The San Francisco call., 1901-10-30

them honest is an absurd argument Ihose
discharged their duty. to you. gentlemen,
IN lowering your taxes, in extending your pound
limits and In great many other ways, ana
do not forget, gentlemen, when II comes the
proper time to cast your vote-do not forget,
gentlemen that you owe soef1nag tbas foo oo ene
and nothing p1a to > the other two parties which
claim your vote. (Applause)
At Fourth avenue and Clement streets
an enthusiastic audience awaited the can
didate for Mayor, who spoke as follows:
Keynote Of Campaign.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies' and Gentlemen: There
is neither Democracy nor Republicamsn IN @ tne
operation and control of the Neary-street fran- ran
chise. That is the keynote of this campaign l,
have come here this evening to adoaess ore 10y y4u'
not the representative OF politlcal pay,
but as a citizen desirous of effeeting something
for the better government of san Francesca.
You people In the outlying districts 20 Oh osl Sah
perity and growth. The suburbs OF san ran. s+
cisco for their future prosperity are oepehaenl i
upon an increase of population, and If the gov
ernment of San Francisco Is such tnat tne
water rates higher, the facilities 1or Iisnt-
ing ppon,;lstion viii he sent to Oakland Ala
media, to San Mateo and elsewhere.
There is one question that has already peen
solved to a great extent and that is as 10
the closing of the cemeteries 1t was not
solved until after long. struggle. In that
issue of good citizenship? Was there anything
of Democracy or Republicanism in that? IL
was simply question of the better govern
nnent of San Francisco of the increased ia
cilities for ingress and egress to San Fran
cisco from this part of the peninsula II was
the question of removing a bulwark which pre-
vented the proper growth of San francisco IN
this direction, and. gentlemen, remember that
the present Board OF SUPERVISORS solyea tnai ma,
attended there through your representatives,
presented your case, and upon the evidence
submitted the case was decided In your favor.
No Boss Influence.
Remember that this Board of Supervisors
S11h1a 1actf fO no T1Ui1 W. fhImh
corporation, was Influenced by no boss. 1t was
simply an honest aggregation of honest men,
and that is the issue again presented to you
in this campaign. (Applause.)
The leading representative upon the Repub-
present Board Of Supervisors was the best
board that San Francisco has ever seen. He
said that a few months ago in the Palace
that now, which an honest statement and
a truthful statement, in explanation of that
now he says that they were honest because
the charter made them honest. Gentlemen.
you know that this cannot be so. Men are
& s 0s 5u fn the Of fhs % 1sw
they have honest hearts and honest characters.
You know that no matter If you piled the
statute books mountains high you cannot make
one honest man
Wells Argument Puerile.
The argument that the present Board of
Supervisors was honest because the char
ter made them honest is puerile and su-
Republican ticket said that this the best
Board of Supervisors ever had he did not
then contemplate the fact that he would prob
ably meet them upon the stump. He is now
endeavoring to explain away an honest state
too late. He has SPOKEN the ~ truth, and YOU
gentlemen, Will profit by his advice, take him
at his word. and vote for that Board of Su-
pervisors again (Applause)
The Geary-street franchise, he also says, is
not question for decision at this time-that
the people will decide it hereafter; that he is
willing to leave 1t to the people Well, gentle
men, why not submit 1t to the people now?
(Applause.) Let submit 1t at this election.
subject let him state 1t now upon the stump
and let the people decide upon the 5th of No
Vember whether he is right or wrong He is
afraid to meet the issue. He says the charter
does not compel him to meet the issue. 1 say
the charter does compel him to meet the issue.
The charter is pledged to the acquisition and
ownership OF public utilities. You, gentlemen,
every man Of you who voted for the charter of
made that charter its fundamental law pledged
his citizenship that the acquisition and control
of public utilities was a good thing for the city
| and county Of San Francisco.
Submit It Now.
And If the opposing candidate wants to sub
nit 1t to the vote Of the people of the city and
county Of San Francisco. now is the time to
! do it. We won't wait for another election; let
The Democratic platform has taken the stand
that the acquisition and control of the Geary
street franchise is a good thing for the city.
The Republican platform ignores 1t and re-
pudiates it. You. gentlemen, from this dis
| trict, sent letter to the Republican conyen-
ton asking them to put a plank in the plat
| form pledging the party to the acquisition and
control of the Geary street franchise and the
letter was ignored and thrown aside. Gentle
! men, issue like this must be met. If you
nominate. If you elect men who are indf-
| ferent| won't say opposed, but merely say
indifferent-to the acquisition and control of the
/ Geary street franchise once they get in office
they will balk you and you never submit
it to the vote Of the people at the next munich
| pal election. They will take advantage OF
every techncality they will take advantage OF
| every resource that the law affords them, and
under the advice of astute corporation coun-
/ sci those resources, those subterfuges, will be
/ many.
| That question will never be submitted to Won
/ If you elect men who upon the stump say al
this time that this question is not an issue
( whereas the charter says that the citizens OF
| San Francisco are committed to the acquisi-
ton Of public utilities.
We submit to you that stand for the fun
damental law as we find H. We meet the is
| tied to your suffrages in preference to those
who have not only failed to meet the issue but
when confronted with it have stepped aside
and ignored It. Gentlemen, thank you. (Ap-
plause.(
The meeting at Saratoga Hall was prob
ably one of the most enthusiastic of the
| campaign. The audience greeted Tobin
vigorous address every man rose to his
feet and cheered the candidate. The au-
dience was representative of the best
class Of local citizenship. There were men
| of every political faith and from every
walk of life, all inspired with the same
| spirit that has been the keynote of To-
bins entire campaign. The candidate
! spoke as follows:
A Business Proposition.
Mr.. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen: de-
sire to thank you for the cordiality of this re-
/ ception and to apologize for having delayed
| the meeting to such a late hour. have beer
! compelled to go to various places in the city
| and have been unable to get here sooner.
] endeavoring, ladies and gentlemen, tc
eonfine the issue in this campaign to princi-
| pally proposition. That point has beer
raised often and your attention has beer
directed to 1t often that 1t is not for me
to repeat 1t now. 1t is simply for to re-
iterate IT for a moment. simply to state that
1T is a business proposition. 1t is the proper
government of your own household With you
all, ladies and gentlemen, municipal govern
ment consists in each man taking proper care
Of his own domestic circle keeping in proper
order his own household Local questions are
the only questions presented in this campaign
The object of every citizen who votes at this
| election is or should be the future prosperity
! the future improvement and the future beauti.
flying and keeping clean Of the city and county
OF San Francisco.
Issue a Serious One.
In days gone by. ladies and gentlemen Sar
! Francisco suffered many a setback due tc Do
litcal agitation, to economic agitation, to labo,
! agitation. In the days of 1878 we were con
fronted by agitation which delayed and OBJ
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