The San Francisco call. [volume], October 27, 1907, Page 29, Image 29

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It has been announced on behalf of the Hearsttstate that if Taylor is elected the 25 story building
at Third and Market streets, the plans for which were dra^
li Taylor is defeated, it is announced, the erection of the building will be/indefinitely postponed.
Opponents of Taylor in Fight
for Mayoralty Bear Brands
of Hearst and Schmitz
66 ft MCCARTHY is for Schmitz; Ryan
2vM. /s f° r Ry an ? Taylor is for this
W\ town."
That was the way The Call sized up the mayoralty
fight on October 6at the beginning of this campaign. • ;\u25a0
Now the statement needs amendment. Here is the
way it should read to fit the situation as it stands today:
"McCarthy is for Schmitz; Ryan is for Hearst; Taylor
is for this town— and this town is for Taylor.
It might be added that McCarthy is for Calhoun,
though that is sufficiently stated when it is said that Mc-
Carthy is for Schmitz. The star guest of "tried and true"
Sheriff O'Neil is tried and convicted ex-mayor Schmitz.
The agent and ally of Schmitz in politics is P. H. McCar
thy; his chief ally in business — the kind of "business" that
Langdon "hurts" — is Patrick Calhoun.. The trolley fran
y chises that Schmitz helped to steal from the city were stolen
* for and are now enjoyed by Calhoun. It is easy to see why
Schmitz and Calhoun stick together— they have to stick
together. Calhoun needs Schmitz to keep a shut mouth and
to do dirty politics for him; Schmitz needs Calhoun to help
him with money and lawyers and influence. so that he may
keep out of San Quentin. Schmitz and McCarthy frame up
a bogus ticket, label it "Union Labor," put McCarthy on it
for mayor and McGowan, a Southern Pacific attorney and
legislator, for district attorney. Schmitz dictated that ap
pointment arid he did it for Calhoun and all the other in
dicted boodlers. Also he did it for himself. If McGowan
could be elected Schmitz would soon go free — free to ride
in Calhoun's automobile again, free to make merry again
at Calhoun's table as he used to do in the jolly days when
they celebrated tKe grabbing of a new bunch of fran
chises, drinking Calhoun's .wine and eating] Calhoun's food
and laughing at the plundered people.
With McCarthy and McGowan in office Schmitz ; could
go into the franchise business again. Calhoun wants more
privileges and there is a new plush lined box that wants
* filling.
Ryan is for Hearst. If he should be mayor he would
be Hearst's mayor, which means the Southern Pacific's
mayor. Ryan is branded with the Hearst brand, which is
the brand of Cain. He is plastered ' with the Hearst car
toons that killed McKinley. As the. price of Hearst's sup
\u25a0 port Ryan has recanted his republicanism. He is traitor
to his republican followers and renegade to the cause he led.
A few weeks ago Ryan was loud and strong for Roosevelt
and Roosevelt policies; now he is arrayed in antagonism to
all that Roosevelt stands for. He is lined. up with Hearst
* against Roosevelt and against everything that the law
defying corporations hate and fear.
Taylor is as he has been from the moment he was sud
denly called upon to deliver San Francisco from the mis
rule of the grafters and the bribing .'corporations— for this
town and for nothing else. It is clear "now. that this town
understands the situation and that it is for Taylor.
Nobody handles Taylor. He is his own man and he is
a bigger, better, stronger, abler man than] Ryan ever will
be. The best thing that can be said .of Taylor— or of any
decent man — is that Hearst hates him. Hearst's abuse is a
certificate of good character and . aggressive honesty.
Hearst's praise is enough to damn anybody and it never
goes to anybody or anything for the . public good.
If this town had not been for Taylor, Hearst's vilifica
tion of him would have made it so. It will be a- joyous day
for San Francisco when the election returns teH'of Taylor's
victory. . \u25a0 , . -
TEL. PARK 11S1 LESTER C. BURXETT;
Secretary, Campaign Commldes
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN CLUBS
"TAYLOR FOR MAYOR"
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I hereby enroll myself as a, member^ of the Independent
Republican Club of the. . . . .r. .-. .. .Assembly District: of
the City andvCounty of San Francisco.
Mail th«« Coupon to Hendqnarter* -'^^^S
FILLMORE STREET ' jf" i
Bet. ' Golden Gate iv. ; and : McAllister St.
Bedeviling San Franc isco From Same Platform
Francis J. Heney Will iVlake First Campaign
Speech in Behalf of MiU.^^^h^May
FRANCIS J. HENEY, on Monday night;at : the Mission rink^will make :his first
campaign; speech since the memorable -IVlechanics' > pavilion: speech. At the close
of the last campaign Heney rtold/the; voters of -San Francisco . that he would
come back to put Ruefih jail. As District; Attorney AVilHarrr H. ' Eangtfbri's Vspe
ciar assistant he, has kept, that promise, but his work is only half dons.. Only one of
the bribe givers has: been convicted. \u25a0 :. \u0084/'*."•'
District "\u25a0; Attorney Langdon must be re-elected' if Calhoun and: the other ac
cused bribe vgiversjare to be brought to?trial.. Heney,; witlrLangdoniand-HiramiW.
Johnson, who has been associated with them- in the graft prosecution, will "inaugu
rate :a, graft prosecution campaign tomorrow night under. the auspices of the '.Lang-,
don Central Club. This club will continue : -its vigorous campaign-, for the , re-elec
iion;of'Langdon-by holding a LangdoV meeting at the Mission rink, Nineteenth
and. Mission -streets, on Monday evening, ;October*2B, a]tiJß,o 'clock. 7
The meeting will be addressed .by 'District ;At't6rney^£angdon,;Francisi:J. Hehey
-and HiranvW: Johnson, president of -.the/xlub.',^^ The issuevi'involyed-: in the. campaign
• for: the' re-election ,of- Langdon willj; be : fully^ presented. 7 Langdon -also will 'aclciress
other political meetings on the same evening. . - ' f : \u25a0 ? -^^S
iSotes of the G/arnpaign andGarididates
..A 1 WUHam 'P. -McCab«; ; club iwaa (formed jon
Wednesday 'night . by .J more, than \u25a0 800;.. of ";.the
thirty-fifth ; district \ friends ;'of ; the \u25a0 democratic
good government ' league"; candidate \u25a0 for ;: county
clerk. G«»rge t W. .Bell, ! >x-president ' of * the
labor council, was ' elected '; president t of >. the Mc^-
Ca be club, (. James, Bonney/tice :j president^ and
James . Green" secretary."*;* The , following eiecutive
committee was appointed by, the president: r Ed
ward ' J. Brandon,"; John * Buckley. ' James : HurteyV
W. J. : Healy,'-; D. - Kane,; Hamilton \ Plant,* J.
McGulre, '. T.; . Cronln,* 4 -', Robert \ Hartley," 5.% Whit
comb;.. Prank ;\u25a0 J. '-i Daunet, i J. V N. V Sweeney/: D.'
R*ardon,i E. ; A. v Fano^ '\u25a0 Joseph , Kerr," A.' ; . Ooleman,
A- Duff, -O-'F."- Williams.":.';--. ; .\: ? i "/ \u25a0"'':-. \u25a0.''\u25a0'\u25a0
;; A, Thomas F.'. O'Nell'clnb ru organised on
Friday night : at Union : hall; \ $46 Howard ; street."
The officers ; of 'the : new ; club;; are: ; President,'
Jeme» Anderson; .rice '. president, , Patrick ••; Rlley ;
secretary.'^ George'^ Slier; \ treasurer. ; Edward ' Kel
eon;» sergeant -at 'f. arms. *, Ernest . Hoffman. [J. The
club adopted "resolutions -Indorsing the : adminis
tration of the: sheriff's office by, O' Nell : and alao
Indorsed^, the" 'union- -.labor ticket. V- ; ; ; ''.''\u25a0:\u25a0"-. ./;.'-•;
" Dlefc;:Dawson,..tbe. Filhnor* street . M.loonma.n,
is 'gttll . l<v>klng j for ; McGowan , money {at "\u25a0 2; to : 1 .
He" bet yesterdaj-.t another^, $ I.ooo » against^ssoo
put Tup by.- an Pnthusl»»t who ' billered . the Jodda
were ' commensnrat* -i with ;"•; Langdon's > chancfta.'
DaTTson'nirshe has $15,000 : more ;to lay; it* the
Bame'odds.' \u25a0\u25a0' . • '.••' ;.'v \u25a0' : - •'-\u25a0 :\u25a0: '. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'".
The = friend* of . E. I/. - Cutten. t democratic ; and
good " government u nominee t for tres surer, > point 4 to
bis ; sufcessf ill /career, ';• covering '; a :: period ; of 40
years In San \u25a0 Francisco, ' as i one. , of .the, best argu
ments'for-his election.- •• ; • .-. '- , . '— 'j.
\u25a0"•\u25a0 If • Ryan „\u25a0 Is '• elected :~ the v mayor's
oCQo«* Trill be'\ln^ the ;; Examiner
office; jifV ; .McCarthyJjli VeJected^it
Trill be In ! tbelfconnty^ jallj ..'iirlth'
Taylor ". vlctorloua i lit \u25a0> will , be, \u25a0] mm
SAN' FR^CISC6y'SUyD^^^OGTOBER^27; ;1907;
- - Corbett'B /poolroom '• has $5,000 \u25a0'. to , be j laid on
I/angdou ~at 10 s to : B, : ' with : few," takers, y Corbett
also j has plenty" of , Taylor; money.' left ' to ; be ': laid
at \u25a0 the I preya}ling,odds— lo l to\~. '\u25a0\u25a0 Larry rDolan's
friends,^wbo"; left; 13.000? to . be. placed at even
money against the' field, hare been compelled to
give -odds^toV get ; ' their ]; money on. and Corbett
la] now :\u25a0 offering 1 10; to "B ; cm i'the' democratic-good
government ..candidate \. for ;' raeriff' against [\u25a0 the
field. \u25a0\u25a0•'.." ' \u25a0••;\u25a0 : ; ;' -\u25a0."\u25a0\u25a0 '•'-';." ";;\u25a0 ' :.-';-r: .-' ; - r ' •\u25a0" :
. : District, leaders of t the union r labor, party^ are
now assigning fcanTassers v to ; : eVery ; precinct of
the ,; city /.with i Instructions ;> Dot .\u25a0 to /oyeriock ] a
single t -voter. > The ' card •- system "will \ bei used,
and within > a .week the} McCarthy; ca mpa ign corn^.
mitt.cc -expects ; to be; aWe (to*; gire a '"close* figure
on \u25a0 the \u25a0 number •of • rotes : the ) labor . party 'candi
date ..will; receive.,:.- -. . /'\u25a0; .-•.- \u25a0'\u25a0.] .'\u25a0 ' -' ; ;: -
r iv] Compte 1 Jr. f '>" despite; the \ fact . that Ihe has ,
the 'J nominations \\ of r republicans;- democrats and
good ; leaguers \ and " the I assurance ; of
election', by^" an j oTe.rwhelmlng j majority. ,' is
ing T a Tigorous ; campaign.] *.He * on j the
stump nightly ;]and;makes.conTlnclng "speeches for
the*good;gOTemmentjtirbet.: : - ; ' : :: ' ;'•
\u25a0'\ ."Billy'" \u25a0: Hynes. \ g«v><l .. goTArn'ment \ and ' demo
cratic nominee for]public ; admintetritor." is^mak-]
ing a busy flghti'^He .biliere»]th]st there] is] more
than 'y music i In"- his^ '. f ayorit* "; snug,'; -which j^is
,','ETeryV ; Little ' Bit /Added ?.to_; "What ~ TouVCot
Uakes-JuistlalLittleisßit^More." i .'
.- '": Deputy; Recorder Samuel j T. '\u25a0 Kohlmann"; figures
that ; the; forty-second district 'will poll] 350'lTotes?
of .'which ! number ~\ he! predicts [that • McCarthy will
get 250,TByani 75 "and; Taylor 25. . ; : . .
The Thomas F.\O'Neil ; club^of . the thirty-thlnl
district \ met | Friday v [n.t\ Dennl s'J hall," ;' Ka n
Jose 'and £ Ocean;, avenues? and ;\u25a0' completed "a pre
cinct ; organization.',' ' \'- : .S- \u25a0:"' : V; "]- T '}:'.'- : ~:
r .^There ta[one j nonpartisan' appeal-that ; is surely]
getting] reaults.Y ' It Jla I '"• VMiater, i got • any ! eleo-
The tbirty-fif th \ \u25a0 assembly^ district dub .in
dorsed ; Daniel *'^r Ryan '. for • mayor and '\u25a0 A.':.: Q.
Frajiki for; county]' clerk at a meeting held Thurs
day night ; at ,{the - club I headquarters ; in • Mission
street , between^ Twenty-second ' and ' Twenty-third.'
Speeches \u25a0 {were fr made -: by ' Assemblyman \j Hugo
Hartman;; B: Van Stfaten, Dr. A; D.\ Fretij'and
D; , ."•*•/ Hulse, •;*; candidate J f or ; superrisor. : The
officers* of s the ' club are : o President,' ' A. ; D. ;: Freta ;
rice 'president,'? John"' P.'? Rla; \ secretary, -William
Crowley ; - treasurer,> E. -> Van ' Straten ; '? executive
committee,' - W. \H. 'Augustine,- \u25a0P. \u25a0 D. v Code, ! . A.
Houston,'; Hugo " Hartman,' '-, D. \r A'. ; Hulse." The
club will \ meet* again I tonight." :.'' .';•..
: There \u25a0' will .• be -.a], meeting - at ; the ; South '. San
Francisco opera ' bouse, \u25a0 Fourteenth * avenue , South
and ; Railroad 'ayenuV Tuesday] Bight,"", October. 29,
under '; the ' auspices ; of \u25a0 the / democrats j' and ; good
governnientf league."] p.The-1 speakers '». will * include
Mayor] Taylor. '< District .; Attorney '} Langdon. » Wat-'
ter j Macafthur, , J^ . W. 1 ; Sweeney,? William ; P. \u25a0 Mc-
Caberißslpb^McLeran^and'M.'; J.iHynes. ':.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0•:!
;j Dr. A.H.'Giannini-.hgs proved one of. the most
effective ] campaigners " among j the [ Candida tea ; for
supervisors.---' 'iDr.^ Giannlnli haa : a place^on three
tickets ("and aj cinch ; on electlon,t but] he Is t mai
ing jsn 't active ], campa Ign , for \u25a0» himself * and ", the
whole | good t gbrernment i ticket.' ! '" I : • \X . \u25a0
: Laundry ...workers" union \ No.; : 28. formally -in
dorsM the \u25a0 union ' laboiy' ticket ; last night, .' and by
resolution^ pledged s its ymemberis v< . to work \ for : all
the: union v ; labor '*/\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•:2 v
' -A " straw - vote ''• taken "'yesterday at " Holmes'
cigar r store,*; Fillmore ' and ; Sutter ' streets,' gave
Taylor 55,^^McCarthy]; 26,*. Ryan 21:] " '
v Ryan ]-]r»-hat '\u25a0 be - vrill =- do—
Taylor i fii : ; abl«j .' to, point to -rrhat
be has -» done as evidence of l irh at
he i'Wlll {do.^ Ryan's " f life" '. Is^fuUH of
promine-^-Taylor's \ life "Is full '-. of
perfarroance.
Slanderbund Fails to Obstruct
Langdon's March Upon the
Strongholds of Graft
* TT- ;^lTH]all;the mud guns of the slanderbund vol
%/itv ../.'leying their filth at him and with every gumsKoe
v r whisperer trying to poison the public mind
against him, District Attorney Langdon is moving steadily
and surely on to a victory that will vindicate San Francisco
before the world. . .U '
With Calhoun and every other millionaire indicted for
boodling. Langdqn is the main issue. The nch rascals
caught in crime know that his re-election means vigorous
prosecution for all of them, prison for some of them. They
know that if they could elect McGowan they would be able
to grin: at grand juries and to resume sneering at the law.
McGowan has practiced law as the hired advocate of the
Southern Pacific. As a legislator he never failed to hear the
"toot-toot" signal. As district attorney he would serve
with equal fidelity the interests that gave him the nomina
tion—the interests, of Schmitz, who is in the county jail for
some of his smaller sins, and the interests of Patrick Cal
noun, who lives in ceaseless terror of joining Schmitz on the
road to San Quentin.
The ;slanderbund shows vividly how the rich rascals
fear the re-election of Langdon. It furnishes columns and:
pages of convincing arguments for the very thing it is paicl
to combat. Dargie, the Oakland scavenger of journalism,
is against Langdon— and when did Dargie ever promote
anything that he thought would be for San Francisco's
good?; . ::.;\u25a0\u25a0 (J
The \ garbage men of the swill barrel weeklies around
the bay : are all against Langdon— and when was any xA
them ; ever;f6r decency^in public or .private .life? . They are
notbig enough to be dangerous but tainted enough to give
offense. At the same time they are now performing a ptib-i
lie service in 'showing accurately what the big ' boodlers
want and how they are trying to get it. They show that !
the [campaign cry of the looters is "anything to beat Lang
don." They are helping in this way to continue -in office
the man who; puts big, brazen, powerful thieves in prison, i
The whisperers say in the merchant's ear: "Langdon
He does hurt one kind of business and only one kind—
Calhoun's kind of franchise business, the business of cinch
ing the: people with high gas rates, high telephone rates^
high rates for every sort of public service. Every legitimate j
business is helped by a prosecution. that is cleaning out the
blackmailers ; and putting^an end to the looting of the city. \
Thebusiriessmen.of-the city know this. They know who|
hires the .whisperers . and why.* .Therefore they, are paying !
no attention to the underground work of the boodlers. |
They are for Langdon because they are all witnesses *to*
what he has done— they see Schmitz and Glass in jail, Ruef \
a prisoner confessing, Calhoun and a company of million
aires trying to dodge trial for felonies by_ the score. TKey j
know that Langdon has done thisand that if he is re-elected ;
he will complete the task and make San Francisco clean:
Most of the people of San Francisco are honest. Most
of them are against graft and grafters. Most of them want!
to see this town made clean again. Most of them : under
stand'that with Langdon as district attorney it will sdbn!
be clean and that with McGowan it would soon be as graft
ridden and as dirty as ever.
Impertinent Question No. 22
What Are You Afraid Of ?
por the most original or wittiest answerto this ques>
f tionr-and the briefer the better-^-The Call will payS
FIVE D<^AR^ For -the next five answers^
\u25a0>. The Gall will- pay ONE^ DOLLAR each. Prize \
winning answers will be -pfintecl next Wednesday^
and checks mailed to the winners at once. MakeS
your^answer short and address it \o \[
IMPERfiNENT QUESTIONS,
• \u25a0 . THE CALL i
Prl»e . Anstfrer* to - "What "do yoo \u25a0iwuntV* •
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:\u25a0 $5 priie to, Mrs.. M.j Valletta, 438'Pag* stre«t,'city. " &Z
• " ; Nothing— and at -will be no '• surprise if-, I • get .it.
$111 1 prize, to Miss Christine Pomeroy.'.Saa' Rafael, 'Ctl. \u25a0 >'
•\u0084?\u25a0!>'" A" cook. - . , . • i%
'- ' ll.prhetoM] 6. Pleasant,: Sebastopol. CaL, : \u25a0 ?•' l
$1 prize to Jack Darcy, 414 Fourteenta street, Oakland. CaL . yS
Give me- the same. . HS*SSsIS "^
\u25a0 fl prize to Edward. Ellis, 154 Twenty-sereuUi street, rtty.^ " "^
A pipe; that! never .goes but. . \u25a0 ; \ r^i
vsl prize i to Joseph "; Smith," 119 Korta Markst street, San. Jose. CaL
]\Vh'at;l. have. not;, what I need and good health
\u25a0>, And "-that '$5; prize] to buy the paper ;that is -called :
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