The San Francisco call., 1898-10-26
MAGU|RE'S LABOR
 MEETING ENDS
 IN 4 F|ASCO A Beggarly Array of Empty Benches. MAYOR PHELAN NOT PRESENT GOVERNOR BUDD's PLEA FOR
 HARMONY. Three Representatives of Labor Urge the Election of James G.
 Mcguire for Gov
 ernor,
MAYOR PHELAN NOT PRESENT
GOVERNOR BUDD's PLEA FOR
 HARMONY.

meeting which was announced as a spontaneous tribute to Judge Mcguire by the workingmen of this city was held in Metropolitan Hall last night. It was also announced as preliminary meeting prior to big mass meeting of workingmen to be held in the interests of Judge Mcguire.
 When the meeting was called to order by w P. Lawler the hall was well filled. About g o'clock there was a movement toward the doors and the chairman, George Bromfield, begged them to remain seated, as Mayor Phelan would soon make his appearance and charm them with his eloquence They, however, gradually kept leaving and before the close of the meeting there was a beggarly array of empty benches, not more than sixty or seventy people being left in the hall. And Mayor Phelan never came.
 Governor Budd was the first speaker. He thought 1t was eminently proper that If corporations combined as clubs to de- feat Judge Mcguire their employees should come out in mass meetings for Mcguire and show him that he had at least as many men supporting him as those brought out against him by the corpora tfons of the State. The contemplated mass meeting would be a protest that la Dor cannot be moved to vote one way at any ones bidding. He declared that 4o,- 900 out of the 0o00 Populists in the State would vote for Mcguire and his election was therefore sure. The Governor plead ed for harmony among the Democrats to win the victory and he pledged himself that he would see that two years hence a primary law would be in force for this city.
 house carpenter in the California Hotel, said that If the workingmen wanted laws that would be fair and equal to all they must have Mcguire for Governor. As an instance of what Judge Mcguire had done he said that when San Francisco had got more than it's usual share of the i've i've (meaning Soldiers), the contracts for max ing their uniforms was given to Chinese, and the matter was submitted to Wasn- si- in the halls of Congress. Jim" Phelan, he said was attacked by the press for not being friend of labor, but he knew per and Jim" had done everything to raise the downtrodden people
 John H. Marble of the Printers Union spoke of the initiative and referendum and urged the laboring men to vote Tor Mcguire and Barry, who believed In them. He said it had gone forth from Fourth and Townsend that four candidates must be defeated at all costs and they were Mcguire, Barry, Hinton and Dunn, but the workingmen would see that these men were not defeated.
 Herman Gutstadt, ex-president of the Federated Trades, said Mcguire held mere prominent position than any other man in the United States as friend of the laboring classes. and hundreds of thousands in the East were Watchlng the result of his contest for the gubernatorial chair.
 By this time the hall was almost empty and as there was no sign of the coming of Mayor PheIan, Everett I. Woodman, candidate for State Printer, was put for ward to i'll the breach. He talked for a few minutes on the benefits of organiza- ton, but as 1t was dull work he cut his remarks short.
 James Donovan was called upon for a song He sang and sang again, but Phe- Ian did not come. w. M. Hinton consent ed to talk for few minutes, but he soon gave out and after a hurried consultation among those on the platform. 1t was de- cided to wait no longer for the Mayor and