The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22
m n immense audience arose am

II VI CheeTed Horace Davis at Metro
~ politan Temple last night. The
u assemblage was representative OF
the character, intellect and pa
triotism Of San Francisco. The spirit of
enthusiasm was UnbOunded. The ringing
applause for the flag, for Mckinley. for
Dewey for Davis and the great Repub-
lCsu party was spontaneous and pro-
longed. Such demonstrations charge tho
political atmosphere with the element Of
Republican victory.
The vast audience gave a mighty shout
Ct applause a. the first suggestion Of
C0lOLe. 7. Y. Eddy that the forces were
Iow forming for the great contest Of 1900.
il which san Francisco, by reason Of her
commanding position on the Pacific Coast,
is 50 deeply interested. Mayor Phelaa and
lis struggling followers OF the Committee
Of one Hundred should have heard the
people demand the consideration Of nG-
JiOn6l politics in this muniCinal contest.
Horace Davis won the respect Of the
assembled voters by his manly and modest
Utterances. The policy for the bettermcnt
Of SAN Francisco which he outlined was
applauded. He did not dwell on his own
past services to the city and State and ma
ton, but gave his views as to what should
be done Tor san tranClscos Iuture QnQer
the new charter lie acknowledged the
warmth of the ovation which the splendid
audience gave HIM in tones attestng the
sincerity Of the acknowledgment Every
one IN the assembiage, and there were
many ladies present, lending an influence
Of refinement tc the occasion, knew that
Horace Davis was sincere and honest IN
his utterances. They knew that he was
not & tme-serving politician, employing
the arts Of g demagOgue to eaten public
favor for his own political gain.
Every seat IN the main auditorium and
in the galleries was occupied before the
meeting was called to order. The first
OutburSt of applause, which throughout
the evening became so frequent, was
when Hon. Horace Davis stepped onto the
Platform with the speakers. His appear
auCe was the signal for mighty and
hearty cheer Eugene z, Bert was the
chairman Of the evening. In opening the
proceedings he stated that he desired to
refer g what appeared TO be little an
Il want 10 refer back to a week ago, in
this very haIl, when we ratified the work
of our municipal convention. During the
" eek the Democrats have been circulating
the report that the meeting was sparsely
attended, that there was no enthusiasm
and that in reality there was no ratifica-
ti0n at all. Now. I want this audience to
hUrl back the lie to them by cheering so
that they can hear all along the highways
and the byways that we are here in large
numbers and Jhat we are Tull or conl-
oeuce and enthusiasm The cheers were
given with a Will, and the hint given by
the chairman was followed out during the
entire evening. When the shouting ceased
Mr.. Bert hurled defiance at the Demo-
Gratis and closed his remarks by saying:
Democrats make the most of it"
Colonel T. 3. Eddy led the list Of speak
ers. His address was on the bearing that
national politics have on a municipal
-tuspaiLu and of the absolute necessity
and propriety Of bringing them into the
affairs Of the city. He said that he had
the privilege Of occupying a seat in the
gallery and watching the deliberations
he stated that he used the word advisedly
of the late Democratic convention.
I was astoulshed,' said Colonel Eddy,
"ro hear their sJandard-bearer say that
the municipal election had nothing to do
with national affairs Is it that Phelan
a F-4fa A-~ nh ina Z
AS they ought 10 be in this campaign
he and his colleagues would be buried out
of sighto Bryan said at Denver, after
leaving here, that San Francisco would
90 Democratic and that would indi-
cate that California would fall into
the Democratic column. Would that
any bearing on national politics? We are
told that when we bring national politics
into this campaign we are traitors to the
city, and this when the magnificence of
the administration Of the Republican
party is what brought the city its great
est prosperity. Phelan without qualify
Hon. Horace Davis. "a voice: Shame
Yes, I say shame The speaker said
that the reason Mayor Phelan was max
ing such howl about national politics
was that his party did not have the moral
courage TO indorse their national plat
form, and when he found that the Repub-
Icans had indorsed their administration
and their party policy he found himself
In bad position, and the only way in
which he could crawl out of 1t was to set
up the cry that national politics had no
place In the municipal campaign He de-
voted some time TO an argument in favor
Of expansion and closed his address with
the assertion that Mayor Phelan was
manifestly insincere in his protestations
Of wonderful love for the charter, for the
city and for its institutions, for his sole
ambition was TO use the mayoralty to
boost himself into the Office Of United
States Senator.
III ever there was a time when Re
publcaus could afford to vote their ticket
straight It is this year. 1t has been stated
that Republican votes elected Mr.. Phe-
Ian last year Let it not be said that
they did anything Of the kind this year