The San Francisco call., 1904-11-08
END CAMPAIGN
WITH ATTACKS
ON OPPONENTS
BOurbOnS Fling
Mud at Final
Rally.
BUDD CHIEF SPEAKER
LiVernaSh Also
Addresses a
Meeting.
BUDD CHIEF SPEAKER

Campaign issues, the affairs of the
nation and clean politics were forgot
ten last night at Pioneer Hall, where
which Ex-Governor Budd and Congress-
men Livernash and Wynn were the
chief speakers. Budd and Livernash,
together with P. j. Mccarthy, who is
labor, descended to vituperation and
invective and discussed the character,
manners and alleged immortality of
their Republican opponents, while the
questions OF trusts, expansion and tar
iff were given but brief courtesy.
The presiding officer was Walter
Macarthur. who occupied many min
utes with an Introductory address and
later, during a lull in the proceedings,
while waiting for the Democratic Con-
gressional candidates, came bravely to
the rescue with a talk on legislation.
He asserted that this was party, not
a class, fight and was soon contradicted
by a subsequent speaker who appealed
to the audience to support Democracy
as the champion of the poor against
| the rich.
James H. Budd was the first speaker
! introduced and began by arraigning
Kahn in mud-fiinging terms for fling
ing mud. He branched out, however.
with figures and predictions of to-day's
voting He also claimed that the DEM
| ocrats did not desire to abolish the
| tariff, but regulate it, and that the
reason why the Democrats were in the
| minority was because men after Doodle
would not stay with the minority. He
| then referred to trusts and said that
they were the result of Republican ad-
ministration and that hard times were
| inevitable during Cleveland's admins
tration after Harrison was out.
He next spoke of Hearst's efforts to
suppress trusts and the Republicans
evasion of their responsibility After
talking for several minutes on trusts
he switched back to attacking Julius
Kahn and ridiculing mis- personal char
acteristics. Following a particularly
slurring remark he added that he did
not think julius Kahn was in any way
corrupt"
William ]. Wynn, candidate for re-
election to Congress from the Fifth
! District, next spoke In a few words
he asked for the support of the Demo
cratic voters at the polls and prom
ised that he would do all in his power
to further their interests.
p. H. Mccarthy then followed with
a description of supposed attempt by
two Republicans in a buggy to rur
down Livernash and Wynn at an opeI
air meeting on Market street. He ac-
cused Presidential elector u. S. Grant
of being the instigator of the attack
His speech was mostly confined to the
discussion of the labor relations with
the Democratic party.
Edward J. Livernash was the fina
speaker of the evening. He began will
an attack on julius Kahn, Republican
nominee in the Fourth Congressiona
District He said that his opponen
had descended to depths of infam!
never before reached, and far lowe
than the level of the last campaign
He spoke of the principles that h,
would fight for in Congress in spit
of the assaults of hired thugs ant
against votes washed down with can
| OlQdIe peer, anu III spite Oh the OlIi
zens' Alliance or even of a dastart
press, always a purchasable quantity.
The next few minutes were devote,
to an attack on Abraham Ruef, tn
} Congressman alleging that an agree
ment had been made between Ruef AM
E. A. Hayes, Republican nominee il
the Fifth Congressional District t
defeat Wynn. Livernash closed witt
an appeal for the party's support a