The San Francisco call., 1906-11-01
Looters Organize.
to Hold City.
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Ruefs thunderbolts We're reserved for
the last. He was preceded hv Major
Kyle Thomas Eagan of the Board of
Public Works and James A. Devote
attorney f,-> the Board Of Public
Works All of the speakers de-
nounced the newspapers and stamped
the present investigation into graft
an attack on the administration
by the Citizens Alliance Heney.
the man from Arizonas Langdcn,
'the Benedict Arnold of San Francisco" "
were Kissed, and Mayor Schmitz. the
peerless champion of the peoples
rights" and Abe Ruef, 'his loyal able
and intrepid friend were cheered
again and again.
Before the doors at Dreamland were
thrown open a great crowd gathered
without Popular members Of the ad-
ministration were cheered as they ar
rived. Ruef. as he dashed up in his
automobile, guarded by two detectives,
was given an ovation. As one of the
Supervisors entered the throng and ex
tended his hand to friend an urchin
called out That's right give him the
grating mitt.''
Supervisor Coleman called the as
semblages to order. Acting as vice
presidents were County Clerk Null
crevy. Sheriff G'Neil and President
Duffey of the Board of Public Works.
Louis Levy served asMsecretary. He
was assisted by George Berger. George.
B. Keane. Lawrence F. Gull, David Bar
ry and John McGlynn. Acting Mayor
Gallagher occupied seat on the plat
form
IN opening the meeting Supervisor.
Coleman said in part
THE purpose of this meeting is to
form a permanent organization to COM
bat the false malicious and unwar-
ranted attacks of the daily press. The
purpose is not to protect any crimi-
nails that may be among our number.
On the contrary, it is the purpose to
prosecute any man guilty of crime who
may be among US, but we will not con-
denim him until he has been tried and
convicted by twelve honest American
citizens. The Supervisors have re-
quested me te state that they each
and every one bf them court the fullest
investigation. We defy the newspa-
pers. We defy Heney, and we defy his
colleague, that migrate Langdon. If
they do not bring proof with their evil
dence we will prosecute them. not as
they prosecute us, but before Judge
and jury.
Major c. w Kyle worked himself up
to such frenzy that his auditors could
not resist the temptation to lay, odds
that he would burst a blood vessel.
However, he resumed his seat in good
health.
James A. Devote and Thomas Eagan,
the latter introduced as the man who
rocked the cradle of the Union Labor
party" fayed the enemies of the adz
| ministration.
"This movement" said Eagan, lied
by Rudolph Spreckels and engineered
by James D. Phelan, conceived in in
! iouity and born in shame, is for the
| purpose of destroying the labor Or
SANITATION and again to gain control
| of the government of our fair city.
Ruef made very much the same sort
of speech as he. delivered in the AL
hambra Theater year ago. when he
! devoted himself to the editors of the
daily papers.
This meeting was called" he said,
4to show these editors that they cannot
with impunity assail men whose feet
/ they are not worthy to kiss. You Will
/ have the pleasure of seeing me and my
! friends here for years to come ! defy
them to bring a single charge of dis
honesty or malfeasance in office. II
NAV never be necessary to treat the
editors with tar and feathers 1t may
not be necessarySto run them out of
! town If you defeat them next Tuesday
] Won will have done more than to have
! hanged them from lamp posts or to
have run them out of town. Do not
resort to overt acts. ] know how
you feel, but abide in patience.
They say I ann quaking with fear.
never quaked with fear when I was
straight" and Ruef quickly added: Il
have been straight all my life
There is but one thing to fear" he
cor tinued and that is that the 500, 600
fund may be used to purchase wit
j ness in the dark recesses of the Grand
1 Jury room took the other day a
position in the city government against
my Will. 1t is the first public Office i
have ever held in my life. ] took it
for this reason; If some one else had
taken 1t he would have been showered
with abuse have always been
| showered with abuse. So / made one