The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-02

cal time, more so Unan dt any tiLbc III us
history, that the direction of the municipal
affairs be placed in safe hands-hands that
are known to be safe?
Then it behooves them to see TO it that
L. r. Ebert Is elected. 1t behooyes those
citizens who realize that the best interests
of the city are their best interests, who
know danger when they see it and who
have courage to confront and battle with
il, to go out and see to it that L. K. Ebert
is elected.
There is no need of long speeches in be.
half of Ellert unless it be to arouse citi-
Zens to sense of simple duty.
Every citizen OF San Francisco knows
that Ebert has been an ideal executive.
No one in all the turmoil of this campaign
has been able to point 10 a single law 10
his administration.
In his hands the reiDs OF government
are known to be safe.
Strong, vigorous, clear-headed, capable
and perfectly honest-is it that kind Of
man the city needs at its head?
Well. there are those who have no use
for any such. OF these are Mr.. Burns,
Mr. Rainey, MIR. Huntington.
And they are fighting Mr.. Ebert.
ElleIt is the nominee of the Republican
as we'll as the Non-Partisan convention.
Mr.. Burns controlled the Republican con-
ventioD, and yet Mr.. Ellert was nOmin-
ated. 1t was because eyeryb0dy-every-
body-knew that Ebert had made an ideal
Mayor. Ebert is Republican from start
TO finish. Then how could a Repu blican
convention protesting a tremendous desire
for good government the best that could
be had. turn to any other Republican and
set him up against the logical candidate?
The work of Mr.. Burns is more polished
than that, Burns is better done than that
not so raw" so TO speak. A condition
confronted him and he accepted it.
Now go down among the heelers of both
parties, the ugly crowd that sells its votes
and falsifies and stuffs, and iuggles figures
and is the great dependence of the bosses
" bo rule for what there is in il and are the
horror of good cltizsns and the terri
BILE menace to the Government itself and
ask them what is new?"
If by any strange chance you have their
confidence they will whisper to you this,
which is very important news:
at is O'DonneIl-the word has gone ont
that We must turn Mr.. Ebert do WI and
vote and work for O'Donnell."
Where does ''the word" 60 out from?
That is the news of yesterday. The
word did not "go ont" yesterday Dy any
means. but many DAYS ago. But 1t takes
some days for it to circulate upward,
round and round, like the reverse action
of the maelstrom. until it shall rise from
the utter depths at which it starts to the
level of the ears OF decent people.
Defeat Ebert at any cost" il said.
And suave MIR. Burns goes about saying
| 10 his selected circle that his "chief fight
| is not the G0vernorship. but to elect
! Ebert"
! He wished it to bs said of him evidently
as one bright, redeeming feature: HE is
working for an honest man for Mayor"
But 10 say it would be lie.
Ellert has made enemies, plenty of them,
| and their character makes campaign
speeches for him in the eyes of homes
people.
They are the heelers and parasites tina,
plague and clog the intricate machinery OF
a city government. applying for all sorts
of small robbing sinecures, none of which
have been tolerated by him. Ard there
are the great corporations that, like tn
terrible impact of the iceberg move upon
and grind the life out of city unless me
| in time with strong hand. Ebert hs.
given the corporations fair. businesslike
treatment and not a solitary favor. Blu
! they want favors and will not be satisfied
without them. They want a man In {
place so valuable to them as the Mayor.
| office whom they can deal with on cas-,
| terms.
| In dealing with the Registrars offic,
! and sitting as chairman of the Election
| Commission Ebert has multiplied hi.
enemies among the heelers because he ha.
steadily set his face toward securing
honest. clean and well-known citizens fol
| the important offices OF election in
| spectors, registry clerks aud the hundred,
| OF places incident to an election and
which are ordinarily the common
prey of the FOUNDERS and parasites who
have no qualifications for than. During
the early days of this work these i'll.
| smelling people came to the Mayor in
droves and clamored for these favors as
theirs by right. So far as it lay IN his
power these Offices were filled with homes,
men, and when the "word was given OUT
TO 90 10 O'Donnell all the parasites were
| eager to obey.
| For the same reasons good citizens will
pass the word to elect Ellert and continue
integrity, courage, business ability and
vigor at the head of the city government,
and so that they may continue TO go to bed
at night with the confidence that all is
| well.
| l.. A. Ellert served the city four years
/ as Supervisor previous to his election 10
the mayoralty, and his record for the six
years that he has been under the public
| eye is above reproacb. He was first
chosen a Supervisor in 'Ss, and was the
| only Republican in the famous solid nine
board. As a member of that board be be-
gan the fight against the scandalous Street
extension Commission, which as Mayor he
has Won. He was chiefly instrumental in
rescuing from the hands OF the notorious
| Jake Lindo and the politicians the Publ,
Pound, which was also at that time pub.
lie scandal, and turning it over TO the So.
| ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to An
| finals.
In 1890 Mr.. Ebert was again chosen SUI
pervisor. with a majority of 10000. and
appointed by Mayor Sanderson as chair
man Of the Finance Committee. Hi:
services in that important capacity
brought him out in strong relief before the
people and made OF him a constantly con
spcuous actor for good in the city's affairs
His efforts also in abolishing the pool