The San Francisco call., 1909-11-02
THOUSANDS CHEER
LELAND AND HfNfY
Central Theater Is Packed and
Overflow Meeting Is Held
by Independents
Both Candidates Are Given a
Tremendous Ovation by
Enthusiastic Throng

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Ten thousand persons went: to the
Central theater last night to hear DR..
T. B. w: Leland, Francis j. Heney and
the other speakers at the closing meet
ing of. the independent republicans. Be
fore. s. o'clock the .theater was packed
and the late Corners were turned by the
police to the immense overflow meeting
in Marshall square, across Market
street. s. -: II
The .assemblage in the theater" was
one of the most remarkable gatherings
of the campaign. Thirty FIVE hundred
men and women. filled the. auditorium
TO its capacity. They were keyed for
sensations, and these. they experienced,
as storm after storm of applause swept
through the.vast audience for. Leland
and Heney. the men indorsed by the in
dependent republicans for mayor and
district attorney respectively:
CREATES DRAMATIC SCENE
A. dramatic. incident of. the meeting
was enacted when Heney% was intro
duced. As the cheers. died away a man
with som brero in. hand and a. bandana
around his neck arose. in: the body. Of
the theater and shouted in ringing.
tones a greeting from Arizona. =:
:" Frank. old pard,',- said the cow
puncher, ARIZONA sends: her greetings.
to you. Not the politician, mot the
CRATER, but the men in the: mines and
the men on the ranches, old pard,. send
their greetings to you :. !
r Charles H. = Bentley in calling the
meeting 10. order said that there were
SO many good republicans IN SAN Fran ;.
cisco having respect for. the ideals and
the traditions of he*TepC blfcan party
as taught by Roosevelt that: they would
elect Doctor. LELAND mayor and francis
J. Heney district attorney. :+::-
4 Hiram w. johnson. the FIRST sp eaker.
Of the evening. told OF f"the growth. of.
the. independent republican,, movement
in support of Leland ano. Honey.
There is only one. great ter danger
than the election of p. H. Mccarthy as:
mayor said Johnson, and that is. the
defeat of Francis J. .Heney as district
attorney. The independents In the re-
pliblicana party tomorrow are to save;
Sar ii Fra ncisco from the danger of a:
Mccarthy or the crime of q Fickert:'*
:. johnson asked whether or not the.
people were to permit Pat Calhoun to,
dictate who should he elected district.
a ttorney TO. prosecute. him. He. styled
Fickert a. dangerous and cunning
ulountebank. who would be most dam
gerous man. to. be intrusted with any.
office LET alone the office. of district at.
torney.'"'-.*s -. :. -: = - -
CHECKS HELPED FTCKERT:
In a powerful burst Of: oratory John.
son said that the fight which had been
begun would be continued despite the
efforts of the hostile corporations: He.
charged that~the checks Of the :grafters
had been written in FIVE figures TO
help the campaign of .F'ickert. =: >.
r :. Tomorrow there will be nothing in
the Chronicle a bout this: meeting said
Chairman Bentley. THAT will suggest
in this campaign" / want to ask you
whether You are going. to take your
patriotism from. Mike de Young or
Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson -.
After Max Kuhl and Ralph Hathorn
had .1ayed Crocker for his: attacks on
the Independent republicans, Doctor Lee
land r was introduced and received
hearty applause.
: -: 1T is certainly very: gratifying to
those who have been leading the fight
for. public decency to see the way the
people have been aroused said Le-
land 1t is hardly: necessary for me
to enter into the issues Of the cam
paign. We. have. made our pledges.
They were, not lightly made and they
VIII HOl -Dc liz HllA QIOkGU
:. Leland paid fine tribute to John
son. KuhI. Bentley and the other re-
publicans who had rallied to his sup
port, He also spoke in behalf of
IIeney -
AS Heney entered the theater the au-
dience arose and cheered itself hoarse
The band played and enthusiasm was
unbounded. -
After the Arizonan had shouted his
serted that the fight was won, If il
were not stolen. He said it was up to
his audience to see that it was not
stolen. He explained that he felt it
his. duty to stand for district attorney
when Langdon declined to run again.
REVIEWS BRIBERY CASES
Heney charged that the criminals;
had nominated Fickert but had made
mistakes in writing his speeches. as
he had in his first speeches made rash
statements about what he would do
the prosecution of the graft cases if
elected Heney charged that the
speeches had been written in the office
of A. A. Moore.
Charges made. by Fickert regarding
the treatment of J.. Dalzell Brown were
branded by Heney as willfuI lies, and
Earl Rogers, attorney for Calhoun, was
STYLED AN audacious rascal The
graft prosecutor fatty accused the
United Railroads. of having met the ex-
pense of Fickert's campaign. He fol-
lowed with a review of the bribery
practiced by the corporations and he
told of the necessity of extending inn
munity in certain cases.
Time. after time Heney was inter
rupted with. cheers and as he closed the
audience rose to its feet and gave him
a rousing ovation.
Theodore A. Bell was the last
speaker. He attacked the record of p
H Mccarthy and made an eloquent ap !