The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
The Tenth Ward No Longer
Solid for the Democratic
Nominees.
ARE BANDED FOR PROTECTION.
Will Take an Active Hand in the
Coming Presidential Cam
paign.

The Thirtieth Assembly District Re-
publican Club, like the Howard" belongs
to the Tenth Ward, taking in that section
from Fifth street on the east, along Mar
ket to Seventh and Bryant street on the
south. This district had heretofore been
claimed as being absolutely Democratic,
and as such was considered impregnable
against an incursion of Republican forces.
But those claims and professions were
of the memories OF the COS and before the
young San Franciscans were Of legal age
to cast their votes. Since that time, how
ever, wonderful change has come over the
spirit and dreams of the imported Dem
ocrats whose political education had been
learned at such mature age as utterly
precluded the possibility OF a change of
faith.
Unlike his father, however, the young
Tenth Warder learned to think for him
self, in so far as his politics were concerned.
While he inherited ali the other good quail
tiles of his predecessors, yet he wished to
rioe IN the van of progressive politics and
good qualities he had failed
to see in the party to which his forefath-
ers had pinned their faith.
AS q consequence, Republican clubs
sprang ND right on Democratic soil. so to
speak and to-day Republican stands as
good chance as a Democrat of being
elected to the Senate or Assembly from
the Thirtieth District, where twenty years
ago Republicans were as scarce as black
berries in Alaska on Christmas day.
This wonderful change has all been
brought about by the liberal policy and
protective tendency of the Republican
party and its local managers, as in con-
trast to the unprogressiveness of the old
Democratic party with its othodox policy
of State rights and degradation to the un-
for tunate lnclvidual VINO had to toll to
support himself and his family. The
policy of the Republican party is and ha s
been that labor is honorable and emit tied
to all OF the rights, privileges and protec-
ton of the people and the Government.
No master-and-servant act has ever been
known to disgrace the pages of the statute
books of a Republican State government.
Those conditions and surroundings were
seen by the young men raised in the Tenth
Ward. sometimes loosely alluded to as
asouth of Market street." Be this as it
NAV, with the growth of the young men OF
that section the old party leaders of the
unterrified Democracy can no longer rely
on a sweeping majority for their candi-
dates from this section.
In the Thirtieth Assembly District Re-
publican stands as good a chance OF cleo
ton as in any district on the northern
side, always provided he be a popular
good fellow with his associates, and to
boot. have an irreproachabe character.
With those qualifications his chances are
good, as was the case when NJ. w. Coffey
was elected to the Assembly from this dis
trict four years ago, againsta very popu-
lar Democrat.
s But, to be successful in politics, there
must be an organization aud head to
that organization. Just like an army,
there must be one master mind at the
head to be successful in tie battle field
and the rank and file must be trained and
disciplined in order to defeat the common
enemy.
With this object in view, the Thirtieth
Assembly District Republican Club was re-
organized in November, 1886, preparatory
for the 1896 campaign.
Since its organization the club has held
monthly meetings at Pythian Castle, on
Market street, at which there have been