New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
VANE YORK. TENOR
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MoUe for Non-Partisan Candidates
for Mauor and District attorney.
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San Francisco, Sept 21.-The meeting OF tue
Republican municipal nominating convention
this week was noteworthy because OF the oe-
cision to call a conference in the three parties
and attempt TO frame a non-partisan 1usloh
ticket for Mayor and District Attorney Tne
convention decided that IL the Dernocrauc ana
\ Union Labor parties fail to take advantage Oh
this offer the Republicans would nominate thelr
own candidates It was plainly shown that
Daniel A. Ryan had enough votes to have been
nominated for Mayor, but he refused to take
srap Judgment 1t is not believed that any
fusion is possible. as many Democrats are IN
favor of DR.. Taylor. the present Mayor whiie
the Union Labor party seems determined 70
nominate it's own ticket and test It's strength at
the polls. The Democrats are divided as well
as the Union Labor party. and 1t may De tnat
should Mayor Taylor run as an Independent he
could get sufficient votes for election Certainly
he deserves a chance to show what he can do,
for in ability he is head and shoulders ABOVE
every one who has been mentioned thus tar.
Ryan is a young lawyer with no experience IN
public life, and p. II. Mccarthy. VINO IS one OF
the Labor Union candidates. has sociaIiStic ten
denotes. and would attract grafters as naturaHy
The Union Labor party leaders deride the
idea Of fusion and hint of a candidate VINO Is q
millionaire He is said to be DR.. Hartland Law,
one of the brothers who have made fortunes out
Of a patent medicine for women Dr. Law ana
his brother have been large employers of labor.
as they built the MonadnOck Office building. and
restored the Falrmount Hotel on Mob HILL
The first move was made this week BY san
Francisco merchants to recover the Sl0ovpVpo
annual trade that now goes to Seattle. Nnen
the Klondike discoveries were made San Fran
cisco. through the Alaskan Commission Com
pany OF this city had control Of the trade The
company was rich and unenterprfsing. however,
and soon a rival northern commercial COM
pany was formed in Seattle. Aided by j. j.
Hin this company soon seized the lions share
of the trade. and has added to IL since. until
now II practically controls the field Although
many Seattle jObbers buy IN San Francisco,
they have devised system OF rebates with
steamers and railroads, that they can retain
the trade The president of the Chamber of
Commerce has appointed a committee to obtain
guarantees from shippers that will justify es-
tablishins a direct steamship line from here 10
Southeastern Alaska.
The plan for a free market at the foot OF
OF Harbor Commissioners At this site is big
triangular lot that IS well adapted for the pur-
pose If the present plans carried out San
Francisco will soon have the free market. and
will be enancipated from the monopoly estab-
lished by the ring Of commission men who have
kept uD the prices OF all fruit and vegetables
irrespective of the supply. This should be one
OF the cheapest markets in the world for fruit.
vegetables and fish. but because OF the ring II
IS of the dearest.
The Geary street cable road resumed running
on Tuesday for the first time since last May.
others in the city. Many OF the old carmen
have returned TO work. the company paying the
same wages before the strike.
The American engineers and others who took
the warship President from here to Salvador
have returned. as they could not be induced TO
renounce their American citizenship and fight
for Salvador.