The San Francisco call., 1909-10-29
BASSITY URGES
UNDERWORLD TO
ELECT MCCARTHY
plea That Is Virtually Direct
Promise That the Lid
Will Be Lifted
Cohorts of the Vicious Element
TickIed by Slogan "Parls
of America"

"A wide open town" means. They re-
ouire no explanation Of THE Paris OF
America
The wages of shame collected by
them are going to help along the cause
Of liberty" Their filthy money ana
worse personalities are employed 10
hasten the day when '.Apaches" may
work on every corner; when harpies
NAV line the curbs and kid" sullivan
army Of pickpockets so to work again.
TBE VICIOUS FOLLOWERS
These beasts know that the vicious
followers OF the republican machlhe
who take their orders from the repre-
sentatives of big public service cor
,,orstion interests are working tootn
and nail for Mccarthy. They know
that push" legislators labeled repup-
lican are only supporting Mccarthy
They know. too, that the push demo-
-rsti,, members of both branches Of
the legislature, virtually all OF WnoH
took their orders direct from NC
Carthv or Harry Flannery, are round
ing up every possible democratic No'e
for Mccarthy.
They. with Mccarthy and his demo-
cratic and republican supporters, pin
their hopes Of McCarthy's success and
tbe realization of their Paris Of Amer
ioav dreams upon the anticipated d.
vision Of the decent republican vote
between Crocker and Leland. 1t Is
their belief that the votes of the de-
cent republicans viii be divided be-
tween Crocker and Leland that has
made NIcCartby 10 to favorite
AGAINST the field in the public betting
SMALL REPUBLICAN DETECTION
The republican managers and the in
dependent republican leaders who are
lighting for Crocker as the one means
Of saving San Francisco from Nc
Cartbv and Paris of America" gov
ernment are convinced that the repub-
licsn detection 10 Leland is little. IL
any. greater than the well dehned
democratic detection to Mccarthy
They. in common with the majority OF
the men who back their opinions with
their money in the betting ring, con-
cede Leland nothing better than third
place They insist that the democratic
claims Of republican stampedes are
grossly exaggerated That there have
heen republican defections and that
earnest. honest republicans are endeav-
oring to lead a republican stampede,
thanks to a mistaken notion that Le-
land is stronger than Crocker, they ad-
nit freely enough. At the same time
they point TO the fact that the same
interests and. IN many instances, the
same men VINO are lIN ilC 10 SldAAPCAC
the republicans now attempted the
same thing for Lane few years ago.
Lane ran A bad third. Schmitz was
elected. San Francisco paid the price
of that mistake in shame, in blood, in
ruin.
FIGHTING FOR CROCKER
Fighting for Crocker and against the
division of the independent republican
vote between Crocker and Leland is a
majority Of the recognized leaders of
the Independent republican move
neut: the men who supported
Mauzy for the republican NOM
ination. They are as honest and
intelligent as the independent republic
cans who are lighting for Leland. They
believe that the election of Mccarthy
means the realization of their worst
fears They believe that a republican
vote for Leland is a vote to defeat both
Crocker and Leland, vote for McCar-
thy for the Paris of America for the
liberty eague.' its Mitchells, Beckers,
Lestranges and all that prosperity"
for which Jerome Bassity, Billy Akers
and Louis Parente are lighting as they
never fought before.