The San Francisco call., 1908-10-27
REPUBLICANS WILL
HAVE A BUSY WEEK
Tom Fitch, 1.-THE Silver Tongued
Orator." Comes From Ne
yada to Speak
Reports From Interior Are En-
couraging for the Re-
publicans

This will be busy week for the re-
publicans in all the districts. Several
meetings viii be held every night un-
der the joint. auspices of the county
and state central committees. One of
the principal attractions of some of
these meetings viii be Tom Fitch,
known as .'the; silver tongued orator."
who has been sent here from Nevada
by the republican national committee
to help round out the local campaign
with his fowery periods ditch has
not been heard in this city for long
time, and will undoubtedly attract
large crowds wherever he speaks
There will be two republican meet
ings of Importance tonight, in addition
to others or a strictly district eharac-
ter. One viii be held at the Ingleside
coursing park and will be addressed
by Congressman Hayes and several
other candidates Hayes will also
speak at meeting in Maennerbund
hall, Twenty-fourth and Potrero ave-
nue..
Tom Fitch will go into action for
the first time on Wednesday night in
the Sixteenth street theater, in Six
teenth street, near. Mission. Many of
the republican candidates will make
brief speeches. On that night also
candidates will address meeting in
Garibaldi hall, Broadway, near Kearny
street.
On Thursday night there will be a
meeting in the old Potrero Methodist
church, at Tennessee and Nineteenth
streets. Congressman Hayes and Kahn,
State Senator WelcJh and other candi-
dates will be the takers. Another
meeting will be held in Mangle's hall.
Twenty fourth and Folsom streets, at
which the thirty-second and thirty.
fifth districts Will both be represented.
The big meeting for Thursday, how
ever, will be held in the Victory
theater, Sutter street, near Fillmore,
and although it will be primarily a
rally of the fortieth and forty-first dis
tricts, there will be representatives
from other districts. United States At
torney Robert L. Dovlin and Daniel A.
Ryan will be the principal speakers.
WILL SPEAK FRIDAY
Tom Fitch will speak again on Fri
day night in Richmond hall, 309 Fourth
avenue. Robert L. Devlin and Jesse
Steinhart will speak in Young Mems
Hebrew association hall. Page street.
near Stanyan, on that night also. Still
another meeting for Friday night will
be held in the South San Francisco
opera house, at Fourteenth avenue
south and Railroad avenue.
On Saturday night Samuel M. Short
ridge will bring his stumping tour to
an end at big meeting in Dreamland
pavilion. James Rolph Jr., president
of the Merchants association, is ex-
pected to preside. Good music is prom
ised for the occasion.
General Edward S. Salomon came
back yesterday from Yolo county.
where he has been speaking for Cap
tain Tuttle. nominee for the assembly.
The general declared that they had a
fine meeting at Capay, and he is con-
fident of Tuttle's election.
Frank Coombs reported to state
headquarters yesterday that Napa
county would give over 500 plurality for
Taft. Major Kyle brought good tidings
from Sierra, where he has been speak
ing. State Senator Boynton of Oroville
said that Butte could be depended on
as usual, and Colonel Hockheimer de-
clared that Glenn would give a reduced
majority for Bryan this year.
Captain and Congressman Richmond
P. Hobson arrived in this city last
evening and will speak tonight at a
democratic mass meeting in Walton's
pavilion. The hero of the Merrimac
and of the kissing bees is expected to
draw large crowd of both sexes. After
filling his local engagements Hobson
will probably go to Santa Barbara to
speak on Friday night.
George w. Beckham. democratic can
didate for congress in the third district,
has Invited Senator Perkins and his
opponent. Congressman Knowland, to
be present at meeting of grape grow
ers to be held next Saturday afternoon
at o'clock in Hamilton hall, thirteenth
and Jefferson streets, Oakland. Peck
ham and VIII Ashe of Glen Ellen will
speak on the grape question and are
desirous of asking Senator Perkins
questions about appropriations which,
they declare, were lost to California
during Perkins term in the senate.
WORKING FOR BRYAN
Louis II. Mooser, a local member of
the Bryan and Kern businessmen's COM
mittee, of which Nathan Strauss of New
York is president, has sent out a letter
to businessmen telling them why they
should vote for Bryan.
Reports received at state democratic
headquarters indicate that the first day
of the Bell-Phelan special train was
very successful. A crowd of over a
thousand sped the special on its way
from Red Bluff. Three thousand are
said to have gathered at Chico to hear
the speeches and farmers from three
counties are reported to have gone to
Gridley to greet the spellbinders. The
noon meeting at Marysville is said to
have been a fine one. Another good
meeting was reported from Woodland,
but there was small attendance at
Davisville. At Chico, Marysville and
Woodland temporary platforms were
put up for the use of the speakers and
bands were at the depot to greet them.
Reports from Monterey are to the eff
feet that Frank Feliz, nominee for con-
gress to succeed Needham honestly
thinks he is going to be elected.
The union labor party will have an
open air meeting at Eighth and Folsom
streets in the thirtieth district tomor-
row night. p. Fl. Mccarthy and some
of the candidates will speak. On
Thursday night the union labor men
will hold another open air meeting at
First and Harrison in the twenty
eighth district. On Friday night there