The San Francisco call., 1909-09-01
WOMEN LAUNCH
HENEY CLUB IN
GREAT MEETING
Enthusiasm Displayed Over the
Candidacy of Prosecutor for
District Attorney
Speakers Discuss the Record of
Fickert and Call for His
Defeat

gathering Of representative men and
women. who went wild with enthusiasm
over the candidacy FOR district az
torney Of Francis J. Heney.
There was no mistaking the temper
OF the gathering from the outset. While
the formalities of perfecting the or
ganization Of the California Woman's
Heney club, the purpose for which the
meeting was called, were being dis
posed OF. District Attorney Langdon
made his appearance on the platform.
He was greeted with prolonged ap-
pisuse. Hiram ". Johnson. Matt /. Suli-
van, John ". Sweeney and the other
speakers were frequently interrupted
so that the audience might testify
their devotion to the graft prosecution
by loud cheering and hand clapping.
SHOWS FICKERT'S RECORD
John ". Sweeney, past president of
the san Francisco laber council sur
prised the audience with several Incl
dents from the career Of Charles M
Fickert. Heney's opponent.
Al the outbreak of the Spanish war"
he said, when volunteers were asked
for. some Stanford students presented
themselves for service. When the time
came for them 10 leave for active duty,
all but one kept the faith to which
they had been obligated. That one re-
fused 10 90. and ever since he has been
dubbed cold Feet Fickert
Sweeney also told how, when Profess
sor Ross of stanford was removed from
his chair at the university for the eX-
preston Of views distasteful TO the re-
gents and minority Of the student
body signed a circular denouncing Ross,
Ffckerts name headed the list.
he told how FiclSert- had been re-
tanned by people interested in disrupt
ing the iron trades Of the city, and end
ed by saying;
some other time I viii tell how he
scabbed during the teamsters' strike"
i feel that augUrs well for San Fran
cisco said District Attorney LangdOn.
when. after two or. three years of mis-
presentation. falsehOod and slander,
the womanhood of san Francisco, like
The good women Of every community,
are found on the side of honesty and
decency and against the forces of cor
ruptiOn-"
"A remnant Of the old guard said
Hiram Johnson. the next speaker.
comes tonight 10 ask that the women
take UP the burden and help US make
the fight that possibly men should
make alone. Every crook, every crawler
every coward and every climber has
deserted 10 the enemy.
This fight is TO decide whether Pat
Calhoun is a better man than you or
me before the law or whether he stands
there with his children equal with you
and me and our children.
FINANCED BY CRIMINALS
~The gentleman running against our
candidate is financed by indicted crimi-
nails and already ne has spent more
money than the salary Of his office for
two terms viii amount [. He dares
not deny il. And he has announced
that he is going TO steer a middle
course. There IS no middle course be-
tween right and wrong"
Matt Sullivan reviewed the history
Of the graft prosecution and argued
that the voters were bound in graft
tude for services rendered to elect
Henev.
II have said under oath" declared
Rudolph Spreckels, that Heney is Civ
ing his services TO the city without
compensation. and I repeat IT here
James ID. Phelan spoke satirically OF
O. LhOun. saying, among other things:
III has shocked the people Of the
country that we should bring so great
q figure on 50 unworthy a scaffold"
Addresses were also made by Rev
C. \. LathrOp and Barclay Henley
short papers were read by Mrs. Lloyd
Baldwin, Mrs. Elizabet Gerberdfng
Mrs J. " orr and Mrs. Augusta c.
Bafnbridge-
The meeting was called to order bv.
Mrs. Lloyd Baldwin, temporary chair
man. Mrs. HOratio Stebbins acted IS
secretary Mrs Helen Moore pre-
sented the report Of the committee on
constitution which outlined a plan Of
systematic campaign and a pledge to
be taken by All who join the club
Tie nominating committee selected the
following permanent officers and gov
ernlng board, their selections being
ratified By the club:
President. Mrs. Eliza beth Gerberding;
1llrst vice president, Mrs. John Shook.
second vice president Mrs II. 2
Sparks; third vice president Miss
Frances JOlife. secretary Mrs. Horatio
". Stebbins; treasurer, Mrs. T. A.
Starke.
Directors-Mrs. Lloyd Boldwin, Miss
Catherine Hittell, Mrs. r G. Sanborn.
Mrs. Robert Dean, Dr. Minora Kibbe
Governing bOard-Mrs. Charles H
Bentley, Mrs A. A. Sargent, Mrs. E. S.
DurbrOw. Miss Miriam Nicholson, Miss
Alice Cleary, Mrs. Osgood Putnam, Mrs
Cutler Bonestell. Mrs. J. w Orr. Mrs.
Isabel B. TOuhey. Miss Lucia Chamber /
lain. Mrs. J. b. McChesney. Miss Shoo-
bert Mrs. Frank p. Wilson. Mrs. r
Ringrose, Mrs. Frank p Sumner. Mrs.
Helen Moore. Mrs. A. B. Bradstreet.
Mrs. Augusta c. Bainbridge, Mrs Will
liam ". AlversOn, Mrs. Frederic Jewell |
Laird, MIS- austin Sperry, Nine To- /
jetti. Mrs Julius Weber Mrs VIII Cor
riI Mrs Searby, Miss Maud Sutton
Mrs. Francesca Pierce, Mrs. Kirkham |
Wright, Mrs H II. Bancroft, Miss NJ /
T. Cooley. Mrs. NJ /. Castle. Mrs. |
Warren Cheney. Miss Julie Nicholson. |
Mrs Harry NJ Sherman, Miss Genevieve |
Cook, Miss Ella Flannery, Mrs. Hiram |
Johnson. Mrs j. c. Levy, Mrs Orlow
Black, Mrs. Emil Pohli
The headquarters Of the California
Womans Heney club are in room 42l,
Pacific building.
TO ACT On RECOUNT
No consideration has been given by I
Heney's campaign committee to the
request from Fickert's committee that |
q joint petition be made for a recount |
OF the Democratic votes for district at /
torney. IT was announced at headquar- 1
ters yesterday that the executive COM /
mittee would probably meet in a dayi
or two and then act on the communi- /
cation. il is expected that sufficient /
names to place Heney on the ticket as
an Independent candidate for district 4
attorney viii be secured by tomorrow 1
The thirty ninth district branch of 1
the san Francisco democratic club 4
adopted the following resolutions last /