The San Francisco call., 1909-10-26
.DARES MCCARTHY TO
R[PUD|AT[ CALHOUN
Bell Challenges Labor Party
Candidate to Deny Corpora
ton Support

Theodore A. Bell, speaking last night
in support Of the candidacy of DR..
/. b. w. Leland for mayor. challenged
p. III. Mccarthy to deny that he had
received. the financial support of Pat
rick Calhoun in his campai gn for mayor
two years go, or that Calhoun was at
present aiding him in his fight. He
declared that Michael Casey had
charged two years ago that Calhoun
had paid $4,000 into the Mccarthy
campaign fund. and demanded to know
why, If this We're untrue Mccarthy did
not force Casey, now his supporter, to
admit that it was false
The incident occurred at the demo-
cratic meeting held at the Novelty
theater, which was filled to two thirds
It's seating capacity, and at which the
candidate for mayor ana several other
democratic nominees and Francis j.
fHeney made addresses. Alexander t.
Nogeisang presided, and the list of
speakers in addition to candidates. ins
GUIDED Theodor eA. Bell. DR.. A. HI.
Giannini. James d. PheIan, Sidney M.
van Wyck Jr. and Jesse w. Bryan. Lee
land, Bell and Thomas w. Hickey spoke
aios at democratic meeting in Twin
Peaks hall at Seventeenth and Noe
streets where they were greeted by a
anu enthusiastic crOWQ.
PRAISES ADMINISTRATION
In calling the Novelty theater meet
ing to order Chairman Vogeisang re-
marked upon the Portola festival just
closed as the greatest possible CONF
mentary upon the success of two and
halt years of clean, decent govern
ment, and pointed to the remarkable
rebuilding of the city as the greatest
praise that could be given this period
OF honest, businesslike administra ton.
He asked the voters to decide whether
the city should Justify the impression
given the world last week by casting
vote for clean government next Tues
day, or whether it should drift back
ward. 1t was not a question of person
alit1es TO be decided, he said, but a
matter of principles
Doctor Leland was given three cheers
and hearty round of applause when
introduced by the chairman. He de-
clared that whatever ante-election
promises he was making were made to
be kept after election. Drawing atten-
ton TO McCarthy's campaign, he said:
Everybody knows now that when
the public service corporations and the
deadfalls of the city came together it
does not mean the welfare of the good
citizens Such an alliance is not in
tended for the benefit of your home or
tion enables any ticket to make a
100000 campaign there is an attempt
TO buy the government. Do you think
these people are trying to buy the gov
ernment for your benefit? If they. sue
ceed in purchasing it, will it belong to
them or to the people? Don't you sup
pose that this combination realizes that
its expenditure of 100000 is a good
investment? Don't you think it figures
on getting its money back with COM
pound interest? BY reading the con-
fessions of your former officials you
will understand why so much money
is being spent to produce another gov
ernment like that.
NAMED BY SPRING VALLEY
"One of the tickets before you was
named by the men who own the Spring
Valley water company. 1t would seem
Like a piece of irony that this ticket
should be shouting 'Hetch Hetchy for
the people" The other ticket origi-
mated with the same people whoise
government under it's criminal board
OF supervisors hit the Hetch Hetchy
over the chad with a club, abandoned
your rights and tried to render this
blessing of good water impossible.
Nevertheless, it also is shouting 'Hetch
Hetchyr"
Theodore A. Bell attacked the Nc
Carthy campaign as noisy, buster
ing, frothy, foaming' affair without
sincerity or honest purpose. He
charged that Mccarthy was throwing
his support to Fickert in return for
United Railroads influence for himself,
and dared Mccarthy to deny that he
had accepted a contribution from Pat
rick Calhoun two years ago, or that
Calhoun was financially behind his
fight at present
Heney declared that he stood for the,
district attorneyship as a representa-
tive of the people on the skirmish line
in a great nation wide fight for civic
righteousness, in which he intended to