The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-21
TOBIN IS
HERE FOR
A REST
Defeated Candi-
date Talks of His
Fight.
WHY SCHMITZ
WON THE RACE
Recent Strike Was a Factor in
Winning Votes for Labor
Nominee.
VosEPH sADoc ToB1N. director

OoEEh SAOOC IOBlN, director
and attorney Of the Hibernia bank
~ of San Francisco, and the defeat
ed candidate on the straight Demo-
cratic ticket for the mayoralty of San
Francisco, arrived yesterday in the
Sierra accompanied by Mrs TobIn, one
of the leading society women of the Bay
City. They are for the present the
guests of w. w. Dimond and Harry
Dimond at Niu, near Koko Head, where
Mr.. Tobin will recuperate from the ef-
fects of his recent campaigning. Mrs
Tobin is the sister of the Dimond broth
ers and daughter of the late General
Dimond, Mr.. and Mrs Tobin are famil-
lar figures in San Francisco society
circles and at Burlinghame soeiety's
country recreation retreat.
In an interview last evening Mr.
esting account OF the part he played in
the three-cornered fight for the mayor
ship of San Francisco. He smilingly
said he went into the fight as a forlorn
hope after many others had refused to
enter the race, feeling that the pres
ence of a labor candidate, who was
certain to draw a large percentage OF
the Democratic vote, would give very
little opportunity to the straight ticket
to win the battle.
THE Labor Party ticket took up
eighty per cent of the vote. The vote
Of the Labor Party was the registering
OF a protest in the ballot box of the
attitude of the organized labor element
of the former previous 70 and during
the last strike. When 1t was announced
that the labor organizations would put
a candidate in the field it was known
that the vote would show to the en-
ployers that the labor element must be
treated with fairness. The employers
refused to enter into negotiations with
he labor unions. and the latter desired
TO show that they were a factor in our
politics that had 10 be counted on. The
'eSuit shows they were right.
We figured that about fifty per cent
# the vote I received was from the
)etter element Of the Republican par
y, the rest was straight Democratic
Seventy-five per cent of the Labor
Party vote was Democratic.
81 fully understood at the time I ran
or the office that it was forlorn hope.
20 one wanted to take the nomination.
had declined the nomination, but they
inally insisted that I should go on
he ticket. and like a patriotic, dutiful
itizen, did so. I was told that I must
Of nn oft nd
elp in the fight for reform. 1t was
n interesting phase of life TO me-
outside of once running for the office OF
upervisor, 1 was never a candidate.
'efore I went into the campaign I am
ertain I was rather a poor speaker.
ut I don't regret going out every night
0r weeks, speaking several times IN
ne night, for il gave me a confidence
J myself that is well worth all the
ardships. all the time and money
Dent, and the experience, well II was
valuable lesson. The press OF the city
as very fair toward me.
"Schnlitz has given no definite politi-
al promises, except in two instances:
ne Of these was that he would remove
hief Sullivan as head Of the police
apartment. Death interviewed, how
yer, and Schmitz is relieved of this
romise The other was that in case
{ a strike he would not allow police TO
de on the trucks and that the power
f the city could not be used for the
Employers against the employed as in
ne recent strike"
lIr. Tobin is yet a young man, hav-
X just reached his thirty-thiTd year.
lie is making his first visit 10 Hawaii
nd his first impressions have charmed
i'm He was most impressed by the
eight Of the mountains, having
naGined them 70 be low. Mr.. and Mrs.
obin win remain in Honolulu until
december 10 when they VIII leave for
an Francisco in the SOnoma.