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REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR MAYOR WHO HAS MADE A GRAND: CAMPAIGN AND ¦WHO, ON THE EVE OF
ELECTION, EXPRESSES HIS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE THAT THE VOERS OF SAN FRANCISCO WILL
PLACE HIM AT THE HEAD OF THE MUNICIPAL- GOVERNMENT.
to break into .the Union Labor
ranks and win votes away from
Schmitz. Lane's campaign in the
labor districts proved such an utter
hardly be considered a factor in
the contest. , Early in the fight
Democratic, managers entertained
the hope that -Lane would be able
The contest to-day lies between
Crocker and Schmitz. Behind
Schmitz is Boss Ruef. Behind
Lane is Martin Kelly. Lane ¦* " can
Henry J. Crocker to
the best type of young American
manhood. He is a native son of
California, a progressive, up-to
date representative of a vigorous,
go-ahead San Francisco, and, to
use a Western term, is a hustler.
The election, to-day- will demon
strate the fact that he is a vote
getter
BELONGS TO BEST TYPE.
At the beginning of the contest
many of the wage-earners in the
compact Union Labor districts
south of Market street displayed
hostile feeling toward Mr. Crock
er, but the American sense of
fair play pronipted 'them to give
him a hearing, and getting a hear
ing he first won their respect and
later on gained their friendship
and support.
cessful experience in the manage
ment of large enterprises, should
be diligently applied to advance
the interests of the citv.
TO THE VOTERS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
The campaign has closed, and the citizens of San Francisco must decide in the interest of good govern
ment. ,It is therefore the duty of every good citizen to vote for the man who is. in the best position -to
day to make a winning fight, and it is our absolutely positive judgment that Henry J. Crocker is that man.
CLAUS SPRECKELS, President California Sugar
Refining Company.
CHARLES HOLBROOK of Holbrook, -Merrill &
Stetson. -
R. C." BOLTON of Bolton & De Rnyter. _
L. ROSENFELD of John Rosenfeld's Sons.
H. D. LOVELAND, vice president and general man
ager Tillmann & BendeJ.
P. E. BOWLES, President American National Bank
and Trust Company. - s
HENRY. ROSENFELD of John Rosenfeld's Sons.
J. C. WILSON, President J.C. Wilson Company.
JOHN F. MERRILL of Holbrook, Merrill & Stet
son.^
F. W.HENSHAW of Henshaw-Buckley Company.
JAMES B. SMITH of the Western Fuel Company.
F. P. DEERING of Myrick & Deering, Attorneys.
C. G. CLINCH of C. G. Clinch & Co.
VANDERLYNN STOW, Secretary Thomas Day &
G. W.. FLETCHER, General Freight Agent. ' -
WILLIAM MacDONALD, Manager London and
Lancashire Insurance Company.
JAMES TYSON of Charles" Nelson Company. '
WILLIAM CASTLE of Castle Brothers.
LOUIS - SLOSS of Louis Sloss & Co.
JAMES OTIS of Otis, McAllister & Co. T
WILLIAM CLUFF of William Cluff Company.
H. M. HOLBROOK of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson.
BLODGETT of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson.
JAMES B. STETSO!!, President of California
street Cable Railroad Company.
JAMES K. WILSON, President San Francisco Na
tional Bank.
GEORGE H. TYSON. General Agent German-
American Insurance Companv.
WAKEFIELD BAKER of Baker" & Hamilton.
LEON SLOSS President Northern Commercial
Company.
A. B. SPRECKELS, Vice President Spreckels &
Bros. Company.
\ ISAAC UPHAM of Payot, Upham & Co.
W. H. TALBOT of Pope & Talbot.
M. EHRMA.I of Ehrcnan & Co.
HORACE DAVIS, President Sperry Flour Com
pany, v-^.;;
F. W. LOUGEE of Fireman's Fund Insurance Com
pany.
WILLIAM W. MORROW, United States Circuit
Judge.
E. W. NEWHALL of H. M. Xewhall Son's & Co
FRANCIS SMITH of Francis Smith & Co.
REHFISH & HOCHSTADTER, Brokers.
LOUIS WEINM ANN, . Secretary Fireman's Fund
Insurance 'Company.
P.'N. LILIENTHA-, Manager Anglo-Californian
Bank. \
THE solid men of San Francisco— the men who represent the vast commercial, manufacturing and in
dustrial enterprises of the city— declare in favor of the election of Henry J. Crocker. This declara
" tion signifies that thousands of conservative citizens who have been observing the campaign with
special interest without committing themselves to the support of any candidate will now cast their influence
and voting strength in favor of Henry J. Crocker. This is what the .representative business men proclaim
Declare, That Crocker Holds Strongest Position in the
Mayoralty Contest
less Labor L'Tiion men south of
Market street are wearing the
Crocker button. These men are
not asking police protection.
Republicans should stand by the
Republican ticket and bring the
reign of Ruef to an end.
L r nion Labor men despise Ruef.
They tolerate Parry cut of sym
pathy for the colt. They have no
respect for civil service as admin
istered by Ruef. for they note the
spectacle of a Civil Service Com
missioner on the stump making
mehtlv. speeches laudatory ot
Mayor Schmitz. Knowledge of
these things, however, fails to ex
plain to Union Labor voters why
the Police Department, at the
suggestion of Mavor Ruef. should
now be detailing exceptiocally
strong and overwhelming detach
ments of the police force for duty
in districts south.of Market street.
Should not the Forty-fourth Dis
trict, where much of Ruef s mid
night work is done, be watched
and patrolled ? Should the Forty
fifth District, which Ruef claims
to own and control, be left un
guarded? Ruef and Schmitz
¦nave oositive knowledge of the
fact tliat manv resolute and tear-
STAND BY THE TICKET.
failure that his managers held a
council and changed their cam
paign tactics. At the eleventh
hour Lane was directed to appeal
to Republican business men for
support. The answer to that ap
peal does not hold much encour
agement to the Lane people. The
leading, representative men of
mercantile circles, the captains oi
industry, the promoters of com
merce and manufacture, declare in
positive terms that Henry J.
Crocker possesses the elements of
success and should receive the sup
port of business men of San Fran
cisco.
BEAUFORT WEST, Cape Colony. Nov.
Z— It is rumored here that the German
garrison at TVarmbad, in German South
west Africa, has been annihilated by tha
Hottentots. Warmbad 13 a mission sta
tion in Great Namaqualand, South Africa.
about 135 miles cast of the mouth anil
twenty-five miles north of the Orar.gs
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 2.— The German
Consul here confirms the rumor of a na
tive rebellian in Damaraland. a country
in Southwest Africa, forming a part of
the German possessions there. A German
non-commissioned oficer, commanding ac
Warmbad, has been killed and chief
rebels have been shot down. Other ro
mors to the effect that a commanding of
ficer and another body of troops have beea
killed indicate a. greater disaster. — _,_-
ADEN, Arabia. Nov. 2.— The rumor that
an officer and several members of the
Bombay RiSes have been winded in a
skirmish in the Hinterland haa been con
firmed. ' The lighting is now known to
have been quite serious. A small British,
force was surrounded by tribesmen at
Sulaik and soon ran short of ammunition.
Strong reinforcements sent from Dhala
released their comrades after a sharp
fight. Eight British soldiers were kille.l
and an officer and a number of privates
were wounded.
Special Disyarch to Tie Call.
would be no mud-slinging or vitu
peration on his part He has kept
his word. Thousands of people
admire him for his high-minded,
clean and fair course in dealing
with his opponents. It is said to
his credit that his campaign is
the cleanest and most creditable in
the political annals of San Fran
cisco.
In every address to the voters
he placed the betterment of the
city above all other consid
erations. For himself he pledged
that his knowledge of business af
fairs, derived from long and suc-
the receiver designates as an "ar
tistic smisdle" wT.l be called to the wit
ness ehair.
That portion of the receiver's report
where he held that the men back cf the
temporary directors who put through the
Alleged misleading reports of the ac
countants should be punished was partic
ularly well received by bankers in Wall
street. The differences between the real
worth of the plants and the figures ad
duced In the prospectus and the report to
the listing committee of the Stock Ex
change were remarked everywhere.
SETTS WILL BE FILED.
It was announced that papers will be
prepared at once for instituti:ig suit
against Schwa-b and the Bethlehem Steel
TTcrks looking to the appointment of a
receiver, and the other chief recommen- •
dation cf Receiver Smith that the hold- j
ers cf bonus stock be compelled to pay
for the same at its full face value will be
observed simultaneously.
It is this later prospect that causes most
concern to the men who have been im
plicated in the flotation cf the United j
States Shipbuilding Company. Not one
of the Sheldon reorziir.ization syndicate
would discuss the subject to-day. Schwab
kept himself secluded at th<? ofSces of the
steel corporation. Max Pam was said to
b« in Chicago. Nixon sorrowfully admit
ted that the Crescent shipyard had been
ia doldrams fcr a yea*, otrir.z- to labor
troubles, but he would not say a word
sic.it the strictures in the receiver's re
port. Dresser was smiling, but uncommu
nicative.
T.T ABILITY OF PB.O21OTZB.S.
The receiver stated in his report that he i
was "advised by his counsel that, as to !
*44.9ST,vO0 cf preferred and common stock
handed over by the directors (the youths j
cf the Corporation Trust Company of '
New Jersey) to the venders and pro- \
meters cf this scheme, it cannot be sue- j
cessf ally maintained that any value was
paid therefor. Treating the issue of
bonds, therefore, as full payment for the i
properties, it follows that the vendors and
promoters and their associates in the '
transfer and conveyance cf the various
plants to the United States Shipbuilding
•-'empany by acceptance cf this $44,937,000
cf capital stock without paying value j
therefor, becomes liable thereon to said !
corporation by virtue of the provisions of j
an act cf the Legislature of New Jersey." |
The liability of men like Schwab, with !
EBJBQQJOOQ of these stocks; Lewis Nixon, j
with at least $40,000,000; Charles A. Canda. |
mith J600.OC0; Jofaa TV. Gates and dozens I
0/ others Is now the matter of most con
cern in the financial district.
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HUMANE SOCIETY OFFICES
KILLS DZHVZB TEAMSTEB
Colorado Packing Cczipany Employe
Besists Arrest for Cruelty and
Is Fatally Shot.
DENVER, Cclo.. Nov. i-WTr'le resist
ing the effort* of Officer Oliver Tufts cf
the Colorado Humane Society to compel
him to stoo worklnjc a tick and abused
horse. Char> s Heinze." a teamster em
ployed by the Colorado Packing Com
pany, was ehot and killed this evening.
Tn<? offleer Join* the shooting claims that
Heinze drew a revolver first and wound- i
ed him in the- rtjfct arm. when the officer j
crew his pistol with his left hand and I
find in *U-itt6ue. The shooting was j
done la the outskirts of the city beyond |
Ar S o. a suburb of Denver, mar where i
llclxze live.l Tufts has been arrested.
Abe Baef . Garia. Mcjra* and Martia
Xel^ *» tattler to control the bend
tsz-ze. Tot: caa defeat theai by voting" !
to-day fox Hear? J. Crocker. *
Republican Legions Are Very Confident
of Sweeping Victory.
J J EXRY J. CROCKER,
S ff Republican nominee,
surely deserves election
to the office of Mayor. All the
signs of the hour point to the tri
umph of Republican forces in to
day's battle. Mr. Crocker's meth
ods of campaigning commend him
to all fair-minded people. At the
outset he announced that there
NTT!V YORK, Nov. 2.— Instead cf ffoii^ j
ca with the tegulij ls.to the avoirs cf {
the United States Shipbuilding- Company j
to-day, the laxryers pleaded for time, j
The report of fornser United States Sena- j
tor Smith, the receiver, seemed to stun
the most active participants la the hear
ing before Ollphant. the special examiner !
appointed by Judge Kirkpatrick to hear j
the testimony. The hearings will be re- '
named on Thursday raorstog at the law j
library cf Samuel Untermyer, senior j
counsel for the complainant first mort- j
eag-e bondholders: thenceforward the in
quiry win proceed expedltlously and
every one of the chief Cjrures in -what
Social risjctth to The Call.
Holders of Bonus Stock May
Be Forced to Pay Its
Face Value.
British Soldier Battle With
Tribesmen in the
Hinterland.
Natives Are in Revolt
Against Colonial
Government
Receiver Smith's Rec
ommendations Will
Be Observed.
Attack a German
Mission in
Africa.
Trouble Ahead for
Shipyard Trust
Magnates.
PROMOTERS
OF COMBINE
TO BE SUED
HOTTENTOTS
ANNIHILATE
A GARRISON
LEADING BUSINESS MEN AFFIRM THAT CROCKER
HOLDS WINNING POSITION IN CONTEST FOR MA YOR
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A. G. SXcADZS.
District Forec*»t«r.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1903.
VOLUME XCIV— :SO. 156.