The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
SULLIVAN TELLS
WHY HE WOULD
BE THE MAYOR
Capitalist Seeking Union Labor
Parry Nomination Discusses
s Public Policy
J Talks Freely About Reforms He
J. Thinks lie Could Effect in
Municipal Government
BY GEORGE VAN SMITH


. llssiaRcis j. Sullivan, lawyer. capital
: Asa Sometimes democrat and all the,
. t(fRe- b9rsy citizen. is candidate for
the union labor party nomination for
mayor
sullivan is not without fame as an
: orator. he has. given voice to his ideas
7. -fnoTn the platform on many occasions.
He has also broken into print with
some Of his forceful rather than diplo-
: ala4ie opinions touching men, issues
and things He has run for congress
.iaad been beaten. He has run for con-
Eress and been declared elected by a.
con gressfonal committee on elections,
:wi1en.it was too late for him to unchain
MS oratory in the national forum. He
mas been elected to the state senate and
lakes. Z: characteristioally modest pride
In the record he made as legislator.
.cNsT OFF DEMOCRATIC TIES
He Is a candidate for mayor now. lie
: has cast of all his democratic ties, as
:TteIE as his former business relations.
: Fer the former he has no regrets. He
> 7laE still vote the national democratic
: IA ket. As 10 the other, many Of his
81. ( :
!. 3 .s5ln printable
2. SuFisr am is. more than an orator. He
= an eask-even fluent talker, but ]
FOUND him considerate of the inter
.<sa5ver. / asked him the questions
= lave put 10 other candidates for mayor
:iAe. was very polite about repeating
when my pencil failed 10 keep up with
Use. .langlls &c those questions loosed.
Let il ]9e said for Sullivan that his an
ssvers. were positive. He made no eX
.ses-no apologies, either for his views
.55:s public questions or his opinions
about Francis John Sullivan Here is
srhat he told me-
GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
~ was born in San Francisco. so
-. Years ago. IN Ellis street behind the
.l;face. where the Flood building now
= stands and in a house that was brought
around The Horn in pieces. 1 am the
son Of John Sullivan, pioneer OF
: isss. I an married and have four
eefi5ren.a son and three daughters.
7 attended ST. Ignatius and Santa
p clara; college in California; Stonyhurst
-colieee il England, and took my de-
.-rree in law from the law department
= Columbia university. New York city,
r. an iSS2 I have practiced law in this
.cify ever since.
II have been interested in politics
= cs5.f since J was d boy 1 was nomi-
mated or the aOnpartisan ticket TO
3 the constitutional convention which
fred the constitution Of 1879. 1 took
an a,ctfVe part in the anti-Chinese cru
sade~and delivered an address at the
j.: .celebrated" anSi-Chinese demonstration
.Lel0 IN Piatts hall in 1882.
! c.AREER IN POLITICS
i was elected 10 the state senate
Ir0gl the thirteenth district in 1882
2 70 s1na
.61solution. calling upon congress 10
-sass tie: Geary exclusion act served
= fl sle celebrated special session called
: ;5- Governor Stoneman TO consider
. rates fares sd the railroad commits
. SION, 8Iy record was the popular one.
:: ]: stood alone in the san Francisco del
egation Tor the people. ! voted for low
fares and TO GUST the railroad COM
rnissioners. who then, as now, were in
ire pay OF the railroads.
I ran for congress in 1884 and was
defeated. 1 ran again in 1886. The
returns were against ne. / uneartked
fraud In the count. The contest was
taken TO Washington. The committee
on elections seated me, bat the report
was adopted by the house at the end
OF the session, and J did not take my
seat T made. then, as / am making
now, an anti-monopoly fight. 1 have
served IS a member OF the park COM
mission.
In national politics I am a demo-
GRAFT; in local politics ! have always
been nonpartisan and was vice chair
man OF the old nOnpartisan movement
REASON FOR CANDIDACY
.@T.a am not q candidate for mayor in the
e sense Of a personal quest for Office.
am candidate only because Of my
friends. who thought that some big
tax payer who wOuld have the interest
of all tax payers at heart should be at
the helm. 8iy friends thought that my
record touching the interests Of labor
was good and that could do good serv-
ice for san Francisco in this emer-
gency-"
FAVORS HETCH HETCHH
Are YOU in favor OF the Hetch
F7etchy water project and the acquisi-
tion and development Of the proposed
municipal water supply?"
Il am IN favor OF municipal owner
ship Of ali public utilities. And 1 am
most heartily in favor of the Hetch
Hetchy project. Private ownership of
public utilities is the source Of ali OF
our civic troubles"
FOR CHEAP GAS
Are YOU in favor Of continuing the
light made by the incumbent board of
Supervisors for an IS cent gas rate, and
what. in your opinion, should be the
gas rate2
FIRST. am in favor OF municipal
ownership OF gas-and next the lowest
rate that viii be fair to stock holders
and users. whatever it may be-75
cents II necessary to be as fair 10 the
consumer as to the stock holder
LOWER MARKET STREET
what. in your opinion. Mr.. Sullivan.
should be done by the city in the mat
Ter OF the United Railroads attempt TO
maintain its monopoly of lower Market
street,"
Il am yet president of the Suffer
street Improvement club. ] am one OF
the few men who contributed real
money 10 that cause. James y. Phelan
and Rudolph Spreckels contributed
nothing but hot air. 1 never saw a 5
cent piece from either of them. They
got glory cheap.
i paid FOR advertising the pIedging