The San Francisco call., 1901-10-25
THE DANGER TO SAN FRANCISCO.

A the municipal campaign progresses it be-
~ comes more and more evident that if the gen
eral vote of the city be divided between the
Mayoraty candidates of the regular parties there
is danger the next Mayor of San Francisco will be the
candidate who was nominated to represent a single
clement of the people and the peculiar class spirit by
which that element is for time at least dominated
1t will be remembered that the men who nomi-
mated Mr.. Schritz did so during the excitement at
tending the labor strikes, and that the movement
an outcome of discomfort with the use of the police
to preserve the peace If that candidate be elected
the agtators the denagogues and all the disturbing
elements of the community will undoubtedly look
upon the result victory for themselves and will
be encouraged to enter upon new disturbances 1t
matters not that Mr. Schmitz himself is a conserva-
tive and excellent The position he holds the
nominee of the class party makes him representative
of that spirit, and it will be to break out with
renewed turbulence if he be elected.
Such being the it behooves the people of San
Francisco to unite upon one or the other of the two
regular candidates Ordinarily it would be difficult
to effect such union, for Republicans do not will
ingy support Democrats nor Democrats Republi-
cans, but in this instance the choice has been smp
fed to such degree that intelligent will have
no difficulty in making it. The candidate who holds
the Mayoralty nomination on the Republican ticket
is in the choice of the Republican party.
His nomination was dictated by the two Democratic
bosses of the Southern Pacific Railroad Jere Burke
and w. F. Herrin OF that there is no dispute. In
fact, Mr.. Wells himself has frankly admitted seeing
Herrin about nominations for Supervisor and in
several interviews has spoken of Herrn's control of
the situation quite matter OF course.
The statements made by Wells and other facts
brought since the opening of the campaign have
dsgusted only the independent voters of the city
but thousands of starch Republicans we'll 1t
would therefore be useless to attempt to rally them
to support him against the class candidate. The ut
most that he do is hold the vote which is sub
ect to the corporations and their allies among the
political bosses With all fairness to Mr.. Wells it
may be said that whatever personal strength he had
before he nominated has been lost largely
through his own words and actions since the nomna-
ton. He now stands before the people as nothing
more than the nominee of Burke and Herrin
1t is therefore to the Democratic candidate Mr..
Tobn, that the better elements of the city look
for-1eadership in this fight. Fortunately there is no
party principle nor partisan policy involved in
the issue The most stawart of Republicans can sup
port Mr. Tobin without in any way giving an
implied support to political doctrines opposed to Re
publicansm The contest is purely local; there is
nothing stake except the welfare of the city. The
question is the plain and simple Shall the peo-
pie of San Francisco admit class politics, class
tagonsms and class prejudices into the municipal ad
ministraton?
Mr.. Tobin obtained his nomination without making
pledges. He did not seek it. He accepted it only
because he recognized that it part of his civic
duty San Francisco if the voters desire him
to do So He will enter office under obligations to no
of bosses or corporations. He will represent
class clique, but the whole community. Those
facts well understood and after careful
of the situation assured that the only to
whom the independent vote be drawn is Mr..
Tobin. Such being the case, we advise Republicans
support him. 1t is the only way of making of
defeating the class candidate.