporate debauchery , ge Tests heavily upon you now. to discuss political economy. You cannot stop to discuss questions of whether & man s & Democrat or & Republican or a Labor Unionist. The only question for you to discuss now is what men have shown you the past that they are independent of corporations, that they know their duty and that they will discharge it as they find it. (Applause.) Honesty Is What Is Wanted. Everys man in this audience that pays his es must calmly, considerately, conscien- tiouely weigh in hi d that guestion. What party the past has done the best by you? What men have discharged their duty honestly in office? After all, gentlemen, In political life in San the municipal government is concerned, is hon- esty. You want to know that if you go to the City Hall you will get a fair deal there. You want to know that if your texes are paid there they will be dealt out homestly. You want to know that every man that is in there is as good s his bond, and, gentiemen, let me tell you that as honest, patriotic, independent, far-see- ing, practical business men the only guarantee that you can find of such a character is in the record that is laid before you. And now, gen- Tiemen, we point to our record and ask you to Judge s by that and cast your vote by the record that we have made. I thank you, gen- tiemen. (Applause.) — SPEAKS ON BERNAL HEIGHTS. Mobin Declares That Issue of Cam- paign Is Non-Partisan, From Twenty-fourth and Potrero a rapid trip was made to Bernal Heights, where Twin Peaks Hall was jammed to its full capacity with voters of the Thir. ty-sixth District. Tobln's address was as follows: o Z Chatrman, ladies and gentlemen: The sopu that T have thus far presented in this campeign I have endeavored to confine within Dusiness lines, We have sald, and we shall then on. Your corporate greed. You cannot stop OSEPH S. TOBIN last night addressed meetings of citizens Wherever he appeared the courtesy of a crowded hall and the compliment of rousing cheers greeted him. He confined his speeches strictly to the issues of the s distinguished all his utterances. | 7} mow, 3| of that record to cast your vote, and if you % | do that as taxpayers, as practical business men v | significant a tribute to his popularity as before the nations of the world on | of San Francisco | | | 7 | ple in this part of town that we should re- fact that the selection of civic offi- and that upon property-owners from both the mental and the phy- visit Butchertown. | maintain it to the end, that there is no other question concerning the citizens of San Fran- | cisc than an honest, economical, independent administration of the city government. We do not contend, ladies and gentlemen, that there cannot be found upon the other tickets men of independent, honest and patriotic char- acter. We do not contend that all these quali- ties can be found solely upon the Democratic ticket, but we do contend that the record that the Democratic party offers to you at this time entitles them to an indorsement of their ad- ministration. | ~As taxpayers we ask you to look at our rec- ord. _We say as men who pay their taxes in | Sen Francisco, who own their own homesteads, | Who have thelr money invested in gavings | banks, that the only question for them to con- | sider ‘at this time is where can Wwe look for | an honest, independent, economical adminis- | tration of ‘the city’s affairs? This, ladies and | gentlemen, is not a partisan issue. There 18 | neither | Democracy nor Republicanism nor labor unionism in cleaning the streets, in im- proving the sanitation, in keeping the City Hall in proper condition. These things can be | performed and will be performed as they have | been in the past by the same officlals who dur- | ing the last two yvears have performed them, if_we re-elect them to office. | We do not come here and say to you elect | us because we are Republicans or because we are Democrats or for any other similar reason. We offer you our record. We we have lowered your taxes; every man who, at the end of six months, goes to the window of the Tax Collector and gets his bill will find | it lower by just so many dollars and cents than it was last year. Who has done this? Who is re msible for this reduction in. your taxation men who have acted honestly, ntly, cleal in pubilc life, who haye com- pelied the corporations to pay their just share of the taxes, who have lowered the water rates, who have dealt honestly by the city in every respect, those men have done this for you. And as men possessing that characteristic of Amerl- | cans which i= prominent, “‘fair play,” what is your duty to those men who have discharged y their dutles of public office? - Gentle- men, all over the United States to-day there.) is prominently a disposition in all the large cities for clean, honest, independent civil gov- erment. Men of learning, of independence of character, have come together and have deter- mined that, putting aside all partisan ldeas/ their whole aim, as citizens, shall be to have a clean administration of city affairs. We have given you this during the past two yeare. Our record’ has been absolutely, clean. . We have dope afl that we possibly cotld do. “And Fand me - before. you -for_an indorsement ‘of that récord. 1 can quote you figure upon figure of the condition of the City Hall before we entered it and as it stands at the present time. Let me call your attention to one fact alone. The city formerly paid to the Spring Valley Water Company for its hy- that you see on every corner $220,000 per year. The present Board of Superyisors cut that down to $80.000. The city now pays for its hydrants $50,00, effecting saving to the city of §140,000, which has bee. set apart for the improvement of its streets and for the im- provement of its parks. Is it any wonder, therefore, - gentlemen, that at this time we are confronted with the opposition of cor- porations, with the opposition of corporate in- fluence in polities, with the opposition of men who make their money as go-betweens between | the city and corporations who would corrupt the city officials? Gentlemen, the strength of the opposition at this time is based upon the fact that behind them are banded corporate aggression, corpor- ate debauchery, dishonest bosses and all-the | e¥il influences ' that heretofore have been a | blight upon the city of San Francisco. There is only one gquestion, gentlemen. Where can | you find the honest men who have given you | a guarantee of good faith in the future? We ask you to study our record, and in the light who have their money invested in San Fran- and that is the u. (Applause.) EXTENDS WARM WELCOME. Audience Waits Three Hours for Fav- orite Candidate. Tobin's strength in the Thirtleth Dis- trict was shown last night to great ad- vantage. The meeting at the San Fran- cisco Athletic Club, Sixth and Shipley | streets, was called to order shortly after § o'clock. It was nearly 11 o'clock before Tobin arrived. The crowd, which had as- sembled early, remained until he ap- peared and its greeting was as warm and | any candidate could wish. No other can- | didates appeared at the meeting. Colonel | T. F. Barry performed the remarkable | feat of talking for two and a half hours | and was still on his feet when Tobin ar- | rived. ‘When the cheers of greeting had sub- | sided the candidate for Mayor spoke as follows: Mr, Chairman and Gentlemen: I want to thank all you gentlemen for waiting here so long, but it has not been my fault. I have been going around town and visiting all points !of the city and it has delayed me until this late hour. The issue in this campaign has been present- | ed here so often and by so many speakers it is hardly necessary to refer to it again at this time. The proposition is, gentlemen, what has the present city government done for the peo- turn here now and claim your vote? I want to read to you the ordinances that have been passed by the Board of Supervisors and in re- | turn for that we ask you now at this time before casting your votes to consider what we have done for you. We have fixed the wages | of janitors in the City Hall at $250 per day. | This was passed unanimously by the present | Boara of Supervisors. (Applause.) We havel fixed the Allied Printing Trades’ stamp to all stationery as a guaramtee of falr hours and wages. This was done unanimously by the | present Board of Supervisors. We have en- | forced the eight-hour law of the charter on | all city work, and on all_sub-contracts. This was done by the present Board of Supervisors. | We have, at the request of organized labor, permitted street advertising by the labor unions Yor the reason that the unions could mot af- | fora newspaper rates. We have fixed the rate | of car fare for school children at 21 cents. | This was done by the present Board of Su- | pervisors, Now, gentlemen, as a counter balance for that, as an off-set to that, what has either of | the ‘other parties done for you? What ordi- | nance have they passed—placed upon the books | that in an vay benefits any laboring man? | In what way have they alleviated, as far as statutory law is concerned, the condition of one laboring man in San Francisco to-day? We point to our record. We show you what we have done. We 40 pot simply say we will do this, we promise to 40 this—but we say we have done this. That is the Qifference, gentlemen. Rec member it. (Applause.) And, gentlemen, we have not one set of arguments for this part of town and one set of arguments for another part of town. We have represented the entire city of San Francisco. e taxes that have been collected have been collected south of Mar- | ket street us well as north of Market stree and, in the distribution of those taxes, south of Market street has shared just as fairly as north of t street. We have placed south of Market street, on Third street, the cluster lamps we have placed on Market street. We have decreased the water Tates south of Market street just as we have done throughout the balance of the city. We have lowered the rates of taxation south of street just as | iously await. green. screen, more deeply interested. | —— i ers will be stationed and the news concerning the general vote and the fights of all the candidates will be telephoned as rapidly as it takes form and thrown upon the stercopticon Never has there been an election in San Francisco at which the city had more at stake and in which the people were S BY MAN WHO PLEDGES HIMSELF TO RESULT OF ELECTION TO BE SIGNALED FROM - CALL BUILDING DOME. 4HE carlicst information 6i the result of next Tucsday’s municipal election and the progress of the count will be giv'exi the people of San Francisco by The Call. By colored lights flashed into the heavens from the lofty dome of the Claus Spreckéls building, and by stercopticon bulletins thrown upon a canvas on the front of that structure, will be conveyed the information that thousands of expectant citizens will anx- As soon as it has been determined which of the three candidates forMayor has weon the exciting battle now nearing its close, rockets will be sent up to inform the people. These streaks of fire will be observable from every part of San Fran- cisco and. should the night be clear, from points across the bay. If the fight for good governme'nt and the future welfare of San Francisco triumphs and Joseph 8. Tobin is announced the winner, as it is almost certain he will be, white rockets will be set off. For Schmitz there will be red signals and for Wells REMEMBER THE SIGNALS: SCHMITZ.... WELLS..-...iccvpesie In every precinct and at the Registrar’s office Call report- For that recason The Call has pre- pared to give the most complete and speedy returns. - e we have done throughout the balance of the city. = smen, this is-mot a sectional issue; this |SG::[“: class issue; this is an issue of good citizenship. Every man_that pays taxes in the city and county,of San Francisco to-day is interested in putting honest, independent, ex- perienced men in the City Hall. (Applause.) T ask every man when he goes to the window of the Tax Collector at the end of this month or the beginning of next month to get his tax bill to look into the difference between his taxes this year and his taxes last year. His taxes will be lower this year than he has ever pald before. That difference, in dollars and cents, represents clean government. repre- sents’ honesty in public life. It represents in- dependence, and, gentlemen, that is what we want. We do not care about Republicanism or Democracy or labor unionism as an issue. What we want are facts. What have they done for us? Gentlemen, I refer you to your tax bill. Constder that. 'That is a tanglble fact upon which you can base a reasonable conclusion and by which you may be guided in casting your vote. After all, gentlemen, thers is mothing in- volved in this election in the way of political economy or anything of that sort. It is si ply a matter of each man taking care of his own house and seelng that his own house s kept in order and thereby and judging there- from, and reasoning therefrom’ that the en- tire city is kept in order, that the streets are kept clean; that the taxes are lowered; that the corporations get as much as is coming o them and not a cent more. That is all, gentlemen. Let us not talk about anything else. Let us judge this thing as business men, as taxpayers, as men Who are interested in the welfare of the city. Let s look at it plainly, honestly, generally. We do not want to talk about Republican princl- ples and Democratic principles and all that Zort of thing. It s not involved in this elec- fion at all. Why, gentiemen, the only reason that we have an election at all 1s to improve the condition of the city; to put good men In office. And if you elect a man siiply because he has the label of an old party, what is the use of having an election? You want to get £0od men in office, honest men in office—men that you know will not be subject to bribes by corporations and cannot be controlled by P Genti H you just as 1 emen, have talked to everybody else i this city whom I have met. I have endeavored to im- press upon them that this 15 neither a per- sonal “issue nor a political issue nor & time for anybody to gratify any personal animosity that he may have against another. It is a time simply for men to say, ‘‘Now, here, who is going to do the work of the city honestly and consclentiously it he gets in the City Hall?’ That is the only question, gentlemen. What 1s going to be done with the money that I.put in the City Hall In the shape of taxes in the coming twelve months? This {s the only question, gentlemen. us not talk of any- thing else and get oft on all sorts of questions of political economy, labor unionism and the i iter all 1t fs & question of what is going to be done with your money when it is put in the hands of the city for coming twenty- four months. What guarantee have you got that when you turn over your taxes to the city your money that is received by the city will be distributed for the benefit of every man in this audience? Let us get down,to that finally and ultimately, because that x-&e only question to be decided. If the n upon the Republican ticket or the Labor Union ticket can give vou a guarantee as s as rea- sonable, as unanswerable as that glven you the Democratic ticket that they will dis- their duties as well and that they have experience to dlscharge them well, that c the they understand municipal government, that they have had an experience in municipal gov- ernment, that they are not subject to cor- porate control, then I say to you ‘‘vote for the nominees of the Republican or the Labor Union ticket as the case may be.” But, gentle- men, if looking over the record of the Demo- cratic party for the last few years, if, taking into consideration as property-owners and as taxpayers and as license payers, no matter in wWhat shape the money is paid to the city, if, looking over the record of the past two yéars, you are confronted with the fact that ihe taxes are lower, the water rates are lowe: the gas rates are lower, the City Hall cleaner, the streets are better paved, the streets are better lighted and cleaned, the la- boring man is better paid in the service of the city, the laboring man has recelved fair treatment at the hands of the city in the shape of wages and hours, city contracts are performed and regulated by the rates of labor unions, if you find all this in the record of the Democratic party, why should you change? Do not swap horses while you are crossing a stream. (Applause.) ~You have got & good thing now and you had better keep it. (Ap- plause.) And while I am on this subject, I want to say right here that I am In favor of the city government paying the best wages for labor. The eity government should be an example to individudls; it should be the very best employer of them as regards wages and hours of labor. I am In favor of the strictest enforcement on the part, of the city of the eight-hour law. If I am elected I will see that every department of the city is regulated by the eight-hour law. That the Police Department is regulated by the eight-hour law. That the city parks are reg- ulated by the elght-hour law. And, gentlemen, as a guarantee that I will do this { ask you to look at our record in the -past few years wit! Tespect to the payment, the regulation and the enforcement of the rights of labor. Gentlemen, I thank you. (Applause.) Lackmann With Foresters. The members of Court Deflance, For- esters of America, and many other For- esters attended a high jinks given in the Social Hall of the Alcazar building last night in honor of John Lackmann, candi- date for Sheriff and once chief ranger of gourtmneng.nw lThera was a‘-i varied JO- ramme of music, so and spe es glven by volunteers annsf,sdflrsles by Mr. Lackmann, J. S. Nyland, Dr. C. A. Glover, George Dahlbender, T. W, Colins and F. K. Lane. The remarks of the candidate for Sheriff were loudly applauded. — May Form a New League. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31.—There {s much discussion In local baseball circles about the probable formation of a new league, of which, it is sald, Edward Kripp of Sacramento 1is the chie’ promoter and Edward Quinlan will be the local man- ager. It is declared there is no intention to fight the existing league. The plan of the new organization is to have a four- club league, comprising Los Angeles, Sac- ramento, San Francisco and either Oak- land or San Jose. It is claimed by the promoters that the league will have strong financial backing in this city. LORING CLUB - OPENS SEASON Twenty-Fifth Year of %? Organization Begins Auspiciously. The music lovers of this city who did not attend the first concert of the twen- ty-fifth season of the Loring Club at Na- tive Sons’ Hall last night missed a treat. The fact that eyery seat in the house was ocecupied is a timonial to the merits of the entertalnment, and the vigorous applause which greeted every number showed the existence of a proper appre- clation of the merits of the singers, and was a fitting tribute to the tireless energy :‘t' sl:tlngv w. Lol;:.x, who for the last -five years serv Pk ed as conductor The entertainment commenced Schumann’s ‘‘Foresters’ Chorus,” -.n:"fi p;etéll:r rendition than that of last night o s tuneful melod, PP ":{' y has never been Miss Anne Louise Danlels’ beautiful so- ;n-nno Yoice was next heard in an aria rom “Samson and Delilah,” and her singing 80 pleased the audience of critics fiCxlng 6‘;:? 0 sing a pretty 1it- “King s Christmas” was the - song of the second part. The heolp:!nl- tenor of Dr. J. F. Smith and the bary- tone of H. E. Medley were heard in this selection, and so tuneful and pleasing were thelr volces that at the close of the St the, s Mppinaded T Hieor as o the hall 'would be fitteq, - "o T0f It was S0 throughout the entire gunme. 8o nicely dld the voices b th the voices of the soloists, that th tyro in music in the hall mwxl(le xz)etrlgg frain from showing appreciation. B —_— Barry Released From Custody. Patrick Barry, clerk in the grocery and saloon, 814 Howard street, who was ar- rested early yesterday morning in con- nection with the ‘death of Walter A. Gil- bert, was released from custody b of Captain Seymour yenerdn}’ gnortdl:: und that he . acted in self-defense. ———e——— - rry discovered Gilbert st t A man's home usually looks all right | and Gilbert showed fEht. Dutrnes ne oot to him until his mes home from boarding lc)?(::}.‘ht" = tan _counter Gilbef was kno et il & cked down and actur WEAKNESS OF WELLS AND DANGER OF ELECTION OF SCHMITZ SEND MANY VOTERS INTO TOBIN CAMF Shrewd Politicians Concede the Defeat of Re- publican Candidate, While Union Labor P'arty keader's Utterances Alienate Conservatives ANAGERS of the Republican boss ticket secretly acknowl- edge the defeat of Wells, but they will not concede the ele.c~ tion of Tobin. Wagers were laid yesterday that. Schmits would get 20,000 votes. Estimates of the vote next Tuesddy.range from 55,000 to 60,000. Last night, when the news was rzc.ewed at Republican headquarters that Colonel T: V. Eddy, an old-time ora- tor of the party, was addressing a non-partisan m.tdmm at Met- ropolitan Hall and advocating the election of Schmits fzfr Mayor and Byington for District Attorney, there was con.rter"nat?on in 'the boss camp. The bosses are using the plea that S chm?tx is derwmg "most of his strength from voters who formerly affliated with the Democratic party. The facts are “at variance with the plea. Schmits is drawing largely from the Republican ranks, and tl'w ac- tive leaders in his campaign battled for the Republican couse in the contest last November. The election of Schmits can be aver'fefi by open determinatiomon the part of con{eruafiw Republican cifizens to lend their support to Mr. Tobin. OLI¥ICIANS whose judgment Is not warped by prejudice or party enthusiasm assert that the race for Mayor is between Tobin and Schmitz. At Republican head- quarters the opinlon is expressed that the contest will be close between Wells and Schmitz. At Democratic headquarters the statement is advanced that Tobin is in the lead and Schmitz is next. All the politi- clans recognize the danger of Schmitz’s election. There is no certainty that the danger would be diminished by the with- drawal of Wells from the field, for in that event partisan Republicans, having no party candidate to support, would resent the withdrawal by transferring their sup- port to Schmitz, who is a Republican, a Native Son and a director of the Repub- lican Primary League. The only safe course for Republican business men and property owners to pur- sue is to come out frankly and openly for Tobin, a young man whose record in the Board of Supervisors is commendable. Moreover, he has positive opinions regard- ing the management of municipal affairs, and he has the courage to define his atti- tude on questions of franchise and public order, which deeply concern the people of San Francisco. The conservative elements of the me- tropolis should unite to prevent the elec- tion of a class candidate, especially as the candidate, Schmitz, in a recent mass meeting declared in effect that if he were elected Mayor the police should not be used to protect merchants in the transac. tion of Agwful Jusin He means that the whegaof chim industry shall not move when the strikers and agitators resolve to tie up the town. Schmitz in effect announces that he will take orders from the Caseys and the Furuseths. The business men of San Francisco do not want a man for Mayor who will disregard law and justice to catch the applause of labor agitators. Party issues cut no figure in this cam- | paign, and even if party issues were in- volved the partisans could find no real Republican ticket to support. The ticket put forth by the bogus Republican con- vention was made up from top to bottom by W. F. Herrin, a noted if not a notori- ous Democrat. He was assisted by Dan Burns, Johnny Lynch, Jere Burke and Max Goldberg. No party obligation to support such a ticket exists. There are several good reasons why many workingmen, merchants, property- owners and taxpayers generally cannot be persuaded to lend their support to Wells. In the first place, the workingmen, me- chanics and laborers who are not in the ranks of the Union Labor party will not tolerate Wells, because he is on record as an opponent of the eight-hour principle. The liquor dealers and corner grocery merchants repudiate Wells because he is on record as an advocate of high license. Property-owners and residents of the Mission™ district will not support Wells because he has declared against compell- ing the Southern Pacific to remove the tracks at the Mission. Improvemeni clubs throughout the city are opposed (o Wells. They cannot get from him any statement of his intentions respecting ublic improvements. Independent, anti- goss Republicans cannot b€ persuaded to support Wells because he derived his nomination from the bosses, and because he now turns to the bosses for advice and counsel. - The_other night citizens of the Forty- first District attended a Wells meeting, expecting that the nominee would declarc his sentiments on some of the Ic-dlns topics of local government. Wells sai to them something of this kind: “I am familiar with tois region of the city. I own a house up the avenue. It is a large, house. I do not live there mow, but L used to live there.” No doubt every word uttered was the truth. He might have indicated the sleeping room he ocecupied when he lived in the house, but that would not have enlightened the audience regarding his views on important issues of the campaign. In the sion district he indulged in morekfmttle of the same, silly, empty style. e remarked: “It is quité a long distance from the north end of town to the Mission.” He might have added with equal force that the distanca would be greater if the two sections were farther apart. On account of Wells ob- vious mental failings and his indecision of character in dealing with the bosses, many citizens who entertained for hii sentiments of personal frie: p canno be brought around to his support for Mayor of the city. Sensible men of af- fairs who are deeply interested in the prosperity of San Francisco should coms out frankly and announce their intentions to support Tobin. The example of open declaration wiil Influence the wavering to a decision. The Bulletin is trying to create the im- pression that Wells has a chance of win- ning, and is advising business men to withhold their support from Tobin. The merchants should make confldential in- quiry themselves before acepting advice from the Bulleti in this campaign. The story goes, and it seems to be true, that the business manager of the Bulletin is out for Schmitz, the managing editor out {g: 'XphE.n and the foxy proprietor out for wstufl. Republican business men and property- owners have time between now and Mon-~ day next to adopt measures for concen- trating their strength om Tobin. Harry Baehr, nominee for Auditor, is the first Native Son to te named for that responsible office. A vote for Mr. Baehr will be a vote “or an honest, eficient and business-like administration of an impor- tant office. The indications of his suc- cess at the polls next Tuesday multiply. He is popular, progressive and is making an energetic contest. His acquaintance is extensive and he is known as a man of integrity and excellent deportment. Lewis . Byvington, nominee for District Attorney, has made a good record in office and ought to receive the commen- dation of his fellow-citizens at the polls next Tuesday. He is a better man and a better lawyer than the Examiner's can- didate, Arthur G. Fisk. Last winter when yellow. journalism needed the ser- vices of the Legislature for a =pecial boost, Fisk was fourd ready to respond. More than a month prior to the meeting of the convention, and, in fact, before the delegates were chosen, The Call gave out the news that Fisk was the Examiner's Republican candidate for District Attor- ney. Through the favor of Herrin Fisk's name was placed on the convention slate. Voters should take this opportunity to {ebuke bossism by voting for Mr. Bying- on. There will be a Tobin mass-meeting at Metropolitan Hall to-night. T. C. Van Ness will preside. Among the speakers announced are Franx H. Gould, Joseph S. Tobin, Franklin K. Lane, Lewis F. By- ington and W. J. McGee. There will he plain talk on the leading issues of the local_campaign. A Tobin Club was organized in the Thirty-second Assembly District at Me- @rath’s Hall. Third street, last night. Dominic A. Walsh was chosen president and Thomas Gavin secretary. Laundered Shirts /. These shirts are made with percale bodies and madras bosoms and cuffs, but the patterns in the two materials match so closely in color and design that the difference is scarcely perceptible. If the shirts were made entirely from madras the price would be $1.50 —made up in this manner they can be sold for 65c. The patterns are stripes of blue, lavender, black. and oxblood, with white grounds—they are the pat: terns that are being worn this very day in New York. The sizes range from 14 to 17, and the shirts are lib- erally cut from a system that assures a perfect fit. Out-of-town orders filled—write us. - SNWoob 5 (o 718 Market Street.