The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30
DEMOCRATS PLAN
A DUMB CAMP IGN
Regular Organization Candidates
Will Fight Shy of the
Stump and Oratory
Spellbinders Will Be Given No
Opportunity to UnIimber
Their Vocal Artillery


|, Speaking for the regular democrats.
one of the organization leaders gave
out that word yesterday. This same
authority added that Doctor Leland. can
didate for mayor, would not take the
stump and that none of the other reg
stump. All are to confne themselves
1 to a literary campaign" using the
term literary in a loose political
sense. That is, the voters are to be
bombarded with circulars and pep
| pered with election cards; but the
noise of the spellbinder will not be
| heard in the land.
That is to say, there will be no
platform noise from the organization
| spellbinders. OF course BILLY" Hynes
will go right on singing the laughing
song at church fairs and Sunday mic
mics; Larry Dolan will give voice to an
occasional heres how: while Doctor
Leland and Godchaux will work their
good right hands in pump handle poll
/ tics. But there are to be no halls
hired, no bands subsidized. no red fire
burned, no pitchers filled with ice
water. 1t is to be a speechless cam
paign for the organization.
VALUE SPEECHES LIGHTLY
Perhaps there are more reasons than
one for this. The organization leaders
are not too credulous about the worth
of speeches. They remember. for in
| stance, that in the charter campaign
two spellbinders were chosen from
eighteen candidates for supervisor to
| do all the word painting These two
| orators spoke every night at every
| meeting, while their sixteen comrades
sat back with placid faces and ap-
plauded at the proper intervals. When
| the votes were counted the sixteen
were elected and the two spellbinders
were outside the. money. 1t would be
| cruel to name them.
That interesting experience may
have had something to do with the
determination of the organization to
have no speaking in the primary cam
paign. And then again there may be
| another reason. The anti-McNab men
are going to do a whole lot of stump
speaking. Their candidate for mayor
and the rest of their ticket are going
to burn up oxygen in every section of
the city. They are prepared to speak
by electric light, gas, candle or lamp
post; they will spellbind from noon to
midnight. If the voter doesn't know
where they stand by primary day, it
| will be because the voter is deaf or
out OF town. They have arranged for
noon and night meetings daily. begin
ming next Monday and closing on the
eve of election.
INVITATION TO LELAND
More than that. The anti-McNabites
have generously invited Doctor Leland.
their organization opponent, to speak
at their meetings. 1t will be case of
the Lincoln-Douglas debates all over
again, if they have their way. But
Leland has not responded to the invi-
tation. Instead of a response there
comes from headquarters word that
the organization democrats will not
make a speaking campaign. either
from their own or the enemys plat
forms. Catch the idea?
In addition to the candidates there
| will be some outside talent enlisted for
these San Francisco club meetings, in
Guiding James G.. Mcguire and Clar-
ence A. Hennings, who was chairman
of the recent unofficial democratic
convention.
THE DUMB CAMPAIGN
Neither William Croker nor Byron
Mauzy has so far formulated any plans
for taking the stump. Like the regular
democrats. the men behind both these
candidates are figuring on a dumb
campaign. OF course this plan may
gang agley. 1t makes a candidate
FESTIVE when his opponent gets out
and begins hammering away at the
public ear 1t was only last year that
Judge Hunt started out to make q
literary campaign of ultra dignity; but
before election day rolled around, the
distinguished jurist had caught the
contagion from his fellow benchers
and was going the oratorical route
with the rest of them. The same thing
may happen to Croker and Mauzy and
to Leland. too.
Frank Sullivan intends to take the
stump very soon, but he is keeping
his plans dark, especially when news
papermen heave in sight p. Fl. Nc
Carthy is already making speeches.
both to audiences and individuals. Nc
Carthy can not help making speeches;
he contracted the habit early in life
and has preferred the oratoricaI to
the conversational method ever since.
Before. the campaign is over he will
test his lung power in a big mass
meeting.
FICKERT Is TALKING
Charles NJ. Fickert has already un-
limbered his vocal artillery. but he
will have to do some strenuous work
if he expects to heep up with Nate
Coghlan, his opponent Talking is
one of the best things Coghlan does
and he intends to do quite a bit of 1t
y
dropped in at a Fickert meeting a few
nights ago and made several critical
remarks about the acoustic properties
of the hall and the manner in which
the speakers were using their vocal
chords; so it may be presumed that
he also figures on a little oratory
in the near future.
In fact it is safe to say that before
many days pass there will be so much
noisy spellbinding that the silence
of the organization democrats will not
be conspicuous.
The fortieth district union labor
club met Wednesday night at 1902
Sacramento street and elected the fol-
lowing officers: NJ p. Scott. chairman;
W. Dickinson, vice chairman; c. A
Shuttleworth, secretary treasurer The
following delegates to the union labor
convention, to be held August 80. were
chosen: NJ. P. Scott, W. Dickinson
A. j. Monogue. Patrick Lynch and Sam