The morning call., 1894-10-21

their gross receipts into the treasury. They
can charge no higher rate than S25 a year for
private dwellings and $40 year for business
houses.
Compare this business.llke city government
with that OF San Francisco. If our citizens
had an honest Board of Supervisors we would
have had all the public services on basis as
favorable to our citizens as Toronto has secured.
This is what the Non-Partisan party Will labor
TO secure.
The members of the convention which has
just closed its abors were pledged to ask for
no patronage from any official. All we ask Is
that each nominee shall give US an economical
city government, conducted on business princi-
pies. Ii The people support US in this election
we will place an entire ticket in the field at the
next election. Our county committee viii re-
main In continuous session 10 oversee all city
affairs. Ii we detect wrong-doing we propose
TO make /: public so that the official shall be
| known and dsgraced, and if possible, have
| him made amenable to the criminal law.
The Non-Partisan party thanks the free press
! of this city for its noble and disnterested aid.
ALI honor 10 The CALL. the Bulletin and the
! Examiner for their assistance. When the his
! tory OF San Francisco will be written the names
! of these journals will be found on the last day
| of her slavery under boss rule, and the first OF
! her emancipation.
To carry out these ideas our citizens must
|
! we hear Of fraudulent registration and OF every
| device 10 prevent decent election in this city.
1t is necessary for citizens 10 organize that
/ right may succeed lt has been we'll said,
"When bad men combine, the good must asso.
ciate, else they will fall one by one in a con-
| temptible struggle"
Hence 1t is the duty Of all good citizens TO
unite and to concentrate their efforts that
| good government Will prevail. l cannot be-
| tbaf yNIII ha m I
believe that the memories of the Revolutionary
and Civil wars are yet dead. Men then fought
| for principle. You are asked TO fight for Il
principle now. To-day we wish home rule. We
ask 20 be allowed TO govern ourselves in our own
way, free from the control of unprincipled
and corrupt men. l cannot believe that a
cause so holy-a cause so linked with the aspi-
ratons OF our hearts-sball be stricken down.
In other lands men have laid down their lives
on the field OF battle, ana on the scatfod for
the freedom of their cities Shall il be said
that we are so craven hearted that we Will hot
at least battle for the right; that we VIII not
strain every nerve for TeformT admit that
good government has been trampled in the dust.
1 admit that its friends are undisciDllned, but
still have faith in American manhood l still
. believe that the free municipal institutions
which nave been founded by the labor OF the
7 pioneers, and have been cemented by their
j civic patriotism will not be destroyed. T hese
, founders of our city may have passed away,
but their spirit-the spirit of good government,
thank God-still survives unconquered and un-
l conquerable.
Thou are not conquered: beautys ensign yet
Is crimson thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And deaths pale flag is not advanced there.
= When Mr.. Sullivan retired a vocal quar-
/, tet entertained the audience with cam
r paign songs that proved to lie clever skits