The Detroit times., 1910-03-22
Wilt MAKE FRISCO
: PARTS OF AMERICA
Mayors Announcement Makes Bar
barry Coast Of City as Riotous as
in Days of Schmitz and Ruei,
BY 3. w. MADISON.

y w WAOf0ONs
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. March 9i.-
This is NOT a story. nor an interview.
II is simply the setting down OF Ger
tain historical facts beside some very
carefully uttered words OF a man who
played an important par in the max.
ing OF the facts
The comparison is interesting, and
moro or less important, not only as a
commentary on past chapters OF a
eve years sordid history OF a great
city's government, but more largely AS
possible forecast OF the manner or
the writing OF future chapters.
y. n. Mccarthy is the man. He is
the new Union Labor mayor OF San
Francisco elected on an anti-reforn
platform. Mccarthy is a fighter. who
mas worked from a carpenters appren.
tiCe az IL 10 the mayor OF the largest
city OF the west al 40 tie lis little
man physically. broad shouldered we'll
tmuscled. with the hard, powerful
hands OF the laboring. man. Elected
on the ticket or n party standing first
OF all for pure democray, equality. he
has assumed DURING his first three
months in Office, a loftiness OF demea-
nor without precedent in the city. In
terviews" have become audiences =
Questions are put in the presence OF
witnesses. Then, IN the privacy or
Els Office, the mayor dictates ais
answers.
With the hope Of throwing some
light on the true significance of GER
tain facts in San Francisco political
history, facts -wfrfcfr nave proved inter
csting from coast to coast. the San
Francisco representative OF this paper
recently secured ali audience" with
Mayor Mccarthy and dictated TO his
secretary a list cf questions. The
typewriter answers. returned the fol
lowing day, form with the facts an in
teresting,- il not an enlightening
parallel
One answer lthis. in reply TO ques-
ton as TO what he meant in his cam
paign -speeches by his promise 10
make San Francisco the Paris OF
America'1:
Il repeat want to make OF San
Francisco representative OF The Times
with delights 10 its own citizens and
travelling people of every race, in the
way OF bonfevards and parks, fine IL
brafies and theaters, splendid cafes
and art galleries. | am now on the
Job. L will not tolerate wide open
town. I shall fght vice and | shall
not compromise with lawlessness. The
city will be run on commonsense
basis with the social evil held down
with an iron hand"
Two or three facts: One OF the big
issues in the campaign preceding Me
Caithy's election was the open town
issue. McCarthy's Paris OF America
utterances made clear to the voters,
at least. where he stood. His election
was the signal for n vicious all-night
celebration in the unspeakable dives
of the citys infamous Barbary Coast
and in the tinseled uptown dens, hid.
Ing their death mask under the title
OF cafe"
Today the Bar0ary Coast is just as
riotous, just as filthy, Just as deadly
IN its 'debauchery from shutdown 70
dawn as il was IN the palmiest days
of Schmitz and Ruef
Toaay-tse painted, besilked. bejew-
eIed women of the uptown underworld
are as bold in their parade OF the
streets, I'm their frequenting of the
cafes. as ;hey were at the apex OF San
Francisco's notorietT as wide-open
town. There is no effort today to
hold down the social evil with an iron
or with any other kind OF hand.
These are facts.