The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-27
McNANIARA WELCOMED.
KAHN NAILS A FALsEHooD.
Gives Cause and Time of His Depar-
ture for Manila.


ture for Manila.
The efficacy and the power of truth
was well demonstrated last evening at
Occidental Hall, Third street. near Fol-
som, when Julius Kahn, Republican
nominee for Congress In the Fourth
District, nailed a falsehood circulated
by his enemies in futile effort to in
lure his candidacy. And when he had
completed his remarks the whole audi
ence, a portion of it hostile at first.
was with him and by it's cheers attest
ed its confidence in his veracity and its
condemnation of his accusers-
The crowd that assembled in Occi
dental Hall was an unusually large one
for a district meeting. 1t was presided
over by William j. Harrington, chair
man of the Republican campaign COM
mittee of the Twenty-eighth Assembly
District, who called the meeting. Bar
ney Conlon acted as secretary and ar
ranged the list Of speakers to the salts
faction of all. Prior to the arrival Of
Mr.. Kahn, James l.. Oliver, G. N. Van
Fleet, Frank A. Marley, Republican
and Union Labor nominee for the Sem
ate in the Seventeenth District, and
william J. Mindham, Republican and
Union Labor nominee for the Assembly
in the Twenty-eighth District, adj
QIeSSeu Tie duuiChSos Gal DCAh6 " "a AiAJ
received.
KAHN NAILS A LIE.
Just as Mr.. Mindham concluded his
address Mr.. Kahn entered the hail. and
as the audience was impatient to hear
him he was Immediately introduced. He
lost no time In preliminaries. but
launched right out after his accusers,
saying in part:
/ always make it a rule never to say any
thing I cannot prove. This. however. find is
not the rule Of those that are seeking by means
OF malicious falsehoods to injure my candi-
dacy. Lately l have seen in one of the papers
that same old, threadbare lie to the effect that
away to Manila. turning my back my fellow
men In trouble That this Is a deliberate lie
I can prove and will prove here tonight.
When 1 left Washington President William
Mckinley informed me that number of Con-
gressmen were going to the Philippines to in
vestigate conditions there He said he would
like to have as many members Of Congress 20
to the islands as possible and requested that 1
join my associates in this trip. In April OF
1901 the War Department informed me that [
could sail to the islands on any of the outgoing
transports, and requested that inform the de-
Before I could arrange to go. however, / was
informed that President Mckinley and promi-
nent citizens Of Ohio were coming to this city
and that all would participate in the launching
of the battleship Ohio at the Union Iron
Works. They arrived in this city on May 8
and during the Pread ,a stay IN the city
his beloved wife-I remained here, doing what
/ could to assist the citizens in extending him
every possible courtesy Late in May the
Presidential party left for the city of washing
ton.
is AGAIN DELAYED.
AS soon as they departed / learned that the
Congressional Committee on Rivers and Har
bors was coming to California to investfraf n
conditions here. Learning this. l REMAINED
here to assist the committee in its labors am
went on the excursions Of this Committee
through the river regions. On lima % 49,
committee departed for the north, and on the
following day June rs. sailed for Manila On
the transport Hancock. On July l6 twenty
three days after sailed for Manila ana aftsr
had arrived ar my destination. the tearnsters;
strike broke out. was six thousand miles