The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04

ago was among the first to congratu-
late him upon his nomination for Mayor.
escorted him to the platform of Metro
poIltan Temple and urged the delegates
present to put their shoulders to the
wheel and make his nomination eduiva-
lent to an election, which they did. 1t
was my pleasure during the campaign to
tell the voters of San Francisco that the
Union Labor party had nominated one of
the grandest and most popular young
men In the affections Of the good people
or san Francisco, that could be nonin-
ated by any convention. (Applause) I
was right and his large majority of 5000
over his Republican opponent and 10, 900
over MS Democratic opponent proved IL
(AppIauSe.) 1 also told them that he was
young man who had already distin-
gu1Shed himself in his chosen profession
and would surely distinguish himself as
Mayor of San Francisco If elected How
well he has done so you have been told
by the previous speaker. He has fully
met the expectations of his friends and
ne has ably captured his enemies by his
immense popularity. l also told them he
was a young man Of unblemished reputa-
ton, possessed Of executive abilities of
high ORDER
MAYOR TAKES PLATFORM.
At the conclusion of De succa's speeoh
Mayor Schmitz strode toward the plat
form. AS soon as his presence was dis
covered every delegate sprang> to his feet
and swung his hat and cheered loudly for
his leader The cheering lasted fully two
minutes and when order was restored
nominations for Mayor were closed and
upon motion Of Delegate Egan the Mayor
was nominated by acclamation. As the
vote was cast by the secretary of the
convention, every delegate arose to his
feet and cheered. There were cries for
Schmitz and he accepted the calls for a
speech by speaking as follows:
MIR. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Con-
vention and Friends: 1 hardly know how
to express my gratitude for the honor
that has been paid me this evening in re-
ceiving at your hands unanimously the
denomination for the Office which L hold
at the present time and hold as a repre-
sentative Of the Union Labor party (Ap-
plause.) 1t clearly demonstrates more
than anything else could that my efforts
in behalf Of the people, who have had the
courage to select me as their standard
bearer, have been sincere and honest and
that my administration, If not all what
was expected, has at least been better
for the wage-earners, better for the good
people than any one of the millionaire
nominees who have held the position
(Applause) There Is no more fitting place
to receive a nomination from the hands
of the Union Labor party than in this
temple, dedicated to labor. CAppIause \
AS have often said during my last cam
paign the Union Labor party does not be-
lieve in putting one class against another
and it does not believe in taking radical
action on any proposition. 1 have stated
during my last campaign, and 1 reiterate
tonight, that believe in equal and fair
consideration for capital and equal and
just representation for labor and 1 have
endeavOred on every occasion to try to
show that / mean to carry out those
principles in future as we'll as carry them
out by word of mouth. (AppIause)
''I started out to make many reforma
tions, but have not been able to accom-
plish all that l had expected to on ac-
count of the obstacles that I have found
on every side which L had to st1rrnount
had to go into Office with Board Of
Supervisors not sympathetic to me or at
all in accord with my desires for reform
which I have often expressed and have
tried to put into effect. 1 found the board
composed of men who had been placed
in office before me and also antagonistic
to every proposition that I might nut
forward, and it is only at the present time
that some of them have been in the ma
jority for this administration. That is
one reason why 1 desire to be reelected
because 1 want to put into positive ef
feet the good work that I mapped ont
at the beginning of my term and I found
myself unable to carry out by reason of
the opposition 1 have met on all sides.
(Applause)
''The opposition newspapers, when I was