New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Beneficial Effects of San Francisco
Election.
fBy Telegraph to Tho tribune !


San Francisco Nov. 9.-'The success OF Mayor
Taylor and the entire Good Government ticket has
had an Immediate effect local business. The
First National Bank has let contracts for 900.
coo bank and Office building at the northwest cor
ner of Post and Montgomery streets. Several large
sales of city property have been closed and
throughout the city there is feeling OF confidence
in the future. which impossible with tho
menace Of union labor domination. That Taylor
should get d plurality of over 5000 by means OF
independent votes. when Schmitz the last cleo
ton won against the Republicans and Democrats
combined is one of those political upheavas which
Mccarthy. the labor leader didn't reckon with
Mccarthy believed that the union labor ranks
would fall in at election and vote sodly for him.
but he found that more than one-third voted for
Taylor. Ryan, the regular Republican nominee,
polled fewer than 10000 votes. while Langdon. the
District Attorney, who has made possible the graft
prosecutions, received plurality of nearly 5000
The result Of the election shows that the spirit OF
civic reform when once well aroused sweep
away all opposition put up by the expert poll
ticians. when backed by unlimited money.
Mccarthy spent money like water, but he went
down to defeat at the hands of Mayor Taylor, who
spent nothing except for ordinary literature and
some effective billboard advertising.
The local effect OF the sweeping victory OF the
party of order and decency cannot fail to be i'm
mediate and lasting The Board OF Supervisors
will uphold the Mayor in all reform measures and
the of graft is ended. Measures will be taken
10 prevent tne waste OF puDHc Dy tne various
commissions, and the large appropriated for
reconstructing public buildings repairing streets
and and other works will be spent for these
purposes and not TO MAINTAIN horde OF ide ON
cals, whose only activity is shown at elections
Above all, the business man need not fear being
held up" by the city government If he starts
new industry enlarges his present business.
!'rakeoff. of. that the bosses have exacted
with this proof that honesty is to be enforced
TO receive aid in rebuilding which will make the
coming year surpass the remarkable record
ha burned district
is going ahead at a rate which amazes those who
have been be- @ away r fOT viii ee on drng tbe wn
there is no cold weather to interfere with out
Pheian building at the corner of Market and OFar
re streets is up three stories. and work Is being
ings within two blocks of this corner which are IN
various stages OF completion a.,
T1Iring the campaign Mccarthy and his speakers
frequently made the charge that Mayor James D.
Phelan, during the teamsters' strike in 1901 de-
don't want TO be dubbed let them get to work
Phelan made no protest un the m S was or over
testimony of Michael Casey, president OF the team
sters union and other labor leaders that ne never
made such a threat and that he was perfectly fair
In dealing with the strikers. What Pnelan dld
was 70 onS tt was this that aroused the union labor
leaders and led to the formation or the party tha
elected Schmitz and caused al 'he eI@i' ''oUOie
San Francisco has had to accept Clearing House
certificates in order TO do business this week. and
the change from coin 10 paper was much harder
than for a community used TO paper currency Inc
certificates are rather crude. and the clearing ing
House will probably recall this iirst issue anu put
a,,t notes of better design which cannot be coun-
terpeited SO readily. No other large bank mas
snsnended and though money is scarce there Is
80 distress and business is reported fairly good
,,orcra p HYDE and Grant C. Smith have been
.s,.a o. oTaged fraud I'm homesteadng land
smith ,a a brother-in-law OF Hyde who has been
much talked of in connection with land frauds
II is alleged they conspired to induce two women
o. nos, s9o0 each for Illegal location on quarter
soo,P3oy5s Of government land. The women. II IS
eeid after paying their money, investigated aha 90
ea,,r,d that fle land on top or a mountain 1T
Napa County and was worthless as nomestead
site
Orders from E. H Hartman to stop WORK on