The San Francisco call., 1909-10-13
MCCARTHY SPEAKS
AT SIX MEETINGS
Labor Candidate Tells What He
Will Do if He Is Elected
to Office of Mayor

Large audiences greeted P. H. Nc
Carthy for mayor, Charles NJ. Fickert
for district attorney and other candi-
night. Mccarthy darted from meeting
to meeting in his automobile, making
six speeches at the following places:
Duveneck's hail. Twenty-fourth and
Church streets; thirty-second district
headquarters at 1855 Mission street;
Eintracht hall at Twelfth and Folsom
streets; headquarters at 1888 O'Farrell
street; the P. II. Mccarthy neighbors'
club at Improvement hall, 1853 Market
street, and Marine Engineers hall at
40 Steuart street.
Although McCarthys voice was weak
and hoarse as the result of strenuous
campaigning he managed to speak sew
eral minutes at each meeting, telling
what he would do if elected mayor.
SAYS PROPHECY WAS TRUE
Il appeared before you two years
ago." said Mccarthy in Duveneck's hall,
and told you what was going to hap
pen If my opponent was successful.
Every word 1 uttered at that time has
been verified. Experience has taught
us we should not triie with them any
longer. We have had such siege of
walking the streets, of standing off the
grocer and we have seen so many leave
the city and so many flats and stores
made vacant that the stencil is strong
In our nostrils. I've spent 26 years in
this city and I challenge any one to
put his finger on anything 1 have been
connected with that was not above re-
proach."
McC arthy promised the best and
cleanest government in the citys his
tory and said that the affairs would be
looked after in a businesslike manner
He also favored a liberal policy and
insisted on peace and prosperity.
George Snyder was chairman of this
meeting.
At 1866 Mission street MCCARTHY in
dorsed every plank in the union labor
platform He said he would build sew
ers voted by the people. he would rush
street work and he would hasten the
municipal water plant. He said in his
opinion the recall should require the
demand of only 10 per cent of the vot-
ers instead of 80 per cent He added
that he proposed to conduct the office
of mayor so as to make it so disagree
able for those who do not do right that
they would be recalled even If it took
so per cent. William Newsom presided
at that meeting.
In addressing the voters of the
thirty first district in Eintracht hall
Mccarthy pleaded his superior fitness
that all interests would be treated
fairly.
THE labor unions have never trifled
with the affairs of other people," said
Mccarthy at this meeting. IF Nc
Carthy is elected mayor-and there is
no more doubt of it than that we are
here tonight-the labor unions will ask
for no more privileges than they are
asking for and receiving now"
Charles A. SiSkrOn presented tho
speakers at this meeting. In addition
to Mccarthy and Fickert the following
made addresses at the union labor
meetings last night: Thomas F. Boyle
for auditor; T. F.. O'Neil, for tax COL
lector; c. F. Fleischmann, John A.
Kelly, ]. R. Knowles, T. P. Minehan, c.
A. Nelson and T. B. Healy, for super
visors; w. r. Hagerty of the campaign
committee and M. T. Clark of the
Businessmen's P. H. Mccarthy club
John A Kelly was roundly applauded
when he attacked Theodore A. Bell for
saying unkind things against the union
labor party in view of the fact that he
had accepted it's support three years
ago.
Greif's Friends at Work
From every district in the city friends
of John J. Greif, republican nominee
for county clerk. gathered in Saratoga
hall at 225 Valencia street last night
and organized with the following off,
GERS: Colonel James E. Power, presi-
dent. William Wohelman, first vice
president; Joseph Nylan, second vice
president; John F. Ahern, secretary; T.
c. Maher, Oscar A. Tolle, George T. Nc
Ginnis, Robert Wieneke. p Fred Rath-
jen, Henry Liebert. Thomas Brown,
Peter J. Kelly and w. H. Chapman, ex-
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