The San Francisco call., 1901-11-01
EXTENDS WARM WELCOME.
Audience Waits Three Hours for Fav-
oTite Candidate


Tobin's strength in the Thirtieth Dis
trict was shown last night to great ad-
vantage. The meeting at the San Fran
cisco Athletic Club, Sixth and Shipley
streets, was called to order shortly after 8
o'clock. 1t was nearly II o'clock before
Tobin arrived. The crowd, which had as
sembled early, remained until he ap-
peared and its greeting was as warm and
significant a tribute to his popularity as
any candidate could wish. No other can
didates appeared at the meeting. Colonel
T. F. Barry performed the remarkable
feat Of talking for two and half hours
and was still on his feet when Tobin ar
rived.
When the cheers of greeting had sub
sided the candidate for Mayor spoke as
follows:
Mr.; Chairman and Gentlemen: I want to
thank all you gentlemen for waiting here so
long, but 1t has not been my fault I have
been going around town and visiting all points
Of the city and it has delayed me until this
late hour.
The issue in this campaign has been present.
ed here so often and by many speakers it
time The proposition is, gentlemen what has
the present city government done for the peo-
pie in this part of town that should re-
turn here now and claim your vote? 1 want to
read to you the ordinances that have been
passed by the Board of Supervisors and in re-
turn for that ask you at this time
before casting your votes to consider what we
have done for you We have fixed the wages
of janitors in the City Hall at 81 so per day.
This was passed unanimously by the present
Board of Supervisors. (Applause.) We have
fixed the Allied Printing Trades stamp to all
stationery as guarantee of fair hours and
wages. This done unanimously by the
present Board of Supervisors. We have en-
forced the eight-hour law of the charter on
all city work. and all sub-contracts. This
was done by the present Board of Supervisors
permitted street advertising by the labor unions
for the reason that the unions could not af-
ford newspaper rates. We have fixed the rate
Of car fare for school children at 21s cents
This was done by the present Board of Su-
pervisors
Now, gentlemen, as counter balance for
that, offset to that, what has either of
the other parties done for you? What ordf-
nance have they passed-piaced upon the books
that in any way benefits any laboring man :?
In what way have they alleviated, as far as
statutory law is concerned, the condition of one
point to our record. We show you what we have
done. We do not simply say we will do this
we promise to DO this-but we say we have done
this That is the difference, gentlemen Re-
member it. (Applause) And, gentlemen We
have not one set of arguments for this part of
part Of town We have represented the entire
city of San Francisco. The taxes that have
been collected have been collected south of Mar
ket street as well north of Market street
and. in the distribution of those taxes south oS
Market street has shared just as fairly as north
Of Market street We have placed south of
Market street, on Third street, the cluster
lamps that we have placed on Market street
We have decreased the water rates south of
Market street just have done throughout
the balance Of the city. We have lowered the
rates Of taxation south Of Market street Just as