The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 4, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO. 157. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ! STATE AND CITY CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITH EVERY ASSURANCE .Conteslf— Will Be Ended To-Day. Workingmen Strong for Pardee. ocal ne to and State campaign a brilliant close last The issues than two months were argued pro and con by noted speakers throughout the ve been submitted to the nia for their verdict, and ict the continued prosperity te depend: The great question ore importance to the wage- commonwealth, because settlement the well-being fe at large is wholly dependent San Francisco and confident of the waged a strong fight : to abide by the t voters in whose the utmost confi- one issue was nt in the campaign, the people at large. ans of a t the polls to-day means ce of the great pros- w enjoys, while a vic- £ ocrats must inevitably | < ir industries which erz 1 p ELECTION > are s f the hour, and every cation & ts to a continuance i policy in this State r of Dr. George C. Pardee t Governor of California £ Pardes in this t their labors of the 1 the interests of good ! be crowned with suc- expected quarters @ssur- most encouraging character rters city s been materially expensce of the op- conduct of ich might Wy m circumstances w the disy of resentment on his part, his convincing n of the issues of the campaign, nswerable logic and his plain and nner have made him a at the foot of which the hosts of the 1l in inglorious defeat. name of Pardee f enthusiasm and ng as he does a is one of protection eclare he has won h were practi- saflable. WORKINGMEN FAVOR PARDEE. ated with radicalism and splayed by many mpaign, have re to jeopar- in the success e of labor. ely felt and ep- e polls to- the Re- ht there Pardee ticket will be Re) P Governor Gage has issued a| nt in which he voices his beliet Pardee will be the choice of the 1 this will t in ere the result was in a remote Never before in the his- e e its e s a ticket been prese; greater confi tcome at the polls i to the voters e of a wi successtul DISINTEGRATES PARTY LINES. Church Question Cuts Wide Figure in Utah Election. 5, Utah, Nov. 3.—On e of the church qu this year, party lines tegrated that many are looked for in to-morrow’s electt Chief interest centers in rol of the Legislature inter elect a successor Rawlins. In Salt Lake the » G e defection unguestion- ] be heavy, but Republican leaders is will Political meetings were beld in own of impertance in the State. Predict Surprise in Ohio, UMBT O., Nov. 3.—Before the managers left for their homes to- vote mo unusual features were in this State. The se in the vote on the State ticket, they will gain two Congressmen bly three. The present Ohio in Congress consiste of sev- Republicans and four Democrats. ick, before leaving for Akron aid he expected a Repub- n of one by A. H. Jackson de- Congressman James A. Norton, the Thirteenth District. Chairman changed Lis estimate of y on the State ticket. The ans offer bets at such odds as ever heard of in Obio before. which for | city | e decided by ballot to-day | awake to | 1 industry, and inde- | the | | | | | | | | | | Residents of Potrero ‘ Cheer Leader of Party. F you want a continuance of good times vote to-merrow for the Re- publican ticket. If you want a re- turn of the days of Balboa boule- vard, vote Demccratic ticket It's up to Dr. Pardee said this and a lot besides | at a crowded meetin, | at the Potrero Ope | ence | held last evening house. The audi- composed of voters and their wives. Many of the men apparently were | | mechani, It was not a wildly enthu- | siastic crowd hepr nal clacquer was conspicuous by his absence. The Re- publican candidate for Governor was his words fell on kindly received and attentive ears. His audience had come was | out to see what manner of man sought their suffrage and the cheers of approval | which punctuated his speech and which rose at the end to a’ storm of enthusias- tic applause must have helped last night to sing the doctor to sleep and give him material for dreams of victory The opera-house was well filled and Dr. Pardee, accompanied. by Secretary of State Curry, Tom Riordan, Deputy United | States District Attorney Banning and other candidates were on hand bright | and early. T. C. Duff occupied the chair and after a few score bars of martial music from a brass band the ttled down to business. E. J. Banning read to the audience a telegraphic message from Governor Gage reiterating his indorsement of Pardee and then Chairman Duff introduced the doc- tor as the next Governor of California. PARDEE DISCUSSES ISSUES. Pardee spoke as follows: | 1 belfeve this 1s the first time a native-born San Franciscan has been a candidate for Gov- meeting ornor on the Republican ticket. 1 have the honor and rare privilege to appear before you Republican Speakers Received With Enthusiasm. - = - this evening in that capacity, and before going further I want to say that the people of San Francisco have been very good to me. This election is of particular importance to the people of this city and of this State because it means dollars and cents or the opposite. Either the State of California is Boing to re- main true to the Republican party or cast its vote to the Democratic party, whigh, six years ago, did so much to paralyze the welfare of this State. You remember six years ago? You remember Balboa boulevard? ~ You remembeér ~the then empty lot on Mission street, where the new postoffice is now being built? You remember the vacant stores and the business that was not? You remember the empty dinner pail? 1 think you do, and I think you remember that Grover Cleveland and the Democratic party was then in control and that things began to change when William McKinley took the reins. You notice the change now. In those days it pvd P j = 73']. ef_rge C. Foree oervor L 3 State and municipal campaign closed in a blaze of glory last night. After two months of unexampled effort.by the contestants in the}mighty struggle the issues are to t midniglt the indications were that Dr. George C. Pardee would carry the State by a handsome plurality.. From all parts of the State encouraging messages were receiv i oA dict of themajority of the voters of the State would favor a continuance of that policy at Sacramento which hasmade California a potver in the markets of the world. The wage-earners of the State are alive to the responsibilities of the ur, and asswrances recetved from them render it certain that they will rally to the support of that party whose Success insures. tosthem more work, better wages and continued prosperity. & 5 7 X go— STANDARD BEARER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA AND OTHER CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES WHO CLOSED A STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN YESTERDAY. was a case of two men for every job. Two jobs for every man is the rule now and at better wages than ever before. For the dark chapter Democratic free trade was responsible and good times began with Republican pretection. ELECTION IS IMPORTANT. Our friends say that this State election cuts no figure in national politics. It cuts this much figure, my ‘frlends. It a Democrat is eiected Governor of this State all the power and pa- trorage of the Democratic Governor will he {urned, twe years hence, to elect a Democratic President and defeat that good and great man, Theodcre Rocsevelt. If, on the contrary, a Re- publican Governor is elected, all the power and influence, all the patronage, and the Governor of this State is richly endowed in these regards. will be used to re-eiect a Republican President and keep the State of Califarnia within Repub- lican lines. A Democrat {s a Democrat, first, last and all the tine for free trade. We've had it. We know what it means, and as long as we remem- ber the empty ‘dinner pail we want no more of it. ‘When you &o into the election booth to-mor- row do a little thinking. If you want a con- ~inuance of the good times vote the Republican ticket. If you want a return of the days of Balboa boulevard vote the Democratic ticket. It's up to you, The meeting was addressed by W. W. Shannon, Charles F. Curry, Bernard P. Lagrave, Lewis Anderson, L. H. Brown, Eugene F. Loud and others. AMPAIGNING on e the extensive traversing California as a candidate for Governor has been a novel cxperience with me, but after PARDEE VOICES CON scale involved in tellectual. a FIDENCE IN PEOPLE. ly bracing and stimulating, besides being somewhat more in- In my speeches I have dwelt on a few salient points, en- ’ . deavoring to present the strong claims of the Republican + | quate. [ were found to be sadly at fault. THAT PARDEE WILL BE ELECTED GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA be submitted to the voters of California for their dictum to-day. ed declaring that the Republican cause was safe and that the ver- How Interior Counties Will Go. Safe Majority for Pardee Assured. REMENDOUS enthusiasm for the entire Republican ticket marked the close of the cam-~ palgn in every section of in- terfor California. In the last days of the struggle there was none of the apathy in Republican ranks that had given hope to the Lane shouters while the campaign Was yet young, Wherever a Republican rally occurred either Saturday night or last night, the attendance was unusually heavy and the enthusiasm for Pardee and the rest of the Republican nominees corresponded to the size of the gathering. In Los Angeles on Saturday mnight there occurred the biggest political demonstra- tion in that city’s history. The Republi- can County Central Commfttee had pro- vided torches for 5000 marchers, but when the parade formed so many men were in line that the supply was wholly inade- Afterward, when the meeting pre- sided over by Governor Gage and ad- dressed by Samuel M. Shortridge was called to order in Hazard's Pavilion, the throng that was unable to gain admission was almost as large as that which crowd- | ed the big hall These conditions were repeated In San Rafael, Eureka, Fresno and other cities where Republican leaders made final ap- peals to the voters. It was estimated that 6000 voters visited San Rafael from surrounding towns, and the crowd was the largest that ever gathered at a political meeting In the Marin metropolis. More remarkable still was the rally in Fresno, which ¢ity has been set down by the Democratic managers as a Lane strong- hold. There 2000 meén, many of them mounted, paraded the streets, and three times that number tried.to gain admit- tance to the hall in which the subsequent meeting was held. ENERGY OF REPUBLICANS. The enthusiasm at these meetings has but one meaning: Republicans, when the day of election drew near, threw off the apathy which overconfidence had led them to show early in the campaign, rolled up. their sleeves and plunged into the fray. They will all l\:e at the polls on election day, and they will vote the ticket straight. The one hope of the Democ- racy lay in the belief that seeming disin- terestedness would keep a large propor- tion of the Republican voters away from the polls, but this hope has gone a-glim- mering. One reason for the awakening of the Republican masses in the closing days of the campaign was the urgent appeals made by party leaders that they stand by President Roosevelt, insure the election of a Republican majority in the lower house of Congress and place California ou: record as in favor of a continuation of national conditions that have given this State its present prosperity. The rank and file of the party were made to see that, though this is an “off”” year, the re- sult of to-day's balloting will be almost as far reaching as though the Presidency itself were at stake. CANVASS OF THE STATE. Estimates received from all sections of California on the eve of the election leave no doubt as to the result to-day. In districts where the Lane tide was at its flow ten days ago there has been a grad- ual change, and the drift in every county in the past few days has been toward Pardee. From below Tehachap! come the most encouraging reports. Careful can- vasses have been made of every county in the south and the result has been more flattering than the most enthusiastic Re- publican calculator had hoped; in faet, the conservative figures previously an- nounced by the Republican managers Pardee will come to the Tehachapi with at least 10,000 plurality. In the Demoecratic coun- ties. in the San Joaquin Valley and the northern part of the State theé Democrat- ic vote will scarcely reach the normal, while in the districts heretofore Repub- lican there is a showing of splendid activ- ity on the part of Republicans and a de- sire to add to the majorities for the State and Congressional nominees. Briefly stated, Pardee’s plurality below Tehachap! will more than offset any lead Lane may have in San Francisco; in cen- be more than counterbal- | Mormon Democratic defec- B two months’ trial I can report that for one who is not averse to a little excitement and a certain degree ‘of strenuosity it is exhilarating and decidedly agrecable ragher than otherwise. It is easy to understand that a man will find it pleasurable or the reverse, according to his temperament. If he lets small things annoy him, or if he cannot meet opposition with good nature, he will do well not to be a candidate for Governor or for any other State office. In this matter President Roosevelt has set a good exam- ple to his countrymen by showing that no American who has the right sort of stuff in his composition will shrink from en- tering political contests because they are sometimes boiste-- ous, or, having cntered them, will find them setiously objec- tionable on this score. Some men do find them unendurable, I believe, but the fault is in themselves rather than in the system. Any youngs American who has in him grit enough to play a respectable game of football or to do credit to himself in a baseball team ought to find ‘the contests of politics equal- For my part, after being jostled a few times, and even being pelted onceortwice, I can say those things are not so bad as they sound, and that I am glad we have a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Its evils are few and small when compared with the"more dangerous vices - of other forms of government, which sometimes look fairer on the surface. but inwardly are less wholesome and sound. American democracy will eventually work out its own prob- lems with perfect success. I do not want it to be understood, however, that I have not been received with almost universal kindness and cour- tesy, for 1 have been. = Fair play is loved by all Americans who are worthy of the name, and there is no free country in the world in which voters are ‘so tolerant of differences of opinion, o respectful in their treatment.of opponents and so . worthy of possessing the blessings of freedom which they en- joy.. Whether elected or defeated, I shall in any case desire to thank the citizens of my native State for the hospitality with which I have been received in all quatters and for the eagerness which. thousands and tens.of thousands have mani- fested to hear me present my. side of the case. - party, based on its superior economic policy, its splendid record of success in establishing the prosperity of the country at home and increasing its prestige, its wisdom in extending liberal support to educaticn and progressive legislation for the benefit of labor, and also its additional claim at the pres- ent time which consists in the leadership of so patriotic and progressive a President as Mr. Roosevelt. These are the grounds on which I have placed the claims of the Republican party to the continued confidence of the people, and they are founded upon a rock. For myself the only plea T have made is ‘that I have been made the repre- sentative of the party which has accomplished all this for the people of the United States. A candidate is not always the best judge of his own chances of success, but I accept the reports which have been pouring in upon me from all sides assuring me that my elec- tion is certain, and after making all proper deductions from the sum total of these optimistic reports, I cannot have any doubt of a-triumphant march of the Republican party through the State of California in to-morrow's election. : GEORGE C. PARDEE. San Francisco, Nov. 3, 1002. tral and ndrthern California he will rua ahead of Lane, and the big vote that Ala- meda will roll up for her favorite son will be that much “velvet” added to his plurality. As to the rest of the State ticket, even the Democrats have conceded that the | | result is not in doubt. The Demoeratic fight has been made for Lane and Lane alone, and with his failufe the one hope of the Bourbons collapses. The Legisla- ture will be Republican in both branches by large majorities, insuring the election of a Republican United States Senator. The Republican nominees for Congress in the imterior districts are certain of election. They will receive the full party vote and many Democrats, realizing the wisdom of continuing present conditions in the nation, will set aside love of party and cast their ballots for the nominees pledged to labor against the destruction ot the protective barriers to California’s prosperity and to back up the ——————————————————_» | volicles of the President.