The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

and again in the course of this campaign, and
/ repeat it now, this is not a political issue;
It IS business issue Every man who has his
property in San Francisco who has his chill
this campaign. not as political partisan, but
as man and citizen interested in the welfare
OF San Francisco. Applause)
l have gone about during the past few weeks.
and it has been to me liberal education. I
have gone about among all the classes, all the
professions and all the grades of society; and,
while the interviews that l have had have been
more than encouraging to me politically. they
have been a source of honest pride to me in
another respect. Almost every man that
have met when he has been interrogated as
to his political leanings has replied: In ma
tional affairs l am Democrat or II am a
Republican" as the case may be- but in mu-
ncipal life L consider who is the honest man
the influence OF corporate aggression CAP
piause.) l say. gentlemen. that is a source of
pride to me and should be source of pride
TO each one of US. 1t shows that the seed that
has been sown is bearing fruit. that men no
longer look upon their ticket to find the dis
they look for the distinctive mark Of honesty
or dishonesty. (Cheers.) AS l have Travelled
from place to place in the city Of Sam Fran
cisco it makes no difference whether the man
tended veins and set muscles or whether he
worked in the heated shop. whether he sat
at a merchants desk, the invariable reply has
been. I'VE want practical business men in
any pledge. men that we know do not owe their
nominations to the influence of corporal tions or
reputation they bear as men. free. independent
and honest"
Ladies and Gentlemen: I am in this fight to
win (Cheers.) 1 am in this fight to work to
win. I hope to win by all honorable. manly
means But IL to win I must descend to per-
sonalities: If to win / must pledge my honor
TO get votes; If to win 1 must bow my neck to
a corporation power; if to win 1 must forfeit
my place as an honest reputable citizen-then
in the words of that great warrior Of civic
virtue. that great political leader Samuel ].
Tilden if that be the cost. gentlemen, then let
my plundered fellow citizens. Great cheer
inE( 1 shall win, but not at such cost. 1
or the respect that any man in the audience
had for me when l started this campaign. Gap
plause) And, ladies and gentlemen, If 1 do
such an audience as this. and if 1 have in any
way abused the trust that you have placed in
me; if l have betrayed my honor as citizen;
II l have sold myself to a corporation; If
nave cast my honor before a boss-then. ladies
and gentlemen, 1 hope you will rise up and
hall; (Round after round of cheers for Tobin,
the audience rising to their feet)
The chairrnan-well. you have heard the next
Mayor Now, ladies and gentlemen what do
You think of him? (Renewed cheering) He
talked like a man from the shoes up didn't
heE CCheers and cries of You betrO You
didn't see any of the English dude about him
That gentleman talks like man. He is an
afraid of tumbling off horse and breaking his
neck playing polo and having somebody say he
Is English for doing it. would rather see him
playing polo on the back of a mustang than
standing on the corner smoking cigarettes. 1t
is a manly sport and gives him vigor to go
ABOUT his business. He is young. He tells you
TO drive him out of the hall. No man Of his
position in the community, of his age of his
anteceoents- can afford to surrender that which
the people of his native city have given to him
This man. If elected Mayor, will make the best
Mayor that San Francisco has ever had or
ever will have. (Cheers)
This man, if elected Mayor, will be the
Mayor of the city and will bring to this city
the trade of the Pacific, the islands of the
lie is a commercial man in commercial busi-
ness, and he has sh wn you toms mt that he
STANDS square-footed. like a soldier to the
front; He don't desert, and he don't retreat
1Applause.) The next on the list (cries of
Deimas, Delmas). We will give you one more
before Mr. Delmas because if Mr. DeImas
starts in you never will leave your seats He
Is the greatest orator in the United States
ana have heard them all. I now desire to
Introduce to you member of the Topographic
cal Union. Mr.. Marble