The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
RUFF AND WHITE
AIR THEIR VIEWS
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or the Board of Fire Commissioners to
stop the erection of that pitfall and
brotheI at 620 Jackson street. This place
was erected as a deathtrap and for i'm
moral purposes, yet the Mayor and his
Commissioners allowed 1t to proceed
and since it's erection have made no
attempt to close it, although IL is a
disgrace to the city. ~
Il say that the administration is the
defender and not the prosecutor or
every form of vice. The administration
and the officers shall be known by the
company they keep. The pavement on
Market street below Stockton was a
menace to public safety for months,
yet the Board of Works and the Mayor
allowed it to be so and the former body
posted placard there, placing the
blame on the Supervisors, mean and
boyish trick.
THE attorney for the Mayor and
the latter's secretary are deeply inter-
ested in certain cheap theaters and 1T
Is a notorious fact that the Board of
Public Works and the administration
did all in their power TO pro-
tect these places and keep them
open, even though they were
menace to public life and safety.
There is a man on the Fire Commits
sion who stole the property of the city,
yet the Mayor never made any charges
against him and has allowed him TO
hold Office just as though he had done
nothing wrong.
LAWS ARE NOT ENFORCED.
Mayor Schmitz was either incom-
petent or corrupt when he did not
stop gambling in Chinatown if he
knew it prevailed. The president of
the Police Commissioners said that or
the Chief of Police and the latter was
~, " q
same of the Mayor. If he does not
enforce the laws he is not worthy OF
our votes. He is a Mayor in name
only and the government is run by
power behind
A weak volley of applause arose
when White concluded, but when Ruef
was introduced the house fairly rang
with the shouts of the audience.
Ruef's speech while more brilliant and
witty than that of his opponent, did
not contain near as many facts nor
incidents. for the political leader was
bent .on getting back at the enemies
of the press rather than explaining
why the city government did not rem
edy several alleged evils. In part he
said:
.The administration is up against a
lot of reformers who would become
politicians and a lot of politicians who
would become reformers if they could
get into power. The Merchants AS
sociation was afraid to allow the
Mayor the privilege to appear before
them and explain certain things. That
body showed it's weakness, but refused
to allow Schmitz a chance to justify
asked for the opportunity some time
ago.
SAYS HE is NOT BOSS.
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| the power behind. as my predecessor
inferred. / never got cent from the
city nor from the Mayor and every
dollar 1 have made / have earned hon.
! estly at my profession. Ministers of
| the gospel stand in their pulpits and
denounce the Mayor and administra-
ton in fragrant terms, when every
word they utter Is libelouS and without
! truth or foundation
| Il will try to prove to you that the
present administration Is the best one
| San Francisco has ever known. First,
| would like to say q few words In de-
| tense of myself. have been pictured
smoking a big cigar, wearing loud jew
elry and surrounded by glasses and
wine bottles. / never smoked in smy
! life, never was drunk and never wore
loud jewelry. 1 always go home at
night, though sometimes l admit it is
| pretty late.
Mayor Schmitz prevented a great
car strike two years ago at the very
risk of his life, yet no one arises to
give him credit for this. Under his ad-
ministration there are just one hun
dred less saloons in the city than under
the Phelan regime. The Mayor has put
the Thalia, Cafe Royal and other no.
torious dives that fiourished for years
out of business and has done away
with all private rooms in saloons.
sSchmitz did not remove Maestreffi