The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27

DISREPUTABLE attempt was
N made last evening to prevent
~ Joseph S. Tobin from speaking to
Il M the citizens of the Forty-third
District in Apollo Hall, 80 Pacific
street The attempt. which was engineered
| on behalf of Asa R. Wells by Sam Rainey
and signally failed, friends for Tobin
and was the only disturbing incident of
one of the most successful Tobin meet
ings of the campaign.
Tobfn arrived while Judge Conlan was
addressing the audience. The house well
coined the candidate for Mayor by stand
ing up and repeatedly cheering. Judge
Conlan gave way to the new arrival, after
introducing him the next Mayor.
There were more cheers as Tobin ad
vanced to the front of the platform. He
had barely commenced talking, however,
when one Thomas H. Conboy arose from
his seat, pulled from under his coat sub
requests for votes for Asa r. Wells and
commenced an ostentatious distribution
of the pasteboard pleas.
Attention was attracted from the speak
er, whose voice was drowned in the muir
murS of protest at the interruption. Con-
boy worked quickly and reached the mid
die of the well-filled hall before his fate
overlook him.
A citizen of the Forty-third, before
whom Conboy stopped, requested the dis
turber to, sit down. Conboy replied with
a lOul eDlLHet. LIE clIlZ6U Oh TIE = OTly~
third vindicated the honor of his district
by shifting Raineys deputy. The rest of
the Forty-third was promptly on hand,
| but Special Policeman Healey arrested
| Conboy and saved the audience the neces-
| sity of throwing him out. He was taken
| to the Hall of Justice, where charge
ster ssued
| an order for Conboy's release on $40 bail,
which was paid by one F. Miguel.
Police Know Conboy.
| During his detention in the prison, Con-
| boy informed his custodians that Rainey
lad given him the cards and ordered him
| to distribute them at Apollo Hall just as
soon as Tobin commenced to speak. He
said that Wells was CLING to be all right
ito the boys and that he was .out for
| Wells
| Conboy is well known to the police as a
worthless denizen of the under world
and one of Rainey's most subservient
| corner of Bush and Kearny, down to the
| stables in the parlance of the push"
| The police say he is/a man without char
acter and has gained a precarious exist
| ing during political campaigns of just
such service as he gave last night to the
cause of the Republican candidate for
| Mayor.
The removal of Conboy having cleared
| the atmosphere, Tobin continued his ad-
dress.
| He spoke of the danger of government
| by any one class, as class, for the kene-
| fit of that class, and referred to the ad-
| vice given eighty years ago by Daniel
Board of Supervisors, the board now seek
| ing election. has done for that part of
! town which takes in the Forty-third Dis
| trict. Continuing, he said:
Tells Of Boards Good Work.
What has the present Board of Supervisors
Finance Committee. gentlemen, has set aside
$780, 600 for the Improvement Of the streets in
was laid aside for any other district in San
Francisco. 1t is now being expended as fast
erty here under obligations to this Board
Of Supervisors, and particularly to S. F. Jen-
who worked unremittingly in your interest
This Board of Supervisors has paid off $780,
| we found the credit of San Francisco almost
| fatally impaired. We had to pay cash for
our credis rmly established and every valid
| obligation provided for. These obligations in
clude salaries due teachers ,.- ,o
| We have also laid aside s625.000 for perma
nent improvements This money is now no in
the city treasury a we have secured ed 2eent @ mt
| it that the Allied Printing Trades label is on
| all city printing; we have insisted on all our
union rules and regulations and upon the en-
ployment of union men in all parts of the
Has Wells Endorsement.
Men will appear on this platform and tell
| you they represent union labor; will tell you
| they are the friend of the workingman. We
| place on side record. We do not ask
| those others to produce list of what they
| have done to benefit the workingman, but to
| point to single act in this direction for
| which they have been in any way responsible.
There are the scales Do the weighing your
| selves. We bring you acts, not words. We
| stand much the representatives of labor,
| of the poor man. as any party. We have
of class, and you citizens are bound to do
! your duty by
We do not come on knees asking for
votes. We appeal to your practical, sound
( common sense American citizens and busi-
| ness (Voice from the audience, 'Tobn
! you're all rightly
Until this board went into office San Fran
cisco had been city the prey of corporations