The San Francisco call., 1896-10-09
Its Proprietor and His Career in
Public and Private Re.
viewed.
THE SPEAKER DECLARED HE
rs PERSECUTED.
Assigns the Three Main Reasons for
the Antagonism of Hearst and
His Journal.

Joseph P. Kelly's announcement that
he intended to discuss the attitude OF the
San Francisco Examiner toward him,
toward the Democratic party and toward
all things which it undertook to advocate
OF oppose drew an attendance that was
unable to find sitting room in Metropoll-
tan Hall last Dight.
Kelly is the obdurate nominee for Con-
gress of the regular Democratic Conven-
ton of the Fifth Congressional District,
and refused 10 withdraw from the contest
to make room for fusion candidate in
the person of A. B. Kinne. He is now
making an independent campaign, and II
the enthusiasm that was displayed by the
assem- blage that gathered to hear him last
night is any indication of his power and
popularity in his district, Mr.. Kline will
have a hard time realizing that he was
ever engaged in contest with the bold
and defiant independent.
In the course OF his review of the career
of William R. Hearst and that of his jour
nal, the Examiner, Mr.. Kelly laid on the
agony without stint and without mercy.
Neither the private nor pubilc life OF the
Examiners proprietor nor the public life
of his dead father was neglected, though
Mr.. Kelly had promised to refrain from
personalities as far as he felt he would be
justified IN doing in view OF the manner in
which the Examiner had "maligned, SIAN
dered and prosecuted him in order TO
vent upon HIM the personal spite OF Mr..
Hearst.
He declared that there were three rea-
sons why he bad been selected by Mr..
Hearst as victim OF his malicious and
vicious attack" The final motive Mr..
Hearst had, he said, was because the
speaker had been successful candidate
against him for the presidency of the
Olympic Club; the second, he declared,
was that he had refused to vote for Mr..
Hinton, the Examiners candidate
for Railroad Commissioner two years ago,
and the third, he intimated, was that the
Examiner had been employed by the rail-
road company TO defeat him for Con-
gress.
Harry Kelley, chairman of the Thirty
seventh District Assembly Club, intro
duced the speaker. His address in SUBJ
stance follows:
81 have appeared before you tonight for
the purpose OF addressing you upon the
issues of the day, and also iii relation to
my candidacy under the auspices of the
Thirty seventh District Club
After expressing his regards and appre-
citation for the work of this club in sup
porting him IN this campaign and maxim g
his excuses for speaking outside OF his own
district, he continued as follows:
II desire at this time 10 go into my
canvass of two years ago, and in that con-
nectlon also to talk OF that paper to which
l will hereafter more specifically refer.
IApplause-]
u propose to show you how a man can
be victim of newspaper persecution, and
after get through with this paper and ITS
proprietor, and after l show the motives
and spite that emanates from its proprie-
Tor | guarantee tnat not person will not
say that his action anu conduct is a dis
grace to the journalism of this State.
Il was a candidate Two years ago ioI
Congress, but was never before that can
didate tor any public office, and had not
been an aspirant for that Office. | was g
mem Der of The Democratic State Conven-
tion whic b met at the Ba dwin Hotel. and
which nominated the present Governor oi
this State. In that convention there were
great many com binations made to securr
control OF the convention IN the interests
of the railroad people. The different dele.
cations met separately for the purpose o.
nominating Congressman and Railroad
Commissioners. At the time that the
Fifth Congressional District convention
met it was known that the district wa;
Republican, and there was not single
man within the borders of that district
who would agree TO carry the banner o.
the Democratic party there. They tried
to persuade me to accept the nomination
and l positively refused; but they finally
induced me TO accept it. l had previously
been offered the nomination OF superior
Judge, District Attorney and State Sena-
tor, but had declined the honors; but
when the party made a call upon me to
serve them in my Congressional district
two years ago felt that IN duty to the
party | must accept, and did SO.
Now what happened in relation to my
candidacy? An independent candidate
was injected into the fight. 1t was done
throug the agency of the San Francisco
Examiner. and the opposition and ami