The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
AUCTION SALES.
PHELAN ON PARTIES.

\ his speech at California Hall the 18TH inst.
to d Forty-third District Democratic meeting Mr..
Phelan appealed to the spirit OF party pride and
antagonsm IN a way inconsistent with his pretense
that his fight is non-partisan. Forgetting his
iusal last year permit primary OF his party
and the declaration OF his organ that honest
Democratic primary was impossible he proceeded to
describe the national parties In this description
he Iauded the Democracy as always trusting the peo
pie just as II there had never been Committee Of
One Hundred.
He denounced the Republican party not in sym
pathy with the people, and said: 1T is the Toryism
OF American politics and fears the people"
1t really seems too bad that Mr. Phelan is COM
PEELED to live in a city where there are so many Re
pubcans who by their presence must make life very
unpleasant for him He opened his campaign by de
nouncing their candidate for Mayor as a traitor
One OF his organs has warned the city against Hor-
ace Davis because he is under suspicion OF having
taught Bible class, and Phean himself has affirmed
that Republicans are unpatriotic and did not fight
for their country in the Spanish war, and now he
denounces them as Tories. The word Tory is Of
peculiar ofensiveness in American politics. Since
our Revolution it has meant who opposed his
country and his counuymen in that heroic struggle
and to call an American a Tory is to say the worst
that can be said OF his civic character.
Mr.. Phelan is progressing very rapidly. In order
to get the votes OF Republicans, independents and
gold Democrats he found ii necessary to ignore Or
antagonize the Chicago platform and dump Bryan
and free silver There is fet to be reaction against
this The people who believe in putting forward the
principles that are attached to the of party
are not pleased with the mum policy OF the Mayor
They see that such policy adopted solely to get
office and power for certain persons, but party men
ba
as a mere personal triumph
Feeling this, the Mayor is attempting to renstate
himself with those who were snubbed in his conven-
ton. and to lure men who are not ashamed of their
principles he adopts policy OF insult to his political
opponents as an appeal the instincts of his par
tsan followers Therefore the passionate and untrue
characterzatons OF all Republicans in which he is
ndulgng. But as he goes on his difficulties in
crease. Respectable Democrats, who recognize the
need OF parties in a free government are not in the
habit OF calling their respectable opponents traitors" 4"
towards" and Tories" They regard them as fe-
low countrymen differing as to methods OF interpre-
tation q the Federal constitution but with stake
in the welfare Of the country equal to that OF Demo-
Gratis. The majority of the people OF this city and
State, by division on party lines, Republicans
Surely it will 60 hard with California and San Fran
cisco if they are such bad people and bad citizens
as Mr.. Phean describes.
When the roll is called for active business men,
manufacturers and employers OF labor in this city
very large proportion Of them found to be Re
publicans. They stimulating and sustaining the
wealth producing and wage paying enterprises of the
community. Mr. Phelan's organs continually refer
with contempt to Hon. Horace Davis as man en-
gagged in business and manufacturing for the last
thirty years and making a fortune for himself in
those activities. This is regarded uniting him
for the direction OF public business II is charge
that cannot be brought against Mr.. Phean. He
never worked day to get rich. His millions were
earned for him. and he had harder labor than was
required to inherit them.
Inheritance OF fortune is no ofense but sneering
at who have to make their own fortunes is an
indecency.
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