The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
MAYOR ELECT
AND MERCHANTS
IN LOVE FEAST
Mccarthy Bridges Gap and Ce-
ments Friendship With Busi-
nessmen's Association
Declares New Administrations
WafchwOrd Will Be Square
Deal TO All"

between r. II. Mccarthy aud liiS DnSt-
ncssmen Of the city was bridged last
might AT q single throw. Whether the
structure is Of steel and concrete or
only a skeleton span, time alone VIII
,-evesl The meeting had all the ear
marks of spontaneity on the part OF
tha merchants Mccarthy clinched IL
with an epigram.
THE incoming administration has no
enemies TO punish. he declared, and
no friends TO reward except the whole
people.
surely no administration ever painted
. nobler motto. and apparently McCar-
ray's hea rers took him at his word
There was an echolng shout lhal
showed the phrase had struck home
ID was Mccarthy, the conservative,
who addressed the Merchants associa-
rion ar the big banquet in the Norman
cafe at the Fairmont hotel W hlte
fronted, like the 500 members VINO
lined the long tables, the mayor elect
looked and talked as one OF them. If
there had been differences. there was
no occasion now to recall them IL
p-as rather the bonds Of sympathy that
merited discussion.
kEM AND OLD OFFICERS
The MAYOR elect occupied a place TO
tbe left Of Andrew N. Davis. the toast
master. To Davis right sat Governor
CfIiett on either side stretched the
% outgoing md the incoming supervisors
Mayor Taylor WAS not present
During the earlier speeches frequent
kindly reference was made TO McCar-
rhy g g Moore made SO bold as TO
announce that he had not voted for tie
successfll "a ndidate- The sally was
met with = counter thrust from the
mayor elect
The tonic Of the evening was The
saFh act
was treated by Andrew NJ. Davis, Gov
ernor Guiett. A. ". Scott Jr.. c. c.
Moore p Il. McCaTshy and Or Hart
land Law As Mccarthy was intro
duced the diners. led by the governor.
arose and greeted him with cheer upon
'heer. Mccarthy said:
] thank You very much for this
reception. As 10 the statement Of
the last speaker &C. 9. Moore) let
me say TO YOU all il doesn't make
any difference whether YOU voted
for me or not. I ana with you just
the same As I look into your
countenances and see many IA
uliliar faces / recall the days OF
the early nineties when you fought
for your organization No one
fought for il harded at that time
than 1 did. ] urged every merchant
To join il 7 believe that all the
merchants doing business within
the confines OF this city should join
it. They have the same right as
have the men Of my craft to join
their union.
IN 1901. when san Francisco was
confronted by bitter strife the
merchants association the entire
controversy for solution. That
showed the confidence my associ-
ates and myself had. have and al
ways viii have in the merchants
association Of san Francisco.
now come to the toast. What
does the incoming administration
hope to do for San Francisco?"
II is easy 10 say what we hope to
do. il is difficult to say what YOU
arc going TO do for a city like san
Francisco The incoming admins
tration hopes TO bring all the forces
of san Francisco together as unit
So that they may work as a unit.
Tn unity there is strength.
The incoming administration
hopes TO and viii proceed imme-
diately 10 rehsbilitate the depart
ments Of our city government so
that they may not be scattered
throughout the city. but 10 house
them in one substantial building
until we have q city hall befitting
this great state and city.
The incoming administration viii
deal with streets, sewers and parks
50 to handle the min way bet
ter than can be found in the con-
anes Of any city in the United
The incoming administration will
deal with the affairs of this city
from the standpoint OF a square
a
10 give a business administration
along legitimate. libera lines
The incoming administration has
no enemies 10 punish and no friends
TO regard except the whole people
The mayor viii not be the mayor
for the Merchants association alone
nor the building trades council
alone. but for the Merchants asso-
ciation. the building trades council
the chamber Of commerce. the labor
councll-the mayor Of all interests
SDEClai TenTeSGn of
none
Labor and capital have known
liitte strife IN this city during the
last few years in comparison with
other large industrial centers. The
spes ker hopes and knows that the
city viii continue TO go on free
from strife
Governor Ginett has told you Of
The money 10 be expended by the
state and / know, in his honest and
capable hands, IL viii be wisely ad-
ministereo- We of the city have to
deal with millions. We will do it
honestly and in way calculated
70 give the city value received. Let
each dollar be expended as wisely
and carefully as 1t would be by
private employer. and then we viii
be doing our duty to San Francisco.
The incoming administration has
been charged with many things
but those days are gone. / am sur
priSed that my friend Moore. for
whom ] helped big contract at
home, could vote against the man
who had fought so hard for home
industry.
My friends let me say to YOU that
IL is the ambition of the incoming
administration TO give a cleaner
better and more decent government
than san Francisco has ever had
We want the cO-Opera tion of All
civic organizations and hope in re-
turn 10 give them our cooperation
In is our hope 10 govern San Fran
cisco 50 to make fl one of the
best cities OF the United States to
live IN.
Hsrbor improvements and their value
20 San Francisco and 10 the state in
general was the theme discussed bv
Governor James y. Giliett He de-
voted himself more particularly to the
80 100000 harbor Improvement bond is
sue. speaking enthusiastically in favor
OF it, he said:
NY subject brings to my mind a
certain promise made at time
when I was asking for the votes
Of the people Of San Francisco, and
also incidentally at a time when 1
was making q number of promises
Some Of those promises ] have kept
and others I have failed in keep
ing: but among those which ! have
kept is one which ! will mention
tonight I then said ! would ap-
point the best board of harbor COM
nlissioners the state had seen, and
I have kept that promise. The