The San Francisco call., 1901-10-30
4T0BIN CONTINUES To INSPIRE
THE PUBLIC WITH CONFIDENCE
IN A VICTORY FOR HIS CAUSE
Addresses Three Enthusiastic Meetings in Widely
Separated Districts and Gains for the Side
of Honest Government Hundreds of Supporters

II enthusiasm during campaign is
any criterion to support in the vot-
ing booth, the election Of Joseph 5.
III nObin to the chief magistracy of San
Francisco is assured. In whatever
district the Democratic candidate Tor
Mayor has appeared TO whatever class OF
audience he has spoken, the result has
always been the same. He has appeared
before audiences coldly critical, he has
appeared before audiences prepared to rid
icuIe him. In every instance his frank,
straight-from- m-the-shoulder, businesslike
manner Of discussing the issues Of the
campaign and stating his attitude toward
them has turned criticism to open adrnlra-
ton and ridicule to warmest praise.
Conservative business men have become
infused with the candidates enthusiastic
advocacy of things honest and clean. He
has inspired the workingmen with be-
lief in the sincerity Of his declarations.
He has made friends wherever he has ap-
peared. among men of all classes and OF
every shade of political belief and as the
campaign progresses he is making more
friends for himself and the cause OF clean,
honest, businesslike city government
Tobin spent yesterday in a vigorous can
vass of the business districts. He was
at the Builders Association on Bush street
and at the Builders Exchange on the cor
ner of New Montgomery and Mission
p streets During the afternoon he made
the round of the insurance offices and last
evening addressed three enthusiastic
meetings in three widely separated dis
He spoke first at Masonic Hall, Four
teenth street and Railroad avenue. In
spite of the fact that the two other polit-
ical meetings were advertised in the same
district and that he had appeared but a
few evenings before in this same hall,
there was an enthusiastic audience await
ing him Richmond Hail. on Fourth av
enue and Clement street, was crowded to
the doors and at Saratoga Hall, SIS Geary
street, where he spoke last, his reception
was such as has been accorded to no
other candidate during the campaign
His address at Masonic Hall was as
follows:
keystone Of Constitutional Arch.
Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: From
are born free and equal % this country sprang
into existence. Consider the words, ladies and
gentlemen; they are not some men," a par
ticular class and proportion, particular caste
OF society, but the words are 'Au men are
the arch, the constitutional arch upon which
this country rests. % All men are born free and
equal" In this city to-day, ladies and gen.
tlemen, there is q ticket appealing 10 you for
votes which is In direct contradiction. in direct
opposition to that principle The theory upon
which that ticket is based is that all men are
not free and equal; that all men are not equal,
because in making their nominations for office
societT i1ecause some men are ft TO be IInon
this ticket, because they occupy particular po-
SltlOn upon the stage OF lie. Other men are not
mt TO be upon this ticket, not because they are
not honest men, not because they are not hon
orable men, not because they are not good citi-
zens but simply because they do not belong
TO that caste Of society.
Gentlemen, remember It we'll When the Dec
laration Of Independence was signed the men
who created this country said, 9.AlI men are
equal When the Labor Union ticket was
ticket said TO the citizens of San Francisco,
All men are not equal" That some men have
right to official positions in this city and in
rF
not, though they pay their taxes. Though they
discharge their duties citizens in every re-
eminent Of this country because they do not
belong TO a particular caste Of society.
Issue That Confronted Forefathers
Gentlemen, the greatest conflict through
which this country ever passed was in defense
OF the proposition that all men are born free
and equal The blood of this country was
shed in torrents, the money Of this country
poured out in avalanche the citizens
Of this country piled their skulls mountain
high upon the valley OF the Mississippi and
defense of the proposition that ''aIl men are
born free and equal. Abraham Lincoln one
Of our martyred Presidents gave up his life
in defense Of the proposition that all men are
equal
Gentlemen, the issue confronts you today q,
it confronted our forefathers when they stood
upon the field Of battle with their bayonets
fixed IN the face Of their brother foe. The
same proposition exactly confronts you now
Il confronts you in another FORM but II Is
there 3ust the same I say to you any ticket
up OF a distinct class of society Of a distinct
clique IN society, is an un-American ticket Il
Is not based upon American principles; IL Is
not naaeo upon the principles that actuated
our forefathers. who laid the cornerstone OF
this country. IApplause.)
Gentlemen, this may appear to you to be 3
Iaise Issue. but 90 not mistake It. Every think
ing man viii speak to you I have spoken tc
you: II this country is TO become the battle
field upon which the classes will meet in DO
litical conflict, one party representing one ele-
ment Of society, another party representins
society. &
bound TO result in the destruction and the dis.
lntegraton Of the greatest democracy that has
ever existed. The only danger, the oniv nos
sible rock upon which the ship Of state ma,
eSsee s,+ = r1,e Possiniiy OF conflict between
20 you as honest, patriotic citizens simply be.
cause Il represents one distinct class of societ,
makes 70 you false appeal, makes TO you ar
appeal TO which you should turn a deaf ear
more particularly in the case of an election
government consists simply in keeping n
proper order our own household 1t is a,
nsrfss1 eSF1estlc a &c aIIair It Is as much an un
own cottage or your own house
Were Given Fair Hearing.
Why should you people here in the outlyine
q elserlctS vote doE one ticket more than another.
san francisco owes debt of gratitude to th[
Democratic party (applause) for the sirnnle rea
taxes to 81 o. on every 800 Now. eentienen e1l'
remember that when you get your tax bills
Every man who pays taxes in the CITY anf
county Of San Francisco will find that b,s +as
bill this year is reduced exactly SO MANI @ doI
lars or so many cents as the case NAV he 80
after all, ladies and gentlemen nunicfpaI' gov
ernment is case-nothing more-of dollars and
cents Remember when you get your tax bill,
that your taxes have been reduced NV ~
Democratic party for the last two wears anC
as men who are willing to repay a debt n
gratitude which they owe to officials who nav,
made that reduction, you are bound TO vot,
for the Democratic party. (Applausel Re
member another thing: These things NAV an
peal TO you Remember that when the me,
from the outlying districts appeared before m.
Board Of Supervisors and asked to have tn,
pound limits extended to the county line the,
We're given fair hearing. They were allowed
to present their proofs, and don't forget pen
temen, that in the face of that hearing ana II
the face Of the presentation of your proofs anf
Your evidence a pull was exerted against Won
the same pull which has proven so potent Whe1
exerted in other Boards of Supervisors Blu
that pull was powerless in this board as pow
erless as every other pull that has been ex
erted in that board. Your case was decided
upon It's merits. and upon its merits il was de
cided IN your favor.
The candidate upon the Republican ticke
said a few months ago that this is the bes
Board OF Supervisors that has ever existed IL
San Francisco. Gentlemen. remember that Il
the testimony Of the leading candidate upor
the opposing ticket. But now he comes ou
and says that the this board was bet
9TH h0ar ri was hacor