The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
.HENEY DISCUSSES
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Reiterates Charges OF Criminal
Tactics Practiced by Public
Utility Corporations
Addresses Two Meetings and Is
Given Enthusiastic Recep-
tion by Voters

Reiteration of his charges of GRIM
inal tactics on the part of certain pub
lie service utility corporations resulted
in Faneis ]. Heney, candidate for dis
trict attorney, being given two ex-
trernely enthusiastic receptions last
night. One of the speeches was de-
livered at Lecari hall in San Bruno
avenue and the other in Garibaldi hail.
Broadway and Kearny street.
At both meetings Heney went over
the same ground. He reviewed the
early days of the prosecution, brought
back to memory the confession of Abe
,Ruef and the supervisors and declared
Fthat arrayed against him were some OF
the greatest financiers on the Pacific
coast who, opposed him, he said, solely
because they saw in him one who would
prevent future robbing of the city.
Lecari hall was crowded to its ca
paclty. Some of you, said Heney,
may read the Globe-Post and the
chronicle and will be surprised to
ind that 1 am without horns. 1t
will surprise you still more when I can
tell you, without any fear of contra
diction that the Globe is being financed
to lie about me and that the Chronicle
4i~'S ONNA 1Oi tllC PNA
pose. When all is said and done, this
fight narrows down to fight of a few
wealthy men against the people of San
Francisco.
BIG EASTERN INVESTMENT
They have declared that business is
being injured. Yes, it has been injured
TO such an extent that Michael de
Young could invest s965,000 in New
Y ork property. 1 have with me GER
tified copy of the deed, which showed
that he paid down s350,000 of this
money. He is getting the rest from
you by lying about me- That, say,
hurts business far more than anything
have done. 1t really hurts San Fran
cisco wheA man takes the money out
of the city and invests 1t elsewhere.
Haven't you seen that these wealthy
men were with me as long as 1 was
after the poor supervisors. They
turned against me when 1 refused to
accept their committee which was to
pick the new, supervisors after the
boodling board was driven out"
During his address Heney mentioned
the name of Eugene Schmitz, at which
there was a round of kissing. One man
in the audience converted the hiss into
a whistle and Heney, thinking that it
was mark of applause, called to the
man. saying that if he wished to stand
up for Schmitz he was quite willing to
share the platform with him. The mis-
take was Strengthened out in a moment
and Heney proceeded with his speech.
DEFENDS IMMUNITY CONTRACT
He spoke in defense of giving i'm
nlunity to the supervisors, saying:
Mr.. Fickert, when you come out
here, tell the people what you would
have done under similar circumstances.
I fp1l va NV friends hat he
have done. He would have eaten three
square meals a day and slept we'll. l
have tried to make the issue as plain
as l possibly could to the voters. If
you vote for yourselves you vote for
me and if you vote otherwise you'll
deserve all you will get-and that will
be pretty rotten
Louis Ferarri, assistant district at
torney, presided at the meeting and the
speakers were ]. II. Rierdan, Assistant
District Attorney Robert Duke and H.
l. Stafford.
At Garibaldi hall Heney dwelt on the
question of immunity to the super
visors. DO you think he said, there
would have been this opposition to me
If l had given the rich immunity and
sent the supervisors to Jail? You know
there would not. 1t was because l vio-
lated the cherished doctrine of i'm
munity for the criminal rich that l
have made the enemies that 1 have"
Denies Fickert's Charge
Editor Call: The fact having been
brought to my notice that Charles M.
Fickert, a candidate for district at
torney, has stated twice in a public
speech that members of the California
WomenS Heney club have approached
clients of his and offered to give the
sum of $50 for any information derog
atory to him, l desire to state that If
this has been done it has been without
authorization by the officers of the
club, and / hereby request Mr.. Fickert
to furnish the names of the so called
members of the California Women's
Heney club to whom he has referred.
Such action as has been charged would
not have been taken by the club for
the reason that it would have been
entirely unnecessary. Very truly
yours,
ELIZABETH GERBERDING,
President California Women's Heney
Club.