The San Francisco call., 1901-11-01

we have done throughout the balance Of the
city. . +,,i-
is not a class issue; this is an issue of GOOD
citizenship. Every man that pays taxes IN
the city and county OF san Franclsc9 ot-aSy na
perienced men in the City Hall. (Appiause.)
/ ask every man when he goes to the window
of the Tax Collector at the end of this month
or the beginning of next month to get his tax
bill to look into the difference between ms
taxes this year and his ms taxes +an naS bs has ever
paid before. That difference, In oolIars ana
cents represents clean government repre-
sents honesty in public life. 1t represents In
dependence and, gentlemen, that is what we
want We do not care about RepuDl1can1sm or
Democracy or labor unionism as an issue. w nat m
us? Gentlemen, I refer you to your tax DILL
Consider that That is a tangible fact upon
which you can base a reasonable conclusion ana
by which you may be guided in casting your
vote
After all. gentlemen, there is nothing In.
yolyed in this election in the way OF political
economy or anything Of that sort. 1t is sim
ply a matter of each man taking care OF his
own house and seeing that his own house IS
kent in order and thereby and judging there
from and reasoning therefrom that the en-
tire city is kept in order. that the streets are
kept clean; that the taxes are lowered; tnat
the corporations get much as is coming
them and not cent more.
That is all. gentlemen. Let us not talk
about anything else. Let us judge this thing
as business men. as taxpayers, as men who
are Interested in the welfare of the city. Let
do do not not want to talk about Republican princi-
pies and Democratic principles and all that
sort of thing. 1t is not involved in this cleo
ton at all. Why gentlemen, the only reason
that we have election at all is to improve
the condition of the city; to put good men In
office And if you elect man simply because
he has the label of an old party what is the
llse of having an election? You want to get
good men in office, honest men in of1ce-nen
that you know will not be subject TO pripes
by corporations and cannot be controlled py
bosses. (Applause.)
Gentlemen / want to talk to you just as
have talked to everybody else in this city
whom / have met. 1 have endeavored to i'm
press upon them that this is neither a per-
sonal issue nor a political issue nor q time
that he may have against another. 1t is a
time simply for men to say, Now, here who
fs going to do the work Of the city honestly
and conscientiousy If he gets In the City
What is going to be done with the money that
mt in the City Hall in the shape of taxes
IN the coming twelve months? This is the only
question gentlemen. Let US not talk Of any
thing else and get off on all sorts of questions
of political economy, labor unionism and the
After all It is a question of what is going
TO be done with your money when 1t is put in
the hands of the city for the coming twenty
four months What guarantee have you got
city your money that is received by the
city will be distributed for the benefit of every
man in this audience? Let US get down. to that
finally and ultimately, because that Is the only
question to be decided. If the nominees upon
the Republican ticket or the Labor Union ticket
sonable, as unanswerable as that given you
by the Democratic ticket that they will dis
charge their duties as we'll and that they have
the experience to discharge them well, that