The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
INDEPENDENT
REPUBLICANS
CHFfRCROCKER
Thirty.ninth District Gives the
Party Leader a Great
Ovation
Candidate GriIIs Enemies for
Misrepresentation Of
His Attitude

restored Crocker at.once corroborated
rhe declaration made in his behalf by
McMurray.
MY motto is, Let no guilty man es-
cape" he said. "As set forth by your
chairman. 1 did meet these gentlemen
wflom he has named, and I agreed 70
what he has already told you, That
is the stand ! take today and always
have taken"
Crocker sketched briefly the principal
issues of the campaign, pledging him
self to the Hetch Hetchy water system
10 the Immediate erection of schools,
public buildings and hospitals and to
the construction OF new roads and sew
ers. He declared that the city wanted
= railroad in Point Lobos avenue and
lines and possibly a tunnel under
Golden Gate park, and that he stood
heartily for such Improvement. In
conclusion he turned against two men
who had attacked him and denounced
them in the roundest terms. They were
Ralph Hathorn and Max Kuhl.
Il dare an honest man to stand up
on that floor tonight" he declared,
and say that ever did an unkind act
that I ever told a deliberate lie; that /
ever took a dollar L was not entitled
to; that / ever sWeated an employe, or
that every man I ever employed is not
2 friend of miRe and ! of his. During
this campaign 1 have not indulged in
villifcation, for ] think there is no
excuse for il. but less than a week ago
my reputation was attacked from this
platform.
Wherever men are to be found there
are snakes in the grass, and when a
man is so low in manliness, so wanting
in decency as 10 forget every element
Of manliness, he deserves no consider
alton. That man Ralph Hathorn, who
said 1 was rotten and that I was
backed by corporations and by those
elements which are uncIean-he lied.
He deliberately lied. ] have no use
for liar but may God have mercy ON
his soul. He said he had known me
Is wears He hadn't known me seven
years The proof that he didn't know
me well is that he never entered the
threshold of my home, and he couldn't
buy his way in.
SCORES HIS DERACToRS
Max KuhI is another-tne Ioath-
some man that he is. His mouth
shouts forth dirt and if he has no more
respect for himself than to do these
things why doesn't he sell out and not
attempt to besmirch the character of
an honest man who'd not sit by his side
no suffer comparison so fas as integ-
rity is concerned?
Enough of this. Pardon me these
few remarks. They are out of place
for a gentleman, but 1 could not stand
the villihcation that has been heaped
upon me-"
Wallace Bradford followed. Crocker
with a short speech, in whichs he sup
plemented Crocker's attack upon Hath
orn and declared Doctor Leland want
ing in the practical business knowl-
edge necessary to conduct the city.
government. He also denounced Nc
Carthy's plan of foisting the rotten
ness OF Paris upon San francisco.
Francis V. Keeslinm proceeded
Crocker in brief address in which he
pointed out .tnat the alleged detection
from republican ranks was nothing
more than political cry of the kind
which had caused San Francisco's s
downfall on other occasions. Such a
cry. he said, was ruse TO create di-
vision in the ranks Of decent citizens
and so win the election for the man
backed by the elements of indeceney.
Among the vice presidents who oc-
cupied chairs on the speakers plat
form were:
c. W. Riffee, Alexander Russell, J.
T. Cutten. z. D. Bullard II. B. Young,
G. A. Blank, Charles w. Pope, G. Fol-
lanshee. H. o. kirkpatrick, Charles
Davis, W. Wells, William Noon, J. H.
Gray, ". Pardy, J. C. Chown, Stanley
Webster, T. Patterson Ross. Edward
Corliss. Wallace Bradford, Francis V.
Kesling, z. B. Read, Colonel W. Z.
Marston, Edward Schroeder, Ira w. Co
burn. Charles Lauffer. A. W. Burgren
Gustav Wormser, @. A. Brown and A.
c. Frank. II. G. Matthewson, candi-
date for auditor. and John T. Dare, can
didste for police Judge,-were also
among those on the platform.