The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

it to 'em, too. I'll be a marked exception
and won't say a word about the silver
question, and I'm mighty certain the
people will hank me for that. But if any
silver dollars come my way Tn not the
man to turn them down. l amt got no
race prejudice about dollars, neither.
'tI want to IicF this Quincy. He's a
narrow minded, no-account sort of a chap.
Pm out 10 lick him and L m going to DO it.
a prominent politician who is particular
friend of his came to me only to-day and
said to me, 'Jonn. Quincy is willing o
shake hands with you now Do you
know what | said to him? Why, | told
him, says [, Why, be couldn't shake
hands with me, not on your life; he amt
the man that can take hold of my hand.
He's not in nv class I'm on the, square,
frank and above board, and l say just
what l mean and back 1t up. too. And
that's more than he does. He thinks he's
too good to live.
"If was Mayor I'd try to do something
for the poor women that have to work for
living. If any one came TO me, for in
stance, and wanted permission to build a
street railroad in the city was Mayor of
I'd say to him: Will you give free rides
to the poor Washerwomen and cashgirls
and sweatshop-worhers, and all others
that are honest and live by the sweat of
their trows2 II he'd consent to this he
could build his old road, and I'd like to
see him make barrel of money out of it,
too but If he did not I'd turn him down
so quick that he would never try to build
another road-not while l was Mayor
''Pd licenseall the boxing matches they
wanted to have. No, you mustn't call
them prize-fghts That won't do. 1t you
say that word they holler ten thousand
murders; but boxing m atches with gloves
is ali right. I'd license boxing matches
just as much as foo bail games. / never
saw a boxing match on the stage in a
twenty-four loot ring that was anywhere
near as brutal as football game. Why,
in that game twenty-five fellows come
together and have a free fight, and The
chap that gets knocked down and is
walked over and they kill and murder
him and nobody says much about it, be-
cause it's nothing but football game.
Suppose they did that in prize Ze-fight.
Thered be big hula ba!Ioo and a great
cry against the brutality of the pug lists.
''If l was Mayor, does anybody think
that there could be any bribery going on
if / knew about it? The man don't live
and never did who could bribe old John
L., and the city government officials who
tried to do any funny business when /
was in office would be city hospital pa
tients in mighty short order in spite of
anv defense OF their dude lawyers, and
don't you forget 1t.
"It's mighty poor law which says you
can't sell liquor within 400 feet of a school
honse. I d1dn't have no children stand
ing around in front OF my place when |
was running a hotel, and | don't see what
harm it does to have hotel near school
house any more than it does TO have 1t
anywhere else. It's an outrage not TO pro-
vide room enough in the schools tor the
children of poor parents. They'd get in
there If / was Mayor if some Of the chill
dren of the rich people had TO get out.
And I'd put 'em out, too. What are
schools for, anyway? Aren't they for the
children OF the poor just as much and
even more than for the children OF the
rich?
"Do YOU think I'd allow any such mon
kew business, if / was Mayor, as that
which happened here in Bosto n a few
days ago. when the manage ment of one
of the nice. big rich bugs notified the au-
thorities of charitable institute for po or
children that there wasn't any room in
he school for their inmates-that all the
places were filled by the children of The
cher folks who live in the vicinity?
Well, guess not.
"fd put the best men in office / could
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