Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-29
IS GIVEN A GREAT WELCOME
Declares Attack is Not on Him
But on the Union Labor
Party Administration.
Was Arrested When He Crossed the
California Llne-felt II keenly
Wife Wept.

san Francisco. Nov. 29.-Mayor E5u.
gene E. schmitz. who cut short his
| European trip to hasten home to face
| the charge OF extortion and graft in
Office upon which he was indicted by
the grand jury during his absence. was
warmly welcomed upon his arrival at
midnight tonight.
From ! o'clock in the evening until
after midnight, 1000 people, among
them many women. crowded the
Dreamland pavilion to It's fullest ca
pacity and hour after hour waited with
remarkable patience for the mayors
arrival. outside, over a thousand
people who could not gain entrance TO
the pavilion, stood for several hours
in the street to get glimpse Of the
indicted mayor who was returning to
his city under arrest and, formally at
least, IN the custody Of a deputy sher-
If who served a warrant on him when
he reached Truckee, California, today.
At the ferry about 500 persons headed
by a reception committee gathered
early in the evening to welcome the
returning mayor, but as hour after
hour passed and the mayors train was
announced as being later and later The
chill wind drove most Of the crowd
home. until IL had dwinSled to the re-
ception committee and about 200 per-
sons. When the mayor arrived he was
quickly driven to the pavilion at Post
and Steiner streets
The arrangement for the mayors
reception was IN the hands OF a COM
NIT ~ tsfpp nrnaidHnte
chants. business men and prominent
union labor leaders OF which Fred l..
Matheis was the chairman. 4 part OF
the committee, headed hy Edward
Moran and r, II. Mccarthy, presiden.
OF the Building Trades council, re-
ceived the mayor at the ferry. At
the pavilion which was quickly filed
when the doors were thrown open. sing.
ers were impressed from nearby thea
ter. Speeches were. made by the Rev.
Petr c. Yorke, Hon. Samuel H. lShort.
ridge and others, iaterspersed by mu-
sic by band TO entertain and hold the
crowd.
The Rev. Father YCrkc, IN Il speech
occupying over an hour. made no de-
Tense for Schmitz. but confined himself
20 denouncing Rudolph Spreckels, the
press OF San Francisco the grand iury
and thol- attack on the mayor durine
his absence. HE made an impassionei
plea Tor fair play and attributed the
attack on Mayor Schmitz's adrnlnistra-
tlon TO q carefully planned move 10
disrupt and crush the labor organ'=e-
lions Of this city.
The mayor arrived 1T the pavilion at
l2:25 The police fought a passage
way through the crowd IN the entrance,
and as he entered the place. ;he entire
house arosc Co their feet and chee.ed
FOR four minutes. hundreds rushed TO
shake his hand and IL was some tlmn
before silence could be secured for hm
10 speak. His wife sat on the platform
By his side. Both were visibly tn
iluenced by the enthusiastic reception
given him. IN q voice choked with
emotion, Mayor ScAmitz spoke in part
as follows:
"l can hardly express IN words how
grateful , feel In receiving such re-
ccption after belus SO mGligued by tha
worst set Of newspapers that ever
cursed q ciiy. II has hoen said that
/ led from my ci.S but hero I am 10
face my traducers This attack which
was made a few days AFTER / left New
York, did not surprise no. ! heard o.
the combination lasi Fr!iay--thc CONF
bluatlOn between the Bulletin aud the
Examiner and that Mn 8urns had
taken % vacation IN Washington 30
come here and get something against
the Union Labor administration O. talr
city.
Il an no physical coward si1r ln [
q moral coward. am here 10 face my
traduccrs and to face any charges they
can hging against me- ( come back with
no revenge In my heart. but | come
hack in a lighting attitude ana say
20 YOU newspapers, IN all osrnestness.
| want no quarter ead | shall give 80
quarter.
Three times J have stood as t.a
standard bearer OF tas Unlon Labor