The San Francisco call., 1901-11-01
Leaders Defend Schmitz.


each side in the controversy over the rec
ord of Eugene E. Schmitz as a union man.
The Iron Trades Council has issued a
statement defending the candidate against
the charge of patronizing non-union foun-
dries and repeating the assertion that his
transactions met with the approval Of the
union officials. The executive committee
of the Steam and Hot Water Filters and
Helpers and the officers of the Boiler
makers and Iron-ship Builders Union de-
clare that the two members of those
unions who made the charges against
Schmitz did so in a personal capacity
only.
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officer asked those in the rear of the hall
to take seats in front. Harris delivered a
long speech, ignoring the local political
issues.
Pending the arrival of Wells speeches
were made by ]. w. Offerman, Arthur G.
Fisk George Alpers, e. Myron Wolf, j.
M. wilkins and f. P. Haynes.
Wells Jollies Young Men.
When Wells arrived he was greeted
with shrill whistles by the hoodlums in
the gallery and scant applause was given
by the voters who sat in the body of the
hall. The candidate did not refer to the
issues of the election, but told those pres
ent that he had known-their fathers and
that they might all be rich some. day and
become Mayors of San Francisco. Wells
spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen. Fellow Republicans:
stand before you this evening your candi-
date for Mayor; am the representative of the
Republican party for this campaign at the head
of the ticket. Should you elect me- / trust
that you will never regret it. Whatever they
may say am an independent man and l shall
honest, upright way, the same 1 would
should it be in my private business. am glad
TO see so many young men here this evening.
say to you that all that have ever done
for myself I have done in this vicinity. Every
dollar that 1 have made 1 have made honestly.
employed men in this vicinity for many years
and l have yet to hear of one complaint from
those whom have employed and some of them
worked for me for more than thirty-fve years.
I always upheld large wages. 1 paid the same
wages to my men year ago when 1 closed my
when, you know, profits very much
larger and the men worked more hours but
men that worked for me. always took an in
terest in them. l assisted them in making their
investments; in procuring their own homes and
their settling around them friends that have
families have grown up when they worked for
me: their children have been educated and
some of them married, and l their faith
ers married also while at work for If, as
anybody says. 1 have ever been unfriendly to
the workfngmen, can say that that Is not So.
You don't hear me going around from place to
place talking to the poor workingmen. 1 as
sure you. my friends, that know of no class so
Independent who travel around the world
If they shall, comfortably, and enjoy them
selves-nobody, 1 say, so Independent as a
skilled workman: 1 say this because many
here that think workmen and think are
in sympathy with what I say; and I can say
to you further, my friends, there is none of YOU
but what is just likely-whose prospects are
Just as good Of your being wealthy and being
Mayor OF this city, as l when 1 was of
your age Now, my friends, I don't know as
there is any great question you want to hear
from from me. All of the issues have been
talked over as they have been referred to in
the papers, l can see nothing that requires any
great discussion and that you care for, more
than that the affairs of the city in which your
interests are are in safe hands; that 1 am un-
der no obligation to any man-any corporation
or anybody whose interests are different from
yours l thank you for this reception
Favors Mission Railroad Tracks.
The Republican meeting in the Thirty
fourth District was held in the Mission
Opera-house, Mission street. near Seven
teenth, and 1t was doleful affair. Every
one was glad to get home as soon as
The hall was far from being filled and a
number of boys sat In the front chairs
and guyed the. speakers with cries of
l. ]. Truman presided and speeches
were made by John Lackmann, Percy
Beamish, ]. s. Nyland. Clifford McLei-
land, Charles A. Low w. H. George ].
M. Wilkins, Arthur G. Fisk and Senator
Burnett.
When Wells appeared the band played
in order to help out the welcome and the
candidate for Mayor at once started to
talk on the question Of the removal of the
Mission railroad tracks. In one breath he
said that he Favored the removal of the
tracks and in the next contradicted him.
self by telling how convenient it was to
leave a train at Valencia street and in
sisting that the voters would surely not
ask that the tracks be removed.
The speech in which Wells favored the
retention Of the tracks was as follows:
Laofes and Gentlemen: I don't intend to say
very much They say that 1 talk too much.
1 appear before you as your candidate for
Mayor and as the representative of the Repub-
lican party and at the head of this munich
pal ticket. 1 don't know what 1 can say to
you that would be new in the matter of poll
tics or to announce my intended administration
in case should be elected. For this vicinity
I have recently heard that you had a great
question here. The papers, according to an
Interview that they had with the candidate
for Mayor was in favor Of doing a great
wrong in the matter of the railroad tracks
From that interview do not see how such a
story could be formulated, but it was, all the
came. 1 said to that committee which came
to visit me, which I afterward found was
anything for the people in the matter Of those
tracks. That was certainly not what / did
say. On the contrary, l tried to impress upon
that committee the fact that whatever the
people wished in that matter, and If I could
be Of any assistance to them, 1 would certa inly
put forth my best efforts.
To be criticized about a question of that
kind and in the matter of a few minutes It
was pretty hard for me at least to decide what
would be the best, or even what they wanted
II Is no doubt time that those heavy trains
should be taken off the tracks through the
Mission. have thought so for several years
but would you yourselves wish to nave the
passenger trains, or at least some of them
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