The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-12
TAYLOR-L LANGDON
CAMPAIGN To BE
OPENED TON|GHT
Men Representing All Inter
ests Will Address
Great Crowd
NOVELTY IN POLITICS
For First Time in City's His
tory Partisansflip Is
Laid Aside
WOMEN PARTICIPATE
VIII Organize Auxiliary to
Work for Cause of
Good Government
By George a. Van Smith

By George A. Van Smith
Leaders from the fields of organ
lied labor, commercial organizations,
the professions and both of the old
political parties will participate in the
launching of the Taylor and Langdon
campaign tonight at Dreamland rink
The monster mass meeting will be
: departure from the accepted thing
in San Francisco's politics. For the
first time in the history of the city
~a1didates who represent an issue and
vt political parties will be presented
70 the voters and their candidates.
viii be urged by men Of all parties
and of all classes.
The initial meeting Of the Taylor
campaign will be distinctly a people s
meeting. It will be conducted by the
people addressed by citizens repre-
senting all the people and the expenses
VIII be borne by the people, hundreds
Of whom have contributed mites or
more substantial sums to the Work Of
eIectirg the good government ticket.
Men who have never before taken an
ective part in campaign work viii par
ticipste in the meeting as speakers,
oRcials and vice presidents. College
men, organized for the campaign for
good government, will act as ushers-
Workingmen and their wives and sis
ters, capitalists and society women will
give their Endorsement TO g campaign
wsged for the governmental rehabili-
tation OF San Francisco.
The final arrangements for the meet
ing were completed yesterday. II will
ne preceded by band concert and the
program OF speeches will be inter
epersed with musical numbers rendered
~ the band and q double quartet
Drezmland rink will accommodate an
.runense crowd. but the managers of
W meeting have overlooked nothing
for the comfort OF the big audience
The CORDS Of ushers will have a total
strength of $50 and q special reserva-
Ion OF 500 seats for ladies has been
made
The $50 vice presidents for the meet
ing win represent the bench. the bar,
united press, the professions, capital,
coumerce and organized labor. az well
IS all of the political parties that help
shape San Francisoo's municipal fate.
The speakers will be Mayor Edward
Robson Taylor; c. H Bentley, presi-
dent OF the chamber Of commerce; Dis
tr1ct Attorney William H Lansdon:
walter Macarthur. editor OF the Coast
sesman's Journal and labor leader;
Frank Could, ex-speaker OF the Cali
fornis assembly; Dr. A. IL Giannini
candidate for supervisor on the demo
cratic. good government and repubii-
can tickets; N J. Hynes. candidate for
public administrator. and Percy V.
Long. candidate for city attorney.
DR.. J. Wilson shiels will act as tenn
porzrz chairman and. introduce DR..
John GaIlvey, who VIII preside over
the meeting. c. H. Bentleys will be
the FIRST speech, and the meeting will
be closed with Mayor Tsylors keynote
speech. Walter Macarthur. Frank
Gould, District Attorney Langdon and
DR.. ciannini will follow Bentley In
the order named.
HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS
The following citizens win act as
honorary vice presidents:
Judge James V. Cofey. Joseph 6
Tobfn. John D. 6preckels, Ralph Nc
I.eran. Jesse W. Liiienthal. n H de
Young, Michael Casey. Richard Spreck-
els. Charles g. wheeler. Leon sloss
Charles ". Slack. Judge Frank Mur-
sstv. Horace Davis, p B. Pond, Alez
c. Haves, r. l. Bentley, Walter Mao
arthur, Sanford Goldstein. L. II. Foote
7. Dsizeu Brown. George Stone. Fred
". Hall, A. w. Scott Jr-. Albert Castle
Norton c. Wells. John P. Young. W. J
Necsbe. etsnund Stern, R @. Crothers
Louis eIoss, Joseph d. Grant. Fremont
older, P. n. Lilienthal, Alfred z. Rass
@ W. Horntck, Daniel Meyer, George
Lent, z. S. Simpson. John Sweeney
James Sweeney. w. J. Barret. Homer 8
King, A Carpy. Judge James A. Sea-
well, George p. Fuller. George H
Pippy, James K. Wilson. Charles II
Foster, z. J. Molero. l. W. Hellman
Joseph Howell, J. A Hammersmith, M
,l2hrman. c. W. McAtee, DR.. 7. w
Huntington. E. +. Delger. Alexander
Hamilton. Kenneth Meirose, Alphons
Judis, Wakefield Baker, H V. Rams
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