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2 Calhoun Supports McGowan in the Hope of Escaping Prison, Says Heney Francis J. Hcncy (left). District Attormy William H. Langdon (center) 'and Hiram lW::Johnspn^^ . at Mission in the n>ork of the graft prosecution. It was the most stirring welcome ever accorded ?ai candidate and the demonstration was remarkable for the evidence it gave of the nation of the voters to continue the work of cleaning the city and punishing the big boodlers. , ; -//'-', Heney Makes a Plea for the Firemen's Amendment Continued From Page 1, Column 7 as he faced the throng, re ceived an ovation that was . Johnson opened the meet ing with a fervent, logical ap peal that first held the crowd spellbound and then brought men and women to their feet to pledge themselves to 'the cause of clean government Langdon followed with a short address that asrain stirred the crowd to a mighty pitch .and Heney stood for an hour and a half on the same platform, telling over from Its beginning the story of graft prosecution, while the crowd clamored for* him to continue whenever he sought to leave the stand. But the climax of the night came at the close of the meeting. Hundreds fought their way to the front of the crowded auditorium, seeking to clasp Heney by the hand, and when the hall was at last emptied the crowd gather ed In. the street and cheered again and again for Langdon. Heney, Rudolph Spreckels and William J. Burns. The Mission rink' is big, but It wasn't a third big enough to hold the crowd that attempted to gain admission to ho?r the speakers brought together by the Langdon central club. Long be fore 8 o'clock the great hall was packed to suffocation with the mass of people, who, in the dim light of the au«Htorlurn, seemed to be oacked through the haze to an unbounded dis tane*. Iti the broad entrance to the building and clear to the sidewalks, far beyond the reach of the speak <?rV voices, the press continued. Back in the rear of the speakers' stand, hid den from view but still within sound of voice, the audience packed the cor ners and aisles of the main hall and every available bit of standing room in the talconles. • For over two hours the crowd swelterod and jemmed in the closr- atmosphere, but there was no diminution' in Us Fire. There was a tenseri?** and a mean ing to it all which bound the throng immovable. CnOWD FOR HONESTY There was but one subject for dis cussion at the meeting. /.That. was the question of the continuance or the end of the graft prosecution — Langdon, •who has and who will, or McGowan. who hasn't and who won't — that "was the one thing the three speakers of the evening a*ked the voters of San Francisco to decide. The answer of the crowd placed the •eal on San Francisco's certificate of future decency, cleanliness In civic life and prosperity. There was no division of sentiment, and the promise cam« from representative , thousands. With laboringxnen probably in the majority, the crowd nevertheless consisted of citizens fi;om every walk of life. There were many,- women in the hall, but fewer than have been seen at almost any political , meeting, of th« campaign; the great majority of the listeners be ing serious, thinking voters. While th« v . meeting strictly was a Langdon meeting, _\u25a0 the temper- of the mayoralty campaign was evinced by the overwhelming prevalence of the blue Taylor . buttons. They were here, there and everywhere, while scarcely a white McCarthy button or Ryan but ton could be seen on a coat lapel." At times a single 'cheer ', went up from some quarter of the hall for a favorite candidate for some- minor' office, .but never for an Instant did the crowd iose right of the main purpose of the meet ing. '• ;••;.;- \u25a0- \u25a0 - .". The storrnn of cheers that echoed and re-echoed throuirii^ the' hall told of the tremendous support that: Lang don ha». won' _ through. the MisslonVdls trict, but; the evidence of this 'was made even \u25a0 stronger -,when ; the \u25a0' crowd, forgetting its . wilder enthusiasm, -in-' terrupted the speakers to 'applaud .with clapping hands the. telling' points -of the arguments '. which were - put ! forth la-condee,: poeltlve* rorm.' It meant that the listeners were not." carried away by any storm in a thoughtless response, but that jlhe words of the speakers had sunk deep and that the answer came'from a 'crowd that -had thought earnestly and had: found its mind. . • , .' ' JUDGE DE- HAVEX LISTEXS On the platform of the speakers' stand with Johnson, Langdon, Heney and Burns were several others allied with the graft prosecution. Ben Heney of Prescott, Ariz., brother of Francis J. Heney, occupied a seat next to Spe cial Agent Burns, and in the front row of listeners, giving careful attention to the arguments of the speakers, was Judge de Haven of the United States circuit court. Hiram W. Johnson opened the meet ing himself without the formality of an Introduction by. any temporary chairman. He wasted not a minute on platitudes, but struck the keynote of the whole meeting in his very first utterance. He pictured with a single stroke of the brush the alliance of the boodlers to bring about the election of Frank McGowan and the dethrone ment of Langdon. He turned a scorn ful lash on the merchants of -.the city who give their support to corrupt government." In- preference to clean government In order to advance, their own selfish Interests. He' denounced McGowan in unmeasured .terms as the tool of corruptlonists, and then, he cried: "They're going to buy him Into of fice, if they can. Are you going to per mit it?" "No," answered the crowd 'In a single voice. When Johnson closed with an Im passioned call for a vote that will sweep Langdon ' back Into office with 20,000 majority, the crowd rose" to Its feet, hats flew into the air. and the pandemonium of enthusiasm abated not a whit until Langdon himself had arisen and received the greeting. Ills speech was a enort one. for, fts he de clared, there were others to speak for him there, and j. other, meetings for him to attend In his own behalf elsewhere. He .pledged .himself again to. the task of. completing^ the work which he had begun, and then with drew. " _ '\u25a0}\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 "GoodbjV Billy, anil God bo with you," came a "voice "from a; dim corner of the auditorium, and the crowd: sent him on his way with. their shouts still ringlng In his ears. There was a number: by the band, a couple of well-executed, dialect songs by Charlie Oliver, a member of Burns' staff, and then It was- Heney. • Johnson Introduced Honey as "the fighting man of California," and the crowd. gave him the tribute of an ova tion such as if seldom heard., : lt was long In 'subsiding, ; but when .It did Heney plunged to his work." Five min utes later he had again given San Fran cisco a promise similar to the one he made two years ; ago when he /said he would return and put Abe Ruef in jail. SURE OF UXGDOX VICTORY "Langdon^wlll be elected beyond the slightest possibility jof ' any ; doubt,".! he shouted,' "but suppose; by Borne chance Frank McGowan -should .defeat * him. Tliat means that; I r will *eHrcimoved,but does It mean that : Pat Calhoun win not be prosecuted? t Nol/Ecen. if 'defeated, Langdon will hold':bffive; \u25a0untilV January, and between' next; Tuesday .and^January first, even .should: HcGQwan; be /elected, I hereby pledge^myFelf to prosecute Pat Calho a un v to£the*'best of my ability, so help me "; God.-' \u25a0" - •'£ ' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 " . i : \u25a0 Heney made a glowing j appeal . for the. passage of the : proposed' eighth amendment to the charter, providing for better 'hours/" vacations] and ibetter pay. for. the members^of the ilre depart ment,, and then he turned' to i the history of "the! graft ; prosecution, taking It- up from" its inception; and ; telling . in . de tail 'Of ; the 'battle- that ahe^prosecutOM "have made; : He;: told how.' results had been \u25a0\u25a0accomplished, \u25a0 how the entering ,wedge>was- first driven! in the, boodlers' bulwark^of safety, how /the" supervisors were f orcedlnto , the?t#bp \u25a0 a rid \u25a0 Into con fession after months: of labor, and how THE; SAX-/-FRANOIBGO v TUESJDAY?. OCTOBER 29, 19Q7. Political Meetings Today tavlor-laxgdox Xoon — Third '• and Berry streets » AVHllam 11. I.Rngdon at Ital \u25a0ton Iron works. 1 •\u25a0- ;*\u25a0'\u25a0 • • , .Mjcrht — Bn.r Shore hall, 37 I.rland avenue;' South San Francisco opera house. , TAYLOR— I.\DEPEXDEXT REPUBLICAX --\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0--- . . ; Xlght— Xeir Waablngton , hall, 2011 Flllmore street; Hamil ton hall, Geary anil Stetner ' streets; Diiveneck'n hall,, Trventy-fourlh and Church streets!. MaeDnerbnnd »• "-. hall, 'l v »Tentj r -f<nirth street and Po trero avenue. ; rva* \u25a0 Xoon— First' and ' Mission streets. JVlght— Walton'* pavilion, Golden - Gate avenue' and . Buchanan street; Porter's hall, Howard street nenr Third; Columbia hall, Sixth and; Harrison streets. ' McCarthy Xonn— Fill lon ' iron " works, Broil- ' erlck ' and Tonquln streets, Harbor View. Niebt — \u0084 Engleii' * ball, Market street; opposite Gough; Oak-, wood hall,,- 1805 v Devlsadero street;'' Mission rink, .Mission street near Nineteenth;-open air, Fremont 'and Harrison, streets. the- first fruits of success were final reaped. \u25a0'-/• '\u25a0".' '.'."; ' "•"! Hisses greeted the names of Uuef and j Schmitz;' cheers, greeted^ Heney's declaration that he would' end. the work ,he has ; begun." -j Nevei^jhas'; the bulldog fighting spirit; which dominates [Heney been;-more r • manifest f ".than in his "denunciation" of, r the fecorruptlonists and , his ''reiteration"; of the", ihtentionfof the prosecution \u25a0 to : make them -; pay the penalty. "Several: timesjduring his long recltalof the' graft story. Heney. paused. 1 •. V'Go ;on,";.; on,"; .- shouted t the; crowd.;:? "Don't stop. Tell Jus 'the ; truth. Give it them ftsthey deserve." V.' '-\u25a0'\u25a0/'-\u25a0 i' "-'- A Vhen,a t last,*" tired out and exhaust ed,* H.^hey': paid ;..hls- last »"t respects , to Frank j McGowan and called if or » the last time for. an support ;f or. Lang-^ don,' the hoarse* voice's again'; broke [into' Wild cheering. V Heney stepped: from- the stand to a'chalr,; where he, shook hands with < the ; hundreds [ who? crowded -about him. Pollcemeiyfclearedi'theV hall";: and the ;'crowdiwa.it.edroutßide.^ > The throng besieged .Heney;-'.. Heney;-'.- again jywheri'y he > ap-. peared; ; and' forj 1 0 - minutes ' he was the i center-; of : V a T *densely^.2 packed,*; cheering mass about? the, doors- 6f Sthe^rihk ;4 be fore he .:' finally^ made his way ' to -- the waiting automobile and' droveaway. \u0084"\ Johnston P Rouses Anger of throng Against Grafters Langdon isOnly-iClcainM&n of-thc Fprmer'Cltyl Qoverhlmeh t \u25a0-: ,To, thebraying.of. a--brass : band;and the thunderous plaudits of i the .thronged hall , Hiram i ;\V.: r Jqhnson.'V chairman jj of the \u25a0-. meeting,'.! came;ifo'r"wardgto"Jspeak. > " But • for ' ay while 2 the i.wquld ; not hear., him.'; -TheyJ. wan ted ttolcheer/^and cheer;. they; did'/. until .thelrj voices <« gave' out,' drowning; the ; band ' with; sheer.- yol-* •jme -of Jsound. : ;-vThree ' timesVJohnson essayed % to and Athree"; times ;|ho shoutß^and iCheers'. broke! outl afresh' as the* speaker? began Chairman.''. > : When /§ restored-^-partlal/ that isi for several -brazen? lunged»per sonsfin; the crowd persisted In the shouting even-after the chairman start-* ed— Johnson said: -;.: v ... ! .: "Ladles; and Gentlemen — I won't say that'l am glud to; be rhere. tonight. Such a thing goes without 1 say Ing,- but there' are i quite, a .few things : that 1 1 have"' to te'Ui.you rind *ask you' before I retire for a' better. man to stake my place.-. We ar^ gathered for 'the* purpose of deciding upon. -one ot> the ; most /momentous, if not -the rp.Qst.momf ntous,' qucstionij that ever faced this, city,ofours."< "It- is; in . this : attitude that I face you. people, here, tonight. I speak to you -not as to laboring men nor, repub licans nor. democrats,: nor even as good government men, but only as men — San Franciscans who 'for" two years • have watched -the cltjf.oftheif birth or'their adoption- wallow^ in the mire, of polit lcarcorruptionv.V While I am "speaking to no' party =or class of riien, Ido want the labor ;union party man who' hears me; tonight, the man who belonged to the party, which brought upon this city all the filth and; m uck from which she is attempting to : clear herself,' to. pay strict atention to what I am to say. i .UXGDOXOXLY CLEAN. MAX . "Out of that' party what man stands today clean: before" the public? 'Not'one. save only that^inan for whom you are asked to vote ontheSth of the cpmins month— WilliamhH. Langdon." Once more the, crowd , broke out : in volleys* of cheers. Again . and -again they shouted .until,; hoarse, they could continue ' no ; lon vrer.- '\u25a0; "Yes, cheer for' him,", said Johnson. "He's well worth:it." . - : . Langdon was sitting on the platform, haying come Into the hall Just as John son began talking,; and he bowed and bowed again. "'.';. \u25a0 .' \u25a0 ..".-;• '. "There are"ceftaln;public service. cor tpo.ratlonß," the: speaker- went; on, '."that' make ;and have made- vastfortunes out of .the ; pocketis ;;of . the, people of this and'other cities the coun try,: utilizing public :;utilities if or their own l ßelfish..and'privatet^n^i^L"wWliayi given : the gas company ; of this city its franchise.; /What has: lt done? .We have given; the permission, to tear up, our streets, and it has done.that; also It has made millions.".* Atiwhose"«xpense?" V ;v; v - Once more i the : throng yelled> in an swer to the speaker and the shpiit wen t reverberating 'among the flag draped .rafters of the rinkJ. ; ; __ • , ' .; The answer.\was, "Ours!" and when he-heard ..iti the - chairman bowed his head and said: : :-\ ' • .* \u25a0'":' "' . .' '\u25a0-\u25a0 > "You' are right indeed. \u25a0 We gave \ the telegraph 'companies I the same rights : and? what have* they done? . The street railways corporation, run' ; by,3 that" arch \u25a0briber,: Patrick Calhoun, also:' got your permission- - : tovrun 'its' Scars ; through your, streets, arid -.what has it ; done?;m telljyou.: It and. the other 'corporations have \ debauched -your' citizenship, 1 :reh-' deririg^it a" mockery among ! the i cities of I this* country. r5r 5 They ;< purchased 'your, public officials f'f or a song." so cheap dldjthe;masters of graft'eonsider their poor'toolsJ; : . \u25a0" v - BRIBBRS FIGHTING LA.\GDOX -'."And because .one ; imanf- and one \u25a0mans only, In f all ; the f administration ; of this^clty stood Vup~ln]his : p]ace as aiman .should; 9 and •gave'them 'the 'lie In 'their, face; 'this Tsame man; refused -to be '])_ bought';, ref used \to -\u25a0. sell i his 5 honor, arid ; name • f qiy money;, the ; railroad • com pariylaridithoisejbaek '-of ;it; have i been striving wlth.mlghtiand; main 'to drive him^ut:"bf} L offlce^yThere; has-been;; no limit? to 'the"; dirty,- trickery^ the. enemies of: William H. «. Langdon; have hotire^ sorted ; to. ('onlyVtojfalltqf JtheirJ purpose; f or. ;he ! is' still "firm in the -inten tion-to do his" duty.*- ;V- ' ' : :,'t "SeeingJ this^the: bribers; did whatf ? Tliey s put Jan other 'imari'",. lip to ;. run i •'.' for the:, same _<* office-^— a ?inan'\ whose '.record speaksifcir } itself, ?and' : a Vrnan iwhb.'-f say .what ihe imay.i never ; will - be -; tho * ser-" tvantn of 'the ..people of 'San \u25a0'Frariclscb jbut\the£servarit" of ; the people iwHo'vwlll" .if£he %is v elected, \u25a0 have '<-\u25a0 placed hlml in offlce."'. ; Even tf as there s have Sbeeri^'rib 'limits' to Ywtiat-> the, dirty politicians PILES CURED IJfe TO 14 DAYS t-, Ointment ii\i\ guaranteed - to -enre '\u0084 any casej of j Hchinjt.y Blind,?. Bleeding *ori I*r9tniding riles In 6 to 14 days or money ; refunded.- 50c, "• hired by the corporations of this city have done to force Langdon out of of fice," so there is no length to which they will not go to place their! tool, the op ponent ; of : William ;H. Langdon, in of fice if you. th*} people of this city, let them. They will: buy him In If no oth er way presents itself. as surely as the sun" rises unless .you,' the people, s wake Ho the danger and prevent it. Will you permit It? Is that the message you are going; to se.nd out to the waiting (country— that you allowed the office 'of district attorney "of this city to be bought by a gang of bribe givers? Is it? .: /- \u25a0;:-./ j : - -.. .; :_, \u25a0 -... \u25a0' - - Again came the deep shout of "No!" from the people.' It was . but a single voices that 3poke, not' a chattering fire of small .arms, but' one deep explosion of determination. BUSIXESS I'MILRT "In this city,". Johnson' went on, "there is a class of men; God help them, who call themselves, businessmen. They jjWlll i tell you that we must' not go ,on wlthV the; work; we: have undertaken' because,' they say," 'it' is bad ;for'busi ness. 1 >, 'You'll hurt- trade -and > kill busi ness, if ; you prosecute these irien w.ho have been debauching the city,' is what you'll hear. > But. I -ask you; one thing only:. : 'Didyou ever hear of a business that ; was hurt by the conviction of a thief?' ". ; And the 1 crowd -shouted '"never," with ; the same ominous growl It used when the previous question, was asked. . : '\u25a0 ,- r «-: "'- \u25a0 '."••-\u25a0\u25a0 '."'\u25a0•', "This class,',' continued Johrißon, "sought to. stop the, battle for the lib erty which waged In 1776 by the;fore fathers of this republic. If the men of that day had listened to =• them, and they werel'aafe; sane and conservative,' just as: the: present day gentlemen are, where would we be today? Under the rule of the British crown. There would be; no flag, no country to be proud of, only good business. That's all. !; "Again in 1856, when : the war clouds came down close - to. \u25a0 the ground and people .could not- see clearly for. the mist , of "them, : this same class of .good citizens,' these 'businessmen' prophesied all manner of dire things if the repub lican party forced the I fighting. Where are .those : same- 'good citizens'- today? Right here In San Francisco. :. Here and in all ' the", other.' places in j this country where clean "citizenship Is- striving to assert 1 Itself Incomes Into conflict- with the organized forcesof graft. Yes, and I tell you; that if .you let them these same businessmen; who fear the loss of, their business,, will prevent; you and .William ' H. 7 Langdon from .cleaning out the \u25a0 pig sty !of : moral filth which has defiled San Francisco so long. They'll save if , they"; can; the bribers who have undermined our, government, .who went out^_and purchased 'our public servants like,"cattle. ; • • M'AXT BRIBERS SAVED , ."Why should, these people be amen able to the' law. \u25a0which punishes only the < poor man" who /steals a loaf of bread?. That Is the question that will ; be tasked; you rinr substance. ;; Few; if any of : them .will .-; have the manhood to come 'out;; In : the open ' and \u25a0 say : just those ). words, ; but; that " Is iWhat they mean. SWhy, y, indeed, hay e '.? not * the bribe ', givers [ and ; the ' bribe takers ' been Immune, fori years? Yet It: Ib just those men; the 'bribers and the- bribe' takers, .whom V-'BlllV' Langdon' intends Ito pun ish; .with; your * help." \u0084 ' v •; J Then, some Langdon in | the gallery^ sang ; out at r the /top lof- - a \u25a0 clear " tenor <'. voice '\u25a0 that r carried like - a bell, -^"Hurrah I for ;Bill!" and again the throng .went ; wild/ : ; They stamped . and yelled, ; all J semblance j; at order":- being ignored,, while 1 - they .vented theiri feel ings for,.; the : man > who '-. is \u25a0; to clean i San ' Francisc o: of .her shame. ... Cr, Johnson cniiled !; and i wiped his fore head: before "-beginning anew. : - "It is /from* the .people ; that these corporations I .-have • .been speaking about . draw -their, .wealth. - \u25a0 Surely . ,in common 'decency it is the ; people Uhey should fserve^-but. do" they,? .>-You, know they i don' t. ' : Their 'very *\u25a0} financial ex istence '\u25a0 : is r due ;tOy the •; gift ; . of ' the streets -made them' by {the idtizens Vof this 'city. Yet -the •; corporation sharks go 'out Into the clty^* to \u25a0' debauch and destroy their; fountftln of The very, .least -Tone . could - expect o from,- Ta private';' Individual J^upon ; >whbm.' you had; conferred jsuch ay favor would .'be :k|ndly)l treatmerit, V b*ut *, :'d6T, you :- get "it f rom ;i : thel? streetcar ; companies of v San Ffariclsco?; ' You :know v . you don't." And i again f the people voiced their approval in one ~ huge ~shouL^|||§f«SßS SEND DEBAUCHERS TO • JAIL .J; "All \u25a0 we here , ask of ' any" public cor poration J is. '^that It; serve 1 us!.honestly\ andJ^falthfuny/piThat'lls .; : not :^ much' :iwhen7sono£.consldersj: i when7sono£.consldersj; i what : - has.'. : been done i; for;! them^by, us. ; If ; they . fall ;Q In :th'atf;then\there\remaihs ibut] one?tnirig toTdo/; Send?- the men responsible for ; the<moral \u25a0; corruption- or ; iir service to \u25a0Jail.'! v - - . . * " ; -Johnson -then' touched "on the : Mc- Gowan Vend y'of ",; the campaign."' "When McGowah-ctells: you-that he will :send the : llttle v ;brlbe^takers \u25a0 to ithoipeniten tlary he promises the impossible. How i 3 he going to -do - it? Has he some charm whereby he can wile out of men's hearts -confessions that, will send the men, who, utter them to jail? ; "Let . us gro.-down' the line and see who on this coming election '_ day will cast their votes' for McGowan? There will be Frank Drum of the gas com pany." .'/. .. . '.. . , . • v . 'AmULthe jeers arid cat calls that-fol rlowed.the. mention, of the name the speaker "counted "one." 1 ;"Then," he; went 'on .while the merri ment increased J with each : name men tioned" "there will be Louis Glass, that Is,', always "provided -he can vote on election; day, and Patrick Calhoun. A great trio,; surely. Can a candidate ask for; a better?" , \u25a0/'Only a* year ago, .when this city was, in the deep waters of tribulation," the: speaker resumed, "a man then fn absolute control of , the city's affairs tried to oust Billy Langdon from office because he feared him. Have you. the citizens of the city, gone forward, or have you; gone back? 'Are you better or worse. than you were at that time? Better, -far better, I for one believe, and Si; think" that all • the millions of peoples r In this i country must concede that tot us. "We are better, but if it were not for Billy Langdon. Abe Ruef would still be boss of this city, the same gang of venial, boodllng super visors would be running things right here now. Tou know It. and I do." . ST. LOUIS' EXAMPLE "Imagine" Joe. Folk of St. Louis prose cuting this fight. Do you suppose that when he was half way through his work there the men of St. Louis would have gone back on him? Can you sup pose'such a thing, and if you can, can you picture the howl that would have arisen all over the country? Can't you hear what- the other cities would have said about! It? , - . "'Shame on St. Louis' would have been the cry from ocean to ocean. 'She wallows in her own filth,' people would say, and they'll say the same about San Francisco If you don't clean It. You must lend a helping hand here, just as 'one week from tomorrow you will- lend a helping hand to Bill Lang don. You'll put him where he can run the boodlers into the Jail that hajs been waiting" for. them for so long. Won't you?" \u25a0 Once more came the answer, spoken as by one man. "We will." . ;"He was your man two years ago; when you put him, untried. Into the office' he now holds; yee, and will hold aCter election day. How much more is he to be your man, now that you have tried him and found him worthy? You never did any better act than when you cast your ballot for him; you can do nothing better than to cast that ballot for him the next time you vote. Nothing has- arisen in the two years that I can think of that would make a man pause before vot ing for Langdon— nothing that would change .a man's mind.. He is your man ; today as he was two years ago. It Is up to you to say whether- he shall go on with his work. It Is up to jou to send a message to the rest of these United States. What shall it be? Are you going to say, 'We are satisfied with our moral squalor and we -want no change— we don't want to be honest?* Or are you going to sei'd the message that will be ever remembered to the glory of this city and her people. *We want William H. Langdon to finish where he has be gun, for. he Is a worthy servant'? " ROAR FOR LAXGDOX Af the speaker drew toward the close of his' speech the audience could hard ly wait for "the end before breaking again .-In "volleys Lof cheers. ; When the tumult had subsided Johnson, who had taken his seat -for a. moment at. the completion v of his address, arose; and, taking Langdon by the hand.- led him forward to the reading desk standing at -the edge of the platform. .'.'-.What.-, had gone before seemed In significant to. the" roar of - -greeting that went up. It was heard for blocks. ' At v , first :lt was '. promiscuous, every or.o yelling '\u25a0 for, himself only, but then some system came creeping In and the i "cheering : turned Into volleys fired at the smiling, curly haired man standing waiting for the chance : to speak. They were glad to sea him there, those people, for they kept him standing till human . lungs could do no more and compulsory quiet fell. Tumultuous Welcome for Langdon Upon the Rostrum Issue Simple, Says the District JXe A ttorney: Honesty or Graft A tumultuous • snout greeted Lang don's .first words. . He was forced to stop .* until v the cheering subsided. Again he began and again the thou sands shouting forced him to change words _. to smiles of acknowledgment. It,was minutes before he could get past "Ladies and gentlemen." v;" Mr .; Chairman and my friend 3." he said; VI see plainly that, there is no place for me here." \u25a0_ - : \He~smlled as he said it. and .it was Just as well that he made no attempt to continue, for. tho people rose in their seats to yell denial, till they saw that he>was Joking and had something fur ther -to; add: "I; mean that after listening to the eloquence of my friend, Johnson, and knowing of the eloquence of my other friend,* Sir. Heney, who :• Is to follow right. after me, I feel truly that I am Out of '• place. I have four other meet- Ings 'to go' to tonight, where I shall have; no such champions." w-' "You've got - 'cm r all ' over. town. Bill, if you \u25a0 o"hly; knew it," yelled a • man with a brazen voice some rows back in the crowd,, and the shout was taken up and passed round the big hall. ' •/'Thank you, I believe I have," said the district attorney, as. he began his talk.^S@@^^®l«^BS "Let me say . Just a few words as to the Issues of this campaign in as far as theyj concern the office of the "district attorney.'^"- Those- issues are merely a question of the continuance or. the stop ping of t the prosecution. -That in turn resolves itself into a : question .of | whether, the people ; want a government of .the grafters and graft givers: Do \u25a0we ? ;want Ja Y city administration . of thieves, i rogues and their kind ? N t 'Are you -willing, to go ; before the people of the : country at large with the statement in (that : you are; afraid of the blgcrlmlnal,, the rich criminal, but are willing, oh,': so willing,- to prosecute the poor' brute; who steals^ a' loaf of bread? y , : "If ; you - do ; not want * that,'- then "say so! by,; your i vote on> the coming. sth of November. ;; If, on the -contrary, you c*b want 1 that , sort of \u25a0a f city : government; then.we who have stood^hs fight of the past i year, and : I ! mayisay that we j have stoddt much,- will quietly; submit to your dictum l i; and go .back :t: to '-* private life/ filled with sorrow for San. Francisco. FIGHT FOR. ; HOXESTY "Will you, by your -votes send a mes sage > that . s we. of ; the*, city of, San > Fran cisco, {which .was strlcken"by. T the hand of i nature -S and again stricken -; by the hand'fof • servants in ;; high; office; having, had an opportunity to give voice to i'burj feelings -and .'opinions* at : the polls,'! did Iso t with . ho -uncertain voice Z Thehishall. all lovers of 'this "city be glad.',:..- ; ,.- v ; "*^SgßttßßH '. \u25a0'-\u25a0\u25a0:'" - \u25a0' - : ; Sv^ 4ln:4 In : this [campaign we are fighting for the 'right {; of , government % to : protect itself, 'against the contamination of 'so cial disease.' VUV, are.' flghtinsr, the :so cial yeper, and the social > parasite; one corrupting weak men when he claims that government is a thing he can; buy, the other leeching the life bloo<| from democracy when he thinks he can sell out his office of high trust. "It is the battle of Ideas that we are fighting in this campaign, and the Idea iof a fair and square government against the thousand Ideas set up by human selfishness. . "In spite of the many Ideas of the foe. the issue is simple. It Is the good or all against the good -of the few. When they tell you it is good for labor to ignore the moral Issue of this cam paign and to follow the leaders who have betrayed It, and who inhuman likelihood would do it again. It is the idea of human selfishness trying to numb the. Idea of common welfare. Has a leader a right to betray a party to his own Interests? Has a party a right to betray Its city to Its own class interests? \ There Is the Issue, the. moral law against Interest. "When they tell you It Is good for business to Ignore the fact that proven crime has been committed and to fol low, the persuasions of once respectable men of wealth, so that the prosecution can be stopped, so that the business of the community may. go on undisturbed by slander, it Is again the old Idea of class and personal selfishness put against the common good. Sa : "What are more dry goods la V&m market places against less freedom arwv equality before the law? There la the moral issue, the public law against the private gain. SV.MPATIIY ACAI.VST RIGHT "When they tell you it Is too bad to prosecute this man because he was once a decent sort of a fellow, they are lauding personal sympathy against Im personal right. It is too bad that men must go to jail. It would be worse for government to go to ruin. It is the sorrow of public duty that men must suffer for their misdeeds;, it Is the oo llgatipn of the public prosecutor to see that the guilty few suffer, that th» hundred thousands of men and women shall not be shorn of their will In gov ernment. "Every Idea, every sentiment that can be raised in this campaign to per suade you away from ~>e support of the prosecution, has been urged. In the midst of the confusion you can* weigfi them all. By the simple impost tlon of a questipn the spuriousness 'of the plea will be known. Is It for gov ernment? Is It for the rights of all? Is It the rule of the ancient game of fair play? Or is it for this man's gain? Or that business" greed? Or this crim inal's escape? "I have four other meetings to ad-* dress tonight. There I have not so^ many friends, certainly none so elo- , quent as those who will follow me, here, and I crave your indulgence If I leave you In their care." Heney Pledges Himself <o Prosecute Patrick Calhoun If Defeated, Langdon and He Will Rush Before January 1 At the conclusion of Langdon'3 speech Charlie Ollver.a popular cam paign entertainer, was Introduced by Johnson. Oliver sang two nonsense songs which tickled the crowd. Already the people had been clam oring for Heney and when Johnson arose again and Heney moved slightly In his chair the people in the throng 1 knew what was coming and broke into uproarious cheering. "Now, ladles and gentlemen." said Johnson, and Heney left hfs chair, "it affords me, I will not say pleasur,"-. hut pride ; and* enthusiasm, that I - may "pre sent to you the fighting man of Califor nia. Francis J. Heney." Hats and handkerchiefs waved It. the air which was filled with the spon taneous cheers and calls of the throng. Heney stepped to the speakers' table DR. PIERCES REMEDIES j — ~ ~ \ Words of Praise . For the several ingredients of which Dr. Pierces medicines are composed, as given by leaders In all the several schools of , medicine, should have far more weight \u25a0 than any amount of non-professional tes- \u25a0 | timonials. Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescri^' I tlon has the badge or hoxesty on wrMf -\ bottle-wrapper. In a full list of all its ff- y; ' gredlents printed in plain English. 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