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The fire fighters who risk their lives are not all in the cities. Read of. the fire trains of the Sierra snowsheds and their important work in - The Sunday Call VOLUME CIL— NO. 158. No Friend of San Francisco Will Vote for Daniel A. Ryan San Francisco is to be saved from a- repetition of the administration that has made her name a synonym. for graft, if her wbrkingmen have had enough of idleness and agitation, if her f businessmen desireareturmx of the days.of steady profits, if there i:>ny love left for tlie;city;th«v Has borne so much from men and the elements, let every friend of honesty and decency cast the vote-early today for Taylor and Langdon. v : \u25a0>•*.• \u25a0-'--> -. \ >'. Every' adherent of graft, every public enemy who hopes to profit from purchased privileges, every foe -of law and order h^s rallied to the banner of P. H. McCarthy in a last desperate effort to overthrow the forces that have accomplished so, much for the regeneration of Sain Francisco. -The Southern Pacificmachinepassed the word 'for McCarthy several days ago. Last night the agents of Calhoun passed his orders to the United Railroads' "strike breaking* employes in the interest of tHe same candidate. The only chance left for the election of McCarthy is in a division of thcvote of the friends of good government. Every; vote cast for Daniel A. Rvan today imperils all that every l^yal osn r ranciscsn noius dear. \u25a0 , \u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0\u25a0.'.' - Calhoun Orders His Strike to Vote for P. H. McCarthy BRAZEN ACT OF LABOR'S ENEMY Calhoun Appeals to Workingmen of the City Placards His Cars With Anti-Langdon Posters Asks to Be Saved From the Club ',-7 of Spreckels Nonunion Employes Are Told for Whom to Vote \u25a0- On all the cars of Calhoun, the indicted grafter, the fnan who conspired with the felon ex- Mayor Schmitz to trap and de strdy the carmen s union, and the -chief of the gun crews who terrorize women passengers, •there appeared last night hun dreds of poster dodgers like "Working-men — Are you go- iftgT P"t a big stick in Cll•l- J , , hprcckcls hands to club you over the Iwad with?" And*, every one of Calhouns strike breakers who has a vote, every me chanic, Inspector and trackman on the United Railroads faced an ultimatum when he reported for duty yesterday morning. That ultimatum was: "Vote for McCarthy or lose your job." While the printer still had the copy fpr the union smasher's appeal to union men to break wie "big stick." the petty officials at the Turk and Broderick street barns were delivering the in structions of their chief to the men un der them. As every car cr.ew went to Bork they were confronted. "Have you a vote?" they were asked. If the answer was "Yes," then came the order: "Vote for McCarthy and the union labor ticket — straight." Voting the McCarthy ticket »tralght -was made an essential, because of the fear of Langdon's election, a fear that impelled the indicted bribe giver and union smasher to issue his brazen order to. the stride breakers to help elect the convicts candidate, McCarthy, and the grafter's man. McGowan, and so save | ti.e corruptlonists from the biff stick. \u0084 Many of Calhoun's strike breakers come from tlv> interior of the state. All these have votes. They and the other employes of the United Railroads who were- entitled to cast a ballot were herded before. the registrar several \u25a0we.'-ks ago and roistered. And yester day morning they received the order to vote for the man who declares he rep resents, the men whom Calhoun always };as fought, , and whose implacable foe the corruptionist constantly announced he. gloried in being. When the men attached to the barn »t Turk and Fillmore streets reported for work yesterday morning D. Durkey, bofs of conductors, and Henry Potter, boss of motorm'n, Injected politics into * the usual routine Questions to the men starting- a new day. They had a list of all the men the company registered, but \u2666very man, new invader and native alike, was confronted with the ques- "Then vote McCarthy. • All the state importations who took -fthe places of tue striking: carmen were open to conviction, but several of the Continued on rage 2, Column 7 The San Francisco Call. Ryan and McCarthy in Saloon Conference Both Opponents of Good Govern ment in Midnight Visit to S. P. Liquorman The deal between P. H. McCarthy and Daniel A. Ryan to defeat the forces of good government in the in terest of the graft outfit was made apparent late last night when , McCarthy and his lieutenants had a long conference with Harry P. Flannery, proprietor of the Richelieu saloon, at Geary and Market streets, followed by a gathering of the Ryan lieutenants. Flannery has been one of the chief boost ers for Ryan ever since his nomination became possible. He was for .years an adher ent of Herrin, having been; in charge of the restaurants and bars on the ferry boats. Earlier in the day yester day Dr. W. B. Coffey, chief surgeon of the United Rail roads, who does politics for the company and is a close friend of Patrick Calhoun, and other railway men were in consultation around the Richelieu, and there was every evidence of the get ting together of the ; Ryan and McCarthy forces in the interest of the defeat of Tay lor and the graft prosecu tion. After McCarthy had been in consultation with Flan nery for some time, a Ryan automobile manned by his lieutenants drove rapidly to the place and one of its oc cupants asked if Ryan was inside. "No," was the reply, "but McCarthy is here." A few moments later a second Ryan automobile arrived, in which was Fred Myrtle, who has been handling the Ryan campaign in behalf of the Examiner and the Hearst .Czolgoz interests, and urgent inquiry was made for' Flan nery. Later Ryan himself entered the saloon and held a whispered conversation with his lieutenants. If any doubt could be had of the unholy combination to defeat the ends of decent gov ernment, of which Daniel A; Ryan is a part, this meeting of the Ryan and McCarthy forces should settle it in the minds of every voter in San Francisco. Following the meeting" in Flannery's Sa loon the Rvan automobiles with Ryan and a part of his company left, going nqrth on Csntlnued on Page 4, Bottom Column 3 SAN' FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBERS 5, : ,1907: When the Returns Come In Tonight Whole Good Government Ticket Will Triumph Over Corruptionists by Overwhelming Majorities The decision at the polls today will, in my judgment ; be overwhelmingly for good government, for commercial stability, for the reconstruction of San Francisco. That decision will be recorded in the election of Mayor Taylor; District Attorney William" H. Langdon and the good government ticket, which they; lead. The campaign that has been wholly unlike any municipal ever wagedin America,, is over. .The politicians'* and the office seeker have had their: inning. They have beaten thc r campaign tomtom, endeav ored, to stir up class hatred and strife. They have gone '- through all the -motions characteristic of the professional's hunt for public office. Their performances are atian.end. Tt is "P to; the .people^ .today. In their; sober^ judgment the people will decide— have de cided—and there remains' but Ho record that decision at the bal lot box.. The usual l eleventh '% hour cam- paign . tricks- have been invoked by enemies of ' good:govern ment; and ; more V.! of them will undoubtedly be {\u25a0 uncovered this morning.'. Fortunately '-for, themselves and, for San-F rancisco, the stale tricks of ith© politician are so 'apparent that George A. Van Smith they no longer affect the thinking voter, and this has been a thinking campaign. The people aro proof against canards nnrl "double crosses." "The Chrohicio.'s attempt to double cross the .good government' l cause" yes terday Avas abortive,, if not .unexpect ed. -For reasons of its own the Chron icle has been bitterly opposed to the graft prosecution, and 'for .reasons equally its own has exhibited ; its bit terness- in a silence, - during , the cam paign. \ :It : has vigorously assailed P. H.* r McCarthy, but Frank McGowan. the friend and employe of. the bribe - giv ing interests and -the 'Southern Pacific machine, has ; been .the beneficiary of the^wash. so offensive; to the .Chronicle When administered: for the accomplish-, ment- of the ends of^justice— the -Im munity bath. The sii«nt -champion" of graft came into the open yesterday.'. ; Cunningly displayed opposite'lts edi torial page, ;where it would; be most conspicuous, , arid in .type large enough to hide tho placid advocacy of ,'good government in the' editorial .'\u25a0 columns, the Chronicle, devoted a big block, of space : to an attempt: to : stampede. '.the -.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0--\u25a0.- \u25a0 " . j - \u25a0 ' \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 : \u25a0- . . \u25a0 ' good government vote, to Ryan. The not .-.unexpected ; double . cross .was cun ningly, contrived if not skillfully "done. T^here •'. were no marks'- to indicate that the; broadside .which 'proclaimed a vote for * Taylor was a vote 1 for; McCarthy was advertising, but the -display was such as .would enable the double cross artist, , when 'to. account) for his treachery, to plead, that it was paid advertising matter. Insteadiof ; excit ing ;the : expected wave of dismay, the Chronicle's \u2666 double cross ; evoked .: only' disgust "and the. grin j of the decent re publicans; "who/ dismiss,«Ki \u25a0 the'; matter with ."I told you so".or:."It is. what you canexpect ! wh'enDe Yoiing is involved." •.; Ryan was ; ; the principal -'performer yesterday in a comedy attempt to make a foundation for -an -election morning claim that • the business * Interests : had given over hope "of electing Taylor; and swung' Into liri^; behind • the boy. candi date as the man; to. beat McCarthy. Pre ceded by a petition 1 for : audiences sub mitted'by Czblgosz Hearst," Ryan made a-tour of the businessdistrict. \u25a0 Some of Continued on rage 3, ) Colama \u25a01 ' '. Impertinent Questions No. 23 -Whicjp-'is the Ugliest Building in ~~~ San Francisco, and Why? Ten Dollars for the Cleverest Answers See Page 9,' Bottom Columns 1 and 2 M'CARTHY'S PARADE 5,000 His Fifty Thousand Estimate Shrinks 90 Per Cent Scores of Unions Fail to Appear in Procession Hope of Election Is Hanging on Most v Slender Thread ,_*, Enthusiasm Is Lacking r : Along the: Line of March If the managers of P. H. McCarthy's campaign are as (ar away in their other estimates as they were in their prediction as to the size of the so called labor parade, which took place last night, the result of today's elec tion will come as a distinct shock to them. The 40,000 men who were sup posed to make last night's parade a feature of the century by some strange alchemy did not exceed 5,000 as they; trod the bitumen up Van Ness avenue j and out to Dreamland rink. Five thousand is a generous allow ance and includes the several bands and the. host of boys who formed part of. the procession. Some of the unions! of the building trades were out In large numbers, but the representatalon from .the labor council ' was insignifi cant. Scores of unions were without representation. -If, as claimed, the men who marched last night constituted McCarthy's reliance for election. he has placed his faith on a slender thread. • The, union men who did. not march outnumbered by four to one those wh6 did. Less than three hundred members Continued on Fa;e 2, Column 6 Wafclt The GalFs Election Bulletins Tonight ..The Call .mil flash the most complete and earliest election returns by stereopticon on huge screens at the following points in San Francisco: /r - At the main office of The Call, Third and Market streets, in front of the Claus Spreckels building. At the Fillmore street branch of The Call, Fill more street between Post and Geary. At the Mission agency of The Call, corner of Twenty-second and Valencia streets. §- , \u25a0• \u25a0 In Oakland The Call will display election Teturns ' by : stereopticon at its Alameda branch office in the Bacon block, Eleventh street between Broadway and \ Washington. J Watch The Call's Toweir Signals Colored searchlight flashes from 1 the' tower 'of The Call building will tell the story of the election tonight. Here is the signal code : RED flashes will indicate the probable election of GREEN flashes will indicate the probable election of WHITE flashes will indicate the probable election of HK Eyanflß PRICE FIVE CENTS. GREAT RALLY FOR CIVIC DECENCY Vast Throng Shows What Verdict Is to. Be Today * - Ten Thousand Join in , Big Ovation to Langdon Graft Prosecutors Thrill Cheering Assemblage o Monster Mass Meeting Held in Pavilion Rink District Attorney Lang don's campaign was brought to a close last night in the Pavilion rink at Sutter and Pierce streets before the greatest crowd of people that has been brought to gether under any one roof in San Francisco since the fire. Ten thousand persons lis tened -breathlessly for two hours and a half to the fer vent appeals of Hiram W. Johnson, Joseph J. Dwyer, William H. Langdon and Francis J. Heney for the cause of good government and municipal decency. And thousands more sought to gain entrance to the im mense hall, .but crowded back to the very doors with the speakers' stand a full