The San Francisco call., 1899-10-15
Congressman Julius Kahn Presides
and the Great Audience Is Kept
in a Ferment Of Applause by the
Eloquence and Telling Remarks
Of the Speakers.

which the city has passed and appre-
ciated that there was never a more inl-
portant time than now. 1t is the first
time the people have been given an op-
portunity to vote for a local government
of the people, for the people and by the
| people"
The next to be introduced was Asa r.
! Wells, and as the Auditor advanced 10
| the front of the stage he was given
| tiattering welcome His remarks were
brief, but every word told.
Asa R. Wells Telling Speech.
"I think most of you have seen me be-
! he said, whereat there was general
! laugh. 81 am your Auditor and can.
didate for reelection to that otilce. . IL
! you remember when l took that Office
| there was trouble at the City Hall. The
| funds were in a bad state; they were all
| short, and II required great zeal OF ng-
| uring TO keep out of pitfalls. believe
have steered clear of the pitfalls ana
| have made no mistakes. certainly nave
| not been accused of making any ms
| taxes" Referring to the new charter MI
| Wells said he believed that one OF the
| great reasons why the people voted Tor
| that instrument was the dlScontent ana
| ment at that time. He then referred to
| that provision of the charter that gives
the Mayor authority to appoint the mem
! bers of the School Board, and SAID:
IF Mr.. Davis is elected DO you believe
| that with his knowledge of school aHalrs
| he is going to make any MISTAKES III
making these appointments p9neve t1. tlde ne
! majority Of the people Of San Francisco
are honest and that they Will vote LOT u 1ll
! honest man and an honest admlnlSlrd7
! ton. Is there any reason why he ShouId
NOT he elected? GCries of mo, mo- In
| early days Mr.. Davis was a nelSnDor oi
| nine as he was of Irving NJ. scout an anu
there was not man IN lar Ia lao liz H. :
ever had a word to say against nm. ~ a9
was spoken of as one OF the men 'il@'
God made (Applauseo ... ,,e.
Mr.. Davis did not have t11 Iortune 5.l[,o ieo'
| hot &c fh.A
! A man that has done something LOT MN
self is the man that Is most nkely . 20 % 6p3 H0
something for US mere t are aO6 O6e thai is
very encouraging to the KepuplGdil
party, for it is well known that Wnen u.
there is a large registration IL means ill5,I5 ~
| is a Republican year Nong continue
Api'''''' Black Nails Lie.
Chairman Kahn then introduced A P
| Black. candidate for District Attorney
who was cordially received ne 9@lu fSn I,ao-
nle of this city in a subordinate position
and my one object was to Go my I Wll2I
duty and to do it well; | ASK you YOU peopie . l'le
so I ask my friends if they can hnd
aught against my record not 10 vote Tor
me and if 1 cannot, win by TAR means ans, /
don't want to be elected. A man never
| knows how Black he is until ne runs
for office The Examiner says that am am
an enemy of labor and an advocate OF
has boycotted me. What prepoStefOus
idea. / am satisfied that of 500 votes from
the Musicians Union L Will receive at
ANY man who makes living by hard
work should be ashamed to call himself
a Democrat. High wages for falr Gay 5
labor has always been the p9iilcy of the the
marty stands most resplendent in the his
tory of the country, from the time Lin
coin found the ship of state scuLIiea, p5
A. T nrl6 Ctpnrp6 through
bloody war till at last Mckinley took the
vessel and sailed it we'll out into the
ocean of world powers and prosperity.
Fellow Republicans, if the party that has
| saved this nation is not to be supported
by you, you don't deserve to live under
its stars and stripes.
Louis Feusier, candidate for Treasurer,
promised if elected to run his office in a
thoroughly businesslike way.
Samuel Foster indOrsed the ticket and
said that he would support the Mayor in
his administration and try to satisfy the
! people with an economical, conservative
administration and work for the orna-
mentation and beautifying Of San Fran
DR.. A. P. Mclean, candidate for Coro-
ner, indorsed the ticket and said that he
would give good, clean administration
If elected.
L. G. Carpenter, candidate for Police
| Judge, advised his hearers to work hard
for the rest of the campaign for the entire
| ticket and not to be humbugged by the
talk of some Democrats that whichever
party wins the following out of the lines
of the charter would assure a good ad-
ministration. That talk, he said was like
the arrangement proposed by the rooster
to the horse not to step on each other s
toes.
Honest John Lackmann Cheered.
When the chairman called on the candi-
date for Sheriff, some one proposed
'"Three cheers for honest John Lack
MANN" and they were given with a will.
Mr.. Lackmann said that there were but
/ few orators in the present Board of Su-
pervisors, and that he was not one of
them. and confined his remarks to a
promise of an honest administration to
the people if elected. He hoped how
| ever, not to see any Of his listeners in
| an official capacity after his election.
! William H. Tiffany, candidate for Re
corder, after indorsing the ticket, as
sured his hearers that his employees would
take home their entire salaries to their
| families. If the Supreme Court should
decide that there shall be no election for
promised to take off his coat and help to
| elect Davis.
William A Deane, the present County
Clerk, said that he had kept within his
pledge and would, if reelected, continue
| to do SO.
William Watson Makes a Hit.
William Watson, candidate for Super
visor, made quite an impression on the
audience in his plain, frank manner.
This is my first experience in politics. -
he said, land you can tell by my looks
that have been in no hurry. If elected
I will not be for sale. They cannot buy
me nor buy my vote. l am a mechanic
and, having by good fortune accumulated
ago. If am elected I will give my en-
tire time to the duties of the Office
DR.. E. N. Torello, when introduced, said
that he was no orator. His business was
to heal wounds, not, to infict them. With
an undertaken on the board with him he
felt sure that if elected they would be
successful as combination
Joseph H. Scott, candidate for Tax Col
lector, Judge Joachimsen and James
Nagle, candidates for Police. Judges, in
This concluded the speechmaking, and
after three rousing cheers for the Repub-
lican party and three more for Horace
Davis, the crowd filed out of the building
while the band played Rally Round the
| Flag"
COMMITTEE ORGANIZES.
AL Bouvier Elected Chairman
OF the Davis CAMPAIGN.