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RAINEY HOLDS THE SPECIAL CONFIDENCE OF PHELAN
PHELANITES DESCEND
TO INFAMOUS TACTICS
Republican Nominees Hounded
by Spies and Detectives,
Demoralized Democrats, Facing Defeat,
Abandon Clean Lines of Contest and
Go Back to Boss Methods,
THE Ralney heelers, comprising the
Phelan reserves In this campaign,
bave been brought forward. Phe
lans morning organ and its even
ing echo have Invited a war of per-
Bonalitiee a:: : , their invitation may be ac
ig to light now prove
. shadow of doubt that the
Phelan-McNab Torres have Joined hands
U lth ndition of the
act Is that Ralney shall not be'mo
introl of the Fire Depart
ment. ]•' Horace Davia could be per
suaded !•> promise Martin Kelly control
of the department the heelers would be
the election went
:. or Democratic Happily Mr.
le no promises in this di
i 11 make none, hence the
disreputable gang of ex-bosses will rally
I Phelan and seek by caricature
rile personalities to throw dust In
the ayes of tho people.
The Intelligent ] pie of San Francisco
know Horace I>avls. He
can be tru*t>-d to meet a hoss face to face
and say no. How Is It with Phelan? A
■ ■ the primary election he
was advert Ireas tho Democratic
Central Club, but the follower* of the
Commltti f One Hundred threw up
their h inds in horror at. the idea of
Mayor >'hrlan disgracing himself and his
Uy addressing Buckleyites. Phelan
did nut go to the meeting and the job
chasers, elated and exultant, shouted
"didn'i we tell you thai Mayor Phelan
i not touch a Buckley club?" See
how dlffer« • I it was later on when The
lan obtained the nomination and wanted
Buckley votes. The same Democratic
central Club sent for him to address? the
meeting and Phelan went as meekly as
any lamb that ever bleated for Buckley.
Now Phelan poses as a purist in politics.
•-, Phelan, Sam Ralney and the Ex
aminer get together to do panties in the
name of purity and reform it is high time
for honest citizens to put a double watch
on the Via Hot boxes.
Since Phelan is Inviting personalities
and R the El ■ em
p] iyi- [orace Da
vis, would it not be well for some of
Mayo ■ 'I? to explain how he
squared himself with EuK p np Murphy in
me of 1898? Phelan
then wanted men on the ticket for Super
visors whi i his bidding, hence
he persuaded his bosom friend X
Murphy to desert a beautiful home and
establish a pretended residence in a dis
tant quarter of the i ity, so he could qual
ify for Bu] represent a ward in
which he did not reside. Mr. Murphy
he double dealing of the scheme, re
: made a full confession which
implicated Mayor Phelan. Jamea H. Budd,
Governor of California-*-'* Democratic
rnor of California— then avowed that
berg had been sent to the peniten
for colonizing voters and that the
authorities would be remiss in their dufy
to the- commonwealth if the Phelan col
onization scheme was not investigated in
order that San Quentin should not be
cheated. There was no investigating-, as
every one concerned was ready to plead
the "baby act."
It is high time that the honest voters
were taking st*-ps to watch the election.
A big cloud nf dust has bet n raised by
Phelan, Rainey and the Examiner. Be
hind the cloud the bosses are plotting ajid
scheming. Thf ire of the pres
ent Bcheme is not yet known to ihe jub
llc. Perhaps some act of treachery to
certain nominees on the Democratic mun
icipal ticket may be contemplated. One
year a^o Judge Maguire, the able Demo
cratic leader, whs knifed to his political
death. It was hie misfortune to be on the
ticket with Pht-lan. It was his misfor
tune that he trusted Phelan, Kainey and
the Examiner.
Republicans should beware of Demo
cratic promises and Intrgiuee in this cam
paign, and John Lackmann, the Republi
can candidate for Sheriff, should not for
a moment be caught oft his guard. He
should follow the "xample of Horace Da
vis and make, no promises of patronage to
any one.
Republicans have a plain duty to per
form. The duty is to stead by the ticket
and reject every trading proposition. A
manly, open fight to the finish should re
sult In the election of every Republican
nominee. Plainly the Democrats strag
gling after Phelan are discouraged and
demoralized. Republican merchants who
MfM
| supported Mr. Phelan in two elections ire
: now the most earnest and enthusiastic
advocates of Horace Davis" election.
They have withdrawn their support from
an evening paper that deserted the Re
publican column for Phelan's card.
Merchants of the City know that the pros
perity of San Francisco is Jnked with Re
publican success. The>< are shrewd
enough, in a crmmercial '-ense, to per
ceive that a Democratic -Humph at tne
polls would injure busing And retard the
advancement of the clt,-.
Readers may not place h special tax
on th^ir memory to r<- v -oUee,t that Phelan
and the Examiner n<~t lons tpro were de- ]
n«uincing Rainey as an infamous, odious
boss. Yet now they repose in him special
confidence and engase him to perform
confidential work. They take him into a
position of confidence from which they
Id exclude McNab.
Boss Rainey enjoys certain privileges
connected with the Fire Department.
i The fire hydrants are placed to increase
; his personal revenue. Will Rainey here
, after be satisfied with what the Fire De.
' partment gives him, when he sums up his
services to Phelan and the new charter?
Rainey Is shrewd enough to see that
Phrlan and the Examiner are descending
to the low levels of politics, and he will
: keep pace with the downward procession.
t He will want something to say in the
I School Department. How would It suit
! the school teachers of San Francisco to
visit the St. George stables for instruc
tion and inspiration? Rainey lias been
! taken Into the Democratic camp as the
j ally and trusted agent of Phelan and the
I Examiner. Should his party win out he
I would de-mand re-cognition, and Phelan
j would not dare deny him.
Under the provisions of the new char
ter it will be the duty of the Mayor to
i appoint Democrats and Republicans to
compose the commissions to govern the
i Police and Fire departments, the School
' Department, and to generally administer
'' the offices of the city. In an address to
; the Monticello Club at Metropolitan Tem
ple Friday evening. October 27, James D.
Phelan declared that every Republican
that introduced national issues In the mu
nicipal contest was a traitor to San Fran
• Isco, and he publicly gave notice that if
he were elected Mayor he would not ap
point such a Republican on any commig
; sion.
In effect Phelan declared that every
Republican that supported Horace Davis
was a traitor. The little Mayor has
served notice on 30,00(1 Republican electors
that he considers thrm ineligible to serve
on the commissions created by the new
I charter. In his desperation he over-
BOSS RAINEY, "SPECIAL COMMISSIONER" OF MAYOR PHELAN AND THE EXAMINER
When the local campaign opened thei*3 was a distinct understanding
that political tactics, which have so often been an offense to decent men.
would not be used. It was understood that the small ammunition of the
ward heeler and political vagabond, the slanderous rumors, shameful per
sonalities and prying impertinence of political peeping Toms, was to be
discarded. To men that have the welfare and the future of the city at
heart there is at stake something deeper and better than this, and Demo
crats no less than Republicans pledged themselves to ask the suffrage
of the people for what either party represents in principle.
The Examiner, the organ of Mayor Phelan, has seen fit to disregard
the agreement and to invite a comparison of men and an emulation of
its own disreputable methods. It has opened its sewers of abuse and
asked healthy men to follow the scent in its nostrils. It has revealed in its
unclean self the instincts of the fishwife and asks its readers to follow
it in its prying trail upon the track of a man whose private life, to de
cent people, is still sacred, even if he is asking the suffrages of citizens
for high public place.
That the Examiner has found nothing of discredit in the private
life of Horace Davis is immaterial. The offense is in the indecent effort
of the Examiner to peep within the door of his home, follow him in
every movement of his life, trace him in the privacy of his family circle,
his place of business and his every walk of private life. And to accom
plish this the Examiner has employed a creature whose very name — Sam
reached himself.
The right of free speech is guaranteed
I by the constitution of the State of Cali
fornia. Citizens who entertain the belief
that the prosperity and happiness of the
people of San Francisco will be promoted
, by the consideration of nattonal principles
i in this contest have a constitutional right
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1899.
MARCONI'S SYSTEM TRIED
WITH SUCCESS BY NAVY
NEW YORK, Oct. 80.— Over twenty
nine miles of the Atlantic Ocean,
over housetops, church spires and
towering office buildings, the Mar
coni electrical ripples successfully
carried and dropped messages be
tween two moving warships to-day. The
naval test at sea proved that within a
radius of twenty-one miles messages can
be transmitted by wireless telegraphy
with all the accuracy and precision of an
ordinary land line. This proved that hills,
high buildings and wires do not break
the force of the electrical waves and do
not interfere in the slightest degree with
the transmission of messages.
By prearrangements operations on
board the New York were conducted by
Bignor Marconi himself. One of his as
sistant* named Rradfleld operated the in
struments on the Massachusetts, while
Telegraph%r Bowden, another Marconi
expert, was stationed in the lighthouse
on the Highlands of Navesink. From the
Marconi transmitter on the lower floor of
the lighthouse annex the wire was carried
through the window, up the tall flagstaff
and up a sort of topmast, making its total
height above the ground about 150 feet.
Through the hatchways of the two war
ships the wires were extended to the
same height.
The message which the New York, as
NATAL DUTCH ASSIST BOERS.
L.ONDON. Oct. 31.— According to a flis
patch to the Daily Mail from Durban, it
has been ascertained that # the Natal
Dutch have been actively assisting the
Boers by carrying information regarding
the British movements. It seems that,
although the landings and departures of
the troops are effected by night and the
greatest secrecy Is maintained, yet the
enemy somehow gets information, de
Rainey — is an insult in the ears of reputable men, and degradation in the
hearing of decent women. This new commissioner of the Examiner
needs no new characterization. His blackguardism has been well
painted by bis new employer times without number. There is no offense
too vile for his commission. There is no condemnation that for him is too
severe.
According to the Examiner he has stained the public mind and
debauched private morality. His presence has been insult and his touch
contamination. He has been shunned in public and received in private
only by necessity. His morals indicate his methods, and he is the man
whom the Examiner has employed to track an honorable citizen, whose
life and name have been absolutely above reproach.
This creature's prying eyes have followed Horace Davis every
where. They have followed the victim of their indecency to see where
and what h-e ate, when and where he slept and worked, and with whom.
They have reported to their prurient master every detail of an honorable
existence. This is tke policy of the Mayor's organ. It is a policy repug
nant to every sense of propriety and will not be adopted by Republican
newspapers. But since the Examiner has indicated its desire and its
purpose to wallow in moral filth let it follow its policy to its logical con
clusion. Let it set its sewer-rat commissioner upon the track of Mayor
Phelan and have the prying eyes tell where and what he eats, when and
where he sleeps and works — and with whom.
she passed down the North River, cent to
the Massachusetts, lying at her anchor
age at Thirty-fifth street, was read plain
ly In dots a-nd dashes at Naveslnk, nine
teen miles away. It was:
"Follow us down at 1 p. m."
This message was the overture to the
telegraph testing programme, which in
cluded about seventy-five messages, all of
which had been prepared by the naval
board and were especially difficult. Every
five minutes during the course down the
river the New York telegraphed over the
constantly Increasing distance to the. Mas
i sachusetts and the battle ship replied to
the flagship without a break. All the mes
sages in the correspondence were caught
at Navesink and a careful record of them
was kept by Lieutenant Blish, the naval
| representative at the lighthouse. It was
: during the voyage down the river that
an official test for "Interference" was
made.
Without any warning to Marconi the
operator at Navesink. at the direction of
Lieutenant Blish. sent several messages
in quick succession to the flagship. The
result was a message from the Massachu
setts to the New York:
"Navesink has successfully interfered."
But a few minutes later the lighthouse
caught Marconi's explanation that one of
the ground wires on the New York had
not been secured properly, which allowed
the stray messages to break in on the
Conversation between the two warships.
Tt was a long time nfter the telegraph
-1 ing began before either of the warships
spite the severe censorship. It is also be
lieved in Durban that the Dutch have as
sisted the Boers by pointing out British
officers in the battles.
CIRCLE OF ARMORED TRAIN.
LONDON, Oct. 31.— The Cape Town cor
respondent of the Dally Mail says he
learns that Colonel Baden Powell, the
British commander at Mafektng. has laid
a railway in a complete circle around
was visible from the lighthouse. "Without
a wire, without any apparent connection,
messages kept dropping- out of space as If
some supernatural power were hurling
thorn down from the clouds.
The New York came In sight about 11
o'clock, and although messages from the
Massachusetts continued to rain down as
fast as the receiving instrument could
reel them off. It was fully two hours be
fore she could be made out through the
spyglass, creeping slowly toward the flag
snip.
Then the New York wired the Massa
chusetts: "Put out to sea in a straight
line, keeping careful acount of your dis
tances."
The black smoke of the Massachusetts
a few minutes later, trailing back toward
the Highlands.' showed that she was
obeying. The telegraphing- continued for
! more than an hour with just as much ac
[ curacy as that with which two telegraph
I operators converse between Yonkers and
| New York.
Then, when about fourteen miles of
fcray ocean were between the two ships,
syllables began to drop out of words.
Sentences were received In which arti-
I cles and prepositions were missing. Later
longer words began to disappear, until
! finally the Massachusetts messages be
j came unintelligible at the lighthouse, al
though she was evidently in communica
tion with the New York still. The last in
telligible message from the Massachusetts
was sent at 3:12 r>. m., when she was
twenty-one miles from shore and eighteen
miles from the New York. cl snieen
Mafeking: and Is running armored trains
around the town, ready to meet the Boers
at any point
THIS IS FROM HOLLAND.
BERLIN, Oct. 30.-A report received
here from Holland says that the whole
British army at Ladysmlth has surrend
ered and L hat the troops are now prison
ers of war.
to express their sentiments. A man deny
ing that right is an enemy to free speech.
\ The utterances of Mayor Phelan in denial
:of that right were recorded and pub
lished in the daily papers of October 28.
The new charter clothes the Mayor
i with great authority. Citizens who value
their rights and liberties should beware
i of electing a tyrant.
REPUBLICANS IN
CONFIDENT MOOD
Republicans of the Forty-first, Forty
second and Forty-third Assembly Dls
I (fP| S.N.WOOD &CO jjjfe 1
trirts held a monster meeting last ■
at Golden Gate Hal!, on Satter stri
the temper of the audience can be
as an indication, Horace Davis
whole Republican ticket will ha-v
! Ing to fear as to the result of the
in the district named. Among th>
nent speakers were Hon. F. X. Sch
maker of New Jersey, and Colonel T
| Eddy. Mr. Schoonmaker intends to
| main in San Francisco until after {
and will address the citizens on th<
of the campaign every evening this w<
C A. Murdock was selected to a
chairman, and in his introductory 1
marks said that he was like th<- shrimi
that the restaurant proprietor servi
fore the oysters. He was a shrimp, hi
stated, and" his sphere was merely to whel
the audience's appetites for the luscious
feast of reason that was to follow. He
had voted for Lincoln, he said, and had
never had cause to n-Kret his affiliation
with the Republican party and would
have nothing to be ashamed of when
next Tuesday he cast his ballot for Hon.
Horace Davis.
"No candidate fur Mayor," said the
speaker, "represents so many good quali
ties as the Republican candidate."
Mr. Murdock referred to Mr. Phelan's
remarks concerning the charter, and Baid
In many instances he had offered gratui
tous insults to the Republican |
especially after the charter was held to
be constitutional by the Supreme Court,
when he asserted through the columns of
i an evening paper that after a battle it
i was always n< cessary to look out for the
j dead and wounded. In the charter battle,
Phelan had said, the dead and wounded
I would be found in the Republican camp.
''That was a barefaced insult to every
Republican in the city," said Mr. Mur
dock. In reference to the charges made
: against_Mr. Davis for having held a con
sultatton with Martin Kelly, the speaker
said:
"Our enemies have been driven to such
straits that they have been forced to
make a mountain out of a molehill. They
have accredited him with improper mo-
I tives because he was willing to meet and
talk with a Republican who had fought
! a battle and lost. Horace Davis is a
conscientious and thorough Republican,
and he will not kick a man because^ he is
down. Nothing more need be said."
Colonel T. V. Eddy was the rirst of the
list of orators to address the audience.
He said that the Democratic cry that
this was a campaign of home rule was
the cheap claptrap of a demagogue.
"That is strong language," said the
speaker, "but unlike Mr. Phelan I do not
I intend to apologize for it. San Francisco
has always had home rnle. This is not
a campaign where the watchword is
home rule, but the question is. Who shall
rule? The claim of Mr. Phelan and
Franklin K. Lane that they are the
originators and virtual parents of the
chat-tor is the cheap claptrap of a pair of
demagogues."
Colonel Eddy spoke of the record of
Hon. Horace Davis as a citizen, as a
business man and a friend of labor. He
placed special stress on Mr. Davis' fight
against Chinese immigration. "And this
is the man that a political demagogue
called a traitor. He claimed afterward
that he was hasty; but 1 assert now that
when Mr. Phelan applied that word to
Mr. Davis he did it purposely and pre
meditatedly and he did it because he waa
angry— angry because he was opposed for
the office by a man who had the moral
courage to stand fairly and squarely on
the platform of his party.
"Phelan coum not let his convention in
dorse the national Democratic platform
because he expected to gain a few Repub
lican votes. That is what I call false pre
tenses. If there was a law on the statutes
against false pretenses in politics we
could convict James D. Phelan to-night.
Republican votes elected him last year,
but this year false pretenses will not X".
Horace Davis was not born with a silver
spoon in his mouth. He gained every dol
lar of his fortune by his own labor and
energy. After he came to California he
did one of the noblest things an Ameri
can citizen can do— and thai Is to rai.--'- ..
family. That is the kind of candidate we
present you. I need not draw compari
sons with the candidate on the other side.
(Laughter.)
"The people will teach Mr. Phelan on
the 7th of November that when he at
tempts to vilify for political reasons one
of our foremost citizens they will not
stand for it. When Horace Davis is
elected Mayor the people will be able to
get in to see him without a pass."
Colonel Eddy reviewed the entire Re
publican ticket, asserting that it was not
necessary to throw mud in order to elect
them. Cheers greeted the speaker at the
conclusion of his address, when he gave
way to Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker of New
! Jersey. Mr. Schoonmaker said:
"The Democrats claim that this Is a
! non-partisan campaign and for that rea-
I son they ask the Republicans to vote the .
Democratic ticket. Hon. Horace Davis 13
in every way the equal and in many par
ticulars' the superior of James D. Phelan.
The only hope of the Democrats is that
Republicans become non-partisan while
Democrats remain partisan. If the full
vote of the Republican party is given to
I Hon. Horace Davis he will be the next
Mayor of this city. The new Mayor of
San Francisco will have the appointment
lof nearly 6000 office-holders. That vast