The San Francisco call., 1899-10-31
RANEY HOLDS THE SPECIAL CONFIDENCE OF PHELAI

tricts held a monster meeting last night
at Golden Gate Hall, on Sutter street II
the temper of the audience can be taken
as an indication, Horace Davis and luy
whole Republican ticket will have nOtn-
ing to fear as to the result of the electiH IS
in the district named Among the prom
nent speakers were Hon. f. X. Scho9n-
maker of New Jersey, and Colonel I. =.
EDDY Mr.. Schoonmaker intends TO re-
main in San Francisco until after election
and will address the citizens on the issue
of the campaign every evening this wee6.
c. A. Murdock was selected to act q
chairman and in his Introductory re
marks said that he was like the shrlmps
that the restaurant proprietor serves pc
fore the oysters. He was shrimp, ne
stated, and his sphere was merely TO Whet
the audiences appetiteS for the luscious
feast of reason that was to follow. He
had voted for Lincoln, he said, and had
never had cause to regret his athltatlon
with the Republican party and would
have nothing TO be. ashamed of when
next Tuesday he cast his ballot for Hon.
Horace Davis.
mo candidate for Mayor" said the
speaker, represents so many good quail
ties as the Republican candidate.
Mr.. Murdock referred TO Mr.. Phelans
remarks concerning the charter, and said
| in many instances he had offered gratui
tous insults to the Republican party,
especially after the charter was held to
be constitutional by the Supreme Court,
when he asserted through the columns of
an evening paper that after a battle it
was always necessary to look out for the
dead and wounded. In the charter battle,
| Phelan had said. the dead and wounded
| would be found in the Republican camp.
THAT was a barefaced insult to every
| Republican in the CITY," said Mr. Muir
dock. In reference to the charges made
against Mr.. Davis for having held a con-
sultation with Martin Kelly, the speaker
said:
Our enemies have been driven to such
straits that they have been forced to
make mountain out Of a mOlehllL They
have accredited him with improper mo-
tiYeS because he was willing to meet and
talk with a Republican who had fought
a battle and lost. Horace Davis is
conscientious and thorough Republican,
and he will not kick a man because he Is
down. Nothing more need be said
Colonel L. V. Eddy was the first of the
list of orators to address the audience.
He said that the Democratic cry that
this was a campaign of home rule was
the cheap claptrap of a demagogue.
THAT is strong language, said the
speaker, but unlike Mr.. Phelan do not
intend to apologize for it. San Francisco
has always had home rule This is not
a campaign where the watchword is
| home rule, but the question is, VINO shall
rule? The claim OF Mr.. Phelan ana
/ ~
! originators and virtual parents OF the
charter is the cheap claptrap OF pair OF
| demagogues.
| Hon. Horace Davis as a citizen, as
| business man and friend of labor. lie
! placed special stress on Mr. DAVIS hgnt
| against Chinese immigra ton. AND TINS
! is the man that political demagoSue
called a traitor. He claimed afterWard
| that he was hasty; but | assert now that
when Mr.. Phelan applied that word 10
| Mr.. Davis he did it purpOSely and pre-
meditatedly and he did it because he was
angry-angry because he was opposed Tor
the Office by man who had the moral
| courage to stand fairly and Squarely on
/ the platform of his party.
"Phelan couiu not let his convention in
dorse the national Democratic platform
because he expected to gain few Repuo-
lican votes That is what | call false pre-
lenses. If there was a law on the statutes
| against false pretenseS in politics we
| could convict James d. Phelan tonight.
| Republican votes elected him last year,
but this year false pretenses will not go:
Horace Davis was not born with a silver
spoon in his mouth. He gained every dol
lar of his fortune by his own labor and
energy. After he came to California he
can citizen can do-and that is to raise
| family. That is the kind of candidate we
| present you. l need not draw comparI-
sons with the candidate on the other side
''The people will teach Mr.. Phelan on
the 7th of November that when he at
i tempts to vilify for political reasons one
| of our foremost citizens they will not
| stand for it. When Horace Davis is
| elected Mayor the people will be able to
get in to see him without a pass"
Colonel Eddy reviewed the entire Re-
publican ticket, asserting that it was not
necessary to throw mud in order to elect
| them. Cheers greeted the speaker at the
conclusion of his address, when he gave
way to Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker of New
| Jersey. Mr.. Schoonmaker said:
''The Democrats claim that this is
| non-partisan campaign and for that rea-
son they ask the Republicans to vote the
! Democratic ticket. Hon. Horace Davis Is
| in every way the equal and in many par
! ticulars the superior of James d. Phelan
| The only hope of the Democrats is that
| Republicans become non-partiSan while
| Democrats remain partisan. If the fun
| vote of the Republican party is given to
! Hon Horace Davis he will be the next
| Mayor of this city. The new Mayor of
! San Francisco will have the appointment
! of nearly 5000 off1ce-holders. That vast