The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
.lANGDON CLOSES
HIS CAMPAIGN.
Big Crowd at Walton's Hall
Cheers Candidate and
Kisses the Administration
COLLEAGUES SPEAK

After much advertisement and band
music william H. Langdcn. Indepen-
dent nominee for Governor closed ais
campaign last night at walton Hail
at Buchanan and Golden Gate avenue
70 a rousing house. Many OF Lang
don's colleagues on the ticket addressed
the audience and all, with the excep-
ton of the leader. took turns IN nav
ing the representatives OF the pres
ent administration. its CHIEF executive
and his adviser. In fact almost All OF
the evening was devoted to the roast
ing of opponents on all tickets and
each scorching seemed to delight the
audience. which yelled for more.
Langdon, who was the last speaker
of the evening. made brief but force
full address He dwelt principally upon
the charge that has been made that he
has proved ungratefuI to the interests
of Union Labor and to the men who
placed him in Office. The speaker an
swered the charges by denying that
he has ever been traitor to the cause
of unionism. He said that the course
he has taken in the pending municipal
investig igation has been for the best in
terests OF every man In San Francisco,
except those who nave been guilty OF
plundering the city.
STOOD BY HIS PROMISE.
Langdon declared that he had promised
the men who gave him his nomination
and later their votes that he would do
his duty as District Attorney. This
promise. he added. was made before
| the election and II was no fault OF his
| IL those who were skepttcal and voted
for him should be disagreeably sur
prised by finding that he had kept his
word. The Independent leader closed
with an earnest appeal for the suf-
frage OF the people who desire an un-
fettered Governor, and as he sat down
the Aig pavilion rang with applause
and cheers.
Daniel OConnell. chairman Of the
evening, was presented by John 5. Po-
Tito. After brief speech O'ConneIl
introduced David S. Hirschberg. can
didate for Congress in the Fourth Con-
gressional District. Hirschberg de-
voted his time to attacking the present
district representative in Congress-
Julius Kahn, and turned his attention
also to E. A Hayes in the Fifth. The
speaker also referred to the frequent
attempts that have been made to break
up the Leagues political meetings.
JOHNSON ROAsTs RUFF.
Albert NJ Johnson devoted twenty
minutes of his time and an inexhaust-
ible flow OF words to the exploitation
of the iniquities Of the Board of Super
visors and Abe Ruef. He called upon
the voters to take from the 'scoundrel-
ly Board of Supervisors the power to
vote away the peoples rights. The
words of Johnson evoked a noisy dem
onstration. during which the name OF
Ruef was literally Kissed
Hiram G.. Davis. candidate for Con-
gress from the Fifth Confessional
District. went into ancient history TO
depict the alleged failure OF Califor-
Mas representatives in Congress to
fuEufsh aid to San Francisco after the
ffT He compared the action OF the
California legislators with those of the
| ks,A II Tot.
at the time of the fires that destroyed
Portland and Chicago. He declared
Hayes and Kahn TO be the enemies OF
labor. promised to support the eight
hour law legislation and closed by say
ing that the most corrupt and dam
nable administration ever in power in
San Francisco Is now controlled by Abe
Ruef.