The San Francisco call., 1909-09-27
H[N[y INDORS[D
BY IROQUO|S CLUB
Bourbon Organization Pledges
Support at Annual Bulls
Head Breakfast
Fight Against Corruption. in San
Francisco Declared to Hinge
on Result of Election

Francis ]. Heney was the center of
enthusiasm at the annual bulls head
| breakfast of the 1roquois club, the
| local organization of faithful demo-
Gratis. held yesterday at La Boheme
grove, Fairfax, Marin county. One
hundred and fifty democrats and others,
many of whom were accompanied by
their wives, were present at the wood
| for district attorney was loudly ap-
pIauded by the gathering and Heney's
speech was greeted with sincere cheer
| ing. William j. Burns was also called
upon for a speech and he read, with
| Heney's permission, letter written
| to Heney by Judge Ben B. Lindsey OF
| the juvenile court of Denver, in which
| the cause for which the graft prosecu-
tor is battling was made common one
| with the contest Lindsey is waging III
Denver against corruption.
| After the bulls heads had disap-
peared E. r. Zion, president of the
club, introduced Max Pepper as toast
master After paying tribute to Law
renee Jefferson Welch, one of the
| founders of the club, Pepper said:
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with the true spirit of democracy, a
! man who is the best example of an
| honest, coura geous American citizen
| Francis J. Heneyo
| An outburst of applause followed
and Heney was forced to stand upon a
| bench to satisfy the clamor of the
| crowd. He said in part:
THE Iroquois club was the first to
indorse the work which we are doing
| in San Francisco. After the criticism
| to which have been subjected by some
newspapers and by certain organiza-
tions of men the support which this
| club accords me is extremely gratify-
| ing. 1 feel certain that San Francisco
! is going TO do the right thing in No
vember We realized when we began
this fight against graft that it would
not be short battle, but a war. We
are going to fight until that war is
ended. and it will not be ended until we
have driven every dishonest wretch
! from the city.
BACKED BY THE PEOPLE
II believe that the people of San
Francisco as whole are with us
and the results of the jury trials
| do not mean that the masses are
| against the prosecution. The law
| governing such trials is faulty and
many of the jurors are predeter-
| mined as to what their votes will be
even before they are chosen. The pub
! lie service corporations are responsible
| for the bad conditions prevailing at
present They will hesitate at nothing
| to check the honest administration Of
| justice and law. They have not hesi-
| tated to attempt assassination, they
! have .bribed witnesses and even re-
| moved them from the state.
IF San Francisco does not declare
at election time by. an overwhelming
/ foi he
work which we are doing then Igwill
begin to think that there is something
wrong with the people, but even IL de-
feated I will only commence to fight
the harder.'
He sat down amid cries of Good
boy, Heney" and prolonged cheering.
Walter Macarthur, editor of the
Coast Seamans Journal, was next
called upon. IT would state" he said
that as a general proposition / do not
think the Sabbath is the proper day
for the discussion of politics in public
meetings. But there are politics and
politics. And the Heney kind of poll
tics should be spoken from every pulpit
every Sunday-for there is a moral is
sue involved. 1 want heartily to in
dorse Francis J. Heney for district at
torney."
Heney's aid in the graft cases, Will
liam J. Burns. the special agent of the
district attorneys ONCE, was next in
troduced by the toastmaster. Burns
said:
San Francisco is today confronted
with the most serious crisis in it's his
tory, but have an abiding faith that
the people may always be depended
upon to be found on the side of NOR
ality and what they believe is right.
There is a movement throughout the
country for the betterment of munich
pal politics and Mr.. Heney, who is
leading the fight in San Francisco, is
bound to win
PRAISES JUDGE LINDSEY
Burns referred to the letter Heney
had received from Judge Lindsey. which
is published in another column of The
Call, and with Heney's permission.
read it.
Judge Lindsey. asserted Burns, sis
fighting for the same principle in Den
yer that Heney is fighting for here,
and he is opposed by all the vicious in
terests. They have prevented his nom
ination on the regular tickets, but he
has run independently and has received
more votes than all his opponents put
together. I am sure that the people of
San Francisco will respond in the same
way for Heney, and the November
election will find that San Francisco
has voted to uphold the strong arm of
Heney that he may continue the great.
work which he has begun
Judge Robert Ferral, candidate for
police Judge. also Endorsed Heney with
emphatic assurance of his support and
sympathy with the graft prosecution.
Thomas Welch was master of cere-
monies. Police Commissioner Sweisart
was called upon for a speech, but ex-
planned that owing to his official posi-
tion he was not permitted to take part
in politics.
Heney had been visiting at Inverness
and came to Fairfax with his brother.
Ben Heney, mayor of Tucson, Ariz.
Among the candidates present at this
gathering of Iroquois democrats was
Harry I. Mulcrevy, union labor and
sometime republican candidate for
county clerk. Mulcrevy has never af
filiated with democracy, but he Joined
the bourbons over the bulls head.
The outing. which celebrated the
twenty seventh birthday of the club.
was in charge of the trustees, whose
names follow: H. D.. Murphy, James J.
Finn, Charles Gildea, Max Pepper. s. "
Merle, T. e. Hayden, H. c. Boecheo. e.
r. Zion is president and Thomas j.
Walsh treasurer of the organization.
which is the oldest democratic club on
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