The San Francisco call., 1909-11-01


plunged it.
Speak of the character of city be-
ing measured by its street railways.
Ny friends. it would be far better that
you crawled on your hands and knees
all your lives and have no street rail-
ways than to lose your character ana ano
possess all the street railways that
could be built
No, let us not walk under the red
nag of piracy. Let us not walk under
the black flag of dishonor. But let us
walk under the white flag OF civic
righteousness for all time to come.
AUDIENCE CHEERS MAYOR
At the close of his address Mayor
Taylor was given a remarkably en-
thusiastic and sincere demonstration OF
his audiences esteem. The audience,
standing, waved handkerchiefs and
cheered and the chairman was forced
TO repeatedly rap for order.
We have had mayors in San fran
cisco who left the mayeralty chair hor-
ribly rich" declared Chairman Guthrie,
but how rich do you suppose Mayor
Taylor is as he steps down from this
high place? He may have little of ma
terial wealth. but he is enormously rlch
in the love of the people He stepped
into the breach at an age when ne nao
gained the right to retire from the
storm of life, but he leaves the mayors
chair with the love of the city behind
him-a love that will remain with him
until he is called to his fathers.
John P Fogarty led three rousing
cheers for Mayor Taylor and then read
the following telegram from Rev.
Father Michael Otis, Paulist-
New York; Oct 80, 1909.
Regret L can not be present al
the meeting. Francis J. Heney has
my confidence and admiration. 1
think ne stands for principle and
may the people reward him. HIS
success will be a triumph for good
government and San Francisco's
glory.
MAKES CLOSING ADDRESS
Rev. William RAIDER. pastor of CAL
vary Presbyterian church. made the
closing address of the service. He
said:
What are we contending for? The
conflict now agitating the city is
world battle. Revolutions are related
All moral reforms are part of COM
mon and world wide protest against in
justice. The prophets of the Hebrew
kingdom were the pioneers in this
movement Elijah, Isaiah, Amos, Jere-
miah and Hosea were reformers. They
spoke words which even now sound
like thunder. Their speeches would fit
into the local San Francisco campaign.
Savenarola in Florence, dealt with
precisely the same problems now facing
this city. He waged a battle with Lo-
renzo the Magnificent and the other
Medici, until he was. dangled from a
rope on the public square and his body
was consumed by fire. The reappear-
ance of these reforms demonstrates the
Of G.
tory With the temperance of the
issues comes the reformers, as though
the Isaiahs and Savonarolas were raised
from the dead. John Calvin in Geneva,
Knox in Edinburgh. DIR. Parkhurst IN
New York and Polk in Missouri-they
are identical in purpose and principle.
CHURCH TAKES IT'S PART
In this the church-the church uni
versal-has had q part. This is the
meeting of the church. the occasion
when ministers are citizens, plain,
everyday patriots, and churchmen are
reformers. This meeting is the pause
before the battle the prayer for guild
ance before the battle is fought The
church must go into politics in this
way. She has never hesitated to do
so, and the minister who fears to fol-
low the flag Of his country where the
cross leads is unworthy the name of
minister.
Great are the scenes which record
the reverent attitude of the church
just before the decisive battle on the
heights of Dunbar Cromwell paused be-
fore his iron regiment and, when the
sun flung away the mists, repeated that
old battle cry of the Sixty eighth
Psalm. Let God arise and let his enc
mics be scattered This was the text
selected by the brave priest in Mos
cow when a service was held to cele-
brate the retreat of the French. IT
was popularity believed that beneath
the cathedral of the Kremlin were
powder magazines, but the priest stood
over the magazine and dispelled all
fear by using those great words Be-
fore Washington entered into battle al
Valley Forge he prayed In Cam
bridge, Mass, you will see the memorial
which marks the spot where the chap
lain prayed before the little band OF
patriots stormed the heights of Bunker
hill. The last thing the Pilgrims did
before they left Holland to bring
hither republican institutions was to
hold a religious service.
on EVE OF THE BATTLE
The pulpits OF Philadelphia. writes
one historian, fired the morning gun
of the American revolution Today, on
the eve of q battle to be fought, not by
bullets, but ballots, we meet to. voice
our sincere convictions and to sound
the tocsin of a moral warfare for the
good OF San Francisco. This is our city
Some of us have seen 1t grow from a
village to q metropolis. Gradually the
spray of an ocean of humanity washes
our hills; higher and higher rises the
tide of population. We have seen il
shattered and burned and rise again
We have seen il looted and robbed and
debauched. We have seen the fingers
of the world pointed at us in scorn, and
now we come again to the ballot box
10 elect new officers to administer our
affairs.
Il am not to speak about the election
of mayor, but to say something about
the Office Of district attorney. This Of
fee belongs to the good people of this
city. 1t has been the center of our
fight because it is the citadel of oul
hopes. It is the fulcrum by which the
lever of reform lifts the city from the
mud. If you lose the fulcrum, yop may
throw away the lever. This belongs tc
the men who are trying TO save, moi
ruin the city, and we are going to have
Ii. Once we rescued 1t from the enemy
almost by force of arms. 1t is the lone
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