The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-24
Letter TO Public Challenges the
Critics of Administration to
Prove Assertions
Declares That Attempt Has
Been Made TO Blacken Name
of San Francisco
By P. H. MCCARTHY, Mayor

Mr.. Fremont Older Of Isidor Jacobs
personally conducted riot to occur in
the streets of this city under the Bull
Ietin's manag cement within a few days,
and Mr.. Older's indoor event at the
Dresmlaud rink on May s. I now re-
oeive notice through the channels of
the Bulletins frantic columns that or
ganized labor, having struck an initial
blow in retaliation upon that premier
faker William Randolph Hearst,
should, in conpa ssiOn and pity, refrain
from further chastisement Like that
marvel OF the deep sea, the squid.
which gets away ia the hour OF dan
ger by emitting a mess of its own
blackness, the Bulletin evidently hopes
TO put the limelight under which IT has
withered upon the traitor, Hearst and
hold il there. Poor. silly Bulletin
the ruse viii not work.
The Bulletin had best save its tears
and lamentations for the Bulletin The
organized tOileT can take care of Mr..
Hearst, meeting him a the window of
public decency in his second story work
10 repel him as he deserves, but at the
same time the same organized toiler
can easily take care Of the Bulletin,
IGO. and the opposition which the dod-
dering mana gers Of the Bulletin seem
10 value so highly viii be theirs fully
10 appreciate.
To show the public in general that
the kings of mudslinging. Older and
CrOthers. do not even keep abreast of
the news in their own city and do not
know what is going on, I invite atten-
ton TO the laughable boast of Ere
mont Older that I was instrumental
long ago IN putting a boycott upon
him and his handdodger. and that the
Bulletin thriYed upon the same. Well,
no such boycott was put upon the Bull
letin at all Had such been the case
the Bulletin would stand in greater
need than ever Of the consOling financial
stimulus flowing from the ample wal
lets of Nessrs. Spreckels and Phelan.
The members of the building trades
council at one time, il is true. became
nauseated At the dose of falsehood
which the Bulletin was administering
each day 10 its few readers. and so. Of
their own vOlition. threw the sheet out
~ their homes and out of their coun-
els. The matter. however, was not
deemed OF sufficient Importance to war
rant the placing Of a boycott on the
putrid journal and yet our rum soaked
moralists in the Bulletin editorial
rooms fatter themselves that such a
boycott was placed upon them and
died Of inertia.
Among other important lessons which
the lying and blssphemous Bulletin is
alltl 10 lEdIn IN It's uNEfaQeG CLASS
ct journalism is just what such a boy
colt means. II viii. when it does come,
probably impress the Older-Crothers
brace Of evil doors that ii is not such a
foa bite after all. During whatever
years may be spared TO those two pests,
they are plainly destined to learn the
lesson-and TO learn ii we'll
IL viii avail the Bulletin nothing
30 point out Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst Of New York as NANCY cur
skulking in the shadow Of a crumbIing
printing plant with the merciless hand
of an outraged enemy poised above his
foUseled head. Nor yet will il avail
Alr. Fremont Older anything to plead
for his compatriot in journa listic crime.
while the skirts OF the sickIy Bulletin
are trailing deep in the mire MI
Fremont Older can not stay the hand Of
t1e organized worker when the toiler
IS aroused in righteous Indignation. to
defend his own. Nor can this remark
able moralist hope TO divert the blow
that he has richly deserved by merely
pointing out a fellow cur lurking in
fhe deepening shadow, and cry out for
mercy in his behalf Mr.. Fremont
Older and Mr.. r. A. Crothers Of Can
ada had far better range themselves
along with the sinking dog they refer
~. Mr.. William Randolph Hearst of
New York, and cheerfuuy take their
-N+tAD Al AAlC same 0tED ShdQOW OF
the same crumbling institution to
which they refer Dogs of that breed
helong in the same kennel and can not
avoid being classed as one. The yelps
OF Older. raised in behalf of his New
York compatriot can avail him moth
ing
Organized labor did not confront Mr.
Hearst Of New York until it found the
Hearst dagger deep in its groin. and
organized labor will go to the end with
Mr.. Hearst Of New York even as or
ganized labor will. in due course. nut
MT. Bulletin in the pillory where it
belongs. SO save your whines for
mercy for yourself, Mr.. Fremont Older.
You will need them.
] have heard you cry piteouslv be-
fore and have stayed your brutal hand
on one previous occasion in order that
frail woman might not go down
under the fail Of a drunken cowa rj's
wild right arm.
Now you affront labor. spit upon
the toiler, and, passing TO insult the
. womanhood Of our city, have the stu
pendoUs nerve TO try TO turn the Are
upon another fountain of infamy, by
begging mercy for the same You
are insincere and vicious and your sins
have found you out For the first time
IN your career in San Francisco the
people are destined to get vour MEAS
am the living witness who will prove
your utter unfitness TO associate with
decent men AS TO decent women. ac-
cording to your advertised code. thew
do not exist.
To show the people what kind If =
Lar you are, I call your attention 70 !
SlarinS story" in your vile sheet YES
teroay, setting forth under big head
lines that I had organized a newsbovs,
strike and that history would renee,
itself by having the little chaps refuse
10 handle your dodger, etc You well
know that such a strike was never e.,e,,
dreamed Of, and OF course. contrary 80
your crazy assertions the strike dir
not occur. am not interested in
strikes 1 am interested in preventinp
them, and in trying to conduct q neace7
ful and lawful community, even witt, G
band Of journalistic yeggmen Of vo,,-
type at large in the streets. You lied
when you said ] planned such strike
and you lied when you said the LITTLE
newsboys had organized the same. The
hour YOU set for demonstration. which
YOU hoped would occur. passed in peace
and quiet, and you were left high and
dry
How can il be possible that. after de
flaming the womanhood OF San Fran.
cisco by charging in your foul sheet on
april il that of $4,000 adult females IN
san Francisco 10000 are immoral. you
stu raise your head and even 20 so IA,
as 10 call for mass meeting of these