The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-21

absence of legal protection that influenced
Mr.. Phelan and his gang of Purchasers
against the holding of a primary, but the
fact that he feared to place himself be-
fore the voters of his own party, fearing,
and with good reason, that he could not
renominate himself
Mr.. McKinlay's remarks were followed
by ringing Cheers.
julius Kahn, candidate for Congress IN
the Fourth District, in a brief speech told
the voters why patriotism ana loyalty 70
the party should cause them to support
the national administration by. voting the
Republican ticket from start to nnlsh IN
order that after the battle had been
fought the news could be flashed to
Washington that California had swung
solidly into the Republican column.
Ex-Judge d. ]. Murphy spoke at some
length, telling of the merits of the candi-
dates on the, Republican ticket an4 t dla
lating upon the excellent features or the
party platform which the leading Demo
cratic paper had declared TO be the pest
ever presented to the people or thls GU ,s.
During the course of Judge Murphy re
marks John Calender, colored In ,a
arose in the audience and stated th "a
while the Judge was District At'Q 3haT the
punishment was only just 1nSI9au ~
having any Ill feeling toward MI. Murthtg ply
he declared that he he woG n for Sim him. The
! Judge and the colored man, whose sPee tSn
was quite dramatic, shook hands anu lhe
I. ]. Truman briefly addressed tn. the
meeting and referred TO the fact that
Mayor Phelan had to go into the cQIoiti e
ing business in order to get men III ~, IL
| various sections who would take orqESIe
| from him as Supervisors. Ihanks - hanr1
] Call, this scheme of Mr.. PheIah ia bar
| exposed and the voters would Ieln I5ata
| these facts when the time came 70 W. W.
When Charles L. Patton Fepa anaiIrad
candidate for Mayor appear5d; ne aoIynoyI-
a great Grafton and gracefully aChiloNL-
! edged the compliment. Mr.. FalSoL Pa &c
tiCularly impressed upon the MUS ~ nii
hearers the fact that the a12i, nffared
the citizens of San FRANCISCO. ~ no,7id he
was as full, free and fair as Coulu 80 Oe
made and that he stood square! sb upI1
! every plank in it. The new charter shouId
| become a law because II was ueclued
| Improvement upon the present Ltut Tlo o;
machinery. He believed the next Legs
! iafTra would adopt it and declared that
! he was in favor of a dollar tax on Hdiu-
alton of $3.50 oo00 600 me Guy redI ECG1g
! the wages of its employees. He would Ike
! to have the power to enforce an eight eight
hour law that provided MUM 9 siI ~ "SiSe
! would be more prosperous under such con-
ditions .,,.- -,o,,,, L., +ba r,o+-
form" said Mr.. Patton, and II l am
elected l pledge myself not to sign any
contract unless this provision of eight
hours and 81 per day Bb sha s ge at' s
ner month is enough for janttors working
In the City Hall, but they are not his
kind Of people. w men MI L mean ebIIu nc
rest of the Democracy tell you that this
contest is between Kelly, Crtmmins,
Rainey, Buckley. Herrin and others. he
and they tell you what is not true. Not
one Of those men knows what my official
acts will be. AS a matter of fact this
contest is between Mr.. Phelan and his
money and Charles L. Patton and his
friends"
Mr. Patton promised to give IAN honest,
clear. upright. business administration,
If elected, and retired amid cheers that
ratified the windows.
The other speakers made short, -pithy
speeches and were cordially received.