The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-21
Addresses Meetings
in Three Districts.
DEMOCRATS SNUB THE MAYOR
DECLINE TO WAIT FOR MR..
PHELAN'S ARRIVAL.
The Mayor Poses as the Working
mans Friend-Joseph P. Kelly
Tells of the Decline of
the Democracy.

The Democrats of the Thirty-first Dis
trict held big demonstration at Teutonic
Hall, on Howard street, near Tenth. last
night. The place was literally packed, for
the Thirty-hrst is regarded as one of the
Democratic strongholds of the city, and
the crowd gave Judge Mcguire, Mr.. Hut
Gibson and the other State, district and
municipal nominees who addressed them
a most fattering reception. But the
crowd also gave Mayor James d. Phelan
the cut direct for they refused to wait for
him to get around from another meeting
to address them.
The meeting was the most important
one of five district gatherings arranged
by the State Central Committee for the
evening, at which the leading men of the
party were announced to speak ID. d.
Louney presided, and among the vice
presidents who occupied seats on the
stage were: T. E. Treacy, William Nc
Laughlin. Charles Asmussen, I. clancy,
Owen Casey, George Maloney, G. j. Gal
lagher and F. A. Quinn. number OF
ladies were present, ana a band adoec TO
the enthusiasm.
first Speaker, and was greeted with a
storm of applause. He said he had feel
| ing of deep affection for the old Ihlrty,
! first for 1t was there he was hrst elected
! TO Office when, twenty-three years ago, ne
was a candidate for the Assembly. he
had always begun his campaigns In that
|
| the campaign managers had arranged TO
! have him appear at several meetings. else.
where before he got to the Ihhlpty ea st
he could speak there first. He said ne
Bwas glad the people remembered his
former trade. at the same ti1ne p pfck I'm pe
! stage, whereat the crowd cheerea again
| He then turned his attention to the rail-
cred so frequently when he was here a
| few weeks ago. .s.
! ant Governor, followed Judge Magulre.
| He told of their campaign tour together,
saving they had spoken in seventeen
| counties in the State, and wherever they
| had appeared the halls were not half
large enough to hold the crowds that
wanted to hear Judge Mcguire. He pre-
dicted that gentleman's election by $4,000
Il. A. McCraney, candidate for Clerk
| the outlook for the State ticket. after
| which Mcguire and his party took car
riages for another part Of the city. and
James H. Barry was introduced. he said
in .. Psrt distinguished onponent Mr. Kahn
who is running against me for Congress
in the Fourth District, has stated that
| this district and this State ought to elect
with the administration. we have, such
men in Congress now in Mr.. Loud and
Mr.. Hilborn, and what have they done?
may not be In mi, touch ba with the fo ao
4 IL
with getting a postoffice for San Fran
cisco. The administration has done moth
| ing for California. Senator White sue
ceeded in getting an appropriation passed
for harbor improvements at San Pedro,
but the appropriation has been hung up
by Secretary Alger. After this year we
will have Democratic Congress- AND it
will not be necessary to be in touch With
the administration; the administration
will have to be In touch with Congress-.
The crowd thinned out perceptibly after
Barry had finished, despite Chairman
Louney's appeal to them to remain as
Mayor Phe1an would be present later in
the evening; but the appeal, though 1t
was repeated several times, had no effect
and after each of the subsequent speak
ers concluded there was further clean
ing out of the hall.
William M. Hinton followed Mr.. Barry
and in turn was succeeded by John p.
Dunn. Then came several municipal can
| didates, including r. p. Doolan, e. p.
Mogan and M Greenblatt and d. s.
| O'Brien, candidate for the Assembly from
| the Thirty-first District.
Following these gentlemen came quar-
tet in red shirts and leather aprons, who
sang a compaign parody on the ANVIL
Chorus" from III Trovatore.
Then followed a period of filling in
| in an attempt to hold those still present
until Phelan could arrive F. A. Quinn,
T. e. Treacy, Charles Asmussen. the lat
ter a Stanford student, who proved him.
self an orator of exceptional ability, and
T. J. Lyons, candidate for School Direc-
| tor, talked against time. but without