The San Francisco call., 1909-08-19

of union labor and republican support
regardless of the primaries.
"I take it that the democratic plat
form will coincide with the pledges l
made to the people before the <pri-
maries. In any event those pledges
for a week. When I return 1 will go
TO it good and hard"
NOTHING But MCCARTHY
Thanks to the courtesy of Harry P.
Flannery, P. II. McCarthy's supporter
in chief and hacker, the union labor
nominee made a special dispensation
of his well occupied time to put me
right on the mayoralty situation. And
Mccarthy had more reasons and more
figures than the others to prove that
his was the correct size up. This does
not presuppose any argument So far
as Mccarthy is concerned there is no
room for any argument. There is only
one thing about which he entertains
any doubts. If the vote is over $4,000
he is doubtful that he will receive a
clear majority. If the total is as low
as 900 he will have majority. Since
the probable total will be somewhere
in the neighborhood of $4,000, that
question resolves itself.
sOf course l will be elected" echoed
Mccarthy in apparent surprise at the
question. why? Why, because the
people of this city and county demand
q change and in making that change
the people will place the management
of the city and county in the hands of
q practical businessman-a man who
can do things for all the people.
have had to deal with large affairs
for many years AS a result of my wide
experience in business 1 know when
things should be done-how things
should be done as well as the best way
to do them.
This city needs a man in the office
of mayor who will be mayor of all
the people. It is my ambition and my
purpose to give to all the people OF
this city the best government it has
ever had. i believe that San Francisco
needs that form of honest government
which will build up San Francisco and
bring her back to where she was be-
fore the fire, when she was considered
one of the best business cities in
America, and by all who visited US the
Paris of America"
Am / to take that as an indorse-
ment of the government of San Fran
cisco which peddled the overhead troll
ley franchises and split the telephone
boodles?" l asked.
That came after the fire, didn't it?'
parried Mccarthy. Prior to the fire."
he continued, San Francisco was very
prosperous and can be made so again
San Francisco needs confidence-so the
people can assist themselves to restore
and rehabilitate themselves. They
have not done so for the last two
years. 1 believe 1 can give them that
confidence
WILL BEAT THEM BOTH
Whom do you consider your chief
opponent?"
THAT does not matter. I have not
bothered about that. l will beat them
both. ] may not get a majority of the
entire vote, but 1 will get very close to
IL. If the total vote is only 65 900 l
will get a majority. IT would not have
made any difference to me whom the
democrats or republicans nominated.
The people will vote for me in a man
ner calculated to beat them all The
merchants appreciate the fact that
am in position TO give them better
administration than either of the gen
tlemen nominated by the republicans
and democrats.
There will be no mud singing. but
you will find out later on that neither
of these gentlemen is very popular
with organized labor. can not see
where either is any. good or that thew
have any strength. Ny campaign is
on all the time"