The San Francisco call., 1910-04-16
MAYOR MCCARTHY ACCEPTS
BULLETINS GAGE OF WAR

In public Meca
by bulletin
, Of n" tile with the that viii fight the nn
ood name of of attack
The statement re r.aas '' "'' ne promise " given n" "''e
To the Peoole of San Francisco
So great avalanche OF defamation and abuse has been
by b n 'ne and S hae cd %
pybishd e IN M nd tepaaeeq t b Vfnlns d bet 81 h d
avail myself the single opportunity left open
by submitting this brief declaration to the Citizens Of San
Francisco.
columns OF the embred Bulletin that San Francisco has
that prostitution faun itself in that gambling
lawlessness and every conceivable are being
with the guardians Of
very threshold Of the public school, etc >'@''s ''-
night 10000 in this city are prostitutes
ad @ that hGr & lodging % house house in
shsmeuy abused and of that locality to make
citizens San Francisco this Kindred charges
ing from the contemplate Bulletin false every particular
owe it to every and child this city, 50 long
dg will permit init to fight crime suppress and to yndeate every
continue do while engaged seeking wrong
doers and sitting which tend debauch and baken
duty fish deep into the well of nquiy for the foul and
edor of hs Buet east Sem pon their backs
with Their M white G bellies to the & sun IN order that the decent m
community really and under the glang light of public
mrong ose OF the a''S ana VINO fsh and VINO
appointed
fullest confidence and hold them answeabe to for the
administration of police affairs When assumed the office of
unlimited gambling vice publicly gave details so
that the heritage of doing might and
administration That the snarlng Bulletin and other
journals which had hoped charge the existence of these den
union labor mayor, and closed up the favored
amid din and camo that unmistakabe its import
The public records will show that Bulletins cowardy
and lying charges the of Francisco
inspired solely by hatred and malice that OF long
standing but that deter bewder the public
welcome fight the finish with the boughten Bulletin
similar agency institution that is buded upon the
co h Of pag backa and de d The @ hands
in the blood of this community and the public has
teach other to live and how to conduct their affairs
but few years sat down in conspiracy involving the
awarding OF city printing bargained loot the city
by withdrawing their bid that exorbitan
bid might be accepted and then receped for the stolen
the records of the board of supervisors will show.
1t sufficient a public charge
that the author of that charge himself
crime and possessed OF evil motive 1t IS however,
pirate and usthabe that when he discovers clique of
drunken hberines pulling political chestnuts of the fire,
and defamng struggling city without in fact shall
show truth the incidentally
expose the ibeers in their true garb
Crime unbridled rampant in San Francisco The
shall be, properly conducted The of
Francisco says 10000 are posti-
te I t need poieqon 1d o against such villains & as the editors
bset them There scarcely than 10000
of them, and then figure out whether the Bulletin
the peace and dignity of any law abiding community
shall not have done with this contest now until the fet
shall have survived induce the newspapers of San
Francisco with exceptions to publish anything that
defend speak well of the union labor
The Call has been ar enough to offer to publish both sides OF
any story. This brief of the other side of the Bull
letin's story OF which the Bulletin shall hear later
issue this statement believing that payers and
entitled know whether their city
cred the advocates OF crime not Let the citizens first
Bulletin, and will then ourselves
lesser offenders as matter OF course - :, o.
[Signedl P H. MCCARTHY
Mayor.