The San Francisco call., 1901-11-07

OSEPH s. TOBIN, as becomes the
man that made the cleanest fight
the. local political arena ever saw. Is
OJJ a game loser. He does not make
pretense of any particular delight
at the result of the three-cornered race
for the chief executives chair, but there
is no sign of Grape about his chambers
IN the Hibernia Bank building.
He went into the fight because it seemed
TO him his duty. He accepted the NOM
ination for Mayor not to crafty the am
bition Of Joseph S. Tobin. Supervisor, put
to fulfill the obligation owed the commu-
nifty by Joseph S. Tobin, citizen
He entered the contest for the sake Of
San Francisco and not for the purpose Of
any self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. He thought he
saw in his selection as a candidate an op-
portunity to do something for the better
ment of the little world to which he owes
his present prosperity.
The election returns told him that San
Francisco agreed with him that the petty
pilfering of professional politicians, the
domination of the bosses and the rapa-
cious greed of corrupt corporations would
no longer be tolerated. But they also told
him that the people had decided to try
Eugene z. SchmiIz instead of Joseph S..
Tobin TO administer the new order of af-
fairs.
1t was for the people he had made the
fight and to the verdict of the people he
bows gracefully. He made no enemies
during his canvass.
Hired Traducers.
He was attacked in several instances,
but the attacks were so evidently the
work of hired traducers that in looking
back over the campaign he finds too
much pleasure in the genuine friendships
with which its labors were Hghtened to
remember the boughten yelps with which
canine kennel punctuated the campaign
Tobin turned his attention to his own
ffrTr IL
ton was assured and yesterday morning
bright and early he was at his desk in
his law office.
"Wen, I'm glad we beat the corpor-
ations anyway he said yesterday
'Schmitz has got a great opportunity and
for San Francisco's sake hope and think
he viii make the most of it. Anything
but Wells and what stood behind him.
In response TO a request for an after
the-battle statement, Supervisor Tobin
expressed himself as follows:
"Let Us Forget Bitterness
"A defeated candidate is not as a rule
the most cheerful of prophets. With me.
think, it is otherwise. Those of our of
flcials who have been reelected enjoy our
confidence; those who are as yet strang-
ers TO public life will not, / am sure be-
tray their trust. Cooperation is the very
essence Of success. The antagonfsms of
political warfare will, 1 am confident.
forthwith fade away and all good citizens
VIII respond to the promptings of civic
Nothing can be accomplished in bitter
ness, in strife or in jealousy. Let all this
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Returns two Indictments.
FRESNO, Nov. e.-Judge WeIborn and
court officials arrived from Los Angeles
last night to hold Federal court session
to-day, closing the May term. and com-
mencing the new term next Monday Two
indictments were presented by the Grand
Jury, one against Sheepherder John Big
gOtt for setting fires in the Sierra forest
reserve in Kern County and the other
against Mabel Smith of this city for send
ing through the mails an indecent letter
to q Los Angeleno.
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