The San Francisco call., 1909-10-27
CITY'S FATE
DEPENDS ON
REPUBLICANS
Division of independents Means
Mccarthy and Paris OF
America
LiquOrmen Repudiate Alleged
Endorsement of 'Wide Open"
Candidate
gv GEORGE A. VAN SMITH

Cracker ana Leland means the probable
election of P. H Mccarthy and the in
auguration of his Paris of America
government. the democrats are bending
every effort 10 create a republican
stampede through the detection of some
of the prominent independent repub-
licans and the Crocker managers are
making equally desperate efforts TO
hold the rank and file of the inde-
pendents. with the majority of the men
who have led the independent fights.
The democratic managers formally
announced yesterday the secession from
the. Crocker ranks of Harry Mckannay'
Mayor Taylor's private secretary, and
President Day of the board of works.
The republican managers explain the
detection Of these republicans and sew
eral Of their subordinates in the city's
departments as the result of Mayor
Tavlor's insistence that his administra-
ton be for a successor from the ranks
OF his own party.
quite regardless Of the claims OF the
managers on either side. the fact re
mains that. apprehensive of the possi-
bilitv Of McCarthys election, hundreds
Of republicans and democrats are en-
deavoring TO sift thoroughly the man
agerial claims before deciding how they
win vote. They want TO vote TO defeat
Mccarthy. for good government and
against wide open Paris Of America.
Naturally they consider Croker. the
candidate of the majority party, the
one with the better chance to win That
the public generally has been impressed
with the democratic noise about
Crocker being third in the race is be-
vond question. That II insists upon
being shown is also beyond question
DIVE KEEPERS LEAD FIGHT
Facing squarely The fact that the
most notorious dive keepers. deadfail
proDrietors and panderers of San Fran
cisco are leading the fore front OF the
fight for p. H Mccarthy. the repub-
hcans generally and many democrats
have come to realize that one of the
chief issues of the mayoralty fight is
involved in the question Of government
for and by dive keepers as against gov
ernment for and by the people
with Jerome Bassity, Charlie Mitch
ell Dave Becker and their male and
female lieutenants along the tenderloin
and on Barbary coast fighting tooth and
nail for P II. Mccarthy and Liberty,
the signifcance OF the McCarthy's
wide open town" and Paris Of Amer
ica" slogans have not been lost on
thinking people.
The Paris OF America when advo-
Gated and fought for by Bassity and
the directors of his Commercial street
r-f4 and
license. Of which Americans have not
learned to think without a shudder of
disgust When san Franciscans hear
shouts of Mccarthy worship emanating
from the headquarters of the male
creatures who live of the shame OF
women and see those creatures seeking
votes for the proponent of the Paris
of America idea il is not easy for
them 10 escape realization of what the
wide open town" pledges made by
Mccarthy mean.
PROMISE CHINATOWN LICENSE
Nor has the Chinatown campaign for
P. II. Mccarthy been entirely concealed
from the thinking men of San Fran
cisco. Some OF them have seen men
who have stood well in the commercial
life OF san Francisco carrying prom
ises OF -unspeakable license in China
town TO the purveyors of Chinatown
vice and TO the owners of Chinatown
property. They appreciate the mean
ing of the promises of unhanpered
gambling and white prostitution in
Chinatown.
The owners Of Chinatown buildings
and unimproved property have been
promised that the lid will be taken off
completely and that as a natural con-
sequence hundreds of the vicious Chi
nese on the other side of the bay will
flock 10 san Francisco.
The wide open town" and Paris of
America" promises to have no allure
ments for the great majority of the
retail liquor men. who want no more
than an opportunity TO conduct their
legitimatized business in a legitimate
and orderly manner. A campaign for
a wide open town misrepresents them
and they realize that a wide open
town" could only serve the dive keeper
deadfall proprietor and white slave
dealer at their expense.
The vineyardists of the state and
the wholesale wine interests both in
and cut of San Francisco have keen
appreciation of the effect wide open
San Francisco would have upon their
interests outside of San Francisco.
where they have been harassed and
worried for several years.
That the wholesale liquor dealers
of San Francisco 90 not purpose to
accept any responsibility for or part
in the fight on behalf of indecency
was demonstrated by their formal re-
pudiation Of the report that they had
Endorsed the candidacy of P. H Nc
Carthy.
DENY ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT
The importers and wholesale LIQUOR
merchants association was credited
with participation in the alleged unan-
imous Endorsement of McCarthy's can
didscy by the liquor interests of San
Francisco. To set itself right and an
swer once for all the many inquiries
put by the members of the association,
the executive committee adopted for
NAL resolutions, denying that II had
Endorsed any candidate The follow
ing resolutions were adopted at the
regular monthly meeting of the execu-
tive committee held on October 25:
Whereas. This association was
formed with the distinct understand
ing that II shall not at any time be
used in furtherance of the interests of
any political party. il is hereby
Resolved. That this association as
such can not and will not take any.
part in politics at the coming election
nor will IL indOrSe, nor has ii indorsed
any candidate for office.
The most interesting political devel-
opment of the day was the formal
espoussl of Francis ]. Heney's candi-