The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28
PHELAN WANTED TO RESIGN
FROM CHARTER ASSOCIATION

The Republicans of the Thirty-third AS
sembly District held meeting last night
at Masonic Hall, corner of Fourteenth
and Railroad avenues, South San Fran
cisco. William McHugh as chairman of
the meeting introduced Horace Davis as
the first speaker of the evening Mr.
Davis spoke briefly and in part said:
For the first time in the history Of San Fran
cisco We have had an honest, fair primary cleo
tlon The republicans had good convention,
resulting in the making OF the strongest and as
a whole the best ticket ever presented TO the
voters of this city In regard 10 myself. l saw
with due modesty that what ! now own | made
here and have invested 1t all in San Francisco,
not In land and stocks but in business that
has for many years given employment TO from
70 to 100 men. whose wages were always forth
coming on Saturday night. 1 have yet failed
10 find an ex-worker Of mine who is not work.
Ing for me now politically
feel proud to. say that while in Congress
l worked hard and faithfully for and it was
through my efforts and those OF my colleagues
that the exclusion bill passed In my
own affairs l have had to deal with some
important issues and therefore I don't lack
experience. If elected Mayor I think that my
connections with the State University. as
cal school in the Potrero. where 800 boys and
girls are taught how to earn their ltvings,
ought to make me capable of appointing, a
good Board Of Education l promise you that
I will give to the people good admins
tration as I have given to my own business
for the upholding OF a party which has given
San Francisco the greatest era of prosperity
since her birth aud vote the Republican ticket
from top to bottom
A. P. Van Duzer in speaking for the
ticket, said that in Mr.. Davis the people
had an ideal man for Mayor. He told his
listeners that James D. Phelan had be-
trayed the people in the charter fight Of
1896. AS soon as Mr. Phelan received the
nomination for Mayor in October. 1896.
he came before the Charter Association
and stated that he was compelled to re-
sign mis- Craftsmanship of that association
and to Withdraw from any further active
participation in the campaign for the
charter
"I state as a fact" said the speaker,
that he did then and there give as a
reason that his friends hau advised him
that it was highly improper for him to
take any further part in favor of that
instrument and that he was as silent as
a salted Goldfish on that subject after
ward will not be denied by Mr. Jimmie
Phelan. If Mr.. Phelan had had the
courage Of his own convictions and had
refused to obey the boss on that occasion
we would have had charter four years
ago
Frank MCGOWAN, the speaker of the
evening, said that the Republican party
is to be congratulated in not being cursed
with bossism,, while the Democratic
party has in Mr.. Phelan a leader who
owns and controls, his party life. body and
soul. He does as he pleases with It, holds
| it in his hands and says, II am your
boss" The principle of the Democratic
party has been Government by the par
I ty." Mr.. Phelan cuts that out and says,
Government by Phelan' The Democrat
ic party of this city is without a platform
! cal calf. They claim to be the only ST.
mon Pure and say without the name OF
Phelan there is no Democratic party.
dney cam tne f9eutt o+ T1r Ine me new cnarter
D. Phelan claims the whole party-with-
out the platform.