The San Francisco call., 1905-03-09
Tells Seventh Warders What
They May Expect if He Is
Elected Mayor of Oakland
TALKS ON LOCAL NEEDS
Favors Fostering Legislation
to Improve the East Side
Water Frontage Facilities
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1916 Broadway, March s.


Seventh Ward voters heard Frank K.
Mott tonight in speech at Cameron
Hall, Thirteenth avenue and East
Sixteenth street, during which he as
serted his position touching his candi-
dacy for Mayor. Speeches were also
made by Fred C. Turner. A. P. Leach.
G. d. Bates Jr., Arthur H. Breed and
other candidates. In the course of a
strong address Mr.. Mott said:
have always been an advocate of public
sential to the we'll being and growth of a
city. Oakland is no exception. Our city needs
Business as Mayor a to hf fnd MAKE waV aS nFst get
greater appropriations for that department.
The cooperation Of our friends in the Sew
other ward In the city. You all help the
administration by your own attention to the
local requirements. repeat to you that
as Mayor 1 shall be glad to receive sugges-
tions at all times touching your needs In this
district of the city. If you do not already
rate. l can only tell you what l have said
throughout the campaign. that the charter
of the municipal government. stand on that
law of the municipality.
some d acre , 10 ten you tnas oeeve IN
believe in them for the conduct OF. private
affairs. Honesty without efficiency will not
accomplish much The combination Is invinci-
BILE. believe such union of elements will
occur under the administration commencing
April 1, when 1 hope to take the Mayor S
chair.
The Seventh Ward has a peculiar interest
in the development Of shipping facilities, for
along the wards southern boundaries are
thousands of feet of water frontage which is
beginning to TEEN with large factories and
commercial enterprises. To the development
of the harbor. and to give outlet for products
by water communication, / committed.
The East Oakland basin should be improved
SO that shipping may land at the wharves
which must be built for commercial uses. The
time Is near when another transcontinental
railroad will be operating through the lower
portion of the Seventh Ward. We must see
to 1t that the benefits to be derived shared
When the municipality granted its franchise
to the Western Pacific Railroad 1t did be-
cause of the returning benefits Ii hopes to OBJ
tain from the entrance of another great rail-
road system. II it shall come while l am
Mayor of Oakland shall give my influence
toward that end. And that assurance is given
that ! would make no ante-election promises.
And 1 still stand to that declaration.
The people have the right TO know that
believe in fair dealing for all men, and they
of my efforts 20 insure a government that
shall maintain the principles of justice. But
in all fairness to the people cannot stand
here and make pledges and promises that
might cover every incident connected with
the handling of public affairs have pur-
posely abstained from that sort of thing
throughout my canvass of the city / do not
want 1T said that I have done anything or
declared anything that could be construed
in the Seventh Ward on that score is -ex-
actly what 1t has been In every other ward
in the city
The Republicans will close the NUM-
cipal campaign Friday night with a
mass meeting at the Dewey Theater
Samuel NJ Shortridge of San Fran
cisco will be among the speakers.