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K THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1903. DEATH REVENLS ) BIG SEANDAL,__ AND ACCLAIM Accountants Find That Murderer Edson Was a Forger. New York Protestant Episco- pal Church Is Robbed of $50,000. ——— Epecial Correspendence. NEW YORK, Sept. 3—More than $0,- ©% and perhaps $100,000 is lost to St Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church through forgery and theft committed b_\" Henry Townsend Edson, who last Wednesday killed Mrs. Fannle W. Pul- len and himself. It is Dow generally be- ed that the man’s act was the result madness brought on by the knowledge that his peculations would soon be ex- posed, for he had been recalled from his A in Maine to make an explana- The vestry of Si. Michael's Church last Monday for the purpose of au- & expert accountants to examine ou's books. h the investigation has only be- nown that Edson, who was the | clerk of the church corporation, | ed a forged note for $25000 pur- ¢ to be signed by the treasurer of wurch; that he cashed several forged checks, and that he appropriated to his own e rents and voluntary contribu- Pa., -day Sept. to 1 —Arrangements were g the body of Mrs. murdered by He York City yesterday. Mrs. Pullen was late Captain James pent her early girl- y is one of and most prominent in the HOLINE E. A. Ross, “The at 8 f Pine vening. Missior ok, at Pentel n | and Kearny streets, and | oons at 49 Third st | | ADVERTISEMENTS. | ..AN OLD. MAGAZINE| ..A NEW... MANAGEMEN SEE THE 15/ serremse | c |NuMBER | E OF TRE N - | Overland > | Monthly | STRONG DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLES INTERESTING SHORT | STORIES|| READABLE MATTER WESTERN IN FLAVOR NOT AN EMIGRATIO DOCUMENT MARKET STREET BUILDING T0 LEASE, e Wili Be Built to Suit Tenant. BET. 8TH and 9TH STS. 100-Foot Front. 5 Stories: Or in Separate Floors, DAVIDSON & LEIGH, 218 Montgomery Sireet. UNION LABOR PARTY CONVENTION ADOPTS A PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES S EUGENE E. SCHMITZ ITS NOMINEE FOR MAY DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. HE Union Labor of the city and county of San Francisco, in local can- vention assembled, presents the following platform. and declaration of prin- ciples, upon which it appeals to the voters of San Francisco for the support of its nominees, and it hereby pledges cach of its candidates to carry out these principles: The Union Labor party is not a class party and does not intend to establish a class government. It is true that on account of pecullar exigencies of the po- litical situation it originated through the actiwe efforts of a portion of our people, but it embraces and seeks to comprehend in its membership all elements of our population, irrespective of class, creed or stagion. It is essentially the party of the plain people—the party of those who are benefited by co-operation for the protection and maintenance of thelr political rights. And while it respects and protects the rights of all, it is at the same time designed to secure effectively for the wage earner, for the small taxpayer, for the larger mass of our citizen- ship, the rights and privileges to which under the Jaw they are legitimately en- titled and which heretofore have only too frequently been enjoyel by the few. It stands for the peaceful advancement of the masses and for the betterment of their material, social and political conditions, and looks forward to fair and equal consideraticn and protectlon of capital and labor, employer and employe, allke. Its motto is, “Equal rights to all and special privileges to none.” When the people of San Franeisco at the last municipal election manifested their confidence in the declarations of the Union Labor party and their faith in its professions by electing to the highest office of the municipality the Hon. Eu- gene E. Schmitz, the present Mayor of our great city, their action was looked upon by some with misgivings, apprehension and fear, but we point with pride 1o the manly, conservative and just record of our chilef executive, whose per- sonal integrity and ability are recognized and commended by the citizens of San Francisco without regard to party afflliation. He has fulfilled every pledge made by him or by his party on his behalf. Though surrounded by many obstacles, he has endeavored to cut down extrava- gant and unnecessary salaries and to reduce the number of high-priced and fancy employes in the city’s administration, and to that end has twice vetoed ap- propriations of over $100,000 for those purposes, which vetoes, unfortunately, were not sustained by the Board of Supervisors. During his term of office all differences between labor and capital, employer and employe, have been adjusted satisfactorily to both sides, and without vio- lence and bloodshed. He has proven himself capable, honest and fair in all his dealings toward all classes of our citizens, 'and we cordlally and emphatically indorse his administration. We pledge all our nominees to an economical and businesslike administration of the city’s affairs. ‘We favor the expenditure of more of the money raised by taxation for perma- nent public improvements and for the repair and improvement of our streets,and the expenditure of less money for extravagant salarles or ornamental and un- necessary employes. We pledge them also to lfberal and fair treatment of our public schools, and favor the erection of new school buildings and better school accommodations for the children of our city. We commend and indorse the present system of ap- pointment of teachers to the School Department of this city, by competitive ex- amination among the holders of certificates and the appointment of those who suocessfully pass the examinations in the order of their standing in such exam- inations. We believe the best interests of education require that the School Depart- ment be entirely divorced from politics and that advancement depend upon merit alone, to the exclusion of political and personal favoritism, and we pledge our nominees to carry out these principles. Furthermore, we recommend that all Aslatics, both Chinese and Japanese, should be educated separately from the other children in schools exclusively for themselves. We favor the acquisition and public ownership of all public utilities and means of communication, such as public buildings, street railways, gas, elec- tric light, water, telephones and telegraphs. We regard the acquisition of a public water supply and the operation by the municipality of the Geary-street railway as of primary and especial importance. In the event of their acqui- Slfmm we pledge our nominees to a progressive and economical operation there- o We favor also the municipal ownerskip and operation of a complete tele- phone system. We favor the immediate construction of a new City and County Hospital. The sick wards of the city should be housed in better quarters and surrounded by better conditions than exist in the present ramshackle structures, We demand that all supplies for the public- institutions of this city and county bear the union label where such can be provided and that goods of home manufacture shall in all cases be given preference. We demand the rigid enforcement of the laws calling for licensed engineers iremen to be in charge of steam boilers and engines operated in the city an. and county of San Francisco to the end that life and property be not endan- gered by reckless or incompetent operation of such plants. We pledge our nominees for Mayor and for Supervisors that all work done for the municipality shall be done by the day and not by contract, thereby se- curing for the city the best service at the least expense. We recommend the rigid enforcement of the eight-hour law as to all work performed by or for this municipality. i We demand that the street sweeping apparatus of this city be owned and operated by the municipality. { We recognize that a necessity exists for a fund to carry on permanent im- provements, such as repairing and repaving streets, reconstructing and extend- ing sewers, erecting new schoolhouses when necessary and other public work that will be of benefit to the city at large and will give employment to labor. ‘We therefore pledge our candidate for Mayor and our nominees for the Board of Supervisors to reserve a fund when making up the annual budget of at least 10 cents on each dollar raised by taxation, the same to be used for permanent Seovensnts and to be designated as ‘“municipal permanent improvement 'und. We further pledge our nominees for Mayor and Supervisors to dismiss all unnecessary employes, so that a saving of at least $100,000 per annum can be effected and the money thus saved devoted to permanent improvements. We favor arbitration of all industrial disputes so far as the same may be just and practicable. We favor the peaceful settlement of all differences between employer and employe. 2 We favor the civil service system of public appointments as provided in our charter. The Police and Fire departments shall be administered and conducted strict- ly in accordance with the law insuring the same protection to all. We favor the absolute exclusion of all Asiatics, Japanese, as well as Chi- nese, and pledge our nominees if elected to use their influence and thelr best efforts to seure such result. Believing that the poll tax system now in existence unjustly diseriminates against the poor man inasmuch as he pays a larger percentage in proportion to his means and income than does his wealthy neighbor, we favor the aboli- tion of this unequal tax. We favor absolute home rule for the city and coun- ty of San Francisco and pledge our nominees and our-party to work to that end. The interference by the Legislature with the internal affairs of San Fran- cisco, notwithstanding the charter, is costing our city much money and is en- croaching upon her rights of self-government. We favor a constitutional amendment which shall make it impossible for State boards of equalization arbitrarily to raise the assessment of this city, al- ready overassessed, especially as regards its smaller property holders, We also favor such changes in the San Francisco under the control of the ministration of the water front may be commercial advancement and prosperity political refugees of the State who are ested in its welfare and ignorant of its We deplore the interference by the city and the abuse of the writ of injun officials honestly attempting to do their whole duty by the injunction enabling lic position in deflance of the acts of of the people. laws as will place the water front of municipal government, so that the ad- conducted more with a view to the of the city than as an asylum for the strangers to San Francisco, not inter- needs. courts in the executive affairs of the ction to restraln the action of public people and by such incompetent or dishonest men to hold themselves in pub- their executive superiors and of the will J Delegates Select Standard-Bearer in the “ Smooth-Running Convention, ———— s HE duty of nominating a candidate for Mayor was performed with neat- ness and dispatch by the Union Labor party convention last night. By unan- imous vote the delegates acclaimed Eugene E. Schmitz the nominee. The candidate made another of his character- istic speeches. As the audience was com- posed almost exclusively of Union Labor representatives the Schmitz taffy was abundantly bestowed on wage earn- ers. The smoothness of the convention's proceedings attracted the —attention of spectators. The platform of principles was adopted without amendment or de- bate. The order of business, presenting some departures from established usage, was accepted without dissent. The dele- gates will not come together again until the chairman gives the signal. During the recess a committee of eighteen will cast about for suitable material for the Board of Supervisors. No doubt the list of the proposed nominees will be sub- mitted to the candidate for Mayor. There are no signs of vigorous contest for subordinate places on the ticket, such as County Clerk, Sheriff, Recorder and Public Admintstrator. An olive branch was tendered last night to the defeated delegates of the Casey wing of the party. They were invited to wear - delegate badges and grace the occasion with their presence. . The distinction of placing Mayor Schmitz in nomination was accorded to Thomas F. Egan and James de Succa. If Chris Buckley had been present he would have listened with pride to his former lieutenant, for Mr. Egan made a happy speech. James de Succa’s eloquence in eulogy of the Mayor.was so flowery and rustic that every one that knew him re- marked that he got his inspiration from Golden Gate Park as secretary of the Park Commission. Mayor Schmitz, during bis speech of | acceptance, mentioned Roosevelt’s name and it was the signal for tremendous cheering. FOR HARMONY’S SAKE. After the roll call Edward J. Kerwin offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: “Resolved, That in the interest of unity and harmony the privileges of the floor of this convention be and they are here- by unanimously extended to all members of the Union Labor party who at the last primary election were candidates for the position of delegates to this convention and were not elected and also to the members of the Union Labor Party Coun- ty Committee, and that they be, indivi- dually and collectively, cordially invited to ceats on the floor of this convention and be provided by the secretary with special badges entitling them to such privileges.” The report of the committee on perma- nent organization and order of business was read by Chairman William J. Mind- ham.. It was adopted, despite the objec- tions.of Harry A. Knox. The report is as follows: ~ ““We recommend that the order of ‘busi- ness of this convention after the election of officers and the adoption of this re- port be as follows: “‘1—Adoption of report of committee on platform and resolutions. “2—Nomination of candi®ates for office in the following order: Mayor, eighteen Supervisors, Auditor, County Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Recorder, Pub- lic Administrator, Sheriff, Assessor, Cor- oner, District Attorney, City Attorney and two Police Judges. ““3—Selection of a governing committee of the Union Labor party to consist of seventy-two members, three to be selected by each district delegation from the re- spective Assembly districts and eighteen by the chairman of this convention at large. “‘We recommend that all speeches on any subject, including nominating & WITH doi e OH WAS TOMENTION HOW MR_?;’ HE o A-ROMOVIER] ‘bku'r!b BiG UNCHE S o) _ENTHUSIASM. Extend Privileges to the Aubertine Faction for Harmony's Sake. ”}Sm-m' 21D NOT FORGRT RESOLUT 10N, OR OF THE CITY —_——— Committee to Can- vass Names for Board of Super- visors. WA . T. WiNDHAM READ Ais . speeches, be limited to five minutes; that all resolutions shall be referred to the committee on resolutions without debate; that at least 100 votes, being a majority of all the delegates elected to this con- vention, shall be required to make any nomination; that all nominations shall be accompanied by the payment of the sum of $10, except nominations for Supervisors, which shall be accompanied by the pay- ment of the sum of $5, said sums to be de- posited with the secretary of the conven- tion and to be used for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of holding this convention. “All parliamentary questions and rules of orders not otherwise herein provided for shall be governed by Roberts’ Rules of Order. ““We further recommend that a special committee of eighteen be appointed by the chair, one from each Assembly dis- trict, to act as a committee on registra- tion. “It shall be the duty of this committee to adopt such measures and to take such steps as will secure the largest registra- tion of members of our party who have not registered and the registration of those who have changed their residences since their last registration. “Registration closes on September 23, 11903. We therefore also further recom- mend that every member of this conven- tion also use his best efforts toward the same end. “In view of the necessity for careful and prudent action in the matter of the selec- tion of candidates for the Board of Bu- pervisors and in order that the strongest and best possible ticket may be presented to the people of San Francisco, we fur- ther recommend that a special committee of eighteen be appointed by the chair, one from each Assembly district, to can- | vass all names which may be presented or suggested for the office of Supervisor, and to reoprt to this convention the names recommended to them as the strongest and best candidates for that of- fice. Such report to have no effect’ unless approved by a majority report of this convention. “Your committes further recommends that after the nomination for Mayor shall have been made this eonvention adjourn to await the report of said committee on Supervisors and as scon as sald report shall be ready reconvene at the call of the chair.” PLATFORM READ. Alfred Roncovieri, chalrman of the committee on platform and resolutions, was given a hearty reception when he ascended the steps to read the party’s platform. He was interrupted through- out the reading by the applause of the delegates. G. G. Vickerson, John J. Smith, Wins- low D. Getchell and John J. Connelly were nominated for vice presidents and a roll call developed the following vote by districts: Twenty-eighth, Vickerson and Smith; Twenty-ninth, Vickerson and Smith; Thirtieth, Connolly and Smith; Thirty- first, Vickerson and Smith; Thirty-sec- ond, Vickerson and Smith; Thirty-third, Connoily and Smith; Thirty-fourth, Vick- erson and Smith; Thirty-fifth, Vickerson and Smith; Thirty-sixth, Smith and Con- nolly; Thirty-seventh, Smith and Con- nolly; Thirty-eighth, Getchell and Con- nolly; Thirty-ninth, Vickerson and Smith; Fortieth, Vickerson and Connolly; Forty- first, Smith and Vickerson; Forty-second, Smith and Connolly; Forty-third, Smith and Connolly; Forty-fourth, Vickerson and Smith; Forty-fifth, Vickerson and Smith. Chairman Willlams announced the vote, as follows: Vickerson, 130; 80; Getchell, 2, Messrs. Vickerson and Smith were in- vited to the platform and expressed their pleasure for the hopor accorded them. Nominations for Mayor were next in order, Tom Egan ascended the platform amid the cheers of his friends. “His speech nominating Eugene B. Schmitz was in- terrupted time and again with cheers and when he concluded the delegates rose to their feet and yelled themselves hoarse for their standard bearer. Egan spoke as follows: EGAN’S RETROSPECT. Smith, 144; Connolly, “Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates of the Union Labor party convention: Has San Francisco suffered by the election of a Union Labor Mayor two years ago? (Cries il of “No! No!") Fellow delegates of the convention, you are all familiar with the causes leading up to the organization of the Union Labor party of San Franc in 1%01. You are all familiar with the unfortunate conditions which prevailed in | our beloved city two years ago—condi- | tions brought about and aggravated by | the misuse of governmental powers by | those in charge of our municipality. You will all recollect how the powers of gov- | ernment were used to crush those strug- gling for a betterment of their condition | and for some siight measure of the pros- | perity coming to the community. I will not at this time indulge In any recital | of those conditions or of the wrongs and | injustices practiced by those officials se- | lected to serve vou and the citizens of | San Francisco. That is trite history now. | Suffice it to say that they were sufficlent | to bring aoout the organization of our | party. You will all recollect how the| prejudice existed at that time against the | movement, both by friends and enemies | of labor—the friends of labor fearing a bad effect upon the cause of labor and | the enemies of labor predicting absolute | ruin to San Francisco in the event of | our success. We had to combat in our | own ranks and on all sides we had to| defend ourselves. Despite all these fears, | oppositions and misgivings, we proceeded | along what appeared to be our duty. We met. We nominated a ticket. We se-| lected as our standard bearer our present | our honored Mayor, Eugene E. Schmitz. | (Great cheering.) “And we triumphantly elected him. (Ap- | plause.) What has been the result? In- | dustrial peace, happiness and prosperity | to all classes. Never has San Francisco been more prosperous. Upon every side is | evidence of Increasing growth and pros- perity. Business enterprises flourish; commercial activity s ever on the in- crease. Real estate transactions exceed those of any other period in our city's history; magnificent and impsoing struc- tures rising on our business thoroughfares and workmen busy upon the little homes of the poor. (Applause.) SUMS UP RESULT. “Who can deny these facts? Does any one pretend to deny that the present peaceful industrial conditions now pre-| vailing fn our city are due to the fact that we have as the chief executive of San Francisco a man who deals to all classes even-handed justice (applause) and who in the conduct of his daily of- ficlal life practices that line of conduct which can be summed up in his chosen motto, ‘Equal rights to all and special | privileges to none? (Great applauge.) “Fellow delegates, I feel honored by | being a member of this convention, and I feel doubly honored by having the op- portunity to present to you for your in- dorsement the name of our present Mayor, Eugene E. Schmitz. (Tremendous ceering.) “He comes before you at this time to render an account of his stewardship as the labor Mayor. For that matter, he comes before the whole people of San Francisco to render an account of his stewardship as Mayor of this city of his birth. (Applause.) Never has San Fran- cisco had a better Mayor. (Applause.) And never has labor had a more conser- vative, able or wise leader. (Applause.) “Two years ago, fellow delegates of the convention, we came before the people of San Francisco with his candidacy as an experiment. We go before the people now and we offer to the entire community the demonstrated proposition that not only has San Francisco not suffered by the election of a labor Mayor, but that a positive, real, tangible and material benefit has resulted from his election. (Great applause and cries, “Keep it up, Tom.") PRESENTS SCHMITZ’'S NAME. “Fellow delegates of the convention, I now take great pleasure in placing his name before you' for the nomination for Mayor, conscious of his work and mind- ful of your appreciation of the splendid claim upon your consideration of Eugene E. Schmitz.” (Tremendous cheering.) ‘When the cheering had subsided James de Succa took the platform to second the nomination. His greeting was also a cor- dial one. Mr. de Succa delivered a very lengthy address, which was full of praise and metaphor. In part he spoke as fol- lows: “I heartily indorse the renomination of Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz for Mayor of San Francisco. (Applause) Two years o | late him upon his nomination for Mayor. | tion, | than anything else could that my efforts MAYOR E. E. SCHMITZ, RE- 4 NOMINATED BY UNION LA- BOR PARTY, AND FRIENDS. [ -_—_—- % ago I was among the first to congratu- | I escorted him to the platform of Metro- | politan Temple and urged the delegates present to put their shoulders to the wheel and make his nomination equiva-| lent to an election, which they did. It Was my pleasure during the campaign to tell the voters of San Francisco that the Union Labor party had nominated one of the grandest and most popular young men in the affections of the good people of San Francisco, that could be nomin- ated by any convention. (Applause.) I was right and his large majority of 5000 over his Republican opponent and 10,000 over his Democratic opponent proved it. (Applause.) I also told them that he was | a young man who had already distin- guished himself in his chosen profession and would surely distinguish himself as Mayor of San Francisco if elected. How well he has done so you have been told by the previous speaker. He has fully met the expectations of his friends and he has ably captured his enemies by his immense popularity. I also told them he was a young man of unblemished reputa- possessed of executive ablilities of high order.” MAYOR TAKES PLATFORM. At the conclusion of De Succa’s speech Mayor Schmitz strode toward the plat- form. As soon as his presence was dis- covered every delegate sprang to his feet and swung his hat and cheered loudly for his leader. The cheering lasted fully two minutes and when order was restored nominations for Mayor were closed and upon motion of Delegate Egan the Mayor was nominated by acclamation. As the vote was cast by the secretary of the convention, every delegate arose to his feet and cheered. There were cries for Schmitz and he accepted the calls for a speech by speaking as follows: ““Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Con- vention and Friends: I hardly know how to express my gratitude for the honor that has been paid me this evening in re- ceiving at your hands unanimously the | renomination for the office which I hold at the present time and hold as a repre- sentative of the Union Labor party. (Ap- plause.) It clearly demonstrates more in behalf of the people, who have had the courage to select me as their standard- bearer, have been sincere and honest and that my administration, if not all what | was expected, has at least been better for the wage-earners, better for the good people than any one of the millionaire nominees who have held the position. (Applause.) There Is no more fitting place to receive a nomination from the hands of the Union Labor party than in this temple, dedicated to labor. (Applause.) As I have often sald during my last cam- paign, the Union Labor party does not be- lieve In putting one class against another and it does not believe in taking radical action on any proposition. I have stated during my last campaign, and I reiterate to-night, that I believe in equal and fair consideration for capital and equal and just representation for labor, and I have endeavored on every occasion to try to show that I mean to carry out those principles in future as well as carry them out by word of mouth. (Applause.) “ started out to make many reforma- tions, but have not been able to accom- plish all that I had expected to on ac- count of the obstacles that I have found on every side which I had to surmount. I had to go into office with a Board of Supervisors not sympathetic to me or at all in accord with my desires for reform, | which I have often expressed and have tried to put into effect. I found the board | composed of men who had been placed in office before me and also_antagonistic to every proposition that I might put forward, and it is only at the present time that some of them have been in the ma- jority for this administration. That is one reason why I desife to be re-elected, | because I want to put Into pesitive ef- fect the good work that I mapped out at the beginning of my term and I found myself unable to carry out by reason of the opposition I have met on all sides, (Applause.) * ““The opposition newspapers, when I was | ence. | worth | that the wage earners we | Franeisco wou Lstreet FLAMES EXPLODE SHIP'3 OIL TANKS Thrilling Experience of the Klampenborg’s Crew. ' Engineer Is Killed and Six of the Seamen Are Missing. —_— LONDON, Sept. 3—The captain and a pertion of the crew of the Danish steam- er Klampenborg, from Bl stadt, have been landed at South Shields. They report that the Klampenbo abandoned on fire. The third ‘e was killed and six of the crew are ing. The survivors had a thrilling expert- The fire, which had broken out on board, reached the petroleum tanks on Sunday and caused a terr explo- sion, killing the engineer. The crew took to the boats dur! | violent storm. One boat with six occu- | pants drifted away and was not seen aft- erward. It is supposed that it was swamped in the high seas. The weather continued so bad that the survivors in the other boats took refuge again on the Klampenborg on Monday evening. On Tuesday they had to take to the boats again, and they were at the point of exhaustion when they were res- cued. @ siniiieininf el el il @ running for office two years ago, ma the statemen and the statements were | also made on the platforms by the differ- ent advocates of different parties, that if a Union Labor man was placed in office property in San Francisco would not be 50 cents on the dollar (laughter), and also that the town would run wild; e not gapable and therefore, if from their that It of governing themselv they put a man in office we would have a government d be ashamed | also asked what would a labc in receiving gue: who came to Francisco? How would a labor Mayor extend a welcome to the different officials and gri m this cou visiting San Fra here in San Fra tive of the nation we Preside (applause), and I leave it to say whether in extending him the labor Mayor of Sa and his did justice to the occasion ple (applause). STREETCAR STRIKE. “Every success that I have made has not filled me with pride and pleasure for my own sake, but it has filled me with pride because I realized that whatever I did was taken as a mark of what other labor men could do and reflected not upon myself as an individual, but .r ted upon the peeple who placed me in office— upon the wage earners of San Francisco (great applause) whose representative I am now and whose representative I al- ways hope to be (applause). “I know you will pardon me for refer- ring to that trial which came up about three months after I went into office. I mean the street raflway strike. At that time it was also said: ‘We'll see now how the labor man handles a difficulty of t magnitude.’ Well, without taking credit upon myself, I want to say tha had an opportunity at that time to dem onstrate that I was sincere in the remarks and speeches I made before election, that 1 would give equal rights to all and spe cial privileges to none. (Applause.) A that strike was settled without bloodshec Why? Because justice was dealt out equal Iytoalland the men who went out onstr realized that they had nothing to fear in the way of injustice of any kind. And they themselves formed themselves into a peace committes to protect the property of the company and carried on the strike to a successful determination—a strike that has never been equaled in the world up to the present time. “I stated before last election that I be- lieved in peaceful measures at all haz- ards In the settlement of industrial dis- turbances and I have proven dozens of times that this is the best way, by having the employers and employes meet in my office. I have managed to get them to- gether and although I bave seen them look daggers at each other, after a calm discussion I have seen them leave my office arm In arm and settle their differ- ences. (Applause.) SUPERVISORS OPPOSED. “Qur platform two years ago pledged the Mayor and Supervisors to save at least $100,000 a year by cutting down the high salaries paid some men in the City Hall. On two occasions, living up to that platform, I have brought vetces to the budget and demonstrated beyond a per- adventure of a doubt that more than $100,000 could be saved, but there again I did not have the support of a sympathetic board and fifteen Supervisors stood against me and overrode the veto of those items which I pledged my party to car- ry out. (Applause.) “It cannot be charged by anybody that the Labor party has been a fallure. (Ap- plause.) It cannot be charged on any hand that the condition of San Francisco is worse to-day that it was two years ago. On the contr: , there has been more business transacted in San Francis- co in the last two years than in the five preceding years. (Applause.) And the wage earner’s condition to-day is a great deal better than it was two years ago, and I say to you in all earnestness and sineerity that the perpetuation of this party must be assured if that great class of good people hope to get representation, hope to have their comdition continue to improve and if they hope to place men in office who will not be subsérvient to any besses. I in- “I thank you for this nomination. dorse, standing here. to-night, your plat- form and I want to say that I will do everything in my power o carTy your en- tire ticket to victory, to carry it to suc- cess at the next election, and-an- all sides I want it to be known that I am first, last and always a a representative of the Union Labor party and shall always be. (Enthusiastic applause.) ] thank you, brothers, for this great honor you have conferred upon me to- night. It is something that any man will be proud of. There are no words in the English language that I am mas- ter of to express to you in full the deep regard and appreciation that I have for tendering me unanimougly the renomina- tion for the office I now hold. I hope in the future I will merit your good will and I assure you I will endeavor to do so, and no act of mine will ever bring dis- credit on the wage earners of this city or upon the people who are willing to sup- port me again for the office I now hold. I thank you.” (Great cheering.) Chairman Willlams was empowered to appoint a committee of eightéen to re- ceive nominations for Supervisors and == port back at the next session of the co. vention. Mayor Schmitz was empowered to open his campaign immediately. An adjournment was then taken to the call of the chair. New Record for Motor Cyecles. BOSTON, Sept. 3.—In an attempt to beat the track record of 583-5 seconds, Albert Champion to-night at Charles River Park established a new world's record for mo- tor cycles by riding a mile in 36 seconds: —_— y your watches at Lundy's, 4 Thitd and 752 Market street. by 'l'b.