The San Francisco call., 1896-10-30
Mr., TAYLOR is
GALLOP|NG AHEAD
Attacks of Boiling Repub-
licans Have Given Him
Strength.
Always Faithful to the Tax.
Payers and His Record
Honorable.
DE YoUNGs 1Wc-EDGED SWORD
Business Men Will Support Err. Tay.
lor for Mayor Because His
Record Is Straight.
DE YoUNGs 1Wc-EDGED SWORD

Whether or not the proposed new char
ter shall be adopted, the contest for Mayor
is none the less important in the eyes of
the people. With or without the charter
the Mayor will be the most weighty figure
in the City government.
The question, then, naturally arises,
(which one of the many candidates in
the field is the most desirable, the mos-
reliable, the most competent to guide the
helm of the municipal government for the
ensuing term?'
His principal competitors for the posi-
ton are Messrs. Dimond and Phelan, rep
resenting respectively the Chris Buckley
Gator and Sam Rainey wings OF the Popu-
list and Democratic parties. As side
show dime-museum attractions there are
Martin Keily's man, .Laumeister, and G.
G. O'Donnell's man, DR.. O'Donnell. Mr..
Laumeister is a respectable -four merchant
and has many friends who deeply regret
the fact that he has allowed Mr.. Kelly TO
SVengaliZe him into boiling the Republl-
can party. DR.. ODopnell needs no intro
duction. He has been a standing candl-
date for Coroner, Mayor and Governor for
many years, and has large practice of
kind mentioned only in the advertising
columns. After November he will re-
ceive call to doctor the Democratic
party, which will be sadly in need OF his
peculiar services by that time.
Mr.. Taylor has had many years expe-
rience as a Supervisor, and in all those
years he has been friend of the people.
His political reputation is and has been
without blemish. When /. NJ. Kalloch
Young of the Chronicle) was Mayor OF
this City. and was the pet of the anar-
chistic element, Mr.. Taylor was member
of the Board of Supervisors. During his
term of office General Grant visited this
City, and the community, blushing at the
thought that the ex-President and hero
should be received by the choice of the
sanGlot, virtually deposed the Mayor and
appointed Mr.. Taylor to head the delega-
tion of citizens appointed to receive the
general and offer him the freedom Of the
City.
John M. Chretien of the Republican
County Committee said yesterday that the
antagonism OF that boiling Republican
newspaper, the Chronicle, had done Mr..
Taylor more good than harm, and that
the members OF many prominent business
firms had told him that the attacks of the
Chronicle had increased the number OF
Taylor's supporters, and had diminished
the number of those who had felt favor
ably disposed toward William a. Deene
for Auditor. Thus it appears that politics
is often a two-edged sword that cuts the
hand which wields 1T.
Mr.. Chretien further expressed the belief
that the candidates for the mayoralty
would come in in the following order:
Taylor, Dimond, Phelan, O'Donnell and
Laumeister last.
The Chronicle is abusing Mr.. Taylor
because he did not appear before the Board
of Equalization in Sacramento, yet the
back files of that volatile and politically
unreliable sheet show editorials praising
Mr. Taylor for his action in that matter,
and explaining that he did not attend the
meeting: because Mr.. CheesebIough. the
San Francisco member of the board, had
specially requested him not TO do so. The
Chronicle on that occasion said that Mr..
TayIor's course was an honorable one and
was in the best interests OF this City and
County.
Sucn is the disadvantage OF possessing
treacherous memory and of hopping from
one principle to another. Mr.. Taylor is
not that kind of q man; his record shows
that he has always adhered to principle.
and hence his course, unlike that of the
Chronicle, has always been consistent.
He is gaining in strength every day. for
he is a safe, sound, conservative business
man, into whose hands may be intrusted
with confidence the affairs. OF this impor-
tant municipality.