The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22

had been greeted by large audiences all
over town, and really the people ought
second District, he declared, had been
friendly to him in the past and he asked
for renewal Of the confidence which
had so often been asked and given. He
came to give, he added, on account of his
stewardship. Then a happy thought
struck him and he announced that the
willy postal authorities had conspired to
make the meeting a failure by not de-
nvering the postal cards of notification.
The only other new or significant part of
his address was slur cast upon the con-
Ventton which nominated him.
The people at the primaries gave me
my nomination" he said; Il owe it to no
combination or convention and l am per-
fectly free to act as 1 please"
When Mayor Phelan had finished half
Of the small audience had left the hall.
Major Geary then repeated that thread
bare speech of his. He is still on the
firing line, shifting gunpowder, and speaks
war There is some thought of burning
red tlre the next time he talks. The major
made false play last night, but it was
not altogether his own fault. He should
have held the crowd until another spell
binder arrived, but he. retired, leaving
only Joseph NJ Cumming, who is con-
fessedly not an orator, in the hall Poor
Cumming talked like a steam whistle; he
looked nervously and anxiously toward
the door. He shifted from one foot to the
other in desperation. He talked about
nothing In particular and heaved a sigh
Of relief as Assessor Dodge entered the
hall.
A minute later the Assessor was dem
onstraung that wonderful fact of his. He
said he was particularly unfortunate in
reference to the Potrero. Last year"
he said, Il got here late and only ad-
dressed handful, and here I am late
again TINS year, but if you will wait
few minutes | will show you some
charts" And then followed that dreary
chart exercise. The Assessor was fol-
lowed by Lewis +. Byington, Osgood Put
nam, Patrick Boland and DR.. r. Beverly
Cole. 1t seemed an omen Of disaster that
the nominees for Coroner and Public Ad-
min1strator should close the meeting.
| When the meeting adjourned seventeen
men and five boys were in the hall.
Maennerbund Hall, on Potrero avenue.
| near Twenty-fourth street, was we'll filed
| when the chairman, Eugene Sullivan,
| opened the meeting of the Thirty-third
Assembly District by introducing Lewis
f. Byington, candidate for District At
| torney, who urged his own election be-
| cause be had kept his pledges. He asked
| his hearers to support only those candi-
and was followed by Patrick Boland can
| didate for Public Administrator: L. ].
| Dwyer candidate for Supervisor; DR..
| R. Beverly Cole, candidate for Coroner;
a. b. Mcguire, candidate for Supervisor,
| and Franklin K. Lane, candidate for City
Attorney. The latter was well received
and made speech that quite won his
! hearers. Edmond GodchauX, candidate
| for Recorder amused the audience by re-
! ferring to his diminutive size, which he
| said, however, would not interfere with
! the proper fulfillment of his duties should
| he be elected. Judge Mogan made plea
! for his reelection on the ground that he
would temper justice with mercy, and
| II. U. Brandenstein. candidate for Super
| visor; George H. Cabanis, candidate for
Police Judge; r. z; Doolan. candidate for
| Tax Collector, and Peter j. Curtis, can
| didate for Supervisor, all made pathetic
| entreaties for the suffrage Of their fell
| low citizens.
| Charles Wesley Reed was the next
| speaker and was eloquently telling how
he and his colleagues, If elected. would
remove the City and County Hospital
| from the Mission district, when a con-
| vivial individual in the audience shouted:
| why, you fellows have been promising
that for the last ten years and you have
not done it yet"
| The sergeant-at-arms quieted the re-
! fractory individual, and the speechmaking
went on without interruption. After James
! P. Booth, candidate for Supervisor, had
made q facetiOuS speech, which was we'll
received, Mayor Phelan entered the hall
| and was given rousing reception. He
| practically repeated the speech he had de-
| livered earlier in the evening. While dis
! claiming any intention of being boastful,
| he proceeded to inform his hearers all
| about what he and his Democratic breth-
ren had accomplished. At the conclusion
of his remarks he was given three cheers.
J. Deasy. candidate for Sheriff; AL Fritz.
candidate for Police Judge, and Assessor
! Dodge also addressed the meeting.
! Silks Hall, on Mission street and Pre-
cita avenue, where the meeting Of the
| contained but half the original audience
when Mayor Phelan arrived at 10:3O
o'clock Some small boy proposed three
cheers when the Mayor entered the hall,
and they were given with will. The
Mayor went over the same ground as he
had done earlier in the evening, and prom
ised to do all kinds of good things for the
Mission district, which, he said, had been
neglected in the past, while the Western
Addition had been getting all the improve
ments When he concluded he was asked
pointed question by one OF his auditors
as to why the Thirty-fifth District had
not been given a single nomination. for
Supervisor, while the Thirty-third had re-
ceived two. Phelan replied by saying that
the nominees had been selected without
+o with which small