The morning call., 1894-10-25
GOLDEN GATE HALL FILLED.
The transportation Problem
Discussed.
EMINENT DOMAIN AND TAXATION
Half a Dozen Candidates Call Upon
the People to Vote for Them
Election Day.


speeches to the good sized audience which
filled Golden Gate Hall. The listeners
were enthusiastic and at the mention of
the name of Sutre. which occurred fire.
quently during the proceedings, and at the
appearance of the grappler with the octo-
pus, they broke forth into loud shouts.
Charles T. Gaden, candidate for Super
visor in the Eighth Ward was chairman of
the meeting aud he opened the proceed
ing with a short address during the course
of which he said they had advanced the BAN
ner of the PEOPLES party under the shadow
of Mob Hill. He also rem arked that Adolph
Sutro would be the next Mayor of San
Francisco.
j. b. Robinson, candidate for Supervisor
in the Twelfth Ward, followed. He went
Mr.. Gaden one better aud said that while
there was not doubt that manv people
would like 10 live on Mob Hill. he doubted
if they would care to attain that eminence
by the methods pursued by some Of the
dwelers thereon.
Fl. S. de Rochemont, candidate for Su-
Dervisor in the Secoud Ward, emphasized
the statement that the Peoples party was
fighting the Southern Pacific Raj road and
would still continue fighting il. Another
aim Of the party was the restoration of
silver TO lis place as one of the money
metals.
A. w. Thompson. candidate for Superior
Judge, began his address by story of
George Washin gton ana a street taker, the
latter having had one rough experience iD
telling the truth and never trying it again.
That was the fix exactly, the speaker said,
with the Democratic and RepU blicaD party
orators In this campaign: with the eXcep-
ton, possibly, that they bad never even
made the trial The speaker then con-
rim nd IN hIor hnfh nrfi ins fDr rr
ent con dition of affairs and laid particular
stress on the fact that although the fund
ing dill bore the name Of Reilly 1t was
really the bill of Cleveland. written by
Attorney y-General Olnev. He concluded
with a tribute 10 the Populist candidate
for Mayor. at which there was much ap-
p!ause.
j. II. Tingman, candidate for Senator in
the Twenty-second Senatorial District
took five minutes TO ask the people 10 go
to the polls on November and vote for
the candidates of the Peoples party.
Hon. Alfred Daggett of Visalia. candi-
date for the Supreme bench. was the next
speaker. Ge began by saying that if the
people of San Francisco held their end
level. the ''hayseed" will roll In majority
that would inscribe victory on the banner
of the Peoples party. He then branched
out into a consideration of the Declaration
| of Independence, the document, the first
X
man had said. should be inscribed on the
portals of palaces and in the nurseries of
kings. He showed that, under IL, the
| Government was endowed with certain
sovereign attributes, among which were
| the coming of money, the right of eminent
domain and taxation.
These attributes. he stated. had been
| yielded by the Government 20 private rail-
| road corporations and the national banks.
By means of this yielding up OF the sover-
eign attribute of eminent domain the rail-
roads in the year 1892 had made net
| profit which far exceeded the entire ex-
pense Of maintaining all the branches of
the Government, paying every one con-
nected Herewith from the President down
to the hum blest tar that plOws the water,
the poorest private in the line. All this
was wrong and should be righted. That
was the mission of the Peoples party.
At this point Adolph Suiro entered the
hall and was received with deafeniug
applause. to which be was kept bowing as
he proceeded down the aisle and again as
he mounted the stage. When all was
Quiet agaio Mr. Daggett continued his
speech. principally on the trans portation
problem, concluding amid great cheers.
the Peoples Battle Song" at the conclu-
sion of which Mr.. Sutro was introduced as
the next Mayor of San Francisco.
1t was pretty late TO make a speech, said
the dweller on the heights, and SO he would
warm up with story which concealed
joke. He told it splendidly, and when he
had finished branched off TO tell that the
joke was pretty nearly as good as he had
found Popuism. 1t was hard to see it a.
first, but they knew it was good ANYHOW.
He said the Democratic ana Republican
municipal tickets were made up bv the
people at Fourth and Townsend and Buck
ley. Rainey and Burns. The Non-Parti-
san partv was made up of the best men i'm
San Francisco. he said. but he claimed that
the wool had been puil.d over their ewes
by Buckley, Burns and Raihey.
Mr.. Sutro proceeded TO tell that he did
not want any office, but now that he was
in the fight he wanted to win, and to win
by such majority that Coils p. Hunting.
ton would know that the people of San
Francisco were behind him. He continued,
reviewing the historys of his attacks on
the Southern Pacific, and at every men
ton of his connection with the mo vement
the speaker was loudly cheered
The defeat OF the Reilly funding bill. be
said, was Of more impoItauce to the
people of San Francisco than all the
| municipal elections they could have in ten
years. although this election was certainly
important One way to help the defeat Of
the funding bill was to elect him Mayor of
San Francisco.
Three cheers were given for Sutrn at the
end Of his address, after which John L.
Rogers, candidate for Congress from the
Fourth District. concluded the evening
with short address.
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