The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04
Extend Privileges to the Aubertine Faction
for HdrmOny's Sake.

of mo! No!) Fellow delegates of the
convention, you are all familiar with the
causes leading up to the organization of
the Union Labor party Of San Francisco
in 1901. You are all familiar with the
unfortunate conditions which prevailed in
our beloved city two years ago-condt-
tions brought about and aggravated by
the misuse Of governmental powers by
those in charge of our municipality. You
will all recollect how the powers of gov
ernment were used to crush those strug-
Cling for a betterment of their condition
and for some slight measure of the pros
perity coming TO the community. / will
not at this time indulge In any recital
of those conditions or of the wrongs and
injustices practiced by those officials Sc
lected to serve you and the citizens OF
San Francisco. That is trtte history now.
Suffice it to say that they were sufficient
to bring ABOUT the organization Of our
party You will all recollect how the
prejudice existed at that time against the
movement, both by friends and enemies
of labor-the friends of labor fearing
bad effect upon the cause of labor and
the enemies Of labor predicting absolute
ruin to San Francisco in the event of
our success. We had to combat in our
own ranks and on all sides we had to
defend ourselves. Despite all these fears,
oppositions and misgivings, we proceeded
met We nominated a ticket. We Sc
lected as our standard bearer our present.
our honored Mayor, Eugene E. Schmitz.
Great cheering)
And we triumphantly elected him. Gap
p1ause.) What has been the result? In
dustrial peace, happiness and prosperity
to all classes. Never has San Francisco
been more prosperous. Upon every side is
evidence of increasing growth and pros
perity Business enterprises flourish;
commercial activity is ever on the in
crease. Real estate transactions exceed
those of any other period in our city's
history; magnificent and impsoing struc-
lures rising on our business thoroughfares
and workmen busy upon the little homes
of the poor. (Applause.)
SUMS UP RESULT.
'rWho can deny these facts? Does any
one pretend to deny that the present
peaceful Industrial conditions now pre-
vailing in our city are due to the fact
that we have as the chief executive of
San Francisco a man who deals to all
classes even-handed justice (applause)
and who in the conduct Of his daily Of
fetal life practices that line of conduct
which can be summed up in his chosen
motto, Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none?' CGreat applause)
"Fellow delegates, I feel honored by
being a member of this convention, and
feel doubly honored by having the op-
portunity to present to you for your in
dorsement the name of our present
Mayor, Eugene r. Schnitz. tremendous
ceering.)
"He comes before you at this time to
render an account of his stewardship as
the labor Mayor. For that matter, he
comes before the whole people of San
Francisco to render an account of his
Of nfe 0ifxy Of lie
birth. (Applause.) Never has San Fran
cisco had a better Mayor. (Applause.)
And never has labor had a more conser-
vative, able or wise leader. (Applause)
1.-TWO years ago, fellow delegates of the
convention, we came before the people of
San Francisco with his candidacy as an
experiment. We go before the people now
and we offer to the entire community
the demonstrated proposition that not
only has San Francisco not suffered by
the election of labor Mayor. but that
a positive, real, tangible and material
benefit has resulted from his election.
Great applause and cries, Keep it up,
Tom.'D
PRESENTS SCHMITZ'S NAME.
Fellow delegates of the convention,
now take great pleasure in placing his
name before you for the nomination for
Mayor conscious of his work and mind
full of your appreciation of the splendid
claim upon your consideration of Eugene
z. Schmitz.' tremendous cheering.)
When the cheering had subsided James
de Succa took the platform to second the
nomination. His greeting was also a cor
dial one. Mr.. de Succa delivered a very
lengthy address, which was full of praise
and metaphor. In part he spoke as fol-
lows:
'T heartily indorse the denomination of
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz for Mayor of
San Francisco. (Applause) Two years