The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-01
Tries to Save Craig in
the Fifth.
THE JUDGE A WARLIKE EAGLE
"BLooD ON HIS TALoNS AND
FIRE IN HIS EYE"
He Thinks There Are No Honest Men
but Democrats, and Dire Curse
Will Follow Republican
Victory.

That there is condition OF cold extrem-
tiles in the Democratic-Po pocratic Cen
trail Committee is evidenced by the fact
that Judge Mcguire, the Little Giant of
the tireless jaw, was required by those
managers to deliver nine speeches last
night in the southwestern part of the
city which is embraced in the Fifth Con-
gressional District.
The tour was to some extent organized
to boost the candidacy of William Craig
against Eugene F. Loud for Congress. 1t
was Furthermore a monotonous series of
occasions in which the people were treat
ed to the music of the beating of anti
railroad tontoms, and informed that the
only salvation for California lay in the
election of Mcguire and a straight Demo-
cratic ticket. If this were not done the
wreck and ruin of this commonwealth was
assured.
To those who heard Mr. Mcguire in his
several speeches he was quite amusing
He invariably called the attention OF his
hearers to the fact that they elected him
to the Assembly tWenty-three years ago,
he had been in some office ever since and
deserved now to be promoted to the high
office to which he had been nominated.
At each hall Mr.. Mcguire expressed re-
greet that he could mot discuss the issues
of the campaign" and then proceeded to
tell his hearers that there is nothing In
this campaign except the Southern Pa
cihc and James G.. Mcguire; that every
Republican who is taking an active inter-
est in the success of his party is a hired
tool of the railroad. Somehow the gen
tleman did not win much applause on this
score, nor when he referred to what he
had done TO the great and bad corpora
ton while in Congress. Every gathering
was solemnly promised that if elected he
would endeavor to conduct his office in
the same manner as he had done pre-
YiouSly and officially.
ton Mr.. Craig referred to the Little
Giant" as the. Democratic eagle, with
blood on his talons and fire in his eye"
Whose particular gore Mr.. Mcguire was
exhibiting on his talons was not stated
by Mr.. Craig, but he told nine different
audiences about the. proposition.
During Mr.. Maguire's long and hard
nights work he found occasion to men
ton the fact that James H. Barry was
running for Congress in the Fourth Dis
trict, and suggested that the Democrats
vote for him. julius Kahn, Mr.. Barry S
opponent, was not mentioned. Mr. Ma
guire assured the public that the election
ton 'of the people, for the monopoly and
by the MONOPOLY The only way there
fore, to avoid disaster was to elect Ma
guire, Hinton and Dunn The single tax
Judge found 1t expedient to tell how
cordially he despised the poll tax and
same if he. were only. Governor. He also
told how he admired the public schools
and what a bad man Mr.. Gage was for
saying that the abolition of the poll tax
was a blow at the public school system;
The Judge begged the people to get out
and defeat Congressman Loud and Ere
deem the district" He said that LIQUIDS
first election was an accident and both
his subsequent successes mistakes due to
the acts of Democrats. The future of the
district depended upon the election of
Craig.
Mr.. Mcguire had poorly attended meet
ings in the sections nearest the center of
the city but in the other districts the at
tendance was good and his reception cor
dial He began his evening campaign at
nearly every hall between that point and
the Aimshouse.
There was a howl from the boys who.
arranged the Manhattan Hall meeting.
They were wholly ignored and were COM
PEELED to content themselves with beer
and cheese instead of Mcguire and
Craig.
The hot time closed at Eintraoht Hail.
Twelfth and Folsom streets, at midnight: