The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-10
OF leland
GETTING TO WORK
Movement Started to Organize
Nonpartisan League to Fur
Their Mayoralty Candidacy

The Leland league. a nonpartisan or
ganization to advance the candidacy of
DR.. T. B. w. Leland, democratic as
pirant for the mayoralty nomination,
was launched last night at meeting
in Jefferson Suare hall. Golden Gate
avenue, near Octavia. The hall was
filled with crowd that evinced the
their candidate.
With Henry E Monroe as temporary
presiding officer, Or. Thomas Shumate
was placed in nomination for president
of the league by Charles j. Heggerty,
the attorney, and the choice was con-
firmed by rising vote.
.Dr. Leland" said Heggerty, lis the
man of the hour. The condition of af-
fairs in San Francisco demands a man
who can cope with, the most delicate
problems. DIR. Leland possesses the ex-
ecutive ability as well as the integrity
of life and conduct which fit him for
the position
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
After Irving c. Alderman of the
forty-frst district had been elected sec
rotary, Justus Warde1l moved that the
president of the league be empowered
to select an executive committee Oh 70
or so prominent citizens and the mo-
ton was carried. 1t is understood that
DR.. John Gallwey will. head. this eex-
ecutive committee.
Thomas Mcguire spoke. of Leland's
candidacy from the union labor stand
point and laid stress ON the fact that
the meeting had not been called by
Leland but by friends who wished to
organize nonpartisan movement in
his favor 80
mo man engaged in legitimate bust
ness in San Francisco need fear any
thing at the hands of DIR. Leland de-
clared Sidney Van WYck Jr. Long ac-
quaintance with municipal affairs, ex-
perience and thoughtful attention make
a man a leader in municipal affairs. DR..
Leland possesses these qualifications.
He could well act as the representative
of our city in receiving and welcoming
distinguished visitors.
DENoUNcEs THE GLOBE
You all know that the leader of the
disbursements committee which is back
ing one of our opponents is at the head
of bank which supplied $4,000 to
carry on the infamous San Francisco
Globe and Sacramento Union. do not
think that any self-respecfing citizen
is going to approve of~such. dealings by
i
self-respecting citizenswill vote for DIR.
Leland regardless of party" i
THE republican candidate who ex-
poets to be nominated" said Thomas ].
Walsh. lis going to get mighty few re !
publican votes in my district, the thir-
ty-seventlls'' -
THE PROGRESO DISASTER
Tim Reardon. of the iron workers
gave the audience am account of his
first meeting with Dr.. LELAND. 1t oc-
CURED, he said. after the Progreso ex-
plosion, when the coroner went into
the ruins of the vessel to direct the
work of rescuing stheA dying and dead
He also told how Leland had defied the
owners of the Progreso when the work
of rescue necessitated the destruction
of the vessels new boilers. The story
was greeted with applause
DIR. Leland is going to get big
union labor VOTE declared Reardon.
The bona fde union labor man is not
fooled by those who are trying to use.
the cause for their own profit he does
not believe in class government"---
Louis H. Mooser offered suggestions
for district organization. Other speak
ers were former Autopsy Surgean DR..
Louis Bacigalupi, Dan O'Callaghan and
George Gallagher.
LINEN FAKER FINED-Dominick -yerone. a
linen pedder, was fined $50 by Police Judge Con-